Newsletter: Today: Trump’s ‘Deportation Force.’ Allred’s Gusto.

I'm Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today.

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Trump's 'Deportation Force'

Donald Trump wants to create a "deportation force" to remove the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status. In the last GOP debate, he praised an Eisenhower administration effort for moving 1.5 million out. Known as Operation Wetback, it deported closer to 300,000 people, according to historians, and was accompanied by deaths and broken families. Read on for the legacy of the 1930s, '40s and '50s campaigns that rounded up Mexican nationals.

The Never-Ending Iraq War

Remember when tens of thousands of Yazidis were trapped on the barren slopes of Mt. Sinjar near the Iraqi-Syrian border? President Obama cited their plight when he started an airstrike campaign against Islamic State. More than a year later, Kurdish forces backed by the U.S. are trying to retake the city of Sinjar from militants. Is it part of a more aggressive push by the White House? Here's why the battle is much more than symbolic. 

Gloria Allred: 'You Love Her or You Hate Her'

Nicole Brown Simpson's family. Tiger Woods' mistresses. Meg Whitman's housekeeper. Gloria Allred has represented them all. Now, she's the attorney for more than half of those accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault. See what Allred -- and her admirers and detractors -- have to say about the feminist icon with a flair for publicity and polarizing people.

Death, Where Is Thy Sting?

California hasn't had an execution since 2006. Its longest-serving condemned prisoners have been on death row for 36 years. But the state moved one step closer to resuming executions after a panel of judges struck down a ruling that said the state’s snarled capital punishment system is unconstitutional. Read on to see why it could be years longer before California moves forward.

Unions Not Feeling the Bern

Bernie Sanders has fought for organized labor for decades. So what does he have to do to get labor to support him in the presidential race? Instead, national unions representing more than half of America's 14.6 million unionized workers are already in Hillary Rodham Clinton's corner. And more could soon be on the way. 

CALIFORNIA

-- Claremont McKenna College's dean of students resigned under pressure over racial tensions. 

-- The Broad Foundation gives its first public comments on its charter school expansion proposal. 

-- Bike sharing comes to Santa Monica and Venice. 

-- A Rancho Santa Fe water hog puts Bel-Air's guzzler to shame.

NATION-WORLD

-- Classmates of missing Mexican students were beaten by police, activists say.

-- In India, Mumbai's mountains of imported coal pose a health hazard.

-- Police across Europe arrest more than a dozen believed to be part of a Sunni terrorist group.

-- Islamic State claims responsibility for Beirut bombings.

-- Vincent Asaro, 80, is acquitted in the Lufthansa heist that was retold in "Goodfellas."

BUSINESS

-- California's economy is booming, so why is it No. 1 in poverty? An explanation in graphics. 

-- Haggen's bankruptcy is a buying opportunity for Smart & Final, Gelson's and other grocers.

-- Clean-energy lender Renovate America tops $1 billion in loans for homeowners.

SPORTS

-- The Cricket All-Stars series makes its final stop at Dodger Stadium this week.

-- Bill Plaschke: What to do about Lakers rookie D’Angelo Russell? 

ENTERTAINMENT

-- Movie review: "By the Sea" stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Pitt, but where did the story go?

-- Shooting the film "The 33" made Antonio Banderas feel ill, but he welcomed the hardship.

-- Up close with Kendrick Lamar at the Wiltern.

-- "Star Wars" comes to Disneyland: A sneak peek of Hyperspace Mountain.

WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING

-- Do you drive stick shift? Fans of manual transmission can't let go of it. (Wall Street Journal)

-- Infrared scans show a possible hidden chamber in King Tut's tomb. (National Geographic)

-- Will Steve Jobs' management style get you to the top? (BBC)

ONLY IN L.A.

Who knew that L.A. politicians would form a latter-day, West Coast branch of William Shakespeare's acting company? It started with Mayor Eric Garcetti reading a sadly philosophical passage from "Henry VIII" for a youth Shakespeare troupe's online fundraiser. City Council President Herb Wesson followed suit and wants all the council members, city attorney and controller in the act. Once more unto the breach, indeed.

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