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A massive suicide bomb ripped through a revered Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 72 people and wounding more than 250 in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Pakistan in years, police officials said.

Essential Politics: Brown plays down any chance of Trump punishing California, Schwarzenegger calls for national redistricting reform Feb. 16, 2017, 1:15 p.m. This is Essential Politics, our daily look at California political and government news. Here's what we're watching right now: Gov. Jerry...

Trump says he'll repeal travel ban next week, replace it with new executive order Feb. 16, 2017, 12:50 p.m. A look at President Trump's administration and the rest of Washington: President says the new version of his immigration order will be "tailored" to meet court objections Trump picks Alexander...

Iraq's Interior Ministry says a car bomb in Baghdad has killed at least 45 people and wounded nearly 50 others.

SeaWorld San Diego will debut a new “less theatrical, more natural” killer whale show this summer that may change orca shows at the marine theme park for decades to come.

In 1980, I arrived with my family to the U.S.-Mexico border from Michoacán with what little we could bring with us on the three-day journey by bus. Not long after, once more members of our extended family joined the migration, 19 of us moved into a tiny apartment in Thermal, Calif., where we didn’t...

What forecasters say could be the biggest storm of an already wet season is expected to barrel into Southern California tonight, bringing sustained rains Friday and into Saturday. The storm will have several elements that officials warn could cause damage: high surf, powerful wind and downpours...

Essential Education: LAUSD tells students to stay put new messages Feb. 16, 2017, 7:45 a.m. Welcome to Essential Education, our daily look at education in California and beyond. Here's the latest: U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos used her first public speech to praise magnet schools. Today,...

Vince Young hasn't played in the NFL since 2011, but he apparently wants to give professional football one more try.

The Lakers absorbed a wire-to-wire beating at the hands of the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night, staggering into the All-Star break with one of their worst defensive performances of the season. Here are five things we learned from their 137-101 loss to the Suns in Talking Stick Resort Arena:

One weeknight in 1985, a sophomore music student at the University of North Texas sat on the floor of her apartment and listened to a cassette tape that changed the course of her life.

It is said that there are two types of homeowners: those who own an Eichler, and those who do not.

We usher in Modernism Week with a contemporary renovation in Palm Springs. Set behind a geometric, three-dimensional concrete block wall, the single-story Midcentury Modern is entered through opaque-glass-and-steel doors. Architