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Orange County baseball Top 25: Santa Margarita rises after big win in playoffs
Orange Lutheran, the top team in the Orange County rankings this week, goes 2-0 in the new playoff format in Division 1. No. 2 Huntington Beach and No. 3 Cypress…
US pauses joint defense effort with Canada that dates to WWII
President Donald Trump has accused Canada and other NATO countries of spending too little on their militaries.
Gas surges past $4 a gallon while tomato and beef prices notch new records. A look at rising costs amid the Iran war
Data shows grocery staples trending upward, electric costs at all-time highs and gas prices rising.
Trump says he’s called off Iran strike planned for Tuesday at request of Gulf allies
Trump said he was calling off the planned strike at the request of allies in the Middle East, including the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Austin Reaves’ 5-year Lakers journey reaches a crossroads
Reaves, set to become an unrestricted free agent if/when he declines his player option by the June 29 deadline, spoke last week about how LeBron James had helped guide him…
New Mexico wildfire sparked by fatal medical plane crash spreads quickly in rural area
The blaze began after the plane crashed Thursday, killing all four people aboard.
Mark Fuhrman, LAPD detective who found bloody glove in O.J. Simpson murder case, dies at 74
His credibility collapsed after audio recordings surfaced in which he repeatedly used racist language and made inflammatory remarks while discussing his experiences as a Los Angeles police officer.
FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts recent revisions of scientific projections of global warming
The wind and solar power boom changed energy use and pollution scenarios.
U.S. Navy ship Essex, 2 Coast Guard Cutters will join LA Fleet Week
The 10th Annual L.A. Fleet Week will take place from Friday to Monday, May 22-25.
Trump touts a major TrumpRx expansion, adding more than 600 generic drugs
The expansion could help beef up the offerings of the government website that some critics have denounced as performative.