This week, two teams of scientists released reports detailing the origins of Native American peoples. Both groups looked at ancient and modern DNA to attempt to learn more about the movements of populations from Asia into the New World, and about how groups mixed once they got here. Both discovered...
Apple Inc. once again exceeded Wall Street expectations, reporting profit of $10.7 billion, or $1.85 per share, on revenue of $49.6 billion for its fiscal third quarter.
Pickups are the normally preferred vehicle for ranchers, farmers and construction workers, but Ford thinks its F-150 fits a new role: luxury car.
By examining dusty bones pulled from the bottom of an ancient tomb, researchers say they've identified the remains of King Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great, in a tomb in Vergina, Greece, along with his wife and a child.
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Welcome to Trail Guide, your daily tour through the twists and turns of the 2016 presidential campaign. It's Tuesday, July 21, and here's what we're watching: Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a GOP moderate, is scheduled to formally...
Four years ago, after a long and desperate search for housing in San Francisco, I moved my daughter into a studio apartment on a seedy stretch of Market Street, between a tavern and what police described to me as a "parolee hotel."
Movie trailers have become their own kind of blockbusters.
The struggle to preserve the soul of India, from within the country and without, has been going on for so long that the struggle itself now seems to be part of India's soul.
In a large and varied Republican field, there may be no more confounding presidential candidate than John Kasich.
A swath of eastern California offered a dramatic view in recent days of the powerful climate forces buffeting the state.
Arizona water: In the July 19 Section A, a photo caption accompanying an article about dwindling water supplies in Arizona erred in stating that the water behind Imperial Dam is diverted, in part, to New Mexico. Imperial Dam is in the Colorado River's Lower Basin; New Mexico's water allocation...
Glendale will be parting ways with a New Mexico-based coal-burning plant in 2017 and starting its search for a more renewable source of energy after a City Council vote last week.
A judge has asked attorneys for a group of nuns and attorneys for the L.A. Archdiocese to work out the terms of a restraining order regarding the proposed sale of their convent to pop star Katy Perry.
DeAndre Jordan detailed his decision to back out of a commitment to the Dallas Mavericks on the Players' Tribune website late Monday night, writing that he "struggled" with the choice that ultimately led him to stay with the Clippers.
Hector Santiago must be some kind of thrill-seeker or adrenaline junkie. Sure, it would be less stressful for the Angels left-hander to mix in a few more one-two-three innings, but where's the fun in that?
Albert Pujols hit three solo home runs in the Angels' doubleheader sweep of the Boston Red Sox on Monday, adding Mike Schmidt to the list of Hall of Fame members he has passed this season on his rise up the all-time home run list. The others: Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, Willie McCovey and Frank...
In a column for the Players' Tribune, Blake Griffin detailed what actually happened on July 8, when DeAndre Jordan backed out of his verbal commitment with the Dallas Mavericks to re-sign with the Clippers.
A group hoping to bring NHL hockey to Las Vegas and another group trying to bring the NHL back to Quebec City announced they had submitted formal expansion applications to the league before Monday's deadline.
Three Navy admirals forced into retirement after being linked to a bribery scandal had enjoyed fancy dinners and cigars, sightseeing trips, shopping binges and high-value hotel accommodations from the key figure in the case: colorful Singaporean businessman Leonard Glenn Francis.
Laura Caro thought the fire on the freeway in the Cajon Pass was bad. And then she got the bill for leaving her vehicle there.
Here are the players likely to be on the Lakers' roster next season. The NBA salary cap is $70 million; the Lakers' total salaries are expected to be equal about $71 million, though some are non-guaranteed.
The final summer baseball game of 2015 on Monday night might have been a preview of what's possible in 2016 for El Camino Real. Can the Conquistadores really be better than the team that won the City Section Division I championship last May? The answer is yes.
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is asking for help preserving and digitizing a suit worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong. Of course, it's not just any suit. It's the Apollo 11 spacesuit Armstrong wore the day he became the first person to set foot on the moon, exactly 46 years ago....
A return to Turner Field wasn't as much as a homecoming for Brandon Beachy as it was a sobering indication of how far he remains from pitching how he once did for the Altanta Braves.
The land beneath the cross on Mt. Soledad in San Diego has been purchased by a private, nonprofit group for $1.4 million, a key step toward possibly ending a two-decade legal controversy over having a cross on public property.