LOS ANGELES -- On paper, the deal makes sense.

Faced with the prospect of an extensive, and expensive, seismic safety retrofit for its 1960s-era downtown headquarters, L.A. County decided to vet an alternative: a far newer building, located just blocks away. Not only was it built under stricter standards, the reasoning goes, but it was ...Read more

A recent UC Davis study found that as Central Valley residents go about their day, they regularly breathe in pesticides, including one that has been banned in California and another whose effects on people is unclear.

The study, which was conducted in 2022 with the help of Central Valley residents, found that seven of 31 adults and one out of ...Read more

Two hundred grams of gold. 122 diamonds. A $100,000 price tag. And "TRUMP" on the dial.

Flashy, yes, but the most notable feature in a mechanical wristwatch debuted by former President Donald Trump last week may be the anachronistic technology encasing its beating heart: a tourbillon.

The device, for which the watch is named, is an 18th ...Read more

Fortified with work authorizations and a new freedom, Haitian immigrants are moving out of their longtime strongholds in Florida and New York, often finding good jobs while remaining wary of how they will be received in new places in the Midwest and South.

This movement helps explain why Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, have become ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — It is a dream that has been sacrosanct in South Korea for seven decades: reunification with North Korea.

Which is why one politician's recent comments were so jarring.

"Reunification? Let's not do it," said Im Jong-seok, who was chief of staff to President Moon Jae-in, who left office in 2022. "Let us abandon the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tom Ruppel strongly believes that names of some California state parks and monuments should be reexamined. So why did he sue the California State Parks for how they chose which parks to rename?

Four years ago, California State Parks set out to reexamine its parks and monuments as nationwide protests in response to the ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Two weeks had passed since Donald Trump claimed that Haitian immigrants in this city were “eating the pets,” and restaurant owner Ketlie Moise was starting to worry.

One of Springfield’s Haitian restaurants, Rose Goute Creole, has often been packed with supporters since Trump’s false comments on the debate stage ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia School District has made significant changes to its dress code — affirming students' right to self-expression, including the right of students to wear their hair in styles they choose.

"Students have the right to dress in a manner that celebrates their racial, cultural, religious, and gender identities, is ...Read more

Few people expected the campaign to elect the first woman president to spark a referendum on masculinity, but what it means to be a man has become “arguably the most dominant theme of this year’s elections,” according to MSNBC’s Ja'han Jones.

The debate between vice presidential nominees Democrat Tim Walz and Republican ...Read more

Vice presidential nominees Tim Walz and JD Vance sparred over abortion rights, foreign policy and housing costs in the sole vice presidential debate — and what could be the final widely viewed political event before the Nov. 5 election.

Vance was buoyed by extensive experience sparring with television hosts, while Walz had a shaky start. But...Read more

DETROIT — Two candidates who hope to be the country's next vice president fielded a question during Tuesday night's debate that referenced the criminal convictions of James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the Oxford High School shooter.

Earlier this year, separate juries in Oakland County found the Crumbleys guilty of involuntary ...Read more

More than 100 people, including some who were minors at the time, are planning to file lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs alleging that the founder of Bad Boy Entertainment and others sexually abused and exploited them.

The impending lawsuits, announced Tuesday in Houston, would be the latest in a wave of legal filings against the ...Read more

More than 100 people are suing San Diego County, alleging they were sexually abused by staffers during short stays at the region’s emergency foster shelter over the last 30 years, attorneys for the plaintiffs announced this week.

The accusations regarding the Polinsky Children’s Center are in about 25 lawsuits filed in San Diego Superior ...Read more

The California Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at reducing sudden gas price increases, action inspired by Gov. Gavin Newsom's political battle with the oil industry over blame for the state's nation-leading per-gallon costs at the pump.

The extended deliberations at the state Capitol over affordability underscore the challenges ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The long climb to Banner Elk follows switchbacks tangled with power lines, blocked by tree trunks and complicated by a two-lane highway reduced to a pile of boulders, and when you reach the top, you find a town living without running water for the last five days.

The police lieutenant saw his house float away, so he’s been...Read more

A bill that would require refineries in California to maintain minimum amounts of gasoline inventories to prevent price spikes at the pump is halfway through the legislative process.

After gathering in a special session called by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Assembly on Tuesday passed Assembly Bill X2-1 in a 44-17 vote.

The mandate to require ...Read more

NEW YORK — While Mayor Adams publicly offered nothing but support for his embattled adviser Tim Pearson, behind the scenes he was urging him to resign through surrogates, including former chief of staff Frank Carone, two sources familiar with the sequence said Tuesday.

Pearson, a senior mayoral adviser who oversaw migrant contracts and is now...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The rapper YG was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Tuesday morning in Burbank, police said.

The Santa Monica-based rapper, whose legal name is Keenon Jackson, hit a curb with a red Lamborghini and stopped in a grassy area along the roadway near the intersection of Olive Avenue and Keystone Street. That’s ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Centre County judge on Tuesday sentenced the former leaders of a Pennsylvania State University fraternity where Timothy Piazza was fatally injured in 2017 to two to four months in prison and three years probation.

Brendan Young, 28, of Philadelphia, and Daniel Casey, 27, originally from Ronkonkoma, N.Y., — who had been ...Read more