WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal ...

This is a developing story. For the latest local updates head to LAist.com and sign up for breaking news alerts. Forecasters warn that vast parts of Southern California are once again under wildfire ...

Joti's family refuses to touch him. They don't hug him or shake his hand, and when he visits relatives to eat, he brings his own plate, spoon and cup. His family won't share utensils with him, as they ...

St. PAUL — The Minnesota Legislature is preparing for a turbulent opening on Tuesday with House Democrats threatening to walk out and the Senate set to come in with a temporary tie and no tiebreaker.

More than 100,000 Los Angeles County residents remain under evacuation orders, and the threat of fire there is not over. there were fresh evacuations last night and strong Santa Ana winds are expected ...

Former President Jimmy Carter left Washington for the final time Thursday afternoon. The nation's capital was never a comfortable place for the man from Plains, Georgia, and it's generally believed ...

AMSTERDAM – Reporting on Wang Jingyu, a Chinese celebrity dissident, can be perplexing, stressful and scary. Ask Marije Vlaskamp, a correspondent with de Volkskrant, a leading Dutch daily newspaper.

I have a story I can tell now about an off-the-record conversation I once had with the late Jimmy Carter, about one of the great human controversies: UFOs. Back in what my daughters now call the "late ...

As swiftly as fire evacuation orders went into effect across Los Angeles County, so did the community disaster recovery effort. At the Anderson Munger Family YMCA in LA's Koreatown, a central hub for ...

Tens of thousands of people are currently without power in California, Texas and Arkansas, as wildfires ravage the West and a winter storm hits the South. Research shows when the power fails, it also ...

The warning is stark: "Do not drink or cook with the tap water … Do not treat the tap water yourself," typed in all caps and boldface. The alert, issued January 10 by the Los Angeles Department of ...

President-elect Donald Trump, who is days away from taking office, has wasted no time in returning to center stage in U.S. foreign policy, reprising his hallmark blend of bombastic rhetoric and ...