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DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have four kids, so there are many, many appointments to make and keep. We both have full-time jobs, so we split up the responsibilities by category; I get the pediatrician visits, and he does ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The L.A. County Board of Supervisors approved the hiring of a new special prosecutor to look into police misconduct cases this week, less than a month after Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman moved to fire the ...Read more

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said an agreement with Hamas to pause the war in Gaza has been finalized, suggesting it’s on track to begin on Sunday.

Netanyahu, in a statement on Friday morning, said he ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department sent an urgent message out to patrol cars Wednesday afternoon, warning deputies in Altadena that, after days of nearby wildfires, the air is so toxic they should ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Pacific Palisades home that narrowly survived the fire that rampaged through the community was heavily damaged by a landslide this week.

Photos of the wreckage showed the single-family home split ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Brett Shumate to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division, choosing a veteran litigator to run an office that will defend the incoming ...Read more

Democratic state legislators signed a letter Thursday urging the Nevada System of Higher Education to recognize graduate assistants’ ongoing efforts to be recognized as a union.

The letter, signed by nine senators and ...Read more

China’s population shrank for the third straight year in 2024, even though births rose slightly, underscoring a persistent long-term risk for the economy.

The total number of people in China fell by more than 1.39 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Containment on the Palisades and Eaton fires that have kept thousands of Los Angeles County residents out of their homes, some for more than a week, grew overnight after winds that have plagued the region ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will remain in detention for the time being over his ill-fated martial law declaration after a court rejected his request to be released following his arrest ...Read more

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced it had referred a complaint against Snap Inc. to the Department of Justice, alleging the social media company's AI-powered chatbot is harmful to young users.

The ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz is pitching his first budget under the new Trump era as a counterweight to the incoming president’s threats to impose tariffs, which he says will raise costs on everyday Minnesotans.

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The Federal Trade Commission will ban General Motors Co. from sharing customer geolocation and driver behavior with consumer reporting agencies for five years under a newly proposed order settling the commission's ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams is traveling to Florida on Friday to meet with President-elect Donald Trump amid concern the incoming president’s immigration and fiscal policies could have a major impact on New Yorkers.

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A commercial flock of broiler chickens on the Eastern Shore has tested positive for H5N1, or bird flu.

According to an announcement from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the entire operation ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States imposed sanctions Thursday against Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces, on the grounds that he has destabilized the country and undermined moves toward democracy.

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LOS ANGELES — The California Public Utilities Commission approved Southern California Edison’s wildfire mitigation plan Thursday, rejecting calls to delay action until more is known about what ignited the devastating ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom rebuked Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and tech mogul Elon Musk for spreading misinformation about officials’ response to the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires ...Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts Republicans painted a dire picture Thursday night of a state crippled by overspending on the state-run shelter system, a lack of transparency on Beacon Hill, and widespread mismanagement of state ...Read more