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If the Kings’ bus is headed anywhere, there’s a great chance that it’ll be Brandt Clarke driving it. Last season, no Kings player had a stronger impact in terms of on-ice goal differential. Clarke’s production on the back end was …

“Embarrassing” to a “major victory” — those were some of the reactions by supporters and opponents of transgender athletes competing in California public school and intercollegiate athletics Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to ban …

A Hawthorne man made his first court appearance Tuesday on murder charges stemming from a 2025 crash on the 405 Freeway near Bel-Air that killed a Los Angeles Police Department sergeant and another motorist. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge …

After a jury failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a man accused of igniting what became the massive Palisades fire, prosecutors immediately pledged to try again, but legal experts say the U.S. Attorney’s Office will have to …

The stage lights rose as barefoot dancers in black coveralls pushed a tall white box into a spotlight at the Kia Forum on Monday, carefully folding down the sides to reveal Rosalía motionless on a pedestal like a ballerina in …

By JIM VERTUNO, AP Sports Writer The World Cup is in the lose-and-go-home stage of the tournament and the pressure keeps rising with every minute of every match. The biggest pressure cooker of them all: the penalty kick shootout. Exhausted …

Admit it, Lakers fans: When LeBron James chose to join your favorite team, on that July evening in 2018 after hearing Magic Johnson’s sales pitch, didn’t you have visions of championships – plural – soon to follow? So as LeBron …

By JOSE HERRERA | City News Service In a unanimous vote, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today approved a $73.48 million agreement with 13 non-county-operated trauma centers for continued services across the region. County officials described the vote …

Disneyland fans on a budget looking for a cheap way to see the park for a few hours after the sun goes down will get the chance this summer now that the Anaheim theme park has launched a new nighttime …

A bill awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature could boost state payments to wrongfully incarcerated people and, for the first time, make children eligible for the compensation. The legislation would hike the maximum payout to $50,000 for each year spent behind …

This story is a partnership between Grist, Inside Climate News and WBEZ. No city dealing with a lot of lead pipes spends as much as Chicago does to replace them. With more than 400,000 lead water service lines, Chicago has …

As a longtime Democrat, I am required to plunk down the $30 admission fee, buy the overpriced merchandise and pay cultlike homage to the new $850 million Obama Presidential Center, aka Barack’s Rock. I am to praise all the imagined benefits it will provide to …

Every year, we remember Paul Revere’s ride. As we should. We should also reckon with Paul Revere’s picture. His engraving of the Boston Massacre helped light the fire for revolution. It showed British soldiers firing into a crowd. Men fell …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Mayor Brandon Johnson has a plan to help renters confront the city’s affordability crisis — and landlords lined up Monday in protest. 🗞️ Plus: Bally’s hires ex-Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s law firm, The Onion is set to …

There’s just something about Hello Kitty — the little cartoon with a cute-as-a-button bow who’s famously “about five apples tall.” Sanrio’s Hello Kitty has been charming fans since her debut in the 1970s, and she’s landed her own pink-powered experience …

You’re familiar with the Liberty Bell, right? Big bell with a crack in it. On display in Philadelphia. Long associated with the American Revolution, though there’s no evidence it was rung at any significant event. One of those confused quirks …

An extreme heat warning for Cook County has been extended until early Friday as temperatures are expected to remain in the 90s all week, city officials and forecasters said. The warning, issued by the National Weather Service, began at noon …

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. …

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider a challenge to Cook County’s ban on assault weapons, setting the stage for what could be a crucial ruling on whether there is a constitutional right to own the types of firearms …