Missing California woman found dead in desert less than quarter-mile from home
Missing 55-year-old Loretta Pilitsis was found dead near her Piñon Hills home a month after vanishing, prompting a sheriff's investigation.
Missing 55-year-old Loretta Pilitsis was found dead near her Piñon Hills home a month after vanishing, prompting a sheriff's investigation.
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A small brush fire erupted in Encino near the Sepulveda Basin Tuesday.
The oldest standing church in New York State has witnessed the rise of colonial New York, the American Revolution and the history of the nation.
An estimated 13,000 families with children in Los Angeles Unified schools live near the site of the Boyle Heights warehouse fire.(Mario Tama / Getty Images)Topline:Boyle Heights families of school age children affected by the warehouse fire have until Wednesday afternoon to apply for $250 cash as...
A status conference is scheduled Tuesday for singer D4vd, who is charged with murdering a 14-year-old girl whose dismembered body was found in the trunk of his Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard.
Aides to McConnell have declined to release any information about his condition, fueling speculation about his prognosis.
Fiesta Village Fun Park, an amusement park in Colton, is closing its doors. After over 50 years of serving the Inland Empire, the park will host one final celebration this weekend.
Brittany Armstrong was charged with involuntary manslaughter after illegal fireworks started a fire that killed Cashmere Elijah Parker in Dunn, North Carolina.
An investigator says the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk strolled Utah Valley University in shorts and a T-shirt and bought a meal at Chick-fil-A on the morning of the conservative activist's assassination.
Officers say the workers spotted structural support columns beginning to buckle on the 21st floor and self-evacuated.
Trailing 2-0 against Egypt with 11 minutes of regulation time to play on Tuesday, the defending champions rallied for an improbable 3-2 victory.
A pregnant woman escaped injury when a metal bar slammed through the windshield of the van she was driving on the 15 Freeway in Temecula.
What began with just nine Los Angeles students has grown into an orchestra preparing for its biggest move yet - a nationwide tour!
The purchase comes as the Department of Homeland Security has moved to scale up its capacity to detain immigrants without relying as heavily on private prison corporations.
Ventura County Sheriff's deputies last week arrested two men on suspicion of stealing several high-end luxury vehicles in Southern California. Authorities seized vehicles worth a combined $1.3 million.
Missing 55-year-old Loretta Pilitsis was found dead near her Piñon Hills home a month after vanishing, prompting a sheriff's investigation.
More than three years after a radiologist was accused of intentionally driving his family off of Devil's Slide, a judge dismissed the criminal charges against him.
A former Bucknell strength and conditioning coach was charged Monday with felony aggravated hazing following the 2024 death of a freshman football player who collapsed during his first workout with the team, according to a statement from the Pennsylvania attorney general and court documents.
Several people have been arrested, including a Metro worker, as part of an operation targeting a transnational organized crime ring, federal officials announced.
Business owners told Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass they felt abandoned by the city as a fire tore through a cold storage facility in Boyle Heights last month, forcing storefronts to close, driving potential customers away and leaving many unsure of what was in the air they were breathing.(Isaac Ce...
Operation Hard Ball has led to federal charges against 37 operatives of India-based organized crime syndicates for racketeering, extortion, and international drug trafficking.
U.S. and Canadian officials emphasized that the sweeping operation underscores an unprecedented level of international collaboration against cross-border violence.
Mariska Hargitay at the NBCUniversal Emmy Luncheon in Beverly Hills in April.(Jordan Strauss / Invision/AP)Mariska Hargitay is set to host the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing on NBC on Sept. 14.NBCUniversal announced Hargitay as host on Tuesday, the day before nominations are announced. The sh...
The studio behind AI-generated "actress" Tilly Norwood has announced its creation will be "starring" in a new film.
A multi-day heat advisory has been issued for Los Angeles County, bringing triple-digit temperatures to valleys and mountain areas through Friday.
Researchers at Boston University diagnosed former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland with Stage 1 CTE following his death by suicide in North Texas last November.
'Star Wars: The Experience' will make its world debut in February, 2027 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia as part of the Star Wars 50th anniversary celebration.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to block Texas from enforcing a state law requiring age verification for app downloads.
A street vendor who was violently attacked while working in downtown Los Angeles last month is speaking publicly for the first time, urging other vendors to report attacks and seek help from law enforcement.
ABC's hit show "Shark Tank" is back with a new group of all-star guest Sharks, as well as permanent Sharks for season 18! ✨🦈✨
Mifepristone tablets on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Iowa on July 18, 2024. A proposed California bill would require community colleges with health centers to provide access to abortion pills. (Charlie Neibergall / AP Photo)Community college students in California could gain access t...
President Donald Trump, during the first day of the NATO Summit in Ankara on Tuesday, said he will consider allowing Turkey to buy American F-35 fighter jets.
Three tankers were struck by projectiles Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz, the British military said.
A patriotic entrance took a dramatic turn at a California rodeo when a skydiver carrying a giant American flag lost control and crashed near the crowd.
A major Midtown Manhattan thoroughfare remains gridlocked and seven surrounding buildings have been evacuated after two columns buckled inside a high-rise construction site, rendering the building highly unstable.
Two of the primary defendants allegedly directed their global criminal syndicates, orchestrated political assassinations, and managed multi-continent drug networks using contraband cellphones smuggled directly into their Indian prison cells.
A heat wave is set to bake Los Angeles County this week, with temperatures predicted to be 10 to 15 degrees above normal.
ABC's hit show "Shark Tank" is back with a new group of all-star guest Sharks, as well as permanent Sharks for season 18! ✨🦈✨
The CoreCivic California City Immigration Processing Center in California City on Sept. 22, 2025.(Miguel Vasconcellos / CalMatters)The private prison company CoreCivic has sold two of the largest immigration detention facilities in California to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a deal ...
Federal and international law enforcement agencies have charged 37 individuals connected to India-based transnational organized crime groups involved in a 2023 assassination in Canada, global extortion, and narcotics trafficking.
The U.S. Postal Service plans to raise the price of Forever stamps and other mailing services Sunday, pending federal approval.
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