A federal appeals court will soon consider a challenge to an Oklahoma measure prohibiting the use of Sharia, or Islamic law, in the state'...
The Navy SEALs who raided Osama bin Laden's compound aren't the only members of the mission to be cloaked in mystery. The military dog the...
It's getting crowded out there. According to an updated report from the United Nations, the planet's population is not following the...
Voters go to the polls Tuesday to elect a member of Congress to represent California's 36th Congressional District, a South Bay area that is...
A governor traditionally (and, in California, constitutionally) has the power to commute a criminal sentence for whatever reason he chooses,...
The trustees overseeing Social Security and Medicare delivered a bleak report Friday on the programs' long-term prospects. They projected...
Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions around the world. In the United States, about 26 million people have it — and 7 million of...
With due respect to Jethro Tull, very few child molesters spend...
Civil libertarians have a natural — and healthy — impulse to question scientific advancements in crime control. But concerns...
Once there was a farm in South Los Angeles that sprouted among warehouses and railroad tracks. In the shadow of downtown skyscrapers,...
Since taking office, President Obama has repeatedly called on Congress to adopt comprehensive immigration reform. In a speech in Texas on...
Religious institutions in this country that object to homosexuality have nothing to fear from the gay-rights movement. Freedom of religion...
There are a number of curious — and, in some ways, troubling — trends at work in the litigation record of the Los Angeles Police...
The federal government is about to max out on its credit card, and it could default on its bonds or other obligations if it can't borrow...
The Phil Jackson era ended miserably Sunday, with the Los Angeles Lakers showing none of the poise so characteristic of their coach. The...
On Mother's Day, my daughter and her friend Jenny sat on our sofa rocking their baby dolls. It would have been an ordinary, sweet scene of...
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca can't seem to say no, at least to gifts. As The Times recently reported, Baca has accepted more than...
There was a time when people only said "fracking" to avoid using a more objectionable word. Now it can be found in national headlines, and...
Lying to a federal court carries a heavy price, but that didn't deter the U.S. Department of Justice from doing exactly that.
The debate over a guest-worker program is heating up again in Congress. At issue is the H-2A visa program, which allows agricultural growers...
Apple introduced its Macintosh computer in 1984 with a now-famous Super Bowl commercial that showed a lone rebel striking out against Big...
The general assumption is that when it comes to educating American kids, more is more. Longer school hours. Saturday school. Summer school....
Pakistan is nothing if not rugged. From the massive, often impassable Himalayas in the north to the powerful earthquakes, storms and...
A controversial new report estimates that government workers' wages in California are, on average, about the same as in the private sector,...
Disaster is often more foreseeable than we think. Remember the warnings for years before Hurricane Katrina that the New Orleans levees...
Society overwhelmingly is the beneficiary when information is readily available and freely shared. But that benefit is not absolute. ...
Last year, California added 28 inmates to the state's death row, eight of whom were sentenced in Los Angeles County. They aren't in much...
It might seem churlish to second-guess a military operation that removed a master terrorist from the face of the Earth. But conflicting...