Newsletter: Today: GOP Fireworks. Check Your Old Lotto Ticket.

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

TOP STORIES

Any Candidates Harmed in the Making of This Debate?

In the fourth Republican debate, everyone survived — moderators included. Though economic issues took center stage, the major fireworks came over foreign policy and immigration. And, as Cathleen Decker observes, it "gave renewed life to candidates struggling to find their footing in a persistently unpredictable contest." Complete coverage of the debate is here, including candidates' thoughts on the minimum wage. Our Essential Politics newsletter has more insights too.

Makes This Mizzou Student Holler

"It's not just racism, it's not just sexism, there's so many things happening on campus that have to be corrected." That's what Jonathan Butler told reporter Matt Pearce as the University of Missouri student emerged from a seven-day hunger strike. His role was the most prominent among a group of black students who effectively toppled the university's top administrators. Here's what it was like for a 25-year-old who "just wanted the message to get out."

LAPD, Fatal Shootings and 'Crisis of Confidence'

How do you combat rising crime and lower the police's use of force? Those are the two key goals the new president of the Los Angeles Police Commission has laid out. His plan comes as LAPD shootings have increased to 45 this year, compared with 23 in the same period last year. "The LAPD, like police departments across our country, is facing a crisis of confidence with minority communities, particularly African Americans," he said. 

Airbnb Means No R&R for Anaheim

Want to go to the Happiest Place on Earth? For more and more, a Disneyland vacation involves booking a short-term rental through online sites such as Airbnb and HomeAway. But as we've seen from San Francisco to Santa Monica, a lot of residents aren't happy about that. Now, Anaheim is trying to balance a new source of commerce with the interests of those who want their peace and quiet.

How to Track a Silent Killer

For nearly half a century, USC researchers have been following every move of a killer. The Los Angeles County Cancer Surveillance Program has monitored and logged, by hand, every case of the disease in the area. That's 1.7 million and counting. In today's Great Read, meet the man who's run the program for more than 25 years — and see how the data offer unique insights into cancer. 

Why Deportation Will Have To Wait

The Obama administration will ask the Supreme Court to protect millions from deportation as it seeks to overturn a lower-court decision earlier this week. But the wheels of justice turn slowly. Even if the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case, it may not rule until Obama's successor is in office. For now, the administration won't change its deportation priorities.

CALIFORNIA

-- Just in time for Veterans Day today, the former Navy training vessel Neversail in San Diego is again shipshape.

-- Here's what the people want in an LAUSD superintendent. 

-- Steve Lopez: Remember the kids who weren't allowed to run in the park? They get a reprieve.

-- Mammoth sees 20 inches of snow as a storm wallops the Sierra.

NATION-WORLD

-- Photographer's journal: a look at Europe's migrant crisis through Carolyn Cole's lens.

-- An arrest is made in Northern Ireland's 1972 "Bloody Sunday" massacre.

-- A Palestinian goes on trial in the stabbing attack on a fellow 13-year-old in Israel.

-- See a generation of memories get steam-cleaned off Seattle's "gross" but "beautiful" Gum Wall.

-- The debate over carrying concealed weapons in Texas' campus buildings isn't over.

BUSINESS

-- Here's how the "Fight for 15" movement seeking better pay for fast-food and other low-wage workers has grown. 

-- After a failed GOP bid to be California's governor, Neel Kashkari will head the Minneapolis Fed.

-- Watching video on Netflix, Hulu and more won't count against data on T-Mobile anymore.

SPORTS

-- Getting Yasiel Puig in shape is a key off-season focus of the Dodgers. 

-- U.S. Soccer will eliminate the heading of balls for players 10 and younger.

-- JuJu Smith-Schuster impresses USC football teammates with his gritty effort.

ENTERTAINMENT

-- How the Desert Hearts electronic music festival reimagines the genre.

-- Allen Toussaint, who penned such classics as "Working in a Coal Mine" and "Lady Marmalade," has died at 77.

-- The entertainer known as "The Fat Jew" cancels a Santa Monica book event, citing threats.

WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING

-- A new study looks at why people live where they do. (CityLab)

-- Wayne Thiebaud: California's Pop art icon who wasn't Pop. (KCET)

-- First person: "My trigger-warning disaster." (Salon)

ONLY IN L.A.

Did you buy a SuperLotto Plus ticket at a 7-Eleven in Chatsworth? You may want to check your pants pockets or under the seat of your car. There are about 63 million reasons why you should. After three months, no one has claimed the prize. And if no winner comes forward by Feb. 4, it could be the largest unclaimed prize in California Lottery history. 

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