By STEPHEN WRIGHT JAKARTA, Indonesia — Powerful earthquakes jolted the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday and a triggered a tsunami that an official said swept away houses. Indonesia had declared a tsunami warning after the strongest quake, which registered magnitude 7.5, but lifted it about half an hour later. It was followed by numerous…
By NICK PERRY WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A passenger on a plane that crashed into a Pacific lagoon on Friday said the flight attendants were panicking and he saw water pouring through a hole in the side of the plane before he was able to escape. Local boats helped rescue all 47 passengers and crew…
By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh gained the support of a key Republican senator Friday, virtually ensuring his nomination will advance to the full Senate a day after he adamantly denied the high-school-years sexual assault of a woman who testified she was “100 percent” he was guilty. The vote…
Q. Dear Honk: When and how was it decided that all city and county police departments surrounding Los Angeles would paint their squad cars with the same black-and-white combination? I am originally from Chicago, where all of the suburban and state police cars have painted their cars with their own color combination with none matching…
STANTON — A 21-year-old man was in custody Friday, Sept. 28, after authorities say he attacked family members, stabbing three of them. Deputies found the suspect’s 53-year-old father, 57-year-old mother and 14-year-old sister with stab wounds after a 12:50 a.m. disturbance call. The suspect’s girlfriend had bruising on her face. After investigating, deputies discovered a…
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and CATHERINE LUCEY | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Glued to high-stakes testimony on his Supreme Court nominee, President Donald Trump and his allies were shaken by Christine Blasey Ford’s emotional appearance on Capitol Hill. But they stood by Judge Brett Kavanaugh after his forceful pushback against the woman who accused…
The University of California’s massive health network brings in nearly half of UC’s revenue, but regents were told Thursday that its existence could be in peril if it isn’t able to be nimble and change. The highly ranked health system of five medical centers and 18 health professional schools is…
It seemed like a routine 911 call, asking for help with an argument between neighbors. As Los Angeles Police Officers Suzanna Kazarian and John Acosta stood in the driveway talking to one of the neighbors, a man approached from behind them. He pointed an object that looked like a shotgun with a…
I wasn’t in that Maryland bedroom in 1982. You weren’t there. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he wasn’t there. But after listening to every word uttered by his tearful, yet calm and respectful accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, and Kavanaugh’s combative, weepy refutation, I have no choice…
A Los Angeles fugitive and serial-predator suspect who fled while out on bail on charges of sexually assaulting a woman in her Westside home was named by the FBI to its Ten Most Wanted list Thursday. The FBI is offering $100,000 for the capture of Greg Alyn Carlson, whom the agency is calling “armed…
