Supreme Court denies oil industry plea to block climate lawsuits filed by California, other blue states
Supreme Court will not block California's suit against big oil companies for damage from climate change. ...
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Column: ‘Are you OK?’ Thank you for asking about us in fire-ravaged L.A.
If you live in Southern California, you're getting the messages via text, email, IMs, chats and every other way imaginable:…
Opinion: Why Israel can’t just ‘cut the head off’ of Hamas or Hezbollah
These groups are organic and homegrown, unlike the Islamic State or Al Qaeda, which have relied heavily on fighters from…
‘This is your Hurricane Katrina’: Assessing the long road ahead for L.A.
Craig Fugate, who led the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Obama administration, has seen a lot of natural disasters.…
Calmes: Merrick Garland’s integrity saved the DOJ only to doom it again
Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland's uprightness rescued the Department of Justice from Donald Trump's grip. But then he handed it over…
Newsom suspends landmark environmental laws to ease rebuilding in wildfire zones
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order suspending parts of the Coastal Act and the California Environmental Quality Act to…
Supreme Court turns down Trump plea to block New York sentencing for hush money conviction
Trump and his lawyers saw Supreme Court as a friendly forum, but it turned down his request. ...
Alec Baldwin sues New Mexico, claiming malicious prosecution
Six months after being cleared of criminal charges in the "Rust" shooting death, actor Alec Baldwin has filed a suit…
South Korea’s far right borrows from Trump’s playbook to bolster impeached Yoon
The president's conservative supporters contend that the country has been overrun by North Korea sympathizers conspiring to destroy South Korea's…