Panel calls for new authority to oversee post-fire rebuilding in L.A.
An independent commission is urging the California Legislature to establish a new local authority to oversee and coordinate rebuilding after the most destructive fires in…
9th Circuit sides with Trump administration on L.A. troop deployment
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Thursday to leave troops in Los Angeles in the hands of the Trump administration while California’s objections…
Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter reports to federal prison
The former Japanese interpreter for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani surrendered to a federal prison in Pennsylvania on Monday, beginning a nearly five-year prison sentence for…
Trump fires Democratic commissioner of independent agency that oversees nuclear safety
WASHINGTON — President Trump has fired a Democratic commissioner for the federal agency that oversees nuclear safety as he continues to assert more control over independent regulatory…
Trump’s case for using troops to help ICE involves fugitive slave law
Despite a stinging rebuke from a federal judge Thursday, military forces deployed in Los Angeles will remain under presidential control through the weekend, setting up…
Immigration ‘notario’ scams are coming back under Trump crackdown
After she was assaulted by her romantic partner in 2000 while living in Los Angeles County, Maria Gutierrez Saragon turned to a family friend who…
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet resigns
President Trump got his way Friday, just not on his terms. Two weeks after Trump said he fired the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery director, Kim…
As Marines reach L.A., experts say: ‘This could spiral out of control’
After days of fiery protest against federal immigration raids, Los Angeles residents and officials braced for the arrival of hundreds of U.S. Marines on Tuesday…
Trump administration is deploying National Guard troops to L.A.
The Trump administration announced Saturday that National Guard troops were being sent to Los Angeles — an action Gov. Gavin Newsom said he opposed. President…
US DoT says Biden fuel economy rules exceeded legal authority | Automotive Industry
The mandate that the DoT challenged was a key part of former US President Joe Biden’s plan to address climate change.The United States Department of…
Deportation of family of man charged in Boulder firebombing halted
BOULDER, Colo. — A federal judge issued an order Wednesday to prevent the deportation of the wife and five children of an Egyptian man charged in a…
Elderly man builds tree house to protest eviction from state-owned home
Before the sun rose Tuesday, Benito Flores fortified the front door of his one-bedroom duplex on a narrow street in El Sereno. Flores, a 70-year-old…
Lebanon launches process to disarm Palestinian factions in refugee camps | Palestinian Authority News
Process launched after visit by Palestinian President Abbas, who said weapons ‘hurt’ Lebanon and Palestine cause.A joint Lebanese-Palestinian committee tasked with the removal of weapons…
Trump team weighs suspending constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it?
WASHINGTON — White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller says President Trump is looking for ways to expand his legal power to deport migrants who are…
Authorities search for missing man after kayak capsized on the American River
Authorities were searching Saturday for a kayaker who fell into the water along the American River near Auburn, Calif., the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said.The…
Musk’s bid to make SpaceX site a Texas city is approved
McALLEN, Texas — The south Texas home of Elon Musk’s Southern California-born rocket company, SpaceX, is on its way to becoming an official city with a galactic…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appoints aide as PLO deputy | Palestinian Authority News
Hussein al-Sheikh is a veteran leader of Abbas’s Fatah movement.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a close aide as vice president, the Palestine Liberation Organization…
Palestinian officials vote to create a vice presidency under Mahmoud Abbas | Palestinian Authority News
The expectation is that whoever holds the role would be the frontrunner to succeed President Mahmoud Abbas, 89.The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has announced the…
L.A. pawn shop owner tried to sell stolen Andy Warhol, officials say
A former Beverly Hills resident and the owner of an L.A. pawn shop tried to sell stolen Andy Warhol art and lied about the scheme…
Suspect in arson at Pennsylvania governor’s home planned to beat him, documents say
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man who allegedly scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s…