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At least 23 people were killed in airstrikes Monday night in the Syrian city of Idlib, according to a humanitarian group. One of the strikes hit near a local hospital, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Earlier reports that the hospital was struck directly were incorrect, said the Observatory’s Rami Abdulrahman. A Syrian, […]

It's remarkable how fast discussion of Hillary Clinton's vice presidential selection process has been reduced to one question: Will she pick Elizabeth Warren?

Alicublog: Possibly the worst thing Megan McArdle has ever written.

Notes from the Ironbound: Untangling class, race and "the good old days."

Balkinization: The Supreme Court’s role in our constitutional scheme – why eight is not enough.

Southern Beale: TSA lines are a feature, not a bug.

Ozy: The night I almost peed on Henry Kissinger.

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THE revamp of SEN has failed to capture the imagination of listeners with the station’s flagship breakfast show struggling. WHO’S BEEN A RATINGS HIT?

After Marcus Rashford and Cameron Borthwick-Jackson signed new contracts at Old Trafford, the Red Devils have moved to tie down another of their young starlets

Porpoise porridge, anyone?

Katy Perry's youthful spirit is just what we're after as we head into summer. If you're looking to clean up your diet without compromising flavor, look to the singer for...

Perhaps it’s time to bring back the American Liberty League? Forgotten by everyone save a few history buffs, primarily on the libertarian right and the Marxist left, the League was formed early in Franklin Roosevelt’s first term by John Jakob Raskob, a former head of the Democratic Party. Its leadership...

Pastor Michael Fisher had just left his Compton church when he saw a red car punctured with bullet holes.

The brutal beating of Rodney King by the Los Angeles police and the riots that followed were still fresh in voters' minds when they went to the polls on June 2, 1992, and overwhelmingly endorsed a package of police accountability reforms. 

A wide array of opponents to Donald Trump have coalesced on a theme: He’s just too risky and unpredictable. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton referred to him as "a loose cannon." Early on, Republican Mitt Romney called out Trump’s Syria policy as “ridiculous and dangerous.”  Independent Sen....

When Lyndon Baines Johnson was Bernie Sanders’ age, he’d been dead 10 years. Unlike LBJ, Bernie is still very much alive, leading a campaign caravan through California and aiming to take his left-wing children’s crusade all the way to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia the last...

If you were around in the 1970s, you might remember Jim Rockford, the TV sleuth who lived in a trailer on the parking lot in Paradise Cove, with arguably the best view in Malibu. No next-door neighbors, just Rockford (played by the late James Garner), the rundown trailer and the beach. Rockford...

I'm Davan Maharaj, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) heads of state approved the concept of establishment of common hydrocarbons markets within the association, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said Tuesday.

Are you tough (or mad) enough to tackle 10 of the biggest, craziest obstacles ever invented? If you are, get along to Brands Hatch this weekend.

Footage of a father and his six-year-old son singing along to Frank Sinatra has attracted tens of thousands of views.

I read the recent article on the call for Oregon State University divestiture and thought, what if there were NO fossil fuel products? Where would we be?

It seems sad to destroy a very good building. Is it possible that Hewlett-Packard's Building 1 could be the new home for Linn-Benton Community College's Benton Center?

The May 17 primary election results show that Jay Dixon and Xan Augerot, running for county commissioner position 2, collectively received 15,753 votes (81.8 percent of the 19,255 Democratic ballots cast). Annabelle Jaramillo, running unopposed for position 3 unopposed on…

As relentless as army ants, never taking "no" as an answer, developers keep on trying to build at the north end of Kings Boulevard.

We as a community continue struggling with issues like the Oregon State University Foundation divestiture, whether to require solar panels on new construction, vehicle parking for the multitude of OSU students, etc. These issues are all manifestations of prices on…

The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index increased 5.4 percent in March compared with a year earlier, according to a report released Tuesday. That is the same annual gain as in February.

Gardening can be especially rewarding when some of the harvest is given to charity. Contributing just-picked fruits and vegetables not only alleviates hunger but helps develop healthier eating habits.