LOS ANGELES — The singer D4vd has lost his high-powered legal team and will now be represented by the Los Angeles County public defender’s office on charges that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a teenage fan before killing her and dismembering her corpse to cover up the sex abuse.

David Anthony Burke, 21, asked to have the public defender�...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Millions of pounds of rancid rotting food cleared from a burned cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights are now raising complaints from Simi Valley residents who say they’re grappling with the stench of the decomposing waste that was dumped into a nearby landfill.

At one point, one resident said, the smell of rot was so strong...Read more

So much for King Charles III’s reported hope that Prince Harry’s return to the United Kingdom could provide an opportunity for his feuding sons to reconcile.

Prince William is not likely to be happy with a new report that his younger brother is “just as angry” as when he and Meghan Markle left the U.K. six years ago on their “freedom ...Read more

Former Rep. George Santos on Monday was banned for life by Kalshi after the prediction market found he likely made bogus bets on whether he would appear at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.

The company announced the ban after saying it determined Santos engaged in insider trading by betting against his own attendance at ...Read more

President Donald Trump lashed out Sunday at NBC's "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker, calling on the Federal Communications Commission to punish her over comments she made about the president's record in endorsing primary candidates.

"Kristen Welker, the Unpopular 'Hostess' of the once great Meet the Press, now considered Meet the Fake ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In a prolonged case that offers a rare look into the fiercely private student discipline process, a UCLA computer science doctoral student is suing the University of California, asking a judge to reverse his two-quarter suspension and release a master's degree withheld for more than 600 days.

The case centers on one of the most ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — A man died Saturday after lightning struck him while he was riding a personal watercraft at Fort De Soto Park, deputies said.

Deputies responded about 6:35 p.m. for a call about a man who had been struck by lightning while riding a personal watercraft at the park at 3500 Pinellas Bayway South in Tierra Verde, according to the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The singer D4vd has dropped his high-powered legal team and will now be represented by the Los Angeles County public defender’s office on charges that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a teenage fan before killing her and dismembering her corpse to cover up the sex abuse.

David Anthony Burke, 21, asked to have the public ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Monday said a short-lived tropical depression or storm could form in the Gulf while the remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly are headed to Florida.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, what had been Dolly, that was only a tropical storm for one day last week, is now just a surface trough of ...Read more

Michael Sanft, the attorney for the man on trial for allegedly orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur, finds himself in a position out of a “Law and Order” episode.

He must convince a jury to ignore incriminating statements his client made. With every word he speaks, Sanft argues that Duane Davis is a liar who cannot be trusted.

It ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes for the first time in about a month as American forces hit an island in the Strait of Hormuz and the Islamic Republic responded by launching attacks on the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.

President Donald Trump told Fox News on Monday morning that the U.S. would respond to Iran’s attacks on U.S. forces, ...Read more

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s advantage over Flávio Bolsonaro decreased ahead of Brazil’s October election, as the leftist leader faces fallout from corruption allegations against one of his sons.

Lula leads Bolsonaro 47.1% to 42.6% in a runoff scenario, according to an AtlasIntel survey for Bloomberg News published Monday. He led...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. plans to use its newfound assertion of control over billions of barrels of Venezuelan crude oil to refill the nation’s depleted emergency reserve, President Donald Trump said Sunday.

“One of the things I am going to do with the Venezuelan Oil is fill up the Strategic National Reserves,” Trump said in a Truth ...Read more

Central Florida’s Luke Delaney will have wait a little longer to take his first trip to space as NASA and SpaceX have delayed the upcoming Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station.

In a Sunday update, NASA said testing of the Crew Dragon Grace, which has flown on one previous mission, revealed an oxidizer leak on the spacecraft’s ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes for the first time in about a month as American forces hit an island in the Strait of Hormuz and the Islamic Republic responded by launching attacks on the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.

Iranian media also said the country’s authorities seized a bulk carrier near the port of Bandar Abbas in the strait and...Read more

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s advantage over Flávio Bolsonaro decreased ahead of Brazil’s October election, as the leftist leader faces fallout from corruption allegations against one of his sons.

Lula leads Bolsonaro 47.1% to 42.6% in a runoff scenario, according to an AtlasIntel survey for Bloomberg News published Monday. He ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Nearly nine months ago, Sheriff Kelly Martinez stood before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and presented a wish list of improvements needed across the seven jails she oversees.

The presentation included a host of proposed new construction and upgrades but lacked any specific request for new money.

Instead, Martinez ...Read more

Yaroslav Perepadya has built a life in Davis since fleeing Ukraine with his teenage son after Russia invaded their country in 2022. He has a job with the state, pays taxes and has watched his son begin college.

Now, that life is hanging in uncertainty as the federal government weighs the future of protections that allow thousands of Ukrainians ...Read more

The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an injunction barring the Trump administration from enacting new rules for mail-in voting, raising questions about the process just weeks before California plans to send ballots to 23 million voters for the November election.

But the legal saga continues. Late Thursday, a judge issued a temporary ...Read more

In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound. But he couldn’t afford the $750 monthly price tag.

Then Medicare launched an 18-month pilot program that offers GLP-1 medications to some enrollees for only $50 a month. La Marca thought he might finally be able to afford the drug.

“I thought, ‘Thank ...Read more