Sports
Babe Ruth’s Yankees jersey from his ‘called shot’ home run in the 1932 World Series sells for $24 million, becoming the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia.
L.A. Influential
The power of Shohei Ohtani goes beyond the $700-million contract he signed with the Dodgers. It also entails how he chose to allocate his record-setting haul.
They are the agitators looking to rewrite the rules of influence and governance.
World & Nation
Congolese authorities have started vaccinations against mpox nearly two months after the disease outbreak was declared a global emergency
Obituaries
Ruth Westheimer, who as Dr. Ruth enlightened and entertained audiences by tackling topics from multiple orgasms to menage a trois, has died at age 96.
Dodgers
Dodgers starter Landon Knack gives up three home runs and the Diamondbacks score four more off reliever Nick Ramirez in the ninth to take a 9-3 win.
Opinion
Kamala Harris’ campaign of joy and optimism is on the right track. Pro-democracy movements in Poland, Turkey and the U.S. have been buoyed by compassion and care.
MLB has integrated its official statistics with those from the Negro Leagues, meaning Josh Gibson eclipses Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb at the top of key categories.
In the midst of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, a chess club for kids is thriving in a camp for the displaced in eastern Congo.
Food
Many of Ruth Reichl’s decadent eating scenes in ‘The Paris Novel’ were based on real meals she reported on for the L.A. Times. Plus, L.A.’s best cookies, Red Lobster gluttony, a $400 pineapple and California’s cannabis cafe bill in Tasting Notes.