Column: Was Le Slap a love tap or an assault? France's first couple offer a distraction from bad news
When French President Macron's wife palmed his face on a plane in Hanoi, public relations chaos...
Travel disruptions fueled by Trump policies may culminate at peak summer season
Policies put in place by President Trump are prompting concern among international tourists over spending top...
U.S. just radically changed its COVID vaccine recommendations: How will it affect you?
As promised, federal health officials this week dropped longstanding recommendations that healthy children and healthy pregnant...
Mexico judicial elections: Government calls it essential reform. Critics say it's a farce
Mexicans go to polls Sunday
Commentary: Even tough-on-crime district attorneys know prison reform is smart
At a recent symposium at San Quentin prison, a group of district attorneys from across California...
Trump says Musk is 'not really leaving,' fueling legal challenge over his role at DOGE
The display of unity between President Trump and Elon Musk comes after Musk issued a series...
Supreme Court says Trump may end legal parole given to 532,000 migrants from four countries
Trump revoked two large-scale Biden policies that extended temporary protection to migrants. 'The court plainly botched...
The iconic California avocado is in trouble, and this farmer is fighting to save it
After dominating the U.S. for decades, California avocado farmers have been lapped by Mexican growers offering...
The California Democratic Party's premiere event will have two notable no-shows
Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris, California's two most prominent Democrats, are skipping...
A new COVID subvariant spreads rapidly as Trump pivots away from vaccines
A new, highly transmissible COVID subvariant has been detected in California — heightening the risk of...
5 missing band members found slain in Mexican border town; authorities blame Gulf cartel
Mexican authorities are blaming the Gulf cartel for the slayings of the five members of a...
FBI says it will release video that officials say prove Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide
FBI says it will release video that officials say prove Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide.
Supreme Court sharply limits environmental impact statements in victory for developers
Supreme Court says development is too often delayed or blocked by environmental impact claims.
Democrats urge DHS to reinstate legal status of Bakersfield 4-year-old facing deportation, death
The girl's family received notice last month that their legal status had been terminated, warning them...
How a pair of Palos Verdes altar boys grew up to be Soviet spies
Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee journeyed from the Palos Verdes Peninsula suburbs to become Soviet...
With billions at stake, California joins suit to stop Trump cuts to university science research
Lawsuit accuses Trump's reshaped National Science Foundation of imposing ideology and across-the-board cuts at a cost...
Contributor: Once, international students feared Beijing's wrath. Now Trump is the threat
Retribution against Harvard and all students from abroad? This is not how a free country treats...
Contributor: Slashing NIH research guarantees a less healthy, less wealthy America
The administration's cuts at the National Institutes of Health will obliterate billions in economic gains, America's...
Supreme Court clears way for massive copper mine on Apache sacred land
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an Apache religious challenge to a copper mine that...
After a major dance routine to open the AMAs, Jennifer Lopez announces a Vegas residency
AMAs host Jennifer Lopez may be the queen of multitasking: Monday night she danced to 23...
Police quickly quell terrorist rumors: '53-year-old white British man' plowed through Liverpool soccer celebration
At least 50 people were hospitalized after being struck by the Ford Galaxy that drove directly...
Supreme Court denies student's right to wear 'only two genders' T-shirt at school
Supreme Court refuses to take up conservative backlash against LGBTQ policies.
4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care
In 2023, a Mexican girl, 4, was allowed U.S. entry for lifesaving medical care. She and...
In Vietnam, an unlikely outpost for Chicano culture
An outpost for Chicano culture in Vietnam attracts community — and occasional concerns among older generations...
Villaraigosa, despite climate credentials, pivots toward oil industry in run for governor
As California positions itself as a leader on climate change, former Los Angeles mayor and gubernatorial...
Hannah Gutierrez, 'Rust' western movie armorer, released from prison
Gutierrez spent 14 months in prison following her conviction in the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna...
The LAPD is still paying for George Floyd protest tactics. Will lawsuits force change?
Five years after the mass protests of 2020, the LAPD's aggressive handling of demonstrations remains controversial...
Health clinics that service immigrants are making house calls on patients too afraid to leave home
St. John's Community Health launched its home visitation program after learning that hundreds of patients were...
Trump attack on Harvard to block international students raises fears at California campuses
A federal judge blocked President Trump's order banning international students at Harvard, but the effort has...
Report of a U.S. troop drawdown stirs alarm in South Korea
Fears that Washington might pull some or all of the roughly 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in...
Fertility clinic director vows to rebuild after Palm Springs bombing. 'Life is preserved'
Dr. Maher Abdallah credited a series of miracles for limiting the scope of devastation from last...
Supreme Court upholds for now Trump's firing of two independent agency officials
The decision is the latest in which the court's conservative majority sided with the president's power...
'Act of terror': Israeli Embassy workers killed in D.C. were at Gaza aid event
U.S. authorities called the shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., an "act of...
Senate Republicans vow changes to Trump megabill
The measure would boost funding for border security and the Defense Department, eliminate taxes on tips...
Supreme Court splits 4-4, blocking first religious charter school in Oklahoma
The justices announced they were split 4-4 in a test case heard last month from Oklahoma,...
Taiwan is worried about spying threats. That may mean deporting thousands of Chinese
Taiwan, suspicoius of spying, is enforcing stricter oversight of Chinese immigrants. Some of them are being...
How South Korea’s next president wants to deal with Trump and his tariffs
Here's what South Korea's three leading presidential candidates say about tariffs and the U.S.-South Korea relationship...
Trump administration violated order by sending immigrants on flight to Africa, U.S. judge says
Acting ICE director says U.S. is using 'safe third countries' to remove public safety threats. Lawyers...
Contributor: Why is the GOP resisting Chinese investment in the U.S.?
If manufacturers move production to the U.S. and hire Americans, that's a win for Trump's agenda...
Commentary: It's not just Biden. There's a history of presidential health cover-ups
From Grover Cleveland to John F. Kennedy and Donald Trump, examples abound of presidential maladies being...
Villaraigosa blasts Harris and Becerra for not speaking out about Biden's decline
Former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa criticized Kamala Harris and Xavier Becerra as complicit in covering up former...
6 doctors on Biden's cancer diagnosis, how it may have arisen and his treatment options
Six doctors who specialize in prostate cancer discuss what President Biden's recent diagnosis does and doesn't...
Top aides to Mexico City's mayor are gunned down in attack
The two were targeted by gunmen on a motorcycle in the capital. Their boss, Clara Brugada,...
A mysterious, highly active undersea volcano near California could erupt later this year. What scientists expect
Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny...
Cancer diagnosis and a new book fuel questions about Biden's decision to run in 2024
Former President Biden's diagnosis has divided medical experts over the likely progression of his prostate cancer...
Human rights attorney who criticized Bukele is detained in El Salvador
The corruption charges against Salvadoran rights activist Ruth López, a leading critic of President Nayib Bukele,...
White House pushes for quick approval of 'big, beautiful bill,' but key hurdles remain
The bill would overhaul the tax code and extend many of the tax cuts from Trump's...
Trump may end temporary protected status for 350,000 Venezuelans, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court agreed that Trump can repeal former President Biden's immigration policies and seek to...
Contributor: The U.S. failed refugees during the Holocaust. Trump's Libya plan would too
The administration has proposed sending asylum seekers to Libya and Rwanda, both notoriously unsafe for refugees.
Biden is diagnosed with 'aggressive' form of prostate cancer
Former President Biden's office says he has been diagnosed with 'an aggressive form' of prostate cancer.