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Hegseth recites 'Pulp Fiction' speech at Pentagon prayer meeting
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, leading a Pentagon prayer meeting, quoted a fictional Bible verse taken from a violent monologue in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film “Pulp Fiction,” originally delivered by actor Samuel L. Jackson just before his character shoots a helpless man to death.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Leader hopes to ease Mexico-Spain tensions
Sheinbaum will also meet at a Barcelona confab with other leftist heads of state.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
IRS in talks with Trump’s lawyers to resolve his lawsuit
Lawyers for President Trump are engaged in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10-billion lawsuit the president filed against his own tax collection agency over the leak of his tax information to news outlets from 2018 to 2020.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Angelenos’ outlook turns glum
In an annual UCLA survey, L.A. County residents' view of their quality of life reaches its lowest point in a decade
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Sri Lanka sends home 238 Iranian sailors as it stays neutral
Sri Lanka has sent home 238 Iranian sailors, including 32 who survived a U.S. torpedo attack that sank their ship in the Indian Ocean, officials said Friday.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Clifton’s operator gives up on venue, downtown
“We've lost our way,” laments the backer of a Depression-era icon, in latest blow to area
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Big fall, big fail for Bruin gymnasts
A surprisingly shaky semifinal evening for UCLA gymnastics has the Bruins leaving Fort Worth early after finishing in third place in the NCAA national semifinals.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Emerging deal would provide Iran with major concessions
U.S. claims strait is open for good. Tehran says it may shut it again, impose tolls.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
California’s high gas prices push gig drivers off the road
The highest gas prices in the country are making it tougher for some gig drivers to make a living.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
L.A. clears encampment after resident complaints
Residents of a North Hollywood neighborhood breathed a sigh of relief Thursday as city sanitation crews showed up to clean a vacant lot they say had long been overrun by a homeless encampment that attracted crime and drug use.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Trader Joe's settles suit for $7.4 million
Trader Joe's customers might soon get a payout from the popular grocery chain.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Crude prices fall 9%, Wall Street hits record after strait is reopened
Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record Friday after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is open again for commercial tankers carrying crude from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Latin American migrants deported from U.S. land in Congo
About 15 people deported from the United States arrived in Congo’s capital Kinshasa early Friday, one of their lawyers told the Associated Press.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Cousins admit to double-booking rental scheme to scam $8.5 million
Two cousins admitted to federal crimes tied to a nationwide rental scheme that netted up to $8.5 million and relied on deceptive listings, double bookings and last-minute cancellations, according to federal prosecutors.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Redefining the donor state
In their bid to flip the Senate, Californians pour money into Democratic campaigns elsewhere
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Plaintiff who filed lawsuit to challenge raids arrested by ICE
Lawyer says Pasadena man is being retaliated against for trying to stand up for his rights.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
President’s ballroom project in legal limbo
A JUDGE'S revised order is blocking above-ground construction work on a proposed White House ballroom.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Ups and downs, but they’re playoff bound
The Kings looked nothing like a playoff team heading into the NHL's trade deadline.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
L.A.'S ANTI-LANDMARKS
A landmark is a landmark because it tells you that you're home now — the piece of earth you've chosen to inhabit saying, “You've made it back, congratulations.”
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
ICE's acting director to step down May 31 after tumultuous tenure
Todd Lyons has played a key role in Trump’s deportation agenda for 13 months.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Costa Mesa man pleads guilty to threatening D.A.
He gets time served in jail and must take part in a yearlong mental health program.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Airline’s bunk beds in economy are for sleeping, but rules apply
Sleep on a long-haul flight in economy class has always been a fantasy for many travelers.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Paramount CEO says many movies to come from Warner Bros. deal
Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison made his case directly to theater owners Thursday, pledging to release a minimum of 30 films a year from the combined Paramount and Warner Bros.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Backgrounds of new ICE hires under scrutiny
Applicants with questionable histories became agents, the Associated Press finds.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Woman wins lawsuit after alcohol-related fall on cruise
Over the course of eight and a half hours, a Northern California nurse hopped between bars on a Friday evening while sailing on a Carnival Cruise vacation.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
We can't let childish attacks slide
Re \"Trump slams pope, sparks backlash,\" April 14
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
France, U.K. leaders push for maritime security
Macron and Starmer welcome Hormuz reopening but want permanent solution.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Shopping network QVC files for bankruptcy
Television shopping network QVC Group filed for bankruptcy Thursday as part of a plan to cut more than $5 billion of debt, as declining viewership and a shift to online retail weighed on sales and squeezed margins.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Threats to Iranian activists reveal bitter divisions
The killing of an expatriate in Canada adds to tensions in the deeply split diaspora.
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April 18, 2026
Los Angeles Times
OUT WITH THE BLAND AND NEUTRAL
I wanted my therapy room to be a place where someone would cross the threshold and feel
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