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Businesses close, children skip school for 'a day without immigrants' protest
In Southern California and across the country on Monday, dozens of businesses nationwide closed, schools reported lower attendance and…
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Trump and the L.A. fires have made for nonstop news. Experts share ways to deal, not reel
Don Grant, a media psychologist who has long helped people process the negative effects of digital media in their everyday lives, has been…
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These House newcomers came to the Capitol with big plans. Then the wildfires hit
WASHINGTON — Rep. Luz Rivas had barely begun her day in Washington when her cellphone rang at 7 a.m. The Hurst fire had erupted around…
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Immigration arrests in churches? Some clergy say not so fast
WASHINGTON — With the Trump administration declaring that immigration agents are now free to make arrests in places of worship, undeterred…
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Former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will split time between L.A. and New York in new legal job
WASHINGTON — Questions about former Vice President Kamala Harris’ plans have swirled since she lost her presidential bid in 2024 — notably…
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Supreme Court will decide if religious schools may be funded as public charters
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear an Oklahoma case to decide whether the state must authorize a religious…
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'Freaked out': Fear, uncertainty grip California's immigrant community as Trump rolls out crackdown plan
Leticia Jimenez expects to graduate from Cal State San Bernardino this spring with a degree in business administration. She came to the…
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Biden, Harris in California, and soon Trump will be too
Former President Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden are spending their first days after leaving the White House in Santa Barbara…
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Column: How Donald Trump's second inauguration outdid the cruelty and excesses of his first
I really appreciated Monday’s unexpected call for unity in the Capitol rotunda, where MAGA insurrectionists mounted a deadly attack on…
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she used her access to nudge Trump on L.A. wildfire recovery
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, the chief of the inaugural transition, acknowledged the difficulty of overseeing…
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Trump plans to combat immigration with troops and a state of emergency
WASHINGTON — President Trump took steps Monday to fundamentally and drastically change how the nation handles immigration, saying he would…
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Opinion: What a century-old disaster can teach fire-ravaged L.A. about recovery and rebuilding
A city devastated; neighbors coming to its aid; the hunt for a scapegoat: Though the Angelenos enduring wildfires today lead lives…
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Fire lessons from the Australian capital, where a 2003 inferno changed everything
The residents of Canberra might know a little about what Los Angeles is going through. Exactly 22 years ago, a wildfire became a…
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Harris joins a decades-old tradition for vice presidents in her final days in office
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris, in one of her last public appearances in the role, signed her ceremonial desk drawer at the…
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After faulty cell alerts during fire emergency, L.A. County overhauls its system
Los Angeles County’s top emergency manager said Saturday the county’s overhaul of its emergency notification system is nearly complete…
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Column: For Angelenos suffering fire fatigue, ace water drop videos are sweet revenge
Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Super Scooper water drop! The most memorable battle scenes exist in the pivot — the…
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Biden celebrates birth of great-grandchild after briefing on L.A. wildfires
President Biden announced that he became a great-grandfather Wednesday following a briefing on the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.…
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What we know about Shamsud-Din Jabbar, accused in deadly New Orleans attack
The FBI has identified Shamsud-Din Jabbar as the man who drove a truck into a crowd on New Orleans' Bourbon Street early Wednesday,…
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A rose's journey from a Colombian farm to a parade float in Pasadena
A little more than a week before the 136th Tournament of Roses Parade, Bob Mellano was counting flowers and coming up short — 50,000 roses…
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Column: For many Black women, Kamala Harris' defeat felt like a betrayal. Now what?
The day Joe Biden faced reality, stepped aside and cleared the way for Kamala Harris to replace him atop the Democratic ticket, Teja Smith…
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Ex-Assad official charged in California for 'flying carpet' torture at Syrian prison
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles this week charged a former Syrian military official with several counts of torture allegedly committed…
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California Rep. Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after an injury in Europe
WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) was admitted to a hospital for evaluation after she sustained an injury…
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Prosecutors link rapper Lil Durk to second killing as judge orders him jailed in L.A. case
Federal prosecutors said Thursday that rapper Lil Durk, who is accused of commissioning a murder two years ago in Los Angeles, may be…
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Ex-FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens agrees to plead guilty to federal charges
A former FBI informant accused of falsely claiming that President Biden and his son Hunter accepted bribes has agreed to plead guilty to…