Top federal officials announced that Direct File, a free tax-filing service for people with simple returns, will be made available to all states in 2025.

The difference between an officer’s written account of a fight in Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall and video of the incident raises concerns about the reports, which can be used in court.

New details are emerging about the shooting death of “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor early Saturday in downtown Los Angeles.

Scott Peterson, convicted in 2004 for the murder of his pregnant wife Laci Peterson and unborn son, has been granted a DNA retest on crucial evidence. Other evidence retesting was denied, and a hearing in July will determine the DNA examination.

A San José State professor who was serving as a liaison for students demonstrating against the Israel-Hamas war was suspended, claims ‘academic freedom suppression.’

Tuen Kit Lee, known as the ‘Bad Breath Rapist,’ who fled Massachusetts during his trial in 2007, has been arrested in California after 16 years on the run.

Clippers center Ivica Zubac’s San Fernando Valley home was burglarized, police sources told The Times. It was the second time in three years.

In this series, L.A. Times staff writer Christopher Goffard revisits old crimes in Los Angeles and beyond, from the famous to the forgotten, the consequential to the obscure, diving into archives and the memories of those who were there.

A new lawsuit accuses a former Lancaster deputy of using the Rattlesnakes ‘deputy gang’ to threaten his ex, among other misconduct.

As growing numbers of countertop cutters in California suffer from an incurable and deadly lung disease, silicosis, lawmakers are seeking to clamp down.