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Rams 2023 NFL mock draft: Addressing multiple positions of need

With the 2023 NFL draft a couple of months away, we've conducted a 7-round mock draft for the Rams.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 31, 2023

'The soul of LA': 20 years after his death, the stars are aligning for Warren Zevon

LOS ANGELES — Shooter Jennings knew "Carmelita." He knew "Lawyers, Guns and Money." And of course he knew "Werewolves of London," Warren Zevon's 1978 rock hit about a "hairy-handed gent" on the prowl for "a big dish of beef chow mein."

Los Angeles Times · Jan 31, 2023

'Honored' Ron Howard salutes 'Happy Days,' 'American Graffiti' co-star Cindy Williams

LOS ANGELES — Director and producer Ron Howard says he's honored to be able to comment on the life of his "American Graffiti" and "Happy Days" co-star Cindy Williams, who died Wednesday at age 75, because "she lived it with a lot of integrity" and he "always respected her."

Los Angeles Times · Jan 31, 2023

Monterey Park shooter voiced paranoid threats to police years before opening fire, records show

LOS ANGELES — Three decades before he shot 11 people to death in a Monterey Park ballroom, Huu Can Tran told police he believed relatives of a woman he’d been dating had threatened to kill him and were trying to lure him into a trap.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 31, 2023

LA Lakers star Russell Westbrook ignores young fan's pleas before making NBA history

Russell Westbrook was seen ignoring a young fan asking for an autograph with social media condemning the Los Angeles Lakers star, who broke into the top 10 for career assists in NBA history

Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2023

When hip hop came to town - remembering the night that Public Enemy dazzled London

There is a London moment that’s etched into hip hop legend: the night in 1987 when Public Enemy stunned the British crowd at Hammersmith Odeon. As their leader Chuck D’s new hip hop documentary lands on the BBC, Tom Ellen revisits this incendiary first trip to the capital

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2023

After meeting Japan stars as a kid, Nootbaar is now one himself

LOS ANGELES -- It's a heartwarming photo -- a young boy happily posing with a team of Japanese high school all-stars. Fast forward nearly two decades, and that boy has made a Japanese all-star team of his own, although in a roundabout way.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 31, 2023

Erika D. Smith: In comparing Tyre Nichols to Rodney King, we're missing this point about policing

LOS ANGELES — Lora Dene King had no intention of watching even five minutes of Memphis police beating Tyre Nichols.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 31, 2023

Gustavo Arellano: A vigil for a long-ago plane crash shows how to remember the lives of the dead

LOS ANGELES — It has been a January of vigils for California.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 31, 2023

‘Laverne & Shirley’ Actor Cindy Williams Dies at 75

Cindy Williams, who was among the most recognizable stars in America in the 1970s and 1980s for her role as Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the beloved sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," has died, her family said Monday. Williams died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2023