By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO — The U.S. and Russian militaries accused each other of unsafe actions on Friday after an American guided-missile cruiser and a Russian destroyer came within 165 feet of each other in the East China Sea. The U.S. 7th Fleet said the Russian destroyer put the safety of the USS Chancellorsville and…
Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, the nine-fingered New Orleans-based pianist, singer, songwriter and session musician best known for his 1973 top 10 hit “Right Place, Wrong Time,” has died. He was 77. Across six decades as a creator, Rebennack served as the unofficial voodoo ambassador of the Crescent…
Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner on Thursday laid out a tight budget — which includes some layoffs — while signaling potential financial trouble ahead for the nation’s second-largest school district. He also targeted new potential state funding sources. The school system and the city of…
A 2-year-old colt died following a routine workout this week at Santa Anita, the 27th horse to die at the beleaguered Arcadia track since the opening of its racing meet in late December. Following a 46-day period without any horses dying, the death of Derby River, a colt that had not yet been entered in…
An armed man was shot and killed Thursday by an LAPD officer in Atwater Village, authorities said. The shooting occurred before 1 p.m. near the intersection of Appleton Street and Edenhurst Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers responded to the area after receiving reports…
Prosecutors said they secured an unprecedented $50-million bail for the leader of La Luz del Mundo church because they feared his followers could raise money to free him from custody and that he would flee the country. Authorities also said they were looking to see whether there were other victims…
By Kevin McGill and Cain Burdeau NEW ORLEANS — Dr. John, the New Orleans singer and piano player who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. He was 77. In a statement released through his publicist, the family said Dr. John, who…
USC told lawyers for actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, J. Mossimo Giannulli, that it anticipates possible legal disputes with the couple over their alleged role in the college admissions scandal, according to a letter from the couple’s attorney filed in federal court. The letter doesn’t indicate…
LOS ALAMITOS — Brig. Gen. Laura Yeager, a Fountain Valley native who early in her career served as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter aeromedical evacuation pilot, will become the first woman in history to lead a U.S. Army Infantry Division. Yeager is scheduled to assume command of the California National Guard’s storied 40th Infantry Division…
A triple homicide that shook Porter Ranch in February has led to the arrests of three suspects who were allegedly involved in a drug running scheme with the victims, Los Angeles police said Thursday. Detectives on Wednesday arrested Chaquetta Cook, 40, of Baltimore, Travis Reid, 40, of Randallstown,…
