$31.5-million settlement reached in lawsuit over San Diego girl’s starvation death
SAN DIEGO — A lawsuit over the death of an 11-year-old girl who was allegedly tortured and starved by her adoptive family...
Justice Department faces hurdle in seeking case against Comey as judge cites constitutional violations
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department violated the constitutional rights of a close friend of James B. Comey and must return to him...
Lancaster man accused of killing wife in August extradited from Peru
A Lancaster man accused of killing his wife in August has been successfully extradited from Peru, where he’d fled with...
Abraham Quintanilla, father of late Tejano singer Selena, dies at 86
Abraham Quintanilla, father and manager of the late Tejano pop icon Selena Quintanilla, has died. He was 86. “It’s with...
Justice Department sues four more states for access to detailed voter data
The U.S. Justice Department is suing four more states as part of its effort to collect detailed voting data and...
Prep basketball roundup: Etiwanda holds off Rancho Verde in ‘Dave Kleckner appreciation game’
Etiwanda and Rancho Verde, coached by two disciples of defensive guru Dave Kleckner, went at it with the kind of...
Israel says it has killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza
JERUSALEM — Israel said Saturday it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers...
Three dead in Panorama City crash after driver speeds through red light
Three people were pronounced dead on the scene after a Plymouth minivan sped through a red light in Panorama City,...
A young musician was gunned down in Northridge. Did childhood friends set her up?
Around 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday last month, two masked men approached a black Cadillac Escalade idling outside a Northridge...
2 U.S. service members, one American civilian killed in ambush in Syria, officials say
DAMASCUS, Syria — Two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed and three other people wounded in an ambush on...
Justin Herbert optimistic about hand injury heading into Chargers-Chiefs showdown
Almost immediately after a thrilling overtime victory against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night, Justin Herbert went in for imaging...
Belarus frees Nobel Peace laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as U.S. lifts sanctions
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Belarusian authorities Saturday freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and other prominent political...
‘La Grazia’ reunites a dependable Italian duo for a rumination on the end of a political career
We should be grateful for filmmakers who have a special artistic relationship with an actor: Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune,...
What the Dodgers are doing isn’t normal in pro sports. Be sure to appreciate it
Step into the Dodgers’ team store, turn to the right, and you’ll be staring at Shohei Ohtani. Not in person,...
Lucy Liu hits a career high as an unraveling mom in ‘Rosemead,’ based on a true crime
The true story behind the family drama “Rosemead” may not be the saddest tale ever brought to the screen. But...
