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The personal secretary and adviser to Mexico City’s mayor are shot dead
The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City’s mayor were shot dead Tuesday, authorities said, in the worst attack against public officials in the capital in recent ...
Texas man facing execution, 13 years to the day of a store robbery in which he set clerk ablaze
A Texas man faced scheduled execution Tuesday evening, 13 years to the day of a convenience store robbery in which he set an elderly clerk on fire in a Dallas suburb.
Public Health issues ocean water use warning for L.A. County beaches
With many residents planning a beach trip due to a four-day heat wave, health officials are warning the public to avoid the ocean at two Los Angeles County beaches, where bacteria levels have ...
Biden’s office says his ‘last known’ prostate cancer screening was in 2014
Former President Joe Biden’s “last known” prostate cancer screening was in 2014, and he had never been diagnosed with the disease before last week, his office said Tuesday. Biden’s ...
Vegetation fire burns several dozen acres near Aguanga
Firefighters are battling a vegetation blaze in Riverside County Tuesday afternoon. The fire, called the Crossing Fire, began just after 1:30 p.m. at Lower Ranch Road and Pete Crossings in ...
Accused ‘serial cat killer’ charged in violent crime spree
A Santa Ana man who authorities said lured cats with food in order to violently beat them to death has been charged with animal cruelty and stealing a family’s pet. Alejandro Oliveros ...
Biden’s last prostate cancer screening was in 2014, his office confirms
Former President Biden’s last known prostate cancer screening was in 2014, a spokesperson for the former president said Tuesday. The acknowledgement that Biden hasn’t been screened in 10 ...
Hegseth orders new review of Afghanistan withdrawal and suicide bombing at Kabul airport
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered another review of the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, ...
Indian author Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker Prize with short story collection
Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi won the International Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over a ...
Southern California teen stabbed to death by boyfriend in Illinois, father says
A teen who was native to Southern California died after being stabbed to death by her boyfriend in Illinois, her father tells KTLA. Jon Prince reached out to KTLA on Tuesday morning saying that ...
Hundreds of L.A. residents were given monthly stipends for transportation. Here’s what happened:
Hundreds of L.A. area residents were awarded a monthly stipend to improve their mobility and transportation access as part ...
Padilla places hold on Trump EPA nominees over efforts to ax California EV mandate
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is placing a hold on the Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over Republican efforts to ax a California state rule ...