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American Airlines allows pets in first class on some trans-continental flights. (Photo courtesy American Airlines/PR)

LARK GOULD: American and Qantas partner for trans-Pacific dominance

By Lark Gould

Magic Johnson joins Los Angeles 2024 Olympic bid team

Associated Press

In this Sept. 15, 2014, file photo, Charlotte Rae arrives at the 2014 PALEYFEST Fall TV Previews - &quot;The Facts Of Life&quot; Reunion in Beverly Hills, Calif. Rae recounts in her new autobiography, her own life bore little resemblance to the sitcom-grade serenity of her &quot;Facts of Life&quot; character, Edna Garrett, instead marked by challenges that included son Andy’s autism and her husband's late-in-life disclosure that he was bisexual and wanted an open marriage. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, FILE)

Charlotte Rae, who starred as Mrs. Garrett, tells ‘The Facts of My Life’ in memoir

By Lynn Elber - Associated Press

In this Nov. 26, 2012, file photo, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak speaks to the media in Tel Aviv. Barak is being sued in the U.S. over his nation's deadly raid of six Turkish boats trying to break Israel's blockage of Gaza in 2010. The Turkish parents of 19-year-old Furkan Dogan, among nine killed in the raid, sued Barak in federal court in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Ehud Barak, ex-Israeli P.M., sued over flotilla raid that killed American

By Amanda Lee Myers - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 24, 2007, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers' Lamar Odom sits on the bench during a Western Conference playoff basketball game against the Phoenix Suns in Phoenix. Odom left a Las Vegas hospital and is now in the Los Angeles area to continue his recovery a week after being found unconscious at a Nevada brothel, a family representative said Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Lamar Odom’s speech improving during therapy, family says

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 21, 2014, file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs at the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts, in Melbourne, Fla. Cosby is replacing his longtime lawyer in a sex abuse lawsuit filed by a woman claiming she was molested by the comedian in the 1970s when she was 15-years-old. Cosby’s new attorney Christopher Tayback filed a form on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, reflecting that he was replacing Cosby’s longtime attorney, Martin Singer, on the case. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

New lawyer to represent Cosby in Los Angeles sex abuse case

By Anthony McCartney - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Caltrans, vehicles are stopped in mud on California's Interstate 5 after flooding Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. (Caltrans via AP)

Key Southern California interstate blocked in flash flooding

By Christine Armario and Amanda Lee Myers - Associated Press

In this July 31, 2009, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers' Lamar Odom speaks to the media during a news conference after the Lakers signed Odom to a multi-year NBA basketball contract, in El Segundo, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Lewis, File)

Lamar Odom regains consciousness, family and friends say

By Sally Ho and Beth Harris - Associated Press

In this April 5, 2007 file photo, Playboy Enterprises founder Hugh Hefner poses with a copy of Playboy magazine featuring Anna Nicole Smith as Playmate of the Year, at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. The magazine that helped usher in the sexual revolution in the 1950s and '60s by bringing nudity into America's living rooms announced this week that it will no longer run photos of completely naked women. Starting in March, 2016, Playboy's print edition will still feature women in provocative poses, but they will no longer be fully nude. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Playboy through the decades: Key moments in magazine’s past

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this image released by Lionsgate, Ellen Page appears in a scene from "Freeheld." (Phil Caruso/Lionsgate via AP)

Ellen Page calls ‘Freeheld’ story crucial to gay rights movement

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 21, 2015, photo, Laura Eisner, owner of The Book Case in Albuquerque, N.M., thumbs through Gabriel Garcia Marquez's &quot;Love in the Time of Cholera.&quot; Route 66 is home to a number of bookstores, often attracting regulars from around the corner and visitors from around the world. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

TRAVEL: Used bookstores help tell stories along historic Route 66

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

Los Angeles County Jim McDonnell Sheriff announced a revision in policy this week that will allow immigration officials to search L.A. jails for illegals. (Associated Press)

Los Angeles County sheriff will allow ICE to search his jails for illegals

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 28, 1984, file photo, the Olympic flame is flanked by a scoreboard signifying the formal opening of the XXIII Olympiad after it was lit by Rafer Johnson during the opening ceremonies in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. If the city of Los Angeles becomes the U.S. candidate for the 2024 Olympics after Boston’s recent drop from contention, the organizers’ proposed budget for the Summer Games would be $4.1 billion plus a $400 million contingency, a senior adviser to Mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Los Angeles: ‘Capital of Latin America’

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Martin Milner, ‘Route 66’ and ‘Adam-12’ star, dies

By Lindsey Bahr - Associated Press

Councilman Joe Buscaino, left, with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, and Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson celebrate after a city council vote in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. The Los Angeles City Council cleared the way Tuesday for Garcetti to strike agreements for a 2024 Olympics bid, putting the city on the verge of becoming the U.S. contender after Boston's awkward collapse. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) **FILE**

Los Angeles replaces Boston as United States candidate for 2024 Summer Olympics

By Michael Blood - Associated Press

LARK GOULD: Viking River Cruises: Wining and dining through France

By Lark Gould

In this July 26, 2015, file photo, a United Airlines passenger airplane passes over Whittier, Calif., on its way to Los Angeles International Airport. Fliers in certain markets are seeing bargain flights as fare wars make a limited return. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

TRAVEL: Airfare deals pop up as airlines wage limited fare wars

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ - Associated Press

Philadelphia Phillies pinch hitter Chase Utley watches his two run double head down the right field line in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Dodgers poised to become first MLB team to top $300 million in player salaries

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald speaks to the media on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Carrie Cochran) ** FILE **

Los Angeles VA shredded veterans’ claims instead of processing them, IG report says

By Anjali Shastry - The Washington Times