Los Angeles Times

Israel’s Netanyahu stirs a hornets’ nest in Poland

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s participation in the U.S.

Portuguese town opens window to its slave-trade history

Lagos, a striking Portuguese beach town of charming coastlines and sandstone cliffs, is also the birthplace of the African slave trade in Europe.

Column: There's a chance that Trump has altered California politics for years to come, political watchers say

Delaine Eastin, the former California schools chief and legislator whose longshot bid for governor fizzled last year, has been in enough electio…

Alfonso Cuarón and 'Roma' win top film honors at Directors Guild of America awards

Cementing his status as an Oscar frontrunner, “Roma” director Alfonso Cuarón took home the top honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards, h…

Santa Ana development will house and support low-income veterans

After serving in the Army from 1987 to 1990, and then five years in the Army Reserve, Robert Torres wound up laid off from his retail job and ho…

Federal shutdown closes major portions of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Officials have announced they are closing sections of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks because of the partial shutdown of the federal gov…

For 800 years, they were celebrated as martyrs to their faith. Just one problem: The Cathars may never have existed

They lived simple lives of austerity and abstinence and suffered horrifying deaths, cut down by marauding armies and burned at the stake as here…

For some world leaders, 2018 is a year best forgotten

Whether by sudden reversal of fortune or disastrous slow-motion slide, 2018 proved a bruising year for some of the world’s leaders.

Op-Ed: Beware of Russian bots under the bed

Russian bots are running the world.

Readers React: Cities risk ruining their quality of life if they banish e-scooters and e-bikes

To the editor: The L.A.

Op-Ed: Quantum mechanics has a lesson for our polarized society: Two contradictory things can still be true.

I could hardly believe what I was hearing: Trevor Noah teaching his “Daily Show” audience quantum mechanics?

Cal State Northridge students rally to protect cross-cultural courses

Cal State Northridge senior Angelo Mutia is a straight man who admits he’s used a slur to describe gay men.

Sawdust Festival guests get to see new public mural after all, after original was vandalized

The past several years, visitors to the Sawdust Art & Craft Festival in Laguna Beach were greeted by a huge mural at the easternmost entrance.

For displaced Syrians, an offer to return home presents agonizing choices

Standing amid a crush of trucks and cars, Khadija Rifai watched her sons load a beat-up white minivan with crates of lettuce, tomatoes and zucch…

US ambassador to Estonia resigns over Trump comments

The U.S. ambassador to Estonia has resigned over frustrations with President Trump’s comments about the European Union and his treatment of Wash…

With 'Ocean's 8' and 'Crazy Rich Asians,' Awkwafina is the summer's comedy secret weapon

Queens native Awkwafina (a.k.a.

Review: Glenda Jackson steals the show in a thrilling, emotionally affecting 'Three Tall Women' on Broadway

“Three Tall Women” may not be widely considered the best play Edward Albee wrote (I rank it among his top three), but it is his most affecting a…

Orange County parents opt to put children in language immersion programs

Courtney Dezahd grew up speaking English only, and when she was pregnant with her daughter, she was determined that her children would be differ…