The latest consumer price report has arrived, offering a closer look at the country’s economic pulse and how everyday Americans are faring as the war with Iran drags on. On a monthly basis, inflation accelerated in July, with prices rising …
Many everyday costs eased in July, while some remain near record highs. Here’s a closer look at consumer prices. Read MoreWith only about two weeks left before the end of the legislative session, Gov. Gavin Newsom – in his final year in office – has been meeting behind closed doors to try and hammer out a deal with the legislature …
Gov. Newsom, state lawmakers confer on wildfire liability reforms as legislative session ticks away Read MoreRetailers are buying robots in record numbers, and you’ve probably seen them in stores. San Diego robotics company Brain Corp has deployed more than 50,000 robots around the world with its AI software and reported record growth of 68% in …
Walmart and Target are buying robots at record numbers. Here’s why your job is safe. Read MoreOn East Wacker Drive and North Wabash Avenue, not far from the heart of Chicago, three bronze figures stand together in a grouping most people pass without a second glance. At the center of the Heald Square Monument is George …
Remembering Haym Salomon, the Revolutionary War hero memorialized in Chicago Read MoreOnce again the Chicago Air and Water Show is about to be inflicted upon the city. The event, which features civilian demonstrations but is mostly centered on the military, is reminiscent of the “bread and circuses” of another failed empire. …
Weapons of mass distraction Read MoreDEAR ABBY: Do charities and nonprofits share or sell donor information? For years, maybe decades, I’ve made quarterly contributions to two well-known charities for children’s cancer research hospitals, and I truly believe in what they do. However, over the last …
Dear Abby: Support for Some Charities Can Result in a Busy Mailbox Read MoreBy CLAUDIA LAUER The homicide rate in the United States dropped to the lowest it’s been in 75 years, according to an FBI report on 2025 crime statistics released Friday, which also showed overall violent crime dropped 9.3% last year. …
Homicides dropped 18.1% in 2025 to the lowest rate since 1956, FBI says Read MoreLAZ Parking plans to lay off 247 workers at Los Angeles International Airport due to a loss of parking facility closures in October — though a lion’s share of that workforce could be rehired as the airport transitions to its …
LAZ Parking laying off 247 workers as LAX moves to People Mover Read MorePolice arrested five people Thursday, Aug. 13, accused of stealing the identities of residents at a Glendale apartment complex to apply for credit cards. Detectives first received reports of people stealing mail from an apartment complex in the 500 block …
5 suspected of stealing Glendale residents’ mail, applying for credit cards Read MoreBy SYLVIA HUI, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British sociologist who resigned last week from the University of Cambridge following weeks of public accusations of plagiarism and media scrutiny was found dead Friday. Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became …
Youngest Black professor at Cambridge who faced plagiarism claims is found dead Read MoreLOS ANGELES — USC head football coach Lincoln Riley isn’t going easy on the kickers this fall training camp. Caden Chittenden and Ryon Sayeri are locked in a special teams battle that has the coaching staff testing them at a …
Lincoln Riley is facing a tough special teams decision Read MoreBy JOSH FUNK A potential disaster was averted Friday when a Phoenix air traffic controller recognized two American Airlines jets mistakenly were flying the same flight number and acted quickly to avoid confusion and keep them a safe distance apart. …
2 planes with the same flight number avoid possible disaster thanks to quick-thinking controller Read MoreProfessionals wearing protective gear treated the walls of the Dangerfield family’s home in Altadena on Friday, Aug. 14, removing embedded soot and ash particles, while workers used regenerative bioremediation to rid the backyard of dangerous levels of lead. The Dangerfield’s …
The Eaton fire coated their home in toxins. A clean-up is sharing the ‘true spirit of Altadena’ Read MoreThe Chicago Police Department made fewer traffic stops in 2025 than in the previous year and less than half the stops it made in 2023, according to a new report by the Illinois Department of Transportation, but Chicago police officers …
Chicago police traffic stops plunge, again, but Black and Latino drivers still get pulled over far more Read MoreBy THOMAS BEAUMONT A super PAC affiliated with U.S. House Democrats plans to increase its campaign advertising reservations in Cleveland, Ohio, by roughly $6 million on Friday, in response to Republican Rep. Max Miller’s decision to proceed with his reelection …
House Democrats’ PAC adds $6 million to Cleveland spending after Ohio’s Miller opts to stay in race Read MorePUSD Board of Education President Tina Fredericks listens during the PUSD Board of Education special meeting on Aug. 13. (Photo by Sam Mulick) Sierra Madre Mayor Kristine Lowe sits in the audience after speaking in opposition to school closures at …
A revived Pasadena schools merger plan faces public backlash, as PUSD trustees say ‘we are not ready’ Read MoreBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former high-ranking New Mexico Democratic legislator has been convicted of dozens of federal charges stemming from a yearslong scheme to divert money from public schools to a friend’s company in exchange …
Former high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico convicted in federal fraud case Read MoreIt may be too soon to tell, but Big Bear bald eagle Shadow — the former mate of the recently deceased Jackie — may have a new partner. Friends of Big Bear Valley, the group that runs the 24/7 livestream of …
Does Big Bear bald eagle Shadow have a new female friend? Read MoreThe Los Angeles County Registrar’s Office on Thursday, Aug. 13, approved the circulation of recall petitions against two Pasadena Unified School District officials, Board President Tina Fredericks and member Scott Harden, following revelations earlier this year of controversial internal discussions …
LA County approves recall petitions against two Pasadena Unified trustees Read MoreBy WUFEI YU PHOENIX (AP) — It’s been over eight decades since Thomas H. Begay, 101, and his fellow Navajo Code Talkers helped end World War II using the same language that he grew up speaking — at home and …
National Code Talker Day brings 101-year-old veteran to Phoenix Read More