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Pictures in the News | March 4, 2014

In Tuesday's Pictures in the News, the set for the Academy Awards on Hollywood Boulevard is taken down. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Revelers perform during the second night of Carnival. Venice, Italy: Flooding in St. Mark's Square on the last day of the...

TV This Week, March 9 - 15: 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' on Fox

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 9-15, 2014 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SUNDAY Need a good cry? Turner Classic Movies'...

L.A. Marathon: Plan for widespread street closures, warm weather

As runners and walkers make their way from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica during Sunday's L.A. Marathon, motorists will face widespread rolling street closures that will surround the route. The street closures will be in various places in Los Angeles,...

Idris Elba to voice deadly tiger in Disney's 'Jungle Book'

In "Pacific Rim," a score-settling Idris Elba demonstrated he has the eye of the tiger. Now he'll show that he has the voice of one as well. The 41-year-old London-born actor is in final negotiations to provide the voice of the fearsome feline Shere...

L.A. rain: Evacuations lifted in some foothill communities

Mandatory evacuations have been lifted in two foothill communities threatened by mudslides below wildfire-ravaged areas. Glendora residents were allowed to return home Sunday when an evacuation order was lifted at 6 a.m. The 2,000-acre Colby fire in the...

Insomnia takes over the world in Kenneth Calhoun's 'Black Moon'

In "Black Moon," first-time novelist Kenneth Calhoun documents a plague of sleeplessness that threatens the very fabric of the world and reality. The sleepless have hallucinations and turn into the equivalent of manic, deranged zombies, while those who...

HIV disappears in 'Los Angeles baby,' doctors say

A baby infected with HIV appears to be free of the virus after doctors at a Long Beach hospital initiated aggressive drug treatment just four hours after birth. A pediatrician at Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach and her colleagues disclosed the...

Ex-U.S. ambassador: Diplomatic pressure unlikely to sway Russia

WASHINGTON — In a generally downbeat assessment of the Ukraine crisis, the just-departed U.S. ambassador to Russia said Friday he believes chances are “slim” for Western diplomatic efforts to convince Russia to end its seizure of...

Does no-cost contraception promote promiscuity? No, says study

New research has found that women are on average no more likely to have multiple sexual partners in a single month after they are provided no-cost access to birth control methods than they were before. And while women reported a slight uptick in their...