Federal investigators are digging deeply into the travel, Internet presence and family history of the man who opened fire on two military installations in Chattanooga, hoping to find what turned a suburban engineer into a gunman who killed four Marines and injured at least three other people.
When Prime Healthcare Services dropped its bid to rescue the six floundering Daughters of Charity Health System hospitals, pundits raised two questions: Did Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris put the kibosh on the deal by demanding too much from Prime? Or is it just not possible to preserve a struggling...
While fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatists has ground down lately into a war of slow attrition, tension between Moscow and Kiev has been rising over diplomatic expulsions and unfulfilled conditions of a five-month-old peace plan.
According to figures released Friday by Major League Soccer's players union, newly acquired Galaxy midfielders Steven Gerrard and Giovani dos Santos are among the top 10 best-paid players in the league - even though neither has played an MLS game yet.
Matthew Modine stars as a terminally ill billionaire questioning the existence of the afterlife in TNT's "Proof." To search for answers, he recruits a surgeon, played by Jennifer Beals, who is haunted by the sudden death of her teenage son and her own near-death experience. The deal clincher: She...
The New Horizons team has released new images and videos of the towering mountains and newly revealed ice plains on Pluto.
Impressionist-comedian Frank Caliendo has sold a Studio City home once owned by Bud Abbott of the comedy duo Abbott and Costello for $1.4 million.
New research out Friday shows that Republicans will need a larger slice of Latino voters than previously thought if they hope to win the White House in 2016, creating an even tougher hurdle for the eventual nominee.
Outdoor climbing is a natural fit with Southern California's climate and topography. A growing number of adventurers, however, are tackling gravity on indoor terrain.
Once upon a time, the rock 'n' roll lifestyle was the exclusive preserve of, well, rockers. Nowadays, more and more people are living out of airports and hotels, working late into the night and eating on the run, says Gabrielle Francis, a naturopathic doctor, chiropractor, acupuncturist and massage...
A lone gunman launched two attacks on military sites in Chattanooga on Thursday, leaving four Marines dead and injuring three other people. "This is a sad day for the United States," U.S. Attorney William C. Killian told reporters at a press conference after the shooting. "These service members...
For only the second time, the Gamble House in Pasadena is offering a firsthand look at the landmark's rarely viewed servants' quarters during a two-week-long "Upstairs Downstairs" series of tours.
In Marvel's new superhero action fantasy "Ant-Man," Corey Stoll plays the brilliant but twisted Darren Cross, who battles with the film's titular hero in both human and insect forms.
"Tig"-Though a longtime notable on the stand-up comedy circuit, Tig Notaro became famous in 2012 after she gave a performance at Largo in Los Angeles in which she discussed an epic series of misfortunes: a month after Notaro contracted a life-threatening intestinal disease, her mother died; a month...
"Pig Goat Banana Cricket" (Nickelodeon, Saturdays). Cartoons are by nature art-historical, every shape, squiggle and way of rendering an eye or nose or arm, every method of relating background to foreground, of framing a shot having its precedents and referents in succeeding ages of symbolic invention...
Welcome to your Trail Guide, a daily tour through the twists and turns of the 2016 presidential campaign. It's Friday, July 17 and here's what's we're watching: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders are heading to Iowa They may cross paths with Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee...
For drought watchers, it has become known as the May miracle.
Scrambling to accommodate the Great Screen Sprawl of the 21st century and the growing influence of TV fandom, the Television Academy recently made all manner of adjustments to its awards rules and regs. An extra nomination slot was added to the comedy and drama series categories. And, in a nod...
The police officer casts a cursory glance at the first-time visitors and, with an efficiency unusual for India, waves them down a concrete corridor toward the office of the man he's supposed to be guarding.
As he rumbled through South Carolina this week, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told his favorite story about shopping for clothes at Kohl's department store and cobbling together so many discounts that "they're paying me to buy the shirt."
Lorena Martin's 18-year-old son, Robert, hurt his ankle playing football one recent Friday evening. He was in pain and unable to walk, and she was concerned that he'd done real damage.
If the Bill Cosby scandal has caused many to reexamine the dangers of fame and fandom, the documentary "Tig," which begins streaming Friday on Netflix, offers most welcome proof that not every revelation by or about a famous person need be scandalous.
The Federal Reserve is investigating allegations that Royal Bank of Canada teamed up improperly with City National Corp. to make a loan to a client while the proposed combination of the two banks is still pending.
House Republican leaders succeeded last month in their quest to shut down a federal agency that helps U.S. companies sell their goods overseas, but a majority in Congress may soon have the last word.
Subscribe to the newsletter I'm Susan King, veteran L.A. Times writer who specializes in all things Classic Hollywood. And every Friday I write about all aspects of the Golden Age of Hollywood, including my memories of interviewing legendary stars, movie and television milestones, happenings around...