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Editor’s note: This article includes mention of suicide and self-harm. If you’re experiencing a mental health crisis, dial 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. It’s open 24/7 and in Illinois still offers LGBTQ+ counselors. The Trevor Project also …

On a mid-morning weekday in his light-filled studio on the West Side, the furniture designer Norman Teague runs his hands along one of his latest creations in wood. “I’ve enjoyed walnut because of its softness, but it’s also dense,” says …

A friend said something to me once that I have never forgotten. His name is Alec Baldwin. He told me, “I’m an old school American. That means I believe you’re an American the day you decide to come here and …

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled confirmation hearings for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in mid-July, even as some Republicans remain undecided about whether to support him for the post. …

When it comes to California attorneys general, the new boss is the same as the old boss who is the same as the even older boss. That’s especially true regarding the state’s police-oversight laws, where the last three Democrats in …

Two out of three wildfire survivors remain displaced, still trying to navigate the system for rebuilding homes destroyed in the January 2025 fires by jumping from website to website, L.A. County department to department, plus federal and state agencies in …

With more than $130,000 in donations pledged to the owner of a dog shot dead by Los Angeles police, rights activists called Tuesday for the immediate release of all body-worn camera footage by Los Angeles Police Department officers who fatally …

Juneteenth is a Black American holiday celebrated annually on June 19 to remember the day when word finally came in 1865 to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, that slavery had ended due to President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. …

LOS ANGELES — The Sparks will look to get back into the win column when they take on the first-place Minnesota Lynx in a Commissioner’s Cup finale Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. After playing Minnesota, the Sparks will host third-place …

A plot to attack the UFC cage-fighting show at the White House on Sunday, June 14, using explosive-laden drones and firearms was thwarted, federal law enforcement officials say, when they arrested five men, including two who live in the Inland …

By LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate tried and failed again Tuesday to advance a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, in what has become an almost weekly effort to rein in President …

A few months after his inauguration as governor in 1999, Gray Davis uttered a few words that rattled the Capitol. While being interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle’s editorial board, the Democrat expressed frustration about his differences with legislative leaders, and …

An alarming bill that is advancing in the Legislature would slam the door on Californians seeking public records from public agencies. Assembly Bill 1821, introduced by Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco, D-Downey, sets up a new gauntlet of costly barriers and delays, …

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The team of experienced railway workers had just seconds to jump out of the way of a moving train in the Surrey railway tunnel (Picture: RAIB) Track workers were nearly struck by a London passenger train while working in a tunnel after an …