Gov. Gavin Newsom says California would seek to redraw its congressional districts to help Democrats if Texas goes through with a similar plan to boost Republicans.

The U.S. attorney general directed prosecutors not to seek capital punishment against three reputed cartel leaders, including one accused in the decades-old killing of a DEA agent, according to court filings Tuesday.

History and the favorability ratings have a message for Kamala Harris: She won't be the next president.

Los Angeles County has not formally declared itself a sanctuary jurisdiction, but was included on a previous list of sanctuary jurisdictions published by the Department of Homeland Security.

In an attempt to ease tensions with the north, South Korea is dismantling propaganda loudspeakers at the border

Democrat Stephen J. Cloobeck, who has never run for political office before, has bought $1.4 million of broadcast and cable adds -- mostly in California, but also West Palm Beach, Flor.; Washington, D.C., and New York City.

The woman, a 38-year-old single mother of three children with U.S. citizenship, has been in the U.S. since she was 9 years old.

Mexico once vowed to reform its police. That has been abandoned as the country deploys soldiers to fight cartels.

With Kamala Harris out of the California governor's race, other candidates are jockeying to be seen as the new front runner. Some analysts said that's "ludicrous," and that no one stands out yet.

"K-pop Demon Hunters," an American-made film, has gained a huge audience in South Korea, thanks to its nods to Korean folklore, pop culture and habits.

Justin Timberlake shares his recent diagnosis and battle with Lyme disease. Experts share how this bacterial disease can have enduring symptoms.

Kamala Harris announced she will not run for governor of California, leading to speculation that she might try for the White House again in 2028. But after her loss, would Democrats risk running a woman, and a woman of color at that?

Mutton bustin' is the Little League of rodeo country, profiled here in a classic 2009 story from the L.A. Times archives.

Skeletal babies. Starving families shot down while waiting in line for food.

After killing four and taking his own life, Shane Tamura a former football player at two L.A.-area high schools left behind a suicide note, authorities say, alleging he had the brain disease CTE.

Political leaders from a dozen countries have gathered in Mexico City to discuss a key question: How can the left win?

Four California lawmakers are named plaintiffs in the suit, which was filed Wednesday in Washington federal district court.

A judge has dismissed Alec Baldwin's lawsuit alleging he was maliciously prosecuted by New Mexico officials, citing a lack of activity in the case.

Kim Yo Jong has been described as a mouthpiece for her brother, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a potential successor.

A Texas Lyme disease researcher faces deportation after being detained in San Francisco after returning from his brother's wedding in South Korea.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said Tuesday that he believes he has found a sound legal strategy to ask voters to tear up congressional boundaries created by the state's independent redistricting commission.

Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist and consultant on the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land,' died Monday after he was shot dead by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank.

A group of friends from Thousand Oaks were among the victims of a mass shooting in Reno Monday. The friends had attended a bachelor party prior to the shooting.

The gunman suspected of targeting the National Football League headquarters In New York, killing four, was a former standout football player at two Southern California high schools.

Shane Tamura, a former football standout at Golden Valley and Granada Hills high schools, entered a New York skyscraper and began "spraying" bullets, police say.