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California's Dungeness crab industry is under increasing regulation because of concerns over whales getting entangled in fishing gear. With a truncated season and sharp limits on gear, crabbers wonder whether the fishery can survive.

Hamas continues to free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, holding to cease-fire terms. But the militant group's grip on Gaza remains strong

A dairy worker in Nevada has reportedly been infected by the killer variant of H5N1 bird flu; analysis shows changes in new strain that makes it more lethal in mammals.

The head of the local party is pushing for results over performative acts and ideological indulgence. Every city, she says, deserves good public schools, safe streets and clean sidewalks.

Sen. Bill Cassidy's intent to serve as a bulwark against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine skepticism may be sincere. But if Kennedy becomes the nation's top health official, Cassidy will have limited power.

Drastic cuts to National Institutes of Health 'indirect funds' for medical research has prompted deep concerns at UC over how to continue studies into 'life-saving treatments.'

President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint himself chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The org says it has 'received no official communications' about Trump's plan.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta joined a coalition of more than 20 states Friday in asking a federal court to once again intercede and force the Trump administration to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal funding.

Federal law enforcement agents are planning to carry out a "large scale" immigration enforcement action in the Los Angeles area before the end of February, according to an internal government document reviewed by The Times.

The Trump administration's attack on the key foreign aid agency undermines U.S. influence, pleases autocrats in Russia and China, and could help Tesla's overseas business.

Marine Corps has paused all sexual assault prevention training to comply with Trump's executive order. The Navy confirmed it would also cease such training.

A U.S. Gaza takeover would not result in peace but massive upheaval, more bloodshed and American troops as occupiers in Palestinian lands.

President Trump often rails about illegal immigration, but some of his executive orders aim to eliminate or undermine legal pathways for immigration.

Especially if they come with reductions to Medicaid, food stamps and other safety net programs, the policy will make the rich richer and leave most worse off.

The eastern province of Deir al-Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Five men were arrested in L.A. on suspicion of using counterfeit EBT cards to withdraw funds intended to provide food and aid to low-income families, the Department of Justice says.

A decision by President Trump to close a tariff loophole could change the landscape of online shopping, particularly for the Chinese e-commerce companies behind wildly successful sites, such as Shein and Temu.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offered to let Trump move immigrants who are imprisoned in the U.S. to his notorious detention centers in El Salvador.

China has begun to challenge U.S. hegemony in Latin America. The chaos of the Trump presidency may present it a new opportunity.

Billionaire Elon Musk was the focus of many in Washington this week, as his Department of Government Efficiency slashed at the federal bureaucracy.

A key Senate committee supports Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services. The full Senate will vote on his nomination.

When the president announced tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, stocks tumbled, responding to economic realities that politicians and their supporters often ignore.