Not long ago, President Donald Trump had a clear opinion of Venezuelan oil. Throughout his 2024 presidential campaign, he called the country’s crude “horrible,” “tar,” “the dirtiest stuff you can imagine,” and the “worst oil probably anywhere in the world.” But, less than two years later, President Trump has framed his move to depose Nicolás Maduro […]

A Ventura County police officer was stabbed in the face and a man was shot during a violent confrontation at a home in Port Hueneme on Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Officers were called around 4:40 p.m. to a home in the 100 block of Willowbrook Drive after Ventura County Behavioral Health requested police assistance while […]

Powerful Santa Ana winds whipped across Southern California early Friday, rattling the San Fernando Valley and prompting warnings that damaging gusts could last through Sunday afternoon in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. KTLA 5’s Carlos Herrera reported from Porter Ranch, where gusts around 30 mph were already knocking around unsecured objects at a […]

Nonprofit organizations keep millions of New Yorkers housed, fed, safe, and supported. They shelter survivors of domestic violence, represent families facing eviction, run after-school programs, shelter survivors and deliver meals — often as the sole providers of these services. They are the safety net that holds communities together. Yet when it comes time for New York State to pay nonprofits on time for the services it contracts them to deliver, the state too often fails to meet its own obligations.

Alessandro Gallenzi reveals how he turned literary detective and uncovered Dylan Thomas’s youthful plagiarism; Norma Clarke discusses the stunning work of two eighteenth-century women portrait artists

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Police officers chased a suspect in a stolen vehicle in Los Angeles County Thursday night. Authorities said the suspect’s Porsche Macan SUV has license plates that are registered to a different vehicle. The suspect also reportedly attempted to ram an officer’s vehicle earlier in the chase. Patrol units followed the SUV closely as the driver […]

Dozens of passengers were evacuated after the monorail ride lost power at the Disneyland Resort Thursday. Anaheim Fire Department crews responded to the theme park just before 5 p.m. A Disneyland Resort spokesperson said that the monorail’s beam lost power sometime in the late afternoon, which affected two trains and left riders stranded. Sky5 footage […]

An 80-year-old woman and her family are frightened after a hidden camera was discovered outside her home in L.A.’s Highland Park neighborhood. The woman’s son, identified only as “Kenny” out of safety concerns, said his mother called him when she noticed the device hidden among her potted plants on Jan. 5. As she was watering […]

A woman was charged with murder after her 15-month-old toddler was found with fatal injuries in Santa Monica. On Jan. 6, Carmen Degregg, 24, was detained by campus police at the University of California, Los Angeles around noontime after making statements that she had harmed her daughter and left the child inside her apartment. Santa […]