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California regulators used a waiver to battle traffic-induced smog in L.A.

Scott Pruitt said he might take that power away.

Donald Trump ’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency cast doubt on whether California should continue to have power to impose its own emission rules for cars and trucks, an authority the state has enjoyed for decades that is also the cornerstone of its efforts to fight global warming.
latimes.com|By Evan Halper

Forty percent of Trump voters said Fox News was their main source for campaign news. Clinton voters were more divided, but still opted for traditional media over online-only new outlets.

As expected, voters who sided with President-elect Trump got their news from significantly different sources than those who sided with Hillary Clinton, but perhaps surprisingly, traditional media dominated on both sides.
latimes.com|By David Lauter
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The decision to renew the No. 2 drama on broadcast appears to have been an easy one.

Leave it to “This Is Us” to bring a twist to even the most obvious news.
latimes.com|By Yvonne Villarreal

Editorial writer Carla Hall reflects on the pride and sadness of being African-American in the waning days of Obama's presidency.

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My father died in the fall of 2002, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. In the spring of 2003, I was home in Chicago visiting my mother when a good friend invited me to go with him to a big, lavish dinner at a downtown hotel for a group he had represented as a lawyer. It would be a fun nig...
latimes.com|By Carla Hall

Jewish community centers in at least 16 states received bomb threats today.

A Jewish community center in Marin County was one of several centers across the nation to receive bomb threats Wednesday.
latimes.com|By Veronica Rocha

The chilling video of a student opening fire into a classroom with a pistol was posted to social media.

A 15-year-old student opened fire at a private school in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on Wednesday, shooting a teacher and two other students in the head before killing himself. Another student suffered lesser injuries in the shootings, which were captured on a chilling video posted to soc...
latimes.com|By Associated Press

"I think we're going to be OK," Obama said in his final White House press conference. "I believe in this country. I believe in the American people."

President Obama offered a parting message of hope in his final White House news conference on Wednesday, saying that although he recognizes there is evil in the world, “I think we’re going to be OK.”
latimes.com|By Christi Parsons

The company that services student loans for more than 12 million people illegally cheated customers and cut corners to save money, the suit says.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued the nation’s largest servicer of student loans Wednesday, alleging that Navient Corp. cheated borrowers, resulting in higher payments for Americans struggling to payback their student loans.
latimes.com|By Andrew Khouri, Samantha Masunaga

The man Trump wants to lead the Environmental Protection Agency doesn't appear to be a huge fan of what the agency does.

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency kicked off a contentious confirmation hearing Wednesday, expressing doubt about mainstream climate science and harshly criticizing the agency he seeks to lead.
latimes.com|By Evan Halper

In his final press conference, Obama said he's looking forward to not commenting on political issues. But there's one he'll make an exception for.

President Obama said he would regard any effort to round up and deport Dreamers as an attack on American "core values" that would cause him to speak out publicly.
latimes.com|By David Lauter and Christi Parsons

Have your umbrella on hand for the rest of the week.

A trio of storms now headed for Southern California will bring dangerous surf, strong winds and up to 6 inches of rain by early next week, according to the National Weather Service .
latimes.com|By Joseph Serna

Like, say, a presidency.

On a shady street just inside the former city walls of old Beijing, Chen Yi predicts the destinies of conflicted souls.
latimes.com|By Jessica Meyers

"Just Jack" is back.

NBC is looking for a little of that must-see-TV magic, announcing Wednesday the return of "Will & Grace" for a 10-episode limited run.
latimes.com|By Libby Hill

More than 100 years ago, a women's movement marched against its chauvinist president-elect the day before his inauguration.

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Donald Trump will not be the first president upstaged by a mass demonstration of women. The consequences depend on whether both he and modern-day feminists learn from their predecessors’ experience.
latimes.com|By Elizabeth Cobbs

Columnist Steve Lopez is headed to Washington, D.C.

I and my brethren have been called scum.
latimes.com|By Steve Lopez

These are the same people who opposed a mandatory childhood vaccine law in California.

From columnist Robin Abcarian:

It was a little like being in an alternate reality Tuesday morning, as dozens of parents and children gathered on the state Capitol steps to protest a bill aimed at improving the lives of California’s 9 million children.
latimes.com|By Robin Abcarian
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