11-year-old boy driving pickup truck crashes into group of Thai monks, killing 9
BANGKOK — An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on...
Top FBI agent in Chicago abruptly leaving post after being pushed to retire, AP sources say
WASHINGTON — The head of the FBI’s Chicago field office is abruptly leaving his position, according to a resignation message he sent...
Trump and Republicans return to communist attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterm elections
WASHINGTON — President Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They’re...
Trump administration’s $46 billion ‘smart wall’ races ahead on the U.S.-Mexico border
PHOENIX — For decades, all that separated the U.S. from Mexico was barbed wire. Now, after a massive infusion of cash from...
Facing setbacks and resistance, Trump presses bid to reshape elections on multiple fronts
WASHINGTON — President Trump has spent months waging an unusually aggressive campaign to reshape how states run elections, leveraging federal agencies in...
L.A. Venezuelan restaurants unite to provide earthquake relief
Standing outside of her casual Venezuelan restaurant in downtown L.A., Kelly Montana clutched print-out photos of her parents as she...
Faces and voices of Angelenos on America’s 250th
Ruby Woo, 33, Unincorporated East Los Angeles What 250 years means: 250 years of America is joy, devastation, pain, suffering,...
Home insurer surcharges for wildfires is legal, judge rules
Surcharges that California homeowners have been hit with statewide by insurers defraying the costs of Los Angeles County’s wildfires were...
Albanian police use tear gas and pepper spray as Tirana protest turns violent
TIRANA, Albania — Albanian police clashed with protesters Thursday as an anti-government demonstration — part of protests triggered by plans for a...
Once a source of national pride, Cuba’s healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis
BATABANO, Cuba — After two surgeries and several rounds of radiation therapy over the past four years to treat a tumor, Irisleydis...
U.S. men piling up historic moments at World Cup, but focus is on the here and now
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Mauricio Pochettino’s team continues to do things in this summer’s World Cup that no U.S. team has ever...
Trump’s actions signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn
WASHINGTON — For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities —...
Vatican excommunicates schismatic bishops and priests, and warns their followers
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent, declaring the Society...
Venezuelan security guard pulled alive from building basement 8 days after twin quakes
CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela — Rescuers pulled a 43-year-old security guard alive from a collapsed basement early Thursday, ending a grueling days-long...
Justice for U.S. star Folarin Balogun, red card for VAR
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As a nation, we’re pretty new to all this. And this VAR abomination we’ve all now been introduced...
