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Megan Mantia, left, and her boyfriend Thomas, only first game given, return to Mantia's fire-damaged home after the Eaton Fire swept through the area, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Altadena, Calif.

Firefighters battle devastating Los Angeles wildfires as winds calm somewhat

Firefighters are battling to control major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and caused thousands of people to frantically flee their homes.

Thousands gather to protest Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th president of the United States and other related issues during the People's March on Jan. 18, in Washington D.C.

With fewer protesters and a renewed focus, activists plan for a second round of Trump

President-elect Donald Trump takes office Monday and Democratic organizers are not seeing the mass-scale opposition they witnessed in 2017. So, they're adjusting with a focus on Trump's agenda.

The<strong> </strong>U.S. Supreme Court agreed to partially limit two lower-court orders that had previously blocked the Biden administration’s new rules barring sex discrimination in schools that get federal aid.<br>

Supreme Court blocks Biden administration rules against sex discrimination in schools

The court’s action effectively bars the federal government from enforcing any portion of its new anti-discrimination rules while legal challenges are litigated in the lower courts.

How Republicans mainstreamed the baseless idea of noncitizen voting in 2024

Donald Trump and his allies have zeroed in on the baseless claim that Democrats are encouraging newly arrived migrants to vote for them in the 2024 election. There is no evidence of a plot like this.

Senators hold a session in alternate headquarters due to protesters blocking access to their regular chambers, in Mexico City, on Sept. 5. The protesters were opposing major judicial reforms.

Mexico's Senate just approved changing the constitution. Here's what you need to know

The constitutional reform is controversial because it completely remakes Mexico's judiciary. One side says it will end corruption, the other that it will end judicial independence.

A McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder is shown on March 6, 2018, in Atlanta. The fast-food chain says customers should feel confident ordering from its restaurants despite a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to its Quarter Pounder hamburgers.

McDonald's tries to reassure customers after deadly E. coli outbreak

A preliminary investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration suggests fresh onions that are served raw on McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers were a likely source of contamination.

Tents line up near a fence in the Chinatown neighborhood of Fresno on Feb. 10, 2022.

Audit: California risked millions in homelessness funds due to poor anti-fraud protections

A critical new federal audit calls out California for doing too little to prevent fraudulent spending of homelessness funds. Nearly $320 million was at risk.

Elon Musk speaks as part of a campaign town hall in support of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Folsom, Pa., on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Gov. Shapiro calls Musk's $1M offer to Pennsylvania voters 'deeply concerning'

Trump supporter Elon Musk says the daily prize money is meant to “support the Constitution,” but an election law expert calls it “clearly illegal.”

Did the 'L.A. Times' and other news outlets pull punches to appease Trump?

Inside the Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, and the Washington Post, journalists question whether news executives are making editorial decisions with an eye to appeasing former President Donald Trump.

A controversial but effective treatment for meth addiction gains ground

Policymakers in California embrace a proven but unorthodox treatment for meth and cocaine addiction: Give people gift cards to stay off the drugs.

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