Tony Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the best-selling author of “Confederates in the Attic,” has died. He was 60. Horwitz died Monday of apparent cardiac arrest in Washington, D.C., Sarah Hutson, a spokeswoman for his publisher, Penguin Press, said in an email. He had been on a…

By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an Indiana law that requires abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetuses in the same way as human remains, a sign that the conservative court is more open to abortion restrictions. But the justices rejected the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling blocking…

Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives are investigating whether an infant found dead behind a Bellflower mortuary over the weekend is the daughter of a missing man last seen with his 8-month-old child driving in the city, authorities said Tuesday. The infant’s body was found about 10:37 a.m….

The entire shoreline of a Southern California city is closed to swimmers after sewage-contaminated runoff flowed into California from Mexico’s Tijuana River. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the San Diego County Department of Environment Health issued the order Sunday, expanding a closure…

By ANGIE WANG, JOHN MINCHILLO and KANTELE FRANKO BROOKVILLE, Ohio — A rapid-fire line of apparent tornadoes tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, packed so closely together that one crossed the path carved by another. There were no immediate reports of any deaths or serious injuries. The storms damaged homes, blew out windows, toppled trees…

Dean Alkhairy Two Orange County students are spellers in the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The on-stage competition begins today from Washington D.C. Thirteen-year-olds Nicholas D’Sa of St. Cecilia Catholic School, from Tustin, and Dean Alkhairy of Fairmont Private School, from Newport Beach, will represent the OC at the national bee. D’Sa has studied French,…

Researchers have found high levels of radiation in giant clams near the Central Pacific site where the United States entombed waste from nuclear testing almost four decades ago, raising concerns the contamination is spreading from the dump site’s tainted groundwater into the ocean and the food…

Honorary Director Mike Fenderson checks the schedule before the strawberry cake giveaway at the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer) A crowd of more than 3,000 people lined up for free cake during the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Photo by Bill…

A leak from a tanker carrying 4,500 gallons of hydrogen peroxide shut down all northbound lanes of the 5 Freeway near Castaic on Monday afternoon, backing up traffic for miles on one of the busiest holiday travel days of the year. The California Highway Patrol shut down the lanes from Parker Road…

BELLFLOWER — Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives requested public help Monday to find a 30-year-old Northern California man suffering from depression who was last seen with his 8-month daughter driving in Bellflower. #LASD Seeking the Public’s Help in Locating “At Risk” #Missing Person Alexander Echeverria, 30y/o, 5’6”, 160lbs, From Northern California, Last seen May…