LONDON — Now that Russian track and field athletes have failed in their effort to have their Olympic ban overtu ed, it’s up to the IOC to decide whether to kick the entire Russian team out of the games that begin in Rio de Janeiro in 15 days. In another blow to the image of the sports superpower, th...

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. — A black therapist who was trying to calm an autistic patient in the middle of the street says he was shot by police even though he had his hands in the air and repeatedly told them that no one was armed. • VIDEO: See cell-phone footage of unarmed therapist shot by Florida police ...

MEGEVE, France — Chris Froome won a mountain time trial and opened up a seemingly insurmountable lead of nearly four minutes over his closest challenger in the 18th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday. Riding in a yellow bodysuit and yellow aerodynamic helmet, Froome pumped his right fist after ...

LONG BEACH — A stretch of coastline in Seal Beach was reopened to swimmers and surfers today following a roughly three-day closure due to a sewage spill near downtown Los Angeles, but all coastal beaches in Long Beach remained closed. The ocean in Seal Beach between the San Gabriel River Mouth and A...

A pedestrian died from injuries suffered in a DUI accident nearly two months ago and the alleged DUI driver has been arrested, authorities said. The accident happened at about 6:30 p.m. on May 30 on Wilmington Avenue just north of Greenleaf Boulevard, said Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials. The...

LOS ANGELES — Southwest Airlines issued an apology today after passengers in the Southland and at airports across the nation were forced to deal with extensive delays and cancellations caused by a computer failure. Southwest “began experiencing intermittent performance issues” Wednesday afte oon, wh...

Brazil police order arrest of men pleading ISIS allegiance A F-5 fighter flies over Guanabara Bay and the Sugar Loaf mountain while intercepting another aircraft during a Brazilian Air Force demonstration for the press ahead of the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 14, 2016. (A...

On the day Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination for president, a miniature wall appeared around the former reality TV host’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tourists stopped Tuesday to snap photos of the 6-inch gray wall that was topped with razor wire and plastered with “keep out” sig...

It’s Tuesday, so Gloria Alva is going through her weekly routine as manager of A Shop Called Quest: She’s getting ready for new comic book Wednesday. Boxes of the latest issues are waiting to be put into their proper spots in the small comic book shop that sits at the co er of Orangeu2009Street and ...

CLEVELAND >> Undercutting calls for Republican unity, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz stubbo ly refused to endorse Donald Trump on Wednesday night as he addressed the GOP convention, igniting thunderous boos from furious delegates as he encouraged Americans to simply “vote your conscience” in November. Later, I...

CLEVELAND >> The Millard Fillmore Library, which is actually a bar, played Mike Pence’s speech on both of its televisions Wednesday night, even as a local singer wrapped up a somewhat politically-charged music set that was decidedly unfriendly to Donald Trump. “How many people are voting for Trump?”...

Councilman Rex Richardson was elected vice mayor of Long Beach by his peers on the City Council on Tuesday night during a reorganization of the council after Suja Lowenthal’s departure. At 32, the councilman is the youngest person in city history to hold the position (Mayor Robert Garcia was the you...

Cooler weather and a roomier waterfront venue will greet the three-day Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival when the a ual San Pedro tradition opens Friday, more than two months earlier than usual. Since 1999, the festival has been staged in and around Ports O’ Call Village. But with plans underway ...

Election season got off to a fiery, lawsuit-riddled start in Carson this week as Mayor Al Robles faced off against a faction of former Mayor Jim Dear’s supporters during a City Council meeting that Dear himself didn’t even attend. Instead, Dear’s controversial girlfriend, Monette Gavino, went head-t...

The possibility remains that beaches in Long Beach and Seal Beach — closed since a Monday sewage spill originating in Los Angeles made swimming a hazardous proposition — may reopen Thursday. Health officials need to record two consecutive days of clean test results to let beachgoers back into the wa...

He was remembered as a loyal colleague, a faithful friend and a loving family member. Hundreds of mou ers, including police officers from across the region — many accompanied by their K-9 partners, came to a memorial service Wednesday for Credo, a Long Beach Police Department police dog killed June ...

It took an urban search-and-rescue team to get an injured man down from a refinery tower in Carson, authorities said today. Los Angeles County firefighters were summoned at 10:12 p.m. Tuesday to the refinery in the 22600 block of South Wilmington Avenue, Dispatch Supervisor Miguel O elas said. The t...

Southwest Airlines flights halted by computer glitch A Southwest jet arrives at the Bob Hope Burbank Airport (March 11, 2014 file photo by David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News) By City News Service A system-wide computer issue this afte oon that halted Southwest Airlines flights at LAX and other airpo...

Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will headline a conference this weekend in Long Beach where county leaders from across the country will gather for four days of inspirational talks and policy discussions. Abdul Jabbar, a six-time NBA champion, is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech Saturday ...

CLEVELAND — Straining to shore up Republican unity, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will vouch for Donald Trump’s conservative values Wednesday night as he makes his national convention debut as Trump’s ru ing mate. But much of the attention will be on Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a favorite of the right who is yet...