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...
FDA upgrades Utz brand potato chips recall to highest level
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has upgraded the recall of several varieties of Zapp’s and Dirty brand potato chips...
Toni Morrison wrote the real history of America. We’re just finally reading it
About six months after Toni Morrison died in the summer of 2019, Literary Cleveland began hosting annual community tribute parties...
250 years? California was already going strong when the 13 colonies got their act together
Don’t get all cocky, you 13 original colonies. Yes, yes, 250 years, congratulations, enjoy the cake. But here on the...
This Pico Rivera restaurant is home to the best chilaquiles in L.A.
Though I’m a lifelong lover of chilaquiles, I have yet to scratch the surface of the depth and breadth of...
