By EMILY SCHMALL and KRISHAN FRANCIS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s state minister of defense said Tuesday that the Easter attack on churches, hotels and other sites was “carried out in retaliation” for the shooting massacre at two New Zealand mosques last month, as the Islamic State group sought to claim responsibility for the…
It’s not very often that you get a chance to relive something as profound as parenting a young child, but quite out of the blue four months ago, a little girl I love came to live with me. She is a close relative, and the circumstances that brought her to me are the usual combination…
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning five miles from Imperial, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:42 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 3.1 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was five miles from Brawley, eight miles from El…
Following a rain shower, staff photographer Jack Carrick took this image of Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
A powerful earthquake hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, a day after a 6.1 quake rattled the country’s north and killed at least 11 people. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of Tuesday’s quake at 6.3, while the local seismology agency said it was a 6.2. The quake was centered near…
SANTA ANA — Authorities Monday released the names of two victims killed during what investigators suspect was a vehicle race in Santa Ana. Jerman Marquez, 39, and Richard Inda, 29, were both killed in the Saturday night crash near Bear Street and Alton Avenue, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Office. Inda was the…
IRVINE — A 44-year-old ex-con was arrested Monday, April 22, on suspicion of a series of attempted burglaries in Irvine, including one in which he allegedly fired a bullet into a residence when spotted by a resident. Jamon Rayon Buggs of Huntington Beach was booked on suspicion of attempted burglary, shooting into an inhabited dwelling,…
A shallow magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Monday evening four miles from Citrus View, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 8:24 p.m. at a depth of 9.3 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was five miles from Brawley, Calif., five miles from Imperial,…
The use of deadly force by Los Angeles police and the number of suspects killed in violent encounters dropped in 2018, officials reported Tuesday. Los Angeles police officers fired their weapons 33 times last year compared with 44 shootings the previous year — a 25% decrease, according to the report…
Los Angeles County officials said Monday they are investigating a call made by a man claiming to be a Sheriff’s Department official who threatened to arrest the county’s chief attorney. The threat came in the form of a call Saturday to the personal cellphone of the county counsel, Mary Wickham,…
