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Column: Bizarre standoff with Wagner Group's Prigozhin weakens Putin. But don't count him out

The mutiny led by the Wagner Group's Yevgeny Prigozhin dented Putin's authority in Russia, but he's still in charge — and still pursuing his brutal war against Ukraine.

Searching for Silver Lake: the radical neighborhood that changed gay America

For decades, these Los Angeles streets have played host to key events in LGBTQ+ history. But gentrification has transformed the areaWe are driving up an almost vertical hill in a hip Los Angeles neighborhood, looking for one of the birthplaces of the...

Minimum hourly wage in swanky West Hollywood is the highest in the US

Business owners are concerned about growing labor costs they say could force them into financial hardshipThe swanky, celebrity-studded city of West Hollywood officially has the highest minimum wage of any US city after pay zoomed to $19.08 an hour on...

Migrant fathers celebrate their day at a family shelter in Mexico with gifts and prayers

Two U.S. groups came together to bring supplies and gifts to dads for Father's Day at a refugee shelter in Mexicali, Mexico.

Another bus carrying dozens of migrants from Texas arrives at Union Station in downtown L.A.

Two weeks after a bus carrying 42 migrants pulled into Union Station, Texas has sent another bus to L.A.

‘There’s an Elvis room and a Barbie room and a Disney room’: inside California’s quirkiest homes

An all-pink palace, a dominatrix’s lair and the former home of a Hollywood legend – residents on the draw of living in the Golden State• This article was amended on 4 July 2023 to identify California as “the Golden State”, rather than “the Sunshine S...

Kyrie Irving set to remain with Dallas Mavericks on three-year, $126m deal

Mercurial guard set to run it back with Luka Dončić in DallasIrving came over to Mavericks in blockbuster February trade Continue reading...

Their love story ended in a mass shooting. Their families are still trying to pick up the pieces

Two women killed in a shooting at the Beyond Wonderland music festival in Washington were from Southern California. They had just become engaged and moved to Seattle.

Supreme Court's student loan ruling dealt Biden a setback. Here's his new plan

The Supreme Court has blocked Biden's debt forgiveness plan, depriving his administration of a key tool to help borrowers begin repayment.

Supreme Court's conservatives are solidly in control, but not quite as predictable as last year

It's a conservative Supreme Court, but not quite as predictably so this year, as several surprise rulings have shown.

UC Berkeley graduate student gunned down on research trip to Mexico

Gabriel Trujillo, 31, went missing this month while collecting plant samples in the Mexican state of Sonora, his family said. He was found dead last week.

What should borrowers do now that Biden's college debt forgiveness plan is dead?

The Supreme Court has ruled against the Biden administration's blanket college loan forgiveness plan, denying debtors the instant relief the program offered. But they still have better options for managing their debt than they did before the court to...