2 dead, at least 146 infected as Kansas battles spreading tuberculosis outbreak
Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has killed two people and caused at least 146 to become infected with the potentially deadly…
Trump administration offers buyouts to federal workers
The Trump administration is offering eight-month buyouts to federal workers who do not wish to return to the office, provided they resign within the next…
Democrats assail OMB director nominee Russell Vought over political, cultural issues
1 of 4 | Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget, testifies at a Senate Budget committee…
Incarcerated firefighters offer aid battling L.A. blazes, find career
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Biden warns of growing threat of unchecked power in farewell address
1 of 5 | U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington,…
Biden officials say they built up pandemic defenses. Trump vows changes
NEW YORK — The Biden administration on Tuesday released a “road map” for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to…
Huntington Beach’s future after Tito Ortiz resignation
From the moment Tito Ortiz entered the political arena in Huntington Beach, some of his supporters saw him as the local government version of Donald…
Biden announces new student debt relief for 150,000
U.S. News // 15 hours ago Biden, Netanyahu discuss Gaza cease-fire negotiations Jan. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Sobering advice from two experts on how to prevent similiar fires
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Wayfair announces departure from German market
Wayfair announced on Friday that it was leaving the German market after 15 years, citing lagging sales compared to Britain and "weak macroeconomic conditions" in…
2024 was brutal for Los Angeles restaurant closures
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Yes, Biden is governing as a progressive. Are you surprised?
President Biden’s Republican critics charge that he has foisted a “bait and switch” on voters — that he campaigned as a moderate but veered abruptly…
Xi says China’s annexation of Taiwan can’t be stopped
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends an inauguration event for the Chancay mega-port at the Government Palace in Lima, Peru, in November. On Tuesday in an…
COVID-19: WHO demands China share data, open files, to help uncover origins of virus
Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan where an international expert team from the World Health Organization joined Chinese colleagues to carry out joint scientific study…
Have some down time? Check out the revamped L.A. Times games
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Tortoises are bouncing back thanks to Marine base conservation effort
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Party City CEO announces chain is halting operations, all employees laid off
1 of 2 | Pedestrians walk by a Party City retail store in New York City on Friday. The CEO of the New Jersey-based chain…
Donald Trump’s deportation plan sparks fear, doubt, skepticism
1 of 4 | President-elect Donald Trump promises to undertake the largest deportation program in U.S. history during his next term in the White House.…
Disneyland OKs state’s largest wage theft settlement with workers
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Newsom to roll out $100-billion ‘California Comeback Plan’
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