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BISHOP, CA. JUNE 9, 2026 -- Barry Smith launches his paraglider at Flynn's Hill, a popular paragliding launch point with amazing Sierra NV views about 1600' above the Owen's Valley, CA. (Ben Ditto / For The Times)
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Into big air: Paragliding’s extreme frontier

The ‘thermals’ in the Owens Valley are to free flight what legendary waves like Mavericks and Jaws are to surfing: big, terrifying and, to a certain type of person, hopelessly addictive.

Olympic Valley, CA - June 27, 2026: Spectators climb to the summit of the Sierra Crest to view the start of the Western States Endurance Run before sunrise in Olympic Valley, CA June 27, 2026. (William Hale Irwin / For The Times)
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100 miles of agony and hope: A cancer survivor’s ultramarathon journey

ENCINO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 17: Matt Kaplan, 68, left, 30 years on the team, and Allen Michel, 75, one of the orginal players of 50 years, during a slowpitch softball game at the Sepulveda Basin Sports Complex on Sunday, May 17, 2026 in Encino, California. The Doc Feeney's lost 18-16 to Six Pack. In 1976, a loose band of friends formed the Doc Feeney's All-Stars slowpitch softball team, after a fictional baseball team mentioned in a May 1975 issue of National Lampoon. In May of 2025 founding member Jamie Krug suddenly passed away. The Doc Feeny's All-Stars celebrated fifty years and is made up of original members, sons and friends. (Gary Coronado / For The Times)

They started playing L.A. Municipal softball 50 years ago. They’re still at it

photo collage of a rolex watch with scraps of green paper revealing text messages and an incarcerated man
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The cost of trust: The rise and fall of a well-connected Newport Beach jeweler accused of duping his clients

A photo from FBI evidence of Aurora Phelps.
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She met older men on dating apps. Aurora Phelps drugged and sometimes killed them, FBI says

The widow of the late Mayor Carlos Manzo, Grecia Quiroz (C), accompanied by state representative Carlos Tafolla (C-L) and Uruapan city officials, delivers a speech at the Michoacan State Congress after being sworn in as Mayor of Uruapan in Morelia, Michoacan State, Mexico on November 5, 2025. The Mexican government reported on November 2 that the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, who was killed the previous night during a public event in the western state of Michoacan, had been under official protection since December last year. (Photo by Enrique Castro / AFP) (Photo by ENRIQUE CASTRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Killing of vigilante hero in Mexico leaves his wife with an agonizing choice

Minab, Iran - March 20, 2026: A student sits by the grave of Mahsa Ranjbar, a 28-year-old sixth-grade teacher and mother of a two-year-old. A talented charcoal artist, Mahsa was killed in the bombing of the Shajareh-Tayyebah school. During the search for survivors, only small fragments of her face were recovered from the debris. Her identity remained uncertain until her father, after cleaning the remains, recognized the distinctive shape of her eyes and brows. She was laid to rest with only those small fragments of her face, as no other remains could be found. (Zohreh Saberi/For The Times)

Iranians recount desperate attempts to find survivors after school bombing

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