In Chef José Andrés new book on Spanish cuisine, he writes of food as “the unwritten history of our ancestors, told through the pots and pans, the knives and spoons of all the cooks who kept us alive – most …
Chef José Andrés shares Spanish recipes and lore in ‘Spain My Way’ cookbook Read MoreBy MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel this week to a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Sweden, where U.S. plans to reduce troop levels in Europe coupled with President Donald Trump’s often inconsistent stance …
Rubio heads to a NATO FMs meeting as European angst over Trump reliability, US troops, Iran grows Read MoreBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — Shouting over the banging and clanging sounds from heavy construction equipment, President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave a group of reporters a closer look at the construction for the White House ballroom he’s building …
Trump shows reporters ballroom construction site as lawmakers balk at $1B for White House security Read MoreGovernment offices — Los Angeles city and county, national and state offices — and superior courts, libraries and schools — are normally closed for a federal holiday such as Memorial Day. Los Angeles Unified School District schools are closed on …
What’s closed on Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day in LA County Read MoreLos Angeles Daily News Boys Athlete of the Week for May 19, 2026. Name: Noa Beauregard School: Chatsworth Sport: Volleyball Year: Senior Noteworthy: Beauregard shined in the LA City Section Open Division boys volleyball final with game-highs of 13 kills …
LA Daily News Boys Athlete of the Week: Noa Beauregard, Chatsworth Read MoreLast week Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a revised version of his eighth and final state budget, which he said would not only be balanced for the 2026-27 fiscal year but also for his successor’s first year. “I’m not trying to get out of …
Gavin Newsom’s last budget still would leave California’s finances wobbly Read MoreBy FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government will permanently drop tax claims against President Donald Trump, according to a settlement document that is part of a deal to resolve Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the …
US government agrees to drop tax claims against Trump in broadening of IRS lawsuit settlement Read MoreProponents behind a ballot initiative aimed at eliminating the city’s $800 million-plus business tax began actions today to rescind the proposal after Los Angeles elected officials negotiated a deal between business and labor to phase-in wage increases for certain hotel …
Backers of a ballot initiative to eliminate LA’s $800 million business tax took actions to end it after officials negotiated a new deal Read MoreThree people were killed in the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday (Picture: Nelvin C. Cepeda/ZUMA Press/Cove) Two teenagers who attacked a mosque in San Diego livestreamed themselves shooting three people dead before killing themselves. Cain …
Mosque shooters who killed three ‘livestreamed their attack’ after stealing guns Read MoreIn total six people have died during the dive, including ecology professor Monica Montefalcone (left) and her daughter Giorgia Sommacal (right) A Maldives cave diving instructor may have ‘intentionally swam away’ from a tourist group where six people have died …
Maldives diving instructor ‘intentionally swam away’ from cave where six died Read MoreBy SARAH LIESE and SIERRA PFEIFER TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Culture is vital for recovery. That’s a lesson Juli Skinner, a citizen of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, learned during her time in foster care, years later working in child …
Cherokee Nation integrates culture into new treatment center built with opioid settlement funds Read MoreAfter a planned Los Angeles mayoral debate was canceled last week when Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Nithya Raman withdrew, at least four of the five major candidates in the race are scheduled to appear Wednesday at a mayoral forum …
LA mayoral candidates will appear at a forum at Los Angeles Valley College Read MoreOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. health officials said Tuesday they have issued quarantine orders for two passengers from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak who are now at a hospital in Nebraska. The orders were signed …
US health officials order quarantine for 2 passengers from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak Read MoreImagine a softball squad that boasts the most prodigious home-run hitter in NCAA history and yet it is another teammate, on the cusp of her own record-setting season, named the top player in the country. UCLA senior first baseman Jordan …
UCLA’s Jordan Woolery named Softball America’s National Player of the Year Read MoreWhile summer usually means dusting off your beach chairs or finding the nearest pool, there are other ways to spend the sunny season in Southern California. It may not be October quite yet, but there are several horror-themed conventions happening …
10 festivals and conventions to keep on your summer radar Read MoreBy JEFFREY COLLINS and DAVID A. LIEB COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republicans in the South Carolina House cast aside Democratic suggestions and objections Tuesday as they worked toward a key vote on a congressional redistricting plan that could give the …
South Carolina Republicans press toward House vote on congressional redistricting plan Read MoreBy LORNE COOK BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s top military officer said Tuesday that he doesn’t expect any more drawdowns of American troops from Europe — at least not anytime soon — beyond the 5,000 that U.S. President Donald Trump announced …
NATO’s top officer doesn’t expect more American drawdowns beyond the 5,000 troops Trump announced Read MoreTaco Bell has a new take on its Mexican Pizza that features chicken. Cantina Chicken Mexican Pizza will officially go on sale for a limited time on Thursday, May 21. But Taco Bell Rewards members got early access to it …
You can get Taco Bell’s new take on Mexican Pizza early; here’s how Read MoreBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOCELYN GECKER As artificial intelligence casts a shadow over career prospects, it is becoming an unwelcome subject at this season’s college commencements. At several campuses, graduates have interrupted speakers with stadium-wide boos when the topic turned …
Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements Read More