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Justin Upton hits his first home run of the spring in Angels' loss to Indians

The Angels fell to the Cleveland Indians in a high-scoring game, and opening day starter Andrew Heaney and right-hander Jaime Barria were roughed up.




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Angels option Jaime Barria, offering a clue to their rotation plans

With the Angels optioning Jaime Barria to triple A, there's a four-way competition for the final two spots in the rotation.




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Former Angels outfielder Jim Edmonds feeling better after coronavirus diagnosis

Former Angels and St. Louis Cardinals standout Jim Edmonds was hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus, but he says he is feeling better.




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Compared With China, U.S. Stay-At-Home Has Been 'Giant Garden Party,' Journalist Says

New York Times health reporter Donald McNeil points to China as one extreme way to stop a pandemic in its tracks. "We're reluctant to follow China, but they did it," he says. At least for now.




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'Fresh Air' Remembers Jazz Archivist And Historian Michael Cogswell

Cogswell, who died April 20, was executive director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, which houses journals, trumpets, tapes, photographs and other artifacts. Originally broadcast in 2001.




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Brian Dennehy's 'Driveways' Performance Is Gruff, Graceful — And A Goodbye

Dennehy, who died April 15, plays a suburban widower who befriends a mother and her son in one of his last films. It's the kind of deeply lived-in performance that Dennehy was known for.




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Irrfan Khan Dies; Indian Actor Appeared In Crossover Hit 'Slumdog Millionaire'

The versatile actor vaulted to international stardom after playing a police inspector in the 2008 film. Khan, 54, was adored in India despite not being a Bollywood heartthrob.




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Brian Dennehy's 'Driveways' Performance Is Gruff, Graceful — And A Goodbye

Dennehy, who died April 15, plays a suburban widower who befriends a mother and her son in one of his last films. It's the kind of deeply lived-in performance that Dennehy was known for.




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Grocery stores seeking masks for 'essential' workers confront shortages, federal interference

Weeks after the CDC said people should use masks to curb the coronavirus, grocery stores struggle to buy them for staff, partly due to U.S. actions.




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Social limits needed through summer, Birx says, as some states ease coronavirus restrictions

Social distancing should continue through the summer, White House advisor Deborah Birx said Sunday, and other experts warned against states' moves to lift restrictions.




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Skelton: In the coronavirus crisis, California isn't under one-party rule, it's under one-man rule

Power abhors a vacuum. With the legislative and judicial branches basically shut down because of the coronavirus, the executive has seized almost complete control over state government.




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Californians battling unemployment amid coronavirus are stymied by state agency's tech issues

For Californians desperate to get help from the state unemployment office, the last month has been a perfect storm of technological failures.




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Newsom chastises beachgoers, warning that defying order could delay reopening California

Gov. Newsom, saying the virus 'doesn't take the weekends off,' criticizes beachgoers and vows to increase enforcement of restrictions if necessary.




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Sanders supporters rail at New York over cancellation of presidential primary

Bernie Sanders supporters lash out after New York cancels its presidential primary, saying Democrats are trying to deny the former candidate a voice at the convention.




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Some California businesses could reopen within weeks as state fights coronavirus, Newsom says

The first loosening of coronavirus restrictions would be for 'lower risk' businesses, including some manufacturing and small companies.




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California independent contractors struggle for unemployment help amid coronavirus

While some people said they were able to file a claim with the state Employment Development Department on Tuesday, many others said they were frustrated that the online portal malfunctioned.




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Gov. Gavin Newsom says staying home now will help reopen California sooner

Gov. Gavin Newsom urged Californians to stay home to avoid undoing the progress the state has made in fighting the spread of the coronavirus.




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Californians broadly trust state government on coronavirus — but mistrust Trump, poll finds

Approval of Gov. Newsom's response to the coronavirus crosses party lines; much else does not. Partisanship strongly shapes views of the pandemic.




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Newsom teases announcement in 'days, not weeks' on reopening California

The governor has described the next phase of his stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of coronavirus as allowing some lower-risk businesses to reopen in communities across California, including retail locations, manufacturing sites and small businesses.




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Millions skipped California's 2020 primary. Will coronavirus change who votes in November?

In all, 46.89% of registered voters cast ballots in the March 3 primary, which was moved up from June with hopes that turnout would be high and presidential candidates would be forced to address issues mattering most to Californians.




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Column: Rural areas have a message for Newsom: One size doesn't fit all in reopening California

California's rural areas are in revolt against Gov. Gavin Newsom's statewide coronavirus rules, which make little sense in burgs such as Bieber.




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Gov. Gavin Newsom says reopening California will begin this week amid coronavirus crisis

The governor said bookstores, florists and others can reopen for pickup as early as Friday. More detailed guidelines will be released later this week.




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Strict rules, limited access as California Legislature resumes work on coronavirus needs

Seven weeks after public health concerns over the coronavirus brought the work of the California Legislature to a sudden halt, only members of the Assembly are returning to Sacramento this week, with the Senate choosing to do so on May 11.




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Coronavirus could worsen death toll of summer heat waves, health officials warn

Long and intense heat waves are nothing new in Southern California and the Southwest, but amid COVID-19, public health experts are warning they could become deadlier for people self-isolating in homes they can't keep cool.




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Photos taken at Kobe Bryant crash site should be against the law, California lawmaker says

Outraged that deputies allegedly shared photos from the site of a helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others, a California lawmaker wants to make it a crime for law enforcement officers to take unauthorized photographs of those killed in fatal accidents or at crime scenes.




