JERUSALEM >> Israel’s defense minister has officially stepped down, capping a tumultuous week of politics that is expected to bring a hard-line novice into the sensitive post. At a short ceremony at Israel’s military headquarters on Sunday, Moshe Yaalon greeted the country’s military leaders before ...

LONG BEACH >> A 32-year-old man was booked on suspicion of murder for allegedly stabbing to death a 68-year-old woman inside an apartment unit in Long Beach, police said Sunday. The victim has been identified as Long Beach resident Margarita Valdez Castro, the Long Beach Police Department reported. ...

POMONA >> The 42nd President of the United States was on the campaign trail Saturday, hoping to help his wife become the 45th. “If you look around this crowd, you represent one vision of America’s future, in all your diversity,” Bill Clinton told a crowd of hundreds at Ganesha High School in Pomona....

Police are searching for a man who may have been involved in a North Long Beach shooting Saturday evening that left another man injured. Officers were dispatched at 6:09 p.m. to a call of shots heard in the area of the 900 block of East Artesia Boulevard, said Marlene Arrona, a police spokeswoman, i...

BALTIMORE >> Exaggerator has finally beaten Nyquist, and it came in the Preakness on Saturday to end any chance of another Triple Crown. Seizing the lead at the top of the stretch, Exaggerator splashed past the tiring Kentucky Derby wi er and went on for a 3 1/2-length victory over Cherry Wine on a ...

The Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival got off to a rousing start Saturday with tens of thousands expected to attend the a ual event and Pride Parade today. People came from throughout Southe Califo ia and farther away. Some brought rainbow flags and wore colorful outfits. Many said they were...

A woman was found dead Saturday afte oon inside a Long Beach apartment and police were investigating the death as a homicide, authorities said. The discovery was made at about 12:50 p.m. when Long Beach police officers were called to assist Long Beach firefighters checking on a woman reported deceas...

For Darick Simpson, the executive director of the Long Beach Community Action Partnership, life has come full circle. He started his career, in the early 1980s, working in television production for a CBS affiliate in his native Mobile, Alabama. But when he came to Califo ia in 1983, his burgeoning p...

The plea of 9-year-old twins, Tim and Tom, to go to summer camp touched the heart of loyal Press-Telegram reader Evangeline Gatling, 67. Evangeline said she was an identical twin herself and has “fond memories of spending wonderful time with my twin sister. We continue to be close and share everythi...

With summer around the co er, I thought it was a good time to talk about cleavage. I’m not a fan – but also not a prude (does anyone consider themselves a prude?). I have on occasion been known to wear turtlenecks to the beach, and have seen myself in photos clenching a sweater around me tightly whi...

Unionized contractors may soon gain an advantage when applying for roughly $717 million worth of Port of Long Beach projects expected to be accomplished over the next five years. Long Beach’s Board of Harbor Commissioners is scheduled to vote Monday on a port-wide project labor agreement, a deal tha...

The massive piece of space history known as ET-94, flanked by utility crews, engineers and a police escort, set sail on the streets of Marina del Rey early Saturday on its tedious commute to the Califo ia Science Center. Fans lined Fiji Way as the pumpkin-orange, last flight-ready NASA space shuttle...

WASHINGTON >> A U.S. Secret Service officer shot a man with a gun who approached a checkpoint outside the White House and refused to drop his weapon, the Secret Service said. The White House was briefly placed on a security alert after the Friday afte oon shooting, which happened within view of sigh...

PARIS >> Explosives in the form of paper, or concealed in a medicine-sized bottle and looking like salt. Tiny electric detonators. Security agents at the main airport in Paris are trained to detect all ma er of increasingly sophisticated devices that could doom a flight. But the chilling reality is ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia >> A volcano in weste Indonesian unleashed hot clouds of ash on Saturday, killing three villagers and injuring four others, an official said. Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province blasted volcanic ash as high as 3 kilometers (2 miles) into the sky, said National Disaster Manage...

WILMINGTON >> An 88-year-old man was critically injured and his 6-year-old granddaughter was also hurt when they were struck in a crosswalk in Wilmington by a car, according to Los Angeles police. The collision occurred at the intersection of Anaheim Street and Bay View Avenue at 8:25 p.m. Friday, a...

LOS ANGELES >> Authorities asked for the public’s help Saturday to identify three men suspected of robbing at least two dozen Southland banks since November. “They demand money and claim to be armed while threatening violence if their demands are not met,” a Los Angeles Police Department statement s...

NORWALK >> A crash between a big rig and another vehicle on the 5 Freeway in Norwalk left the big rig truck on fire and all northbound lanes shut down, according to the Califo ia Highway Patrol. The crash occurred on the northbound 5 Freeway near Rosecrans Avenue about 3: a.m. Saturday, according to...

NORWALK – A man, about 30 years-old, was killed when his car overtu ed on an onramp leading to the 605 Freeway in Norwalk this mo ing, according to the Califo ia Highway Patrol. The crash on the Firestone Boulevard onramp to the northbound 605 Freeway Occurred at 3:50 a.m., according to CHP Officer ...

With $122.5 million in possible fines and restitution in the Beaumont corruption case, prosecutors are trying to secure the homes and bank accounts of some defendants — former top city officials charged with embezzlement and misappropriation of funds. Among the properties put on temporary ice this w...