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Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis, center, scores as Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal, left, and forward Deni Avdija (9) defend during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)

Lakers’ Anthony Davis scores 55 points in dominant win over Wizards

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

A vehicle drives past the Jefferson oil drill site located in the residential area in Los Angeles, June 2, 2021. The Los Angeles City Council voted on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, unanimously to ban new oil and gas drill sites and phase out existing ones over the next 20 years on Friday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Los Angeles City Council votes to ban oil and gas drilling, phase out existing wells

By Drew Costley - Associated Press

Actor Danny Masterson appears at his arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. &quot;That '70s Show&quot; actor Masterson was arraigned on three rape charges. (Lucy Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP)

Judge declares mistrial at rape trial of ‘That ‘70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson

By Brian Melley and Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 4 2022. Weinstein’s defense team has rested its case and closing arguments will soon begin at the Los Angeles trial of the former movie magnate. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Defense rests, closings next at Harvey Weinstein rape trial

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

Sir Elton John performs live at the Elton John's final North American show of his &quot;Farewell Yellow Brick Road&quot; tour on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Elton John rockets toward retirement at Dodger Stadium

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James complains after receiving a charging foul during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) **FILE**

LeBron James out Friday, day-to-day with leg muscle strain

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Denmark's Christian Eriksen in action during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Croatia and Denmark at the Maksimir stadium in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 22, 2022. Denmark will wear team jerseys at the World Cup that protest the human rights record of host nation Qatar, with a black option to honor migrant workers who died during construction work for the tournament. “The color of mourning,” kit manufacturer Hummel said when releasing the black third-choice design. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

World Cup jerseys get mixed reviews ahead of Qatar

By Leanne Italie - Associated Press

Police tape put up by protesters blocks the entrance of Los Angeles City Hall, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in Los Angeles. The demonstrators demanded the city council stop its virtual meeting Tuesday until two of its members resign over racist remarks. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles council censures members amid racism scandal

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

In a photo provided by USC Athletics, former Southern California player Matthew Gee plays in an NCAA college football game. A lawsuit alleging that the NCAA failed to protect a former Gee from repeated concussions is nearing trial in a Los Angeles court, with a jury seated Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in what could become a landmark case. The suit filed by Gee's widow says the former USC linebacker died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing for the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning team. (USC Athletics via AP)

NCAA on trial in concussion case of dead USC football player

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

Miles Fallon works at his computer in his Chicago home Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. His mother, Marla Williams, initially supported the Chicago Public Schools decision to instruct students online during the fall of 2020. Williams, a single mother, has asthma, as do her two children. While she was working, she enlisted her father, a retired teacher, to supervise her children’s studies. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Online school put U.S. kids behind; some adults have regrets

By Bianca Vazquez Tones and Jocelyn Gecker - Associated Press

Mel Gibson arrives at the 89th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Feb. 6, 2017. Gibson can testify at the rape and sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein about one of Weinstein's accusers, whose story Gibson learned part of prior to 2015, a judge ruled Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Mel Gibson can testify at Harvey Weinstein trial, judge rules

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

San Diego Padres' Juan Soto waves as he is introduced prior to Game 1 of a baseball NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) **FILE**

MLB playoffs littered with former Nationals stars — from Soto to Harper to Turner

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Shervin Aazami holding his son Barrett and a sign protest outside City Hall during the Los Angeles City Council meeting Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Scandalized Los Angeles leader resigns City Council seat

By Brian Melley and Don Thompson - Associated Press

FILE - Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez at podium, and Mayor Eric Garcetti, standing to her right, are seen during a news conference at Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles on April 1, 2022. The president of the Los Angeles City Council resigned from the post Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, after she was heard making racist comments and other coarse remarks in a leaked recording of a conversation with other Latino leaders. Council President Nury Martinez issued an apology and expressed shame. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Racist remarks spotlight rivalry between LA Latinos, Blacks

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

California first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, left, attends a signing ceremony with her husband, Gov. Gavin Newsom, next to her, at Sacramento City College in Sacramento, Calif., on July 1, 2019. Gov. Newsom and his wife earned nearly $1.5 million in 2020 and paid about $480,000 in taxes, down from $1.7 million the couple reported in 2019, his first year as governor. In addition to his salary as governor, Newsom's income comes from a winery and restaurant business that he put in a blind trust when he became governor. His wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, is a documentary filmmaker. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Gavin Newsom’s wife among accusers at Harvey Weinstein trial

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 4 2022. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP)

Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in LA, where he once reigned

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Rockies beat Dodgers 5-2 after Urias departs in last start

By Jill Painter Lopez - Associated Press

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani celebrates as Oakland Athletics' Nick Allen is thrown out at first to end the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Ohtani takes no-hitter into 8th, Angels beat Athletics 4-2

By Joe Reedy - Associated Press

A Metra commuter train operated by Illinois' Regional Transportation Authority travels to downtown Chicago over Kennedy Expressway on interstate 90 and 94 Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. Business and government officials are preparing for a potential nationwide rail strike at the end of this week while talks carry on between the largest U.S. freight railroads and their unions. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

American cities mull turning unused office space into new housing

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Former President Barack Obama speaks after he and former first lady Michelle Obama unveiled their official White House portraits during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Obama’s Secret Service SUV takes up handicapped parking spot in L.A.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times