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COMIC: Hospitals Turn To Alicia Keys, U2 And The Beatles To Sing Patients Home

Call them victory anthems. Every time a patient with COVID-19 is well enough to be discharged, hospitals in New York and elsewhere play songs of celebration over the intercom. A doctor explains.




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Foster Care System In West Virginia Struggles To Help Children During The Pandemic

The coronavirus shutdown is straining a foster care system in West Virginia. Home visits have shifted to online check-ins, and referrals have plummeted as schools are now closed.




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News Brief: COVID-19 Testing, Georgia Shooting, Montana Schools

An update on coronavirus testing. Georgia authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of an unarmed black jogger. And, a small number of students in Montana go back to school Thursday.




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France Is Planning A Partial Reopening Of Schools

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jean-Michel Blanquer, French minister of education, about how France is planning to reopen primary schools on May 11.




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Haitian Doctor Says This Is The Worst Epidemic He's Faced

A major health agency fears a humanitarian crisis. Migrant workers are returning home from the hard-hit Dominican Republic. Medical equipment is in short supply. And social distancing is improbable.




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COMIC: Hospitals Turn To Alicia Keys, U2 And The Beatles To Sing Patients Home

Call them victory anthems. Every time a patient with COVID-19 is well enough to be discharged, hospitals in New York and elsewhere play songs of celebration over the intercom. A doctor explains.




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San Diego is in Southern California too

Southern California includes San Diego.




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Southern California freeways are a number, not a name

Reader Ron King of Camarillo doesn't like how The Times refers to local freeways.




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Readers respond: How important is religion in the presidential race?

Two recent Times articles have examined the role of religion in the 2012 presidential race.




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Winners of the L.A. Times' 2012 Editorial Awards

The Los Angeles Times' Editorial Awards for 2012 were presented in a ceremony Thursday night, honoring the newsroom's best work from the past year.




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Social media editor, Business and Sports reporters announced

Announcing a promotion and two recent additions to The Times' staff: Stacey Leasca has been named social media editor.




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Winners of the L.A. Times' 2013 Editorial Awards

The Times' Editorial Awards for 2013, handed out in a ceremony Thursday night, honored both accountability journalism and what Editor Davan Maharaj called "the ever-growing types of journalism we produce in this Digital Age."




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Winners of the L.A. Times' 2014 Editorial Awards

The Los Angeles Times' Editorial Awards for 2014 were presented Wednesday evening in a ceremony that honored the newsroom's commitment to excellence and to the search for truth.




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Liam Dillon joining L.A. Times Sacramento bureau

Liam Dillon (@dillonliam) an accomplished investigative journalist, is joining our State Capitol bureau in Sacramento.




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Lindsey Thiry joins L.A. Times sports staff as multimedia reporter

Lindsey Thiry, who has been blogging on USC football for The Times, is joining the staff as a general assignment reporter focused on multimedia storytelling.




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Tanya Erlach joins L.A. Times as director of editorial events

Tanya Erlach is joining the Los Angeles Times as the newsroom's director of editorial events.




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Natalie Kitroeff to cover California economy for L.A. Times

Natalie Kitroeff has joined The Times as the Business section's California economy reporter.




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Rowing Without Wind; Financial Toxicity Catches Many Unawares; Making 'Cold' Tumors 'Hot'

(MedPage Today) -- "When there is no wind, we row." What a cancer doctor-turned-cancer patient learned from his own patients. (ASCO Connection via KevinMD) Under most circumstances, fewer cancer diagnoses might be good news, but that's not necessarily...




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Impaired Fertility Joins List of Potential Adverse Outcomes With First C-Section

(MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Kristen H. Kjerulff, Ian M. Paul, et al. Target Audience and Goal Statement: Obstetrician-gynecologists, pediatricians The goal of this study was to investigate the association between mode of first delivery...




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Supreme Court tosses Bridgegate convictions of two officials for ex-N.J. Gov. Chris Christie

The Bridgegate scandal was no crime, the Supreme Court ruled, tossing the convictions of two officials who caused a traffic jam as political punishment to then-Gov. Chris Christie’s enemies.




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Queens man claiming to be Trump official charged with running coronavirus test scam

Henry Sylvain Gindt II, 34, of Long Island City lied that he had the lab capabilities to run the tests, which he sold through two web sites for $135 to $200 apiece, authorities said. The Secret Service and federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh said Thursday that they’ve charged Gindt with mail and wire fraud.




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‘That’s abysmal’: NYC politicians outraged after NYPD reveals 81 percent of social distancing arrests have been minorities

According to the NYPD, there have been 374 social distancing-related arrests since COVID-19 restrictions were put in place. Of that number, 304 of the arrests have been of African-American or Hispanic people.




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GREENE: Same profiling, same brutality, same disrespect — social distancing enforcement shows NYC ‘not as far as we think we are’

As much as Mayor de Blasio wants to pretend these arrests are just a drop in the bucket, from the point of view of those being constantly dropped in the bucket, the city’s heavy-handed coronavirus crackdown is just more of the same.Same profiling. Same brutality. Same disrespect.




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Andrew Yang on attempt to cancel N.Y. presidential primary: ’Their argument just doesn’t make sense’

“They’re still proceeding with primaries for other offices, for other races," Yang told the Daily News.




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Influential music mogul Andre Harrell, founder of Uptown Records, dead at 59

At Uptown Records, Harrell took on Sean "Diddy" Combs as an intern. The future music mogul quickly became the record label’s full-time talent director and helped develop the careers of several R&B stars during the early 1990s including Mary H. Blige and Jodeci.