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Kids from the Altadena Little League watch an outdoor screening of the documentary “Going For Home” at Loma Alta Park in Altadena on May 16, 2026. (Photo by Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer) Families from the Altadena Little League watched an …

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and MAE ANDERSON, AP Business Writers Recent outbreaks of hantavirus and norovirus on cruise ships are making headlines, but they’re unlikely to dim the growing popularity of vacation cruises, according to industry representatives and travel experts. In …

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MATTHEW BROWN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the management of a quarter-billion acres of public lands on Monday, as the administration pushes ahead with more mining …

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ A white police officer in Connecticut who fatally shot a Black man suffering a mental health crisis has been charged with manslaughter after a state investigation found he failed to de-escalate the confrontation. The officer, Joseph Magnano, …

By Amanda Seitz, KFF Health News TOLEDO, Ohio — The little boy, dressed in a Toy Story sweatshirt, wrapped himself around the nation’s health secretary. “What do you guys want to be when you grow up?” Health and Human Services …

ANAHEIM — Ryan Johnson is back in the big leagues, but he’s not quite the same Ryan Johnson who was with the Angels before. Johnson’s average velocity on his sinker in the two games he’s pitched in relief in the …

By Alexandra S. Levine and Madlin Mekelburg, Bloomberg News Google’s YouTube and Snap Inc. reached agreements to settle the first lawsuit headed to trial over claims that addiction to top social media platforms has disrupted learning and pushed public schools …

Tony winning choreographer Justin Peck will return to Chicago early next year to remount “Illinoise,” his Tony Award-winning dance musical set to the genre-bending Sufjan Stevens album of the same name. The musical, which headed to Broadway after a lightning …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Almost every community in the Chicago area is at risk of flooding, and powerful storms are expected to increase. Should you buy flood insurance? 🗞️ Plus: Chicago Housing Authority residents wait a long time for …

An 11-year-old Chicago boy was killed during a two-vehicle rollover traffic crash that also injured five other people Sunday on the Eisenhower Expressway in west suburban Maywood. Troopers responded to the crash at about 11:10 a.m. involving two vehicles that …

Devices with accessible cameras are becoming more popular (Picture: Getty Images) New tech that allows people to surreptitiously film their surroundings and monitor movements are being wielded as ‘weapons’ by abusers, Sadiq Khan has warned. Doorbell cameras, smart glasses and …

DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law, “Carla,” has had a “girlfriend,” “Susan,” for the past year who she has never met or spoken to. They only text. Carla says they plan to be married when they meet, which is canceled repeatedly. When …

It seems like society never stops punishing people returning from prison. Any previous confinement can feel like a life sentence because exclusionary policies make it difficult to secure employment, transportation, needed documents and a place to live. We see this …

Vocalo, the local music radio station that helped make Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa household names, is set to launch a live call-in show in hopes of “shaping what comes next.” The Vocalo Hotline, a weekly show debuting at …

Usually, they cry. Because losing a limb is not subtle, not a hidden loss, like losing a kidney. You see what is missing. Everybody does. A part of you is gone and never coming back. The absence affects your daily …

Former Los Angeles police Detective Mark Fuhrman, whose discovery of a bloody glove in the O.J. Simpson murder case was later overshadowed by revelations that he repeatedly used racial slurs and lied under oath, has died at age 74, it …

LOS ANGELES — Fewer than six months after he first joined the Lakers, Austin Reaves joined 3-point shooting drills at the behest of LeBron James following an October 2021 practice just before the start of the regular season. Reaves, who …

By SAVANNAH PETERS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A fast-growing wildfire sparked by the fatal crash of a small medical plane outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, has triggered evacuations for a rural area north of the Capitan Mountains and closures in the …

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest consumer price report is here, and the data shows most grocery staples trending upward, electric costs at all-time highs and gas prices back above $4 per gallon nationally for the first time since 2022. …

Navy cryptologic technician 2nd Class Jerame Goodman struts along the flight deck of the USS Essex on Friday, May 27, 2022, the first day of LA Fleet Week in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) Visitors tour the …