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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — LeBron James should be excited to be back in the playoffs, the misery of watching from home a year ago erased by the buzz surrounding the Lakers’ first-round series with the Memphis Grizzlies.

LOS ANGELES — Vice President Kamala Harris urged a group of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles to “stand up and fight” for its ideals following recent court rulings over reproductive rights that have divided the country.

LOS ANGELES — Mexican and U.S. authorities are searching for three American sailors who went missing after departing Mexico for San Diego more than a week ago.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jaheim Smith "aged out" of foster care just last week, a transition that can be distressing for young people who have spent most of their lives in the child welfare system and for the first time are living on their own.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels’ mandate from owner Arte Moreno over the last six seasons, all of them losing ones, can be summed up in six words: Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, no rebuild.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said Friday he would not prosecute sheriff’s deputies who shot teenagers in two separate killings that drew widespread protests in South L.A. in recent years.

LOS ANGELES — After years of downsizing and under an imminent threat of losing accreditation, Los Angeles' Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising found a lifeline in Arizona State University, forming a new partnership that is likely to forever change the longtime fashion school — and save it from financial…

Back in January, an academic study gave heart to critics of COVID-19 vaccines by estimating the number of U.S. deaths from the vaccines at 278,000.

From top to bottom, at all levels of government, the Republican Party is on a tear to epitomize the timeless truth of 19th century Britain's Lord Acton: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

LOS ANGELES — The nickname Noah Syndergaard had when his fastball approached 100 mph as a younger New York Mets pitcher no longer fits. The Dodgers right-hander still has the Nordic-sounding name and looks, but he is a mere shadow of the intimidator they called Thor, after the hammer-wielding god…

LOS ANGELES — The cap was backward, the smile was wide, the laughter was easy.