Note: This is Part 1 of a three-part series on climate change. ___ The world is drifting steadily toward a climate catastrophe. For many of us, that's been clear for a few years or maybe a decade or even a few decades. But others have known that a re

Note: This is Part 3 of a three-part series on climate change. ___ The evidence, the expert advice, common sense - they all point to a single unavoidable conclusion: Humankind has dragged its feet for so long on the looming crisis of climate change t

LOS ANGELES - A fugitive emu led California Highway Patrol officers on a brief pursuit before being taken into custody Friday. The southbound runaway was apprehended after a 30-minute chase along California 99 and taken to the Madera County Animal Se

JERUSALEM - For the second time in five months, Israelis went to the polls Tuesday for a national election that pits the country's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, against a former military chief, Benny Gantz. In unprecedented do-o

LOS ANGELES - Anthony Lynn labeled his versatility "huge," likened his presence to being "a coach on the field" and called him "the captain of that secondary." The Los Angeles Chargers lost all that Sunday when safety Adrian Phillips suffered a broke

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a crackdown on illicit e-cigarettes on Monday and plans to launch a state-sponsored public awareness campaign about the dangers of the devices amid a nationwide outbreak of serious lung illn

NEW YORK - Kenley Jansen, tucked in a corner inside the visitors' clubhouse at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Thursday night, expressed a blend of excitement and relief. Things were clicking. For real this time. He was positive of it. Minutes earlier

Most NFL teams would give their right arm for Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger or New Orleans' Drew Brees. Problem is, the talented right arms of Roethlisberger and Brees are out of service. Roethlisberger, 37, needs surgery on his right elbow that wi

LOS ANGELES - President Donald Trump is set to arrive in California on Tuesday with little clarity over his plans to address the state's homeless crisis and growing doubts about how much the federal government could actually do to change conditions o

My son's laugh makes me laugh. Lately, he's into these Bob Menery Instagram posts, audacious takes on sports in the language of a locker room. His late mother would never approve. But a huge laugh is a huge laugh - better than aspirin or Valium or Sc

In the early morning hours of Aug. 4, outside a crowded bar in Dayton, Ohio, a gunman fired at least 41 rounds in 32 seconds, striking 26 people. Nine of those victims died in the shooting. The gunman was able to fire so many rounds so quickly becaus

As a historian of the Third Reich, I have found the comparisons made with increasing frequency between Trump's America and Nazi Germany deeply disturbing. Even subtracting the Holocaust from the equation, it's obvious that the Nazi dictatorship and A

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom defended his actions on the newly enacted vaccine law Monday, downplaying questions about why he demanded additional changes to the contentious legislation after agreeing to sign it. Newsom said he "f

Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series on climate change. ___ Although the richest, most developed countries in the world are overwhelmingly to blame for the catastrophe of global climate change, they are not the ones who will suffer the most fr

Desperate for jobs and revenue, cities have long offered tax breaks to lure companies to set up shop inside their borders or to stop employers from leaving. But in recent years, municipalities have increasingly been getting caught in tax-break biddin

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday that it appears Iran was behind air attacks on two major Saudi Arabian oil facilities, but he emphasized that he wants to avoid a new Middle East war even as he stressed that the U.S. military is ready

LOS ANGELES - Brian Wilson fans had several reasons to breathe a sigh of relief after the hometown performance the Beach Boys' creative leader delivered Thursday at the Greek Theatre. First and foremost, Wilson was in solid voice and mood after givin

LOS ANGELES - As construction continues on the NFL's most expensive stadium by far, the $5 billion Inglewood venue has reached a major milestone. The place now has a name: SoFi Stadium. LA Stadium and Entertainment District at Hollywood Park has part

Early last week there were murmurings of meetings between President Trump and members of Congress interested in some limited gun reforms, with a whisper that there might be an announcement Thursday. Well, Thursday came and went. Still nada on gun ref

LOS ANGELES - The sizzle in the highly anticipated matchup between the Rams and the New Orleans Saints lasted less than one quarter Sunday at the Coliseum. Saints quarterback Drew Brees was forced to leave the game because of a hand injury suffered d

WASHINGTON - As Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh prepares for his second year on the Supreme Court, new reporting has detailed how the limits ordered by the White House and Senate Republicans last year constrained the FBI investigation into allegations of

NEW YORK - The Los Angeles Dodgers were reeling when Jedd Gyorko stepped into the batter's box to pinch-hit in the eighth inning of their 3-2 win Sunday night. They had spent seven innings wasting prime scoring opportunities against New York Mets rig

BAGHDAD - The fires raging in Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil processing plant could portend a larger, regionwide conflagration between Iran and Saudi Arabia, analysts worry. What first appeared on Saturday to be a series of contained fires caused by drone