The photo shows a decorated Navy SEAL holding up the head of a dead Islamic State fighter by the hair while clenching a knife in his other hand. It will be up to a seven-man jury of mostly combat veterans to decide if it was a snapshot in poor taste of an enemy who succumbed…
San Francisco supervisors moved a step closer Tuesday to becoming the first city in the U.S. to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes to crack down on youth vaping. Supervisors unanimously approved a ban on the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes. They also endorsed a ban on manufacturing of…
Lee Carter was mowing the lawn of the beige stucco Manchester Square home he’s lived in for more than three decades Friday when he heard pops. His grandson, who had been moving his car out of the driveway and onto the street, had been shot multiple times. Paramedics took him to a hospital, where…
Parking lots in downtown Los Angeles are jammed full during transit strike.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning at 12:01 a.m. Pacific time 563 miles from Ngunguru, New Zealand, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. According to the USGS, the epicenter was farther than 100 miles from a city. In the last 10 days, there have been eight earthquakes…
A cancer patient sued UCLA and Dr. James Heaps on Tuesday, accusing the former campus gynecologist of repeatedly sexual assaulting her during her two years of treatment. The 44-year-old woman was battling mesothelioma when, in October 2015, she went to Heaps for surgery, she said. During four visits…
In the offices of an Inland Empire immigrant-rights organization, the phones began ringing early on Tuesday. Word was spreading that, late Monday, President Donald Trump tweeted a threat to have immigration agents round up “millions of illegal aliens” starting next week. “They will be removed as fast as they come in,” Trump wrote. While the…
Robert Therrien, the Los Angeles sculptor whose monumental sculptures of everyday objects revealed hidden truths about the nature of memory, has died. He was 71. Therrien died Monday at home of complications from cancer, said a representative from his gallery, Gagosian. “Time and again, Robert…
By JILL COLVIN, JONATHAN LEMIRE and MICHAEL SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Jabbing at the press and poking the eye of the political establishment he ran against in 2016, President Donald Trump officially kicked off his reelection campaign Tuesday with a grievance-filled Florida rally that focused more on settling scores than laying out his…
“Where is the money from the lottery going?” asked a reader named Jean. It never fails. Write about school funding shortages in California, and the emails start pouring in from people who insist the lottery was supposed to solve all our education money issues and wonder why it hasn’t. The latest…
