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Russell Westbrook’s top 10 games of the 2021-22 season: No. 5

With the Lakers reeling in March, Russell Westbrook looked to rectify things with a big offensive night versus the Houston Rockets.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 28, 2022

Latinos favored Rick Caruso in the LA mayoral primary. But they may not swing his way in November

LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles residents decide who will be their mayor, Rep. Karen Bass is trying to build on her 7-point advantage in the primary over billionaire developer Rick Caruso.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 28, 2022

Homeless people wait as Los Angeles lets thousands of federal housing vouchers go unused

LOS ANGELES — Yolanda Robins’ dream was finally coming true.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 28, 2022

Climate change, vanishing islands in Louisiana threaten brown pelicans

Scientists estimate Louisiana loses one football field’s worth of ground every 60 to 90 minutes. “We’re on the front lines of climate change,” one ecologist says.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 28, 2022

Once called 'Pooh Bear,' Derwin James Jr.'s Florida legacy began with famous father

Third in a series exploring the origin stories of three of the Chargers' top defensive players with Florida roots.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 28, 2022

Appreciation: What did Peter Brook and Richard Taruskin have in common? Next to nothing and everything

Director Peter Brook and musicologist Richard Taruskin were transformative figures, and fixtures, in their fields. While alive they were too unalike — separated by age, temperament and activities — to tempt us to connect them in any way. Yet their deaths a day apart at the beginning of July placed…

Los Angeles Times · Jul 28, 2022

Beyoncé returns with Renaissance: a play for the mainstream and a strike against perfectionism

The musician’s seventh album is seemingly shooting for cultural saturation while celebrating norm-defying musicians and workers

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2022

Guitar virtuoso Adam Miller is going back to the USA

IT'S been two and a half years since the pandemic forced Newcastle jazz guitar master Adam Miller to pack up his six-strings, pedals and amps along with plans to return to the US full-time. Finally next week Miller will touch down on American soil to play his first shows there…

Newcastle Herald · Jul 28, 2022

CWG 2022: ICC pins hopes on women for growth of cricket

NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council's (ICC) aspiration to grow as a global sport hinges on the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham, where the women will play in the T20 format.

The Times of India · Jul 28, 2022

Kendrick Nunn says he’s fully healthy after missing 2021-22 season

Lakers guard Kendrick Nunn says he has fully recovered from a bone bruise that kept him out of the entire 2021-22 season.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 28, 2022