Armenia recognizes Palestine as state; Israel summons Armenian ambassador
A student protester waves a Palestinian flag above Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University in New York City on April 30. Armenia announced…
Newsom backs tribal land return amid dam removal project
More than a century has passed since members of the Shasta Indian Nation saw the last piece of their ancestral home — a landscape along…
New Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments churns old political conflicts
NEW ORLEANS — A bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every classroom…
Measure to restrict tax increases cannot appear on November ballot, California Supreme Court rules
A California ballot measure that would have required voter approval for any future state tax hikes violates the state constitution and will not be allowed…
Time for the Dodgers to stop taking Big Oil money
I’m pleased to report that Mark Walter, who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers, is financing two big clean energy projects. I’m less pleased to report…
With fires burning again, is California becoming uninsurable?
Thursday marks the beginning of summer, but early wildfires have already scorched the outskirts of L.A. and the Bay Area. Many California homeowners find themselves…
In Southern California, the water drama never dies
Drought or no drought, El Niño or La Niña — the Golden State’s water warriors always find a way to make life interesting. The latest…
NSW Blues halfback Mitchell Moses says ousted Nicho Hynes a State of Origin ‘scapegoat’
In short: NSW halfback Mitchell Moses says Nicho Hynes, the man he replaced as the Blues' number seevn, is a scapegoat for the Game I…
‘Sovereign flex’: How a tribe defied a US state with a cannabis superstore | Indigenous Rights News
Cherokee, North Carolina – In a converted bingo hall deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Myrtle Driver led the charge to defy the state of North…
Magic Johnson’s sports empire began in L.A. Now it’s national
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Dec. 7. In a moment of reflection last summer, Earvin “Magic” Johnson…
Suit over rules to accommodate abortions for federal workers is dismissed
CHICAGO — A lawsuit filed by 17 states challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge…
Hollywood Biden fundraiser with Obama, Clooney is crucial for campaign
In what is likely one of President Biden’s last major Hollywood fundraisers before the November election, the Democrat will sweep into town Saturday for a…
Photos: State of ‘catastrophe’ as downpours hit Chile | Weather News
Heavy rains have battered southern and central Chile, killing one person and causing damage to hundreds of homes as authorities declared a state of catastrophe…
‘State of shock’: Kuwait fire leaves many families bereft in India’s Kerala | News
From a father-of-two who planned to leave his job to a 29-year-old due to visit his family in August, two dozen Indians from the southern…
State Department gives 37 U.S. colleges grants to expand study abroad programs
1 of 2 | U.S. President Joe Biden in Aug. 2022 signed into law H.R. 4346, known as the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022,…
DWP’s new leader wants to shake things up. It won’t be easy
An honest-to-goodness map of the American West would show L.A.’s tentacles everywhere. You’d see canals — the Los Angeles Aqueduct, running along the base of…
England’s Euro 2024 opponents set for last-minute training ground change because of state of pitch
UEFA chiefs are ready to step in and find a NEW training ground for England’s group opponents Denmark. Sun Sport reported on concerns about the…
Tough-on-crime measure officially qualifies for November ballot
SACRAMENTO — A ballot measure to impose harsher criminal penalties for drug possession and theft, altering the controversial Proposition 47 passed in 2014, has qualified for…
U.S. State, Treasury Departments sanction 300 entities aiding Russia’s Ukraine war
The State and Treasury Departments on Wednesday sanctioned 300 individuals and entities involved in enabling Russia's war efforts in Ukraine. File Pool Photo by Shawn…
Alex Padilla first Latino elected to Senate from California
Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla made history again Tuesday night when he became the first Latino to be elected to represent California in the U.S. Senate.…