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After the Supreme Court clarified the constitutional test for gun control laws in 2022, many long-standing restrictions on the right to arms looked newly vulnerable. Second Amendment groups jumped at the opportunity, filing one lawsuit after another in cases that …

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is the largest sheriff’s agency in the nation. With lawsuits in recent years involving deputy cliques in the department and community members calling for the closure of the deteriorating Men’s Central Jail, the 2026 …

President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing this week for a visit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. As part of our regular In-House Opinions feature, we asked some Southern California members of the House of Representatives for their hopes and …

On June 2, San Diego could join a group of cities in the U.S., Canada and abroad that tax second homes or properties that are unoccupied for most of the year.   San Diego’s “non-primary home” tax, as it is …

An alleged fentanyl trafficker was arrested in Arcadia with almost 40 pounds of the deadly drug worth at least $1.3 million on the street, officials announced today. Michael Edward Flores was arrested while transporting fentanyl and cocaine, California Attorney General …

It’s not sexist to think Katie Porter has a rotten temperament – it’s just acknowledging reality. Porter, a Democratic former congresswoman from Irvine, has failed to catch on in the race for governor. It might have seemed for a time …

By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is working to increase the retirement age for U.S. Capitol Police officers as the number of threats to lawmakers continues to climb and the department struggles to recruit and retain enough officers. …

By CLAIRE GALOFARO and TIM SULLIVAN A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the U.S. from Congo, after she was deported to the African nation even though it had refused to accept …

By RIO YAMAT, AP Airlines and Travel Writer A federal jury has awarded $49.5 million to the family of a 24-year-old global nonprofit worker killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia while traveling to …

By JOSHUA GOODMAN MIAMI (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged Americans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of independence not with fireworks or empty platitudes, but by standing up for their deeply held beliefs, with the comforting knowledge that …

The state spends hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and keeping track of it all is a tall order. Here in California, it’s the job of the controller to track all public funds as the state’s accountant and to …

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my husband and I bought a home together with his sister. We share the bills and chores and, for the most part, it works. We live in a nicer home than we could afford …

Over the past six months, Democrats have been more than happy to let President Donald Trump be their best campaign ad. From his ill-advised war in Iran to his ill-advised tariffs, his obvious declining mental acuity to his increasing desire …

By DAVE COLLINS The Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally considering race in admissions to its medical school — the second institution to face discrimination allegations by the federal agency this month. In a letter to a …

By Michelle Edgar At The Novo at L.A. Live last Thursday, a team of fifth graders from Pinewood Avenue Elementary School in Tujunga outperformed nearly 9,000 fifth grade students from across Southern California to win the Conga Kids Dance Championship, …

The Preakness Stakes on Saturday won’t have many of the stars of the Kentucky Derby but will have some of the personality of that race two weeks ago. It’s a Preakness, like the recent Derby, distinguished by the lack of …

By TRAVIS LOLLER NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who goes by the moniker Chud the Builder and is known for posting racist videos is charged with attempted murder after shooting a man outside a Clarksville courthouse on Wednesday. …

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government said Thursday that CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with counterparts from the Ministry of the Interior during a high-level visit to the island. According to official reports, the meeting served as …

By MARK SHERMAN, GEOFF MULVIHILL and MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The court’s order …

ANAHEIM — Coach Joel Quenneville had options for Game 6 on Thursday night at Honda Center. He could have iced a lineup with 11 forwards, one less than is customary, and seven defenseman, one more than usual. He could have …