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FORT WORTH, Texas — The UCLA gymnastics team fell short in its bid for a national championship. Minnesota took advantage of the Bruins’ struggles on Thursday night and clinched the program’s first appearance in the NCAA finals, joining top three …

Londoners, brace for similar scenes next week if the strike goes ahead (Picture: EPA/Shutterstock) The crunch time for the sweeping London Underground strike to be called off is drawing closer. Tube strike – two words that will send a shiver …

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, two days after the countries held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington. The truce that Trump said was scheduled to begin at 5 …

El presidente del Comité de Zonificación del Concejo Municipal quedó en un punto muerto que dejó paralizado 85 proyectos de construcción, y terminó el miércoles con la elección del veterano concejal Gilbert Villegas (36º) para ocupar el cargo y del …

The Sky are rounding out their roster for training camp, which begins on April 19. They signed Megan Nestor, a 6-4 forward out of North Texas, to a training camp contract. In Nestor’s final collegiate season, she averaged a double-double …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Record rainfall has swamped hundreds of homes — and meteorologists say more flooding could be on the way. 🗞️ Plus: More cops are accused of Paycheck Protection Program fraud, the ex-CEO of Urban Prep …

The Blackhawks’ business department entered this season confident that attendance would be strong, and it was proved correct. The Hawks averaged 18,949 fans per game, which ranked fifth in the NHL — behind only the Canadiens, Panthers, Lightning and Red …

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former intelligence agency chief Alexandre Ramagem celebrated on Thursday his release by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a two-day detention. He thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for his release, though he provided no …

By KAITLYN HUAMANI From an advertisement for an herbal remedy that promises to cure all to a video featuring a voice that sounds just like a movie star, you’ve surely encountered spam and scam advertisements online. And they have likely …

By SAVANNAH PETERS and JACQUES BILLEAUD PHOENIX (AP) — A man charged in the disappearance of a Navajo grandmother whose case has highlighted the crisis of violence against Native Americans pleaded guilty Thursday to robbery as part of a second …

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN MIAMI (AP) — A longtime informant who traveled the world partying with rogue U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents avoided a prison sentence this week after admitting he failed to pay taxes on nearly $4 …

INGLEWOOD — The Clippers were never going to be NBA champions this season, a fact made clear over the past four weeks when they couldn’t win the games that mattered. Yes, they lost to San Antonio twice and Oklahoma City …

At this year’s Earth Day celebration in Pasadena on Saturday, adults and kids will get lessons for making compost, conserving water and power and recycling — all traditional ways for greening Planet Earth. Meanwhile, down in the lower Arroyo Seco, …

By MAE ANDERSON, CATHY BUSSEWITZ and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILLIPS NEW YORK (AP) — A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia sparked by the Iran war and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz could further upend world travel …

By Marianne Love Get your binoculars ready. Put on comfortable walking shoes. And then head out to spy for local birds and native plants at the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in the San Fernando Valley where San Fernando Valley Audubon Society …

A 23-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a Walnut man and a Baldwin Park police officer was seen by a neighbor earlier that evening firing a rifle into the air and reloading, a sheriff’s detective testified on Thursday, April 16, …

By GISELA SALOMON A Venezuelan man pleaded his case to asylum officials on Thursday in an interview that his wife, a well-known doctor in South Texas, planned to attend until she was detained at the airport with the couple’s 5-year-old …

One man was fatally shot and another wounded inside a Chatham apartment Wednesday night. The incident occurred around 10:40 p.m. Several men were inside the apartment, in the 7900 block of South Saint Lawrence Avenue, when an argument became physical, …

Sir Keir Starmer has ordered the Foreign Office to explain how Lord Peter Mandelson was cleared to become UK ambassador (Picture: Reuters) Sir Keir Starmer is under fire after it was revealed Lord Peter Mandelson was cleared to become US …

Illinois state police fatally shot an armed man during a domestic incident Wednesday night in Woodlawn on the South Side. State troopers responded to a domestic battery call on Interstate 57 at around 10:50 p.m. and found the armed man …