Polio scare

FILE - In this July 18, 1962 file photo, a girl swallows a lump of sugar coated with a dose of the Sabin polio vaccine, served in a paper cup in Atlanta, Ga. Tens of millions of today's older Americans lived through the polio epidemic, their childhood summers dominated by concern about the virus. Some parents banned their kids from public swimming pools and neighborhood playgrounds and avoided large gatherings. Some of those from the polio era are sharing their memories with today's youngsters as a lesson of hope for the battle against COVID-19. Soon after polio vaccines became widely available, U.S. cases and death tolls plummeted to hundreds a year, then dozens in the 1960s, and to U.S. eradication in 1979.(AP Photo/File)

Biggest polio threat in years sparks alarms from New York to California

Officials are concerned after the COVID-19 pandemic fueled a continued backslide in vaccinations for all diseases.

USC

USC football coach Lincoln Riley talks with the media after practice during the first day of fall training camp Aug. 5, 2022.

Lincoln Riley hopeful USC and donor-run NIL collective it opposes can find common ground

Riley knows donor-run collectives can invite NCAA scrutiny, but he hopes the Trojans and Student Body Right can work together.

Deadly violence

Members of the Mexican Army and forensic experts work at the site where four radio station workers were killed and two restaurant employees were wounded in Ciudad Juarez, state of Chihuahua, Mexico, on August 11, 2022. (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ / AFP) (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Murders at the border and attacks in Jalisco and Guanajuato stun Mexico

Violence and mayhem in two regions of Mexico this week have left at least 12 dead and dozens of businesses torched.

Trump Investigation

Former President Trump leaves Trump Tower on Wendesday.

FBI removed classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, is investigating possible Espionage Act violations

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Pedestrians pause at a news stand in Tehran on Saturday.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 03: Mango Michelada from La Chuperia on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - August 05: Freshly baked pepperoni pizzas cool at Quarters Sheets on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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LOS ANGELES-CA-JULY 5, 2022: Stephanie Carrie, the creator of Trees of LA, a popular Instagram account that spotlights trees throughout the city, is photographed during one of her walks in Los Angeles. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

‘Trees of LA’ creator spreads the love beyond jacarandas and palm trees

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LOS ANGELES-CA-AUGUST 12, 2022: Cloud Mejia, 13, center, receives a new laptop and backpack during a visit by Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho, at right, as Cloud's mother Aimee Mejia, left, looks on, on Friday, August 12, 2022. The visits were made to the homes of students who confronted challenges that inhibited their regular attendance this past school year. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. Unified officials knock on doors, urging chronically absent students to return

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Los Angeles, California-Aug 12, 2022-Isaac Ignatius, president of Phi Kappa Tau, moves belongings from one fraternity house to a new house on 28th Street 'Frat Row' which he says is a better location for the 26 resident members. Fraternities at USC are possibly going to disaffiliating with USC because they don't want to follow extremely strict university rules on parties that were implemented last year. Phi Kappa Tau has not made that decision yet. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Six USC fraternities disaffiliate due to school’s party rules

This photo taken on June 3, 2022 shows fish next to corals off Hon Mun island in Vietnam's Nha Trang Bay. - Vietnam has banned swimming and scuba diving in a popular central tourist spot in an attempt to revive the damaged coral reef, officials said June 27. (Photo by Quang DUC / AFP) (Photo by QUANG DUC/AFP via Getty Images)

Two Inglewood companies face $1-million fines for smuggling protected live corals from Vietnam

Los Angeles, California June 22, 2022- Dogs wait to be adopted in a cage at the Chesterfield Square Animal Services Center in Los Angeles. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

L.A. Animal Services staffer says he regrets remarks about striking dogs

Orange County sheriff’s deputy accused of sexually assaulting two inmates

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