World & Nation

The company that owns the vast cold storage warehouse scorched in a June blaze that plagued neighbors in Boyle Heights with smoke and stink said it doesn't deserve the pummeling it got for how it contained the catastrophe.

Journalists, human rights advocates and dissidents who were persecuted in Nicaragua and sought safety in the U.S. are increasingly being targeted for deportation.

These cold-blooded killers were probably as warm-blooded as mammals, according to new research.

Two lawsuits were filed this week in California demanding prominent museums relinquish artwork seized by Nazi officials.

Californians are deeply frustrated with the length of the November ballot, which includes 14 propositions, and gloomy about the direction of the state and the nation, according to a new Public Policy Institute of California poll.

Burchett's effort to force Bass to testify is the latest example of congressional Republican leaders trying to examine California's handling of regional issues and finances.

The strikes put the Trump administration in a newly precarious position less than two months before the November midterms.

Fewer than half of Americans believe the upcoming midterm elections will be "free and fair," according to a new poll — a sharp decline from after the 2024 election.

The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to immediately close the performing arts venue, a few hours after a federal judge ruled that President Trump's name could not be restored to its facade.

The justices turned down an emergency appeal from Trump's lawyers, who argued the government needed a new and untested system of unique bar codes to track millions of mailed ballots.

Newsom's effective yield to Harris diminishes the possibility of a 2028 showdown between two of California's most powerful political figures.

Top executives from three of the country's leading AI companies issued exceptional calls for collaboration on a path forward that could "pace the frontier" of AI development.

Artificial intelligence stocks tumbled on Monday after American leaders of the AI revolution called for a coordinated slowdown in building more powerful AI systems.

The Trump administration is rolling back the majority of Biden-era limits on greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to remove "red tape" that drives up energy costs, agency officials said.

California and others filed lawsuits Monday challenging new Trump administration rules for denying green cards to applicants who have relied on public assistance.

Gavin Newsom leaves office in a few months, allowing him to devote all of his time to a 2028 presidential run.

Fernando Cerimedo, a prominent Latin American right-wing digital strategist, was arrested in Bolivia for allegedly orchestrating the attempted murder of his pregnant mistress to prevent her from exposing his criminal conduct.

The 22nd District is one of fewer than two dozen toss-up races nationwide that will likely determine which party controls the U.S.

A trespasser tried to enter former Vice President Kamala Harris' cliffside property in Malibu.

Following legal opposition that delayed the project, Costco is slated to open a new outpost in October.

An Israeli soldier posted on social media a photo of a bound and blindfolded young man.

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The image, made to look like a movie poster for "Transformers," urged the man to self-deport.

Alarm mounted throughout the summer as researchers at leading AI labs found the pace of development far outstripping their expectations.

Thousands of Salvadoran immigrants nationwide faced uncertainty after the federal government failed to decide by a Wednesday deadline whether to extend or terminate their longtime temporary protections against deportation.

The promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country's nearly $1.8-trillion annual budget deficit and concerns about inflation.

Companies and special interest groups with some of the diciest issues expected to land on California's next governor's desk are among the top financial backers of Democrat Xavier Becerra, the gubernatorial front-runner.

Congress seems poised to pass the Fix Our Forests Act, which would expedite forest thinning work, test new firefighting tech and build up homes' wildfire armor.

The AI trends upending China's entertainment industry may be a harbinger for what's to come in Hollywood.

A federal judge has already halted the plan nationwide, but the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to revive it, arguing the federal government would be seriously harmed by voter fraud if it does not.

A new exhibition at the California Museum in Sacramento, 'Help Wanted/Leave Now!'

The Department of Homeland Security has not yet announced whether it will end or extend Temporary Protected Status for some 170,000 Salvadorans, including 36,000 in California.

Republican candidate Steve Hilton is vowing to abolish California's DMV and cap annual vehicle registration at $73, reviving memories of Arnold Schwarzenegger's fee reduction.

Illegal crossings at the U.S.

Ottawa's latest measures are a response to tariffs imposed by President Trump last month on Canadian exports.

Days before California voters receive their mail-in ballots, gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, and Steve Hilton, a Republican, will debate in a nationally televised face-off.

The ancient statues of the deities Heket and Beset, too heavy to move, were used for target practice.

The president, who won reelection based on a promise to turn the economy around, now faces a reckoning in midterms centered largely on his economic record.

Some Venezuelans fear President Trump's oil deal with the Venezuelan government will entrench what's becoming a dictatorship.

Trump's attempts to undermine democracy has elevated the importance of election oversight.

As the U.S. burns through key Patriot and THAAD interceptors, experts warn it could take years to rebuild defenses against potential conflicts with China or Russia.

In Mexico's verdant avocado-growing region, locals are forced to form armed self-defense militias to protect their land and search for loved ones lost to cartel violence.

Widespread anxiety over environmental risks and rising costs have turned the rapid expansion of AI data centers into a focal point in midterm elections nationwide.

Colorado ranchers struggling with severe drought and heat have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a climate case that soon will be heard by the U.S.

Building will soon be underway for Trump's Triumphant Arch

Leaders of an extremist, far-right party in Germany have quietly borrowed pages from President Trump's playbook to cast doubt on the integrity of absentee voting — alleging without evidence that residents of nursing homes have had their ballots manipulated

A federal judge again Friday blocked the U.S.

Record-high diesel prices are squeezing California's economy, driving up fuel and operational costs for local farmers, trucking fleets and supply chains.

Gloria Steinem always listened more than she spoke, which is one reason her words had such lasting impact.

New research suggests that human activity is making El Niño even more extreme and globally disruptive.