Muslims begin Hajj in sweltering heat against a backdrop of war
MECCA, Saudi Arabia — The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, officially began Monday. More than 1.5 million...
Pope calls for AI regulation, using technology for common good rather than profit
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the...
Miles Davis at 100: Musicians explain why he is the GOAT
Thirty-five years after his death, jazz giant Miles Davis, who would have turned 100 years old Tuesday, remains a truly...
UCLA baseball team rallies to beat Oregon, wins its first Big Ten tournament title
The UCLA comeback kings are Big Ten tournament champions. A clutch hit by Aidan Espinoza and two reviews fueled the...
Reid Detmers strikes out 14, Angels score walk-off run on errant throw to sweep Rangers
Reid Detmers had a career-high 14 strikeouts and pinch runner Donovan Walton touched home on an errant throw in the...
As critters and losses pile up, Angels fans call for owner Arte Moreno to sell team
Lifelong Angels fan Johnny Gonzalez has reached his boiling point as the team sits at the bottom of the standings,...
How Congo is battling an Ebola outbreak complicated by aid cuts, armed rebels and anger
KINSHASA, Congo — Arson attacks on Ebola treatment centers in eastern Congo underscore the serious challenges authorities face — including a backlash...
‘Spider-Noir’ remixes Spider-Man into a Humphrey Bogart-like superhero
The endlessly exploitable Spider-Man is back in “Spider-Noir,” a retro tale set in a recognizable New York in an inconsistent...
The ultimate L.A. pilgrimage: I walked 89 miles to every Erewhon in town
The idea grew as organically as the purple cauliflower at Erewhon. One day, I walked from my place in Los...
Britain’s navy prepares to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz while waiting for a peace deal
ABOARD THE RFA LYME BAY — Docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed...
Southern California could get 85% of its water locally and avoid Delta tunnel, groups say
A coalition of conservation groups wants Southern California to get 85% of its water locally, up from the 50% it...
Inside Marilyn Monroe’s private library and the misogyny that erased it
In 1951, not long after her breakthrough appearances in “All About Eve” and “The Asphalt Jungle,” Marilyn Monroe went to...
Venezuela’s Machado vows another run for presidency, plans return from exile this year
PANAMA CITY — Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado has announced that she plans to run for president again and...
Failing Orange County chemical tank rises to 100 degrees — the maximum temperature on the gauge
The failing Orange County tank filled with a toxic chemical and at risk of exploding has reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit,...
Young men storm a Congo hospital treating Ebola patients, demanding bodies of their kin
KINSHASA, Congo — Angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients at the heart of the latest outbreak of the disease...
