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September 29, 2016

Electrics touted at Paris car show, but await their moment

When will electric-powered cars become a practical choice for ordinary people? The question hangs in the air at the Paris ...

September 28, 2016

The Latest: Friend: Starbucks victim was naturalized citizen

The Latest on a weekend shooting at a Starbucks in Las Vegas that left one man dead (all times local): 1:45 p.m. The man ...

September 25, 2016

California eyes unusual power source: its gridlocked roads

All those cars on California's famously gridlocked highways could be doing more than just using energy - they could be ...

September 23, 2016

In Yahoo breach, hackers may seek intelligence, not riches

If a foreign government is behind the massive computer attack that compromised a half billion user accounts at Yahoo, as the ...

Daisy Ridley, Rongfei Guo, Daphne Matziaraki, Elise Conklin

September 23, 2016

Young filmmakers thank the academy at Student Academy Awards

Seventeen young filmmakers from around the world gathered in Beverly Hills, California, to utter the six magic words they've ...

September 23, 2016

35 US states sue British drugmaker over marketing of opioid

Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia filed an antitrust lawsuit Thursday alleging that British drugmaker Indivior ...

September 22, 2016

Los Angeles adds 3 venues to bid for 2024 Olympics

Three existing venues have been added to Los Angeles' bid for the 2024 Olympics, including Long Beach as one of four main ...

September 19, 2016

Simon Pagenaud wins 1st IndyCar title in banner Penske year

In a yearlong celebration of Roger Penske's 50th season in racing, Simon Pagenaud brought yet another championship to trophy ...

September 18, 2016

Pagenaud wins pole as he closes in on IndyCar championship

Team Penske was on the verge of closing out a dominating romp through the IndyCar season with a new champion in Simon ...

September 17, 2016

Jury can't decide sanity of German who set Los Angeles fires

A judge declared a mistrial Friday over whether a German man was sane when he set dozens of fires across Los Angeles during ...

September 17, 2016

No matter what, Team Penske will win an IndyCar title

Team Penske rolled into the title-deciding IndyCar race last season quite confident about its chances to win a championship.

September 16, 2016

California to study balcony safety after fatal Berkeley fall

California is moving to study state balcony standards after a fatal collapse in Berkeley sent shock and horror across the ...

September 11, 2016

Gonzalez wins slugfest with Cuadras, becomes 4-weight champ

Roman Gonzalez observed the raucous scene in the ring through swollen eyes. His battered ears absorbed the cheers from ...

September 09, 2016

100 years, 3,300 miles: Vintage motorcycles hitting the road

Thomas Trapp sells new Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Germany, but for the next two weeks he'll be riding 3,300 miles coast ...

September 07, 2016

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise shrinks again in $8.8B spin off

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. will spin off a big chunk of its business software line-up in an $8.8 billion deal with Micro ...

September 07, 2016

Sam Iacobellis, who led rollout of B-1 bombers, dies at 87

Sam Iacobellis, the Rockwell International engineer who met President Ronald Reagan's challenge to deliver 100 B-1 bombers ...

September 07, 2016

Woods says he hopes to return next month

Out of golf for more than a year, Tiger Woods said Wednesday he hopes to play the first event of the PGA Tour season next ...

September 03, 2016

Widow of pioneer winemaker Robert Mondavi dies at 91

Margrit Biever Mondavi, the widow of California wine pioneer Robert G. Mondavi who served as the company's cultural affairs ...

September 02, 2016

Column: Hoping Kaepernick gets another chance to take a knee

No matter what happens when the final cuts are made, Colin Kaepernick already had the best preseason of anyone in the NFL.