How a Sri Lankan politician's comeback became controversial
The upset election defeat of Sri Lankan strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa was the political surprise of the year in South Asia.
The upset election defeat of Sri Lankan strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa was the political surprise of the year in South Asia.
A superb start by Hector Santiago, clutch home runs by David Murphy and Kole Calhoun, a game-saving catch by center fielder Mike Trout they were all just beacons of hope on another night of frustration for the Angels.
Quarterback Ricky Town graduated early from high school and enrolled at USC last January to get a head start on his college career.
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Junior tailback Justin Davis participated in a full workout for the first time since suffering a hamstring injury on the first day of training camp.
In the late 1960s, civil rights leader Julian Bond was such a compelling figure that he was talked about as one day becoming the first black president of the United States.
A wildfire broke out Sunday afternoon in the Castaic area of the Angeles National Forest, burning about 300 acres and three structures by evening, officials said.
If Donald Trump were president, he would put U.S. ground troops in Iraq to fight Islamic extremists, rescind President Obama's executive orders that protect millions of immigrants from deportation, eliminate American citizenship for U.S.-born children whose parents are in the country illegally...
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California in the Great Drought is a living diorama of how the future is going to look across much of the United States as climate change sets in. Like hippies and "dude," wine bars and hot tubs, mega-churches and gay rights, what gets big in California goes national soon enough. Now, the large...
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A brush fire broke out near the Rio Hondo River in Montebello on Sunday afternoon, scorching an oil field that halted its operations
There's always a couple of freshmen who make it on the varsity level, and Gardena Serra appears to have one in receiver-defensive back Max Williams.
Welcome to Trail Guide, your daily tour along the road to the White House. Here's what we're watching on Sunday, Aug. 16: Donald Trump on NBC's "Meet the Press": Immigrants "have to go" Both Trump and Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday. The Times' Seema Mehta chronicles...
The Angels made a flurry of roster moves Sunday, but none involved shortstop Erick Aybar, who has missed the last three games because of tightness in the left side of his lower back. Aybar, in fact, is in the lineup for Sunday night's series finale against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
Ray F. Herndon, a journalist who covered the early days of the Vietnam War for United Press International and later helped free an innocent man from a Texas prison as an investigative reporter, died Sunday after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 77.