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I couldn’t believe what my phone had just told me. It was on the floor below, and I was up on a ladder, vacuuming century-old ceiling joists in the house my wife and I are renovating. I was stewing over Donald Trump's latest insane pronouncement. I flipped from equanimity to rage.

2016 Summer Olympics live coverage: Usain Bolt wins third consecutive gold in 100; Gabby Douglas responds to her critics Aug. 15, 2016, 4:52 a.m. Follow all the action of the 2016 Rio Olympics as our crew of reporters and photographers brings you all the action every day. In this spot, we will...

Donald Trump will declare an end to nation-building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as "foreign policy realism" focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other extremist organizations.

Trump battled racial bias allegations early in his career Aug. 15, 2016, 4:27 a.m. Donald Trump will lay out his plan to strike the Islamic State on Monday in Ohio. Hillary Clinton moves her campaign to Scranton, Pa., with Vice President Joe Biden. At the start of his real estate career, Donald...

Trump battled racial bias allegations early in his career Aug. 15, 2016, 4:27 a.m. Donald Trump will lay out his plan to strike the Islamic State on Monday in Ohio. Hillary Clinton moves her campaign to Scranton, Pa., with Vice President Joe Biden. At the start of his real estate career, Donald...

As Los Angeles grapples with the nation’s worst homelessness problem, experts have almost universally embraced permanent housing as the best approach for lifting people out of homelessness.

North Carolina may be a swing state in presidential politics, with polls showing Hillary Clinton now leading Donald Trump.

Once upon a time, we took it for granted that August was summer vacation and that schools opened their doors after Labor Day. But the first day of school has been creeping earlier into the last month of the season.

Turkey’s prime minister recently said that if asked to choose between Islamic State or Syrian President Bashar Assad, “we cannot choose either of them. They both need to go.”

I'm Davan Maharaj, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today.

The starting pay is about $34,000 a year with no automatic pay raises based on tenure. They are on the front line in the battle against terrorism but don’t carry a gun. Their employer is routinely the punchline of jokes on late-night television shows.

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The Rev. Jeremy Lucas brought an olive branch to a gun fight recently, hoping for a mellow outcome. It began when he won a semi-automatic rifle in a local raffle, then revealed his plan to destroy it and was mostly congratulated for his stand.

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We’re waiting to see how much of what’s happening in Wisconsin will spill over to the campaign trail.

The National Guard was activated Sunday after an angry crowd set fire to buildings and attacked police cars in response to a police shooting...

Before he became the king of Atlantic City casinos, before he put his name on steaks or starred on reality television, Donald Trump served his own apprenticeship in the less glamorous family business of renting apartments.

Do not adjust your set: What’s on television may look more familiar than usual this fall.

It's not the fog of war, but it's a war on bugs. And sometimes it's fought with, well, fog. Recent efforts to halt the spread of the Zika virus in Florida bring to mind other times authorities have unleashed billowing clouds to combat pests.  DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) Bracero workers,...

Three Hong Kong student protest leaders have avoided prison time for leading or encouraging an illegal rally that sparked huge pro-democracy street protests two years ago.

Only Usain Bolt could have done this, bringing down a historic lightning strike to steal the thunder that should have belonged to 400-meter runner Wayde van Niekerk’s shiny new world record.

He held a finger to his lips and thousands went, “Shhhh.’’

He sprinted out of the starting blocks in the middle of the pack, and an entire stadium gasped.

Then suddenly, as if struck by his last name, he sprinted past the rest of the world, past history, past belief, and the Olympics roared.

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Let’s put this story into rewind mode and see what you might have missed, or forgotten, or might not have known you cared about, or might have purposely avoided just so you could relive it here. A look back at Day 9 of competition at the Rio Olympics.

Reports of shots fired at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday night led to evacuations, grounded flights and some frightening moments for fliers before the reports were later determined to be unfounded.

The body of a woman was discovered Sunday near Highway 138 in the unincorporated community of Lebec, authorities said.

Blaine Gabbert overcame a shaky start to throw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Vance McDonald before the Houston Texans rallied in the second half against San Francisco’s reserves to beat the 49ers, 24-13, on Sunday in the exhibition opener for both teams in Santa Clara. 

Royce Lewis of JSerra has started his senior season very impressively.