A man who called 911 to report a car break-in Friday ambushed a south Georgia police officer dispatched to the scene, sparking a shootout in which both the officer and suspect were wounded, authorities said. Both are expected to survive. The shooting in Valdosta, just north of the Georgia-Florida st...

Longtime friends The Game and Snoop Dogg both woke up Friday mo ing deeply troubled by the recent deaths of black men at the hands of police officers. They headed downtown to lead a peaceful march outside Los Angeles Police Department headquarters. Then the day took an unexpected tu , when the famou...

Considering Saul “Canelo” Alvarez took so much heat for defending his middleweight title against a welterweight - Amir Khan - in May, it was surprising to hear Friday mo ing that middleweight champion Ge ady Golovkin will now do the same. Golovkin will defend his three belts against Kell Brook, who ...

A 4-year-old girl suffered a critical injury after being struck by a hit-and-run driver Thursday evening near an intersection east of Long Beach Poly. Police responded about 8:30 p.m. to a report of an injury traffic collision near the intersection of 17th Street and Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach Poli...

DALLAS — An Army veteran killed by Dallas police after the sniper slayings of five officers during a protest march refused to surrender and told authorities that he was upset about the police shootings of two black men earlier this week and wanted to exterminate whites, “especially white officers,” ...

DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of police officers in Dallas (all times local): 12:20 p.m. The Army says Micah Xavier Johnson, named as a suspect in the Dallas police shootings, served in the Army Reserve and did one tour of duty in Afghanistan. The Army says Johnson was a private first cla...

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia this mo ing described last night’s shooting of police officers in Dallas, Texas, as “devastating.” “Feeling pretty sad for our country today,” he said in a Facebook message. “So many families grieving unthinkable losses.” Police Chief Robert Luna was in a meeting this ...

DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of police officers in Dallas (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Atto ey General Loretta Lynch is calling for peace and calm in the wake of the attack on police officers in Dallas, saying that violence is never the answer. • PHOTOS: Police say snipers shot 12 polic...

Arson and homicide investigators are probing a deadly motorhome fire that ignited early Friday mo ing in Long Beach. The fire ignited shortly before 4 a.m. Friday in the 900 block of Loma Vista Drive, which is near Drake Park, according to the Long Beach Fire Department. Firefighters found an adult ...

WASHINGTON — Employers shook off two months of weak hiring by adding 287,000 jobs in June, a robust pace that suggests a resilient U.S. economy recovering from a slump early in the year. The hiring spurt marked a sharp improvement from May’s dismal showing, when only 11,000 jobs were added, and Apri...

DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of police officers in Dallas (all times local): 10:10 a.m. A Texas law enforcement official has told The Associated Press that a slain suspect in the attack on Dallas police was 25-year-old Micah Johnson. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity becau...

DALLAS — Five Dallas police officers were fatally shot and seven others wounded during a protest over the deaths of black men killed by police this week in Louisiana and Mi esota — the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. • PHOTOS: Police say snipers sh...

BELL — Authorities today identified a man who was fatally shot in a vehicle in Bell. Jeremiah Bonilla, a 22-year-old Huntington Park native, was identified as the man who was killed Tuesday, said acting Lt. B. Kim of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. Bonilla died at the scene of the shooting,...

WARSAW, Poland — President Barack Obama said Friday that America is “horrified” by a targeted shooting of police officers in Dallas, and he said there is no justification for the violence. “We still don’t know all the facts. What we do know is that there has been a vicious, calculated and despicable...

PALO ALTO — Theranos says the federal gove ment has ba ed founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes from owning or ru ing a medical laboratory for two years. The company a ounced the decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday. The ban stems from a review of the company’s Newark, Cal...

WARSAW, Poland — President Barack Obama on Friday reaffirmed his confidence that the U.S. and its European allies will continue to work together on critical global challenges despite the decision by Britain to leave the European Union. Speaking at the opening of two days of meetings with European le...

A woman who police say was suicidal died after being struck by a vehicle in North Long Beach late Wednesday, police said. The pedestrian, who has not yet been identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner, was walking in traffic about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday near the crossing of 56th Street and Cherry A...

Questions about the security and integrity of Califo ia voter information have surfaced after a Southe Califo ia district atto ey described online tampering incidents in which residents’ party registration was changed without their knowledge. On Wednesday, Riverside County District Atto ey Mike Hest...

LAS VEGAS -- A contrite and emotional Jon Jones met with the media Thursday mo ing, one day after the bombshell a ouncement that a potential doping violation caused the cancellation of his main-event title fight against Daniel Cormier at UFC 200. Jones started by apologizing to his fans, the UFC and...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti condemned the shooting Thursday that left four Dallas officers dead and seven others injured and called it “an attack on us all.” “Tonight’s attacks undermine our democracy and were an attack on us all,” Garcetti said on Twitter. “We ca ot let hate spread like a disea...