Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement When Joe Biden announced he was running for president, he framed his campaign as “a battle for the soul of this nation,” saying President Trump threatened its core values by condoning the racism of torch-carrying neo-Nazis who marched in 2017 through Charlottesville, Va.The former vice president, who has captured the 1,991 delegates he needed to formally win the Democratic nomination, returned to the theme of racial discord Saturday as thousands protested the killing of George Floyd, an African American man who died last month after...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement When Joe Biden announced he was running for president, he framed his campaign as “a battle for the soul of this nation,” saying President Trump threatened its core values by condoning the racism of torch-carrying neo-Nazis who marched in 2017 through Charlottesville, Va.The former vice president, who has captured the 1,991 delegates he needed to formally win the Democratic nomination, returned to the theme of racial discord Saturday as thousands protested the killing of George Floyd, an African American man who died last month after...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The danger of the coronavirus pandemic has become very real for LeAnn Davis. A major outbreak at a National Beef plant near this Iowa town of 2,100 has left one of her friends hospitalized.Davis is put off by President Trump’s refusal to wear a and alarmed by his rush to reopen the economy.“It’s too soon,” she said. “It’s way too soon.”Trump has begun pouring money into television advertising in Iowa, a state that he easily carried in 2016, and voters like Davis are a big part of the reason. The 50-year-old Democrat voted twice for...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The danger of the coronavirus pandemic has become very real for LeAnn Davis. A major outbreak at a National Beef plant near this Iowa town of 2,100 has left one of her friends hospitalized.Davis is put off by President Trump’s refusal to wear a and alarmed by his rush to reopen the economy.“It’s too soon,” she said. “It’s way too soon.”Trump has begun pouring money into television advertising in Iowa, a state that he easily carried in 2016, and voters like Davis are a big part of the reason. The 50-year-old Democrat voted twice for...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Convicted Los Angeles lawyer Michael Avenatti urged a court on Monday to release him from a federal jail in New York after a judge agreed that his health could be jeopardized by the spread of the coronavirus among inmates.The former attorney for adult-film actress Stormy Daniels is part of a growing group of high-profile prisoners, including comedian Bill Cosby and financier Bernie Madoff, who say they should be set free to protect them from COVID-19.The pleas for mercy come amid mounting concerns that jails and prisons could serve...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Convicted Los Angeles lawyer Michael Avenatti urged a court on Monday to release him from a federal jail in New York after a judge agreed that his health could be jeopardized by the spread of the coronavirus among inmates.The former attorney for adult-film actress Stormy Daniels is part of a growing group of high-profile prisoners, including comedian Bill Cosby and financier Bernie Madoff, who say they should be set free to protect them from COVID-19.The pleas for mercy come amid mounting concerns that jails and prisons could serve...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The promise of easy money brought Jim Russell to a bar at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills.Russell, a steel company executive from Las Vegas, had come to meet Zachary Horwitz, a low-level actor seeking investors for his film company.Horwitz made it sound simple: He would use Russell’s money to buy the rights to cheap movies — “Slasher Party,” “Satanic Panic” and the like — and then resell them to HBO for distribution in Latin America. He’d pay Russell back in six months with a 15% profit. Russell had already wired Horwitz more...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The promise of easy money brought Jim Russell to a bar at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills.Russell, a steel company executive from Las Vegas, had come to meet Zachary Horwitz, a low-level actor seeking investors for his film company.Horwitz made it sound simple: He would use Russell’s money to buy the rights to cheap movies — “Slasher Party,” “Satanic Panic” and the like — and then resell them to HBO for distribution in Latin America. He’d pay Russell back in six months with a 15% profit. Russell had already wired Horwitz more...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Zachary J. Horwitz, a small-time actor, was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles on a federal charge that he ran a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of $227 million by touting fictitious film licensing deals with HBO, Netflix and other platforms.Horwitz, 34, who has appeared in minor films under the stage name Zach Avery, was accused of fabricating emails from HBO and Netflix executives about nonexistent film distribution agreements in an attempt to stave off demands for payment from investors.In a sworn statement filed in...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Zachary J. Horwitz, a small-time actor, was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles on a federal charge that he ran a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of $227 million by touting fictitious film licensing deals with HBO, Netflix and other platforms.Horwitz, 34, who has appeared in minor films under the stage name Zach Avery, was accused of fabricating emails from HBO and Netflix executives about nonexistent film distribution agreements in an attempt to stave off demands for payment from investors.In a sworn statement filed in...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Advertisement Former Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander was sentenced Monday to 14 months in prison for lying to federal authorities about his dealings with a businessman who provided him $15,000 in secret cash payments and a in Las Vegas.U.S. District Judge John F. Walter said arrogance and greed drove Englander to “brazenly” cover up his misconduct for more than a year. He rejected Englander’s explanation that he’d simply been trying to protect his reputation, saying the former councilman tampered with a witness and...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Advertisement Former Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander was sentenced Monday to 14 months in prison for lying to federal authorities about his dealings with a businessman who provided him $15,000 in secret cash payments and a in Las Vegas.U.S. District Judge John F. Walter said arrogance and greed drove Englander to “brazenly” cover up his misconduct for more than a year. He rejected Englander’s explanation that he’d simply been trying to protect his reputation, saying the former councilman tampered with a witness and...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Pennsylvania, one of the states most likely to decide the presidential election, is bracing for one of the slowest ballot counts in the country.The coronavirus pandemic has driven a record 2.6 million Pennsylvanians to request mail-in ballots. But state law bars the processing of those ballots until the morning of the Nov. 3 election. Before the counting can start, a cumbersome procedure is required to confirm each voter’s eligibility and extract every ballot from two envelopes.If the race tightens — Pennsylvania polls now give...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Pennsylvania, one of the states most likely to decide the presidential election, is bracing for one of the slowest ballot counts in the country.The coronavirus pandemic has driven a record 2.6 million Pennsylvanians to request mail-in ballots. But state law bars the processing of those ballots until the morning of the Nov. 3 election. Before the counting can start, a cumbersome procedure is required to confirm each voter’s eligibility and extract every ballot from two envelopes.If the race tightens — Pennsylvania polls now give...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement President Trump stopped all of his television and radio advertising in three states and substantially reduced it in four others in recent weeks after his lackluster fundraising left him unable to match a surge in spending by his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden.Trump’s retreat from Ohio, Iowa and New Hampshire reflects his struggle to change the dynamics of a race that polls suggest he is In the six weeks since his party’s national convention, Trump’s campaign has yanked more than $17 million in ads he’d previously booked in those...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement President Trump stopped all of his television and radio advertising in three states and substantially reduced it in four others in recent weeks after his lackluster fundraising left him unable to match a surge in spending by his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden.Trump’s retreat from Ohio, Iowa and New Hampshire reflects his struggle to change the dynamics of a race that polls suggest he is In the six weeks since his party’s national convention, Trump’s campaign has yanked more than $17 million in ads he’d previously booked in those...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement President Trump must show that he can no longer infect others with the coronavirus if the second presidential debate is to take place as scheduled next week in Miami, a top advisor to his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, said Wednesday.“Look, the obligation is on Donald Trump here to prove that he’s not contagious for that debate,” Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, told CNN.Bedingfield’s remarks came as medical experts questioned whether Trump, who was hospitalized with COVID-19 from Friday until Monday, could...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement President Trump must show that he can no longer infect others with the coronavirus if the second presidential debate is to take place as scheduled next week in Miami, a top advisor to his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, said Wednesday.“Look, the obligation is on Donald Trump here to prove that he’s not contagious for that debate,” Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, told CNN.Bedingfield’s remarks came as medical experts questioned whether Trump, who was hospitalized with COVID-19 from Friday until Monday, could...WW…