World & Nation
The election was crucial as Sri Lanka seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.
Sept. 22, 2024
California
The Mercury News reported this week that Albino’s niece in Oakland, using DNA testing and newspaper clippings — and with assistance from police, the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department — found her uncle living on the East Coast.
Sept. 21, 2024
China accused a Philippines coast guard ship of deliberately colliding with a Chinese vessel in the latest flareup of tensions in the South China Sea.
Aug. 31, 2024
Five years after California’s worst modern maritime disaster, relatives of the Conception boat fire victims are angry about what they call the slow pace of accountability, while a top U.S. safety official says the Coast Guard continues to stall on reforms.
Sept. 2, 2024
Recent attacks on health workers have been particularly frequent in southern Italy, prompting the doctors’ national guild to ask for the army to be deployed.
Sept. 15, 2024
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Ileana will move over the Gulf of California roughly parallel to the coast Sunday, weakening into a tropical depression.
Sept. 14, 2024
INDUSTRIES
UCLA reportedly acquired a 62-unit apartment complex at 3301-3305 S. Canfield Ave. for $39 million, or $629,000 per unit, for a newly constructed building that will provide student housing.
Sept. 20, 2024
A suspicious package has been sent to the California secretary of state, as well as election officials in at least 15 other states. No one has been hurt.
Sept. 19, 2024
A Times investigation of California’s underground puppy resale market “raises serious alarms about the inhumane treatment of pets,” Gov. Newsom’s office said.
Sept. 23, 2024
Tropical Storm Francine is churning in extremely warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico with increasing strength.
Sept. 10, 2024