By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Associated Press NEW YORK — Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Collins of western New York state has been indicted on charges that he used inside information about a biotechnology company to make illicit stock trades. The charges were announced and the indictment unsealed in New York City on Wednesday. The indictment charges…
LAKEPORT, Calif. — The largest wildfire ever recorded in California needed just 11 days to blacken an area nearly the size of Los Angeles — and it’s only one of many enormous blazes that could make this the worst fire season in state history. Some 14,000 firefighters from as far away as Florida and even…
By CHAD DAY, MATTHEW BARAKAT and ERIC TUCKER | Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The star witness in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial says the former Trump campaign chairman told him to be truthful about offshore shell companies and bank accounts during a 2014 interview with the FBI. Rick Gates said under questioning from Manafort’s…
After a few years of sharp double-digit increases, the city of Los Angeles saw hate crimes decline by 6.8 percent in the first half of 2018, according the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. However, violent hate crimes bucked that overall drop, rising 8.3 percent, increasing from…
Californians spend a lot of time on the road, especially in the summer when we set out on vacation or head to the beach. But how well do you know those roads you traverse? Here’s a look at some of the more visible changes along California’s estimated 394,608 miles of lanes. Marking the lines You…
Albert Fathergill, 9, kisses his mother Ethel Fathergill as 19 members of the Los Angeles Times Boys Club leave for summer camp.
