World & Nation
Months after an American was captured by Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan, a Trump administration official has announced for the first time that Mark R
May 7, 2020
U.S. Navy veteran and civilian contractor Mark Frerichs was held for more than two years in Afghanistan by kidnappers linked to the Taliban.
Sept. 19, 2022
New light is being shed on efforts to locate Mark Frerichs, a 57-year-old American military contractor who was kidnapped in Afghanistan.
April 30, 2020
Family and other supporters of an American contractor abducted a year ago in Afghanistan are pressing the Biden administration to bring him home.
Jan. 30, 2021
Business
Less than a week after California suspended doing some business with Wells Fargo & Co. over its fake-accounts scandal, Illinois is following suit.
Oct. 3, 2016
Food
Will this be the year you stop eating cold spaghetti over the sink?
Jan. 2, 1992
California
Contrary to the common conception that the hard-driving life style of the more affluent make them prime candidates for heart disease, it is the poor in Los Angeles County who are more likely to develop the illness and die from it, according to a new study released Wednesday.
Feb. 21, 1985
Technology and the Internet
Internet: Troublemakers play to make their peers cry, driving away customers and profit.
Sept. 2, 2002
California’s top health officer has ordered a 21-day home quarantine for all returning medical workers or travelers who have had contact with a confirmed case of Ebola in West Africa, and invoked the possibility of imprisonment and fines if the restrictions are disobeyed.
Oct. 29, 2014
All in all, parents at Canfield and Crescent Heights Elementary School are quite pleased with the past year.
June 23, 1985