I'm Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today. Subscribe to the newsletter TOP STORIES The Pope Was in the House Pope Francis will address the United Nations, after making quite an impression Thursday on Congress. He asked lawmakers...
With his wire-frame eyeglasses and slightly rumpled slacks, James Taylor looked more like a kindly professor than a veteran pop star when we met for coffee this week. And in a way the visit had the feel of college office hours.
She woke before dawn in the cramped apartment in Istanbul. She kissed her three children as they slept, and decided not to wake them. She might lose her courage if she did. She said goodbye to her husband and stepped into the chill of the dark street, under the towering minaret of the mosque next...
Nancy Meyers was not allowed on the set of her first movie without a male chaperone. Thirteen films later - six of them as director - Meyers can laugh about it.
During a month in which some of Hillary Rodham Clinton's biggest donors fretted, obsessed and second-guessed over her campaign, it wasn't Clinton's big policy speeches on healthcare or her vow to block the Keystone XL pipeline that helped ease nerves.
The plane was filled with the chants of the faithful. Labayk Allahuma labayk. Over and over for the entire short flight from Medina to Mecca, the chants rang out. Labayk Allahuma labayk. I am here for you, Allah, I am here for you.
This summer, Silvana Arevalo put aside her life in San Francisco - a successful career as a chemical engineer, a great salary and lots of friends - and headed to a quiet place outside the city in search of an answer to a question that few women ask these days: Should I become a nun?
Martine G. Brousse helps people wade through confusing medical bills. She says many ask why they were billed by their doctors for what they thought was a free preventive service.
Todd Graham imprinted his philosophy on Arizona State's football program from the moment he arrived on campus.
The White House waved goodbye to one high-profile world leader Thursday afternoon, but another was arriving so quickly that their planes nearly passed each other at the airport.
A look at the records of the Pac-12 Conference football coaches:
California air quality officials are expected Friday to update a key initiative to fight climate change by reducing carbon pollution from gasoline and diesel fuel over the next five years.
For a quarter-century, Sigifredo Lopez has sold school uniforms out of his Pacoima shop, a warren of shelves bearing polo shirts, skirts and trousers in burgundy, navy and white.
Happy Birthday" song: In the Sept. 23 California section, an article about a federal judge throwing out copyright claims for "Happy Birthday" referred to it as a six-note song. The song is eight notes.
The event was billed as a chance for LA 2024 bid leader Casey Wasserman to meet with sports officials from across the nation and sell them on the city's proposal for hosting the 2024 Summer Games.
It was a wild fourth quarter on Thursday night, and when the dust settled, Tesoro came away with a 45-31 victory over Corona del Mar.
Citing rising crime and burgeoning homelessness, Los Angeles City Council members representing the San Fernando Valley on Thursday called public safety a major concern.
Golden Valley High School in Santa Clarita had an historic night in football on Thursday night. The Grizzlies won their fourth game of the season, a school record for a program that began in 2005 and still has never won a Foothill League game.
A Los Angeles police officer repeatedly threatened to use a Taser against a homeless man who tried to talk to police before they shot and killed him on skid row, body camera video reviewed by The Times shows.
When O.J. Simpson testified in the 1996 wrongful death suit brought by the families of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman, there were no cameras in the courtroom.
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In the early 1960s Jeremy Tarcher packaged book deals for celebrities, which resulted in such comical titles as "Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints" and Johnny Carson's "Happiness Is a Dry Martini."
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An international team of scientists says they've discovered the oldest known beheaded skull in the Americas - arranged in a strange, possibly symbolic pose.
USC quarterback Ricky Town and UCLA tight end Chris Clark raised eyebrows with their recent decisions to transfer just weeks into their freshmen seasons.