Thousands of inmates wrongly tested positive for opiate use inside California state prisons last year because of a laboratory mistake, and civil rights attorneys now worry many of them could be denied parole and a chance at freedom because of it.

About 6,000 drug tests are believed to have generated false positive results in 2024, according to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- When the unknown number popped up on her phone, Jocelyn Escanuela was in the checkout line at Walmart. She still can't explain why she picked up and then listened to a cold-caller's pitch that sounded a lot like a scam.

She had been selected to receive a grant of $6,000, the caller told her. And she would have a personal ...Read more

Voters in South Texas delivered Elon Musk a decisive victory, overwhelmingly approving a ballot measure to establish Starbase, Texas, as its own city.

By a margin of 173 to 4, residents of the far-flung community surrounding SpaceX’s rocket-launch site and headquarters voted resoundingly in favor of the incorporation effort, according to ...Read more

A day after the Trump administration sued Denver and Colorado officials to invalidate restrictions on cooperation with immigration enforcement, Democratic lawmakers gave final approval Saturday to a bill that would expand the state’s laws.

As the end of the 2025 legislation approaches, the state House’s 42-21 party-line vote approving ...Read more

He survived Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, evacuated women and children in Kyiv to safety, and then crossed the border to escape the war.

But after he arrived at the Krome North Service Processing Center in southwest Miami-Dade County, Maksym Chernyak, 44, suffered a stroke. Staff took more than 40 minutes to call 911. Later that day, on Feb. ...Read more

Vietnam lodged a formal protest against China and the Philippines for activities that it said violate its sovereignty in the Spratly Islands area, in a move that underscores the persistent tensions over contested waters in the South China Sea.

Vietnam requires relevant parties to “refrain from actions that complicate the situation” and to ...Read more

South Korea’s ruling party has selected former labor minister Kim Moon-soo as its presidential candidate to take on opposition nominee Lee Jae-myung, who is leading opinion polls ahead of next month’s election.

The race to become the People Power Party’s candidate had narrowed down to Kim and former PPP leader Han Dong-hoon. Ex-acting ...Read more

CHICAGO — The president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago faces an independent investigation amid a report that he stripped on a commercial airplane.

James Rondeau is voluntarily taking time away from his office while the investigation is completed, an Art Institute spokesperson said in a statement. “The Art Institute takes this ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Several federal prosecutors — including the chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section — have submitted their resignations following a plea deal offered by the new U.S. attorney in Los Angeles to a sheriff’s deputy who had already been found guilty of using excessive force.

Two sources confirmed to The Times ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At her hole-in-the-wall convenience store across the street from MacArthur Park, Sabrina de la Peña has supplied cold beverages, household necessities and kind words for nearly 30 years.

Despite issues with crime in the area, De la Peña, 61, said she never felt threatened by a customer until last month. Over the course of two ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A former burger chain CEO under federal indictment on gun and fraud charges now faces another accusation: Allegedly spreading "smears" that reached the White House through conservative pundits, leading to the prosecutor who was handling his case getting fired.

The latest claim was leveled by Adam Schleifer, formerly an assistant...Read more

The Little Leaguers warming up in a Union Park outfield craned their necks between practice swings Saturday morning to listen to the message shouted by a nearby crowd.

What they heard — the protest chants of an anti-Trump movement trying to grow its ranks in Chicago — was aimed not only at the White House, but anyone frustrated by the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Jobs for thousands of letter and package delivery workers at the U.S. Postal Service and UPS could be cut this year, with both looking to slash costs and streamline operations as the effects of President Donald Trump's tariffs and digital innovation ripple through the economy.

But what that means for people with a package to ...Read more

For the second time in a week, voters in a prominent U.S. ally angered by President Donald Trump punished conservatives and reelected a left-leaning incumbent.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was poised to win the largest victory for his center-left Labor Party since 1946, both in terms of two-party preferred and overall seat count....Read more

ATLANTA — Charlie Bailey, the former statewide candidate for attorney general and later lieutenant governor, has been elected chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia.

He won with about 53% of the vote in a runoff Saturday against former Rome City Commissioner Wendy Davis.

“People in our base have lost faith in our ability to fight for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At her hole-in-the-wall convenience store across the street from MacArthur Park, Sabrina de la Peña has supplied cold beverages, household necessities and kind words for nearly 30 years.

Despite issues with crime in the area, De la Peña, 61, said she never felt threatened by a customer until last month. Over the course of two ...Read more

Wanda Barzee, the woman who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart and held her captive for months in the early 2000s, has been arrested in Utah for violating the terms of her probation as a sex offender.

Barzee was arrested at her Salt Lake City home on Thursday after visiting at least two parks — Liberty Park and Sugar House Park — in the city last ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It was the height of the dinner rush at L.A. Live, a glittering, neon-drenched complex of restaurants and bars steps from Crypto.com Arena.

Around 6 p.m. on Nov. 28, 2023, a white Ford Escape pulled out of rush hour traffic on Figueroa Street, stopping along the curb outside Fixins Soul Kitchen.

A man stepped out of the Ford, ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — As chaotic, violent and arbitrary as Sunday night’s Clearwater Ferry crash was, it also seemed like an obvious crime scene.

Onlookers watched as the boat that slammed into the ferry drove away. Police later found the boat and its driver nearly 4 miles away. Retrieved footage soon revealed the seconds leading up to the crash �...Read more

ATLANTA — Most Georgia voters say marijuana should be made legal for recreational use, a sign of growing acceptance of a drug that‘s allowed in 24 other states.

Nearly 56% of respondents in a poll by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution supported legalizing marijuana, the highest level of support in recent years. Just 46% favored recreational ...Read more