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I wrote my first letter pleading for preservation of Utah’s Kaiparowits Plateau as a college student 45 years ago. When President Clinton proclaimed Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 1996, he ended a 30-year debate about whether we should strip-mine coal on the Kaiparowits, a vast...

I’ve been asked in multiple interviews what my relationship to Agatha Christie was before writing the adaptation of “Murder on the Orient Express,” and I’ve evaded the question or outright lied every time. The reason is: Because I hated her.

On Election Day next November, the nation will be watching California to see whether the Democrats can retake the House of Representatives. Nearly one-third of the congressional districts represented by Republicans that Hillary Clinton carried in 2016 are in the Golden State, and if the Democrats...

We need to do a much better job of not selling out our kids.

Specifically, I’m thinking about the big companies that oversee standardized testing of high school students — and then turn around and sell student info to others.

My teenage son received a letter the other day from the National Student...

Roberto Tetatzin knew he was going to be deported to his native Mexico. Now he and his partner, Judith Cristal Gudino, would have to decide what to do next. Should the girls stay in the U.S. with Gudino, or should the whole family relocate to Mexico?

When the Almanzas returned to their hometown of Malinalco in 2012, they were not alone. Census data shows more than 1 million Mexicans and their families left the U.S. for Mexico between 2009 and 2014, and fewer made their way north, a demographic shift that is reshaping the immigration equation.

How Trump made the Kathryn Steinle's slaying a center of illegally immigration crusade

Agustín Poblete Ortega knew that sneaking into the United States had become more dangerous than ever. Yet he yearned for paychecks that would allow him to save a little, instead of just barely scraping by. "This is the last time," he promised his younger brother before he left.

We need to do a much better job of not selling out our kids.

Specifically, I’m thinking about the big companies that oversee standardized testing of high school students — and then turn around and sell student info to others.

My teenage son received a letter the other day from the National Student...

The Times’ NFL writer, Sam Farmer, examines this week’s matchups. Lines according to Pregame.com (O/U = over/under). Last week’s record 14-2 (.875); season 114-62 (.648). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the spread last week would have been 8-7-1 (.533);...

The world's biggest lithium-ion battery has plugged into an Australian state grid, an official said Friday, easily delivering on Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk's 100-day guarantee.

Here’s a collection of billboards featuring Los Angeles Times advertisements from the 1930s and ’40s.

A Japanese court on Friday convicted a U.S. military contractor of murder and rape charges in the death of an Okinawa woman and sentenced him to life in prison.

A Japanese court on Friday convicted a U.S. military contractor of murder and rape charges in the death of an Okinawa woman and sentenced him to life in prison.

A Texas sheriff who was among the first people to reach two badly injured U.S. Border Patrol agents said he thinks they may have been sideswiped accidentally by a tractor-trailer, not attacked, as President Trump and some others have suggested.

The Clippers thought they had an opponent to share their pain with Thursday as their unplanned experiment of navigating more than two weeks of the schedule with four injured starters began.

LeBron James had yet another double-double, took command of a challenging defensive assignment and stuck around to see the end of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 10th straight victory, 121-114 over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night.

The Utah Jazz had seven players score in double figures, going on a 21-4 run in the fourth quarter to run away from the Clippers 126-107 on Thursday night.

Tom Izzo is usually hard to please, consistently finding fault with his teams after victories.

A Mexican national was acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges Thursday in the fatal shooting of Kathryn Steinle, a Bay Area woman whose slaying in 2015 became a flashpoint in the national debate over people in the U.S. illegally and the role of local police in enforcing federal immigration...

Basketball Nov. 29, 2017, 8:51 p.m. No. 1 Bishop Montgomery plays tougher defense than some football teams Eric Sondheimer No. 1 Bishop Montgomery doesn't just play good defense. The Knights' ability to play help defense, fight through screens and box out is like watching a coaches' clinic.The...

San Diego State unveiled details Thursday of a $250-million stadium it wants to build at the site of the former Qualcomm Stadium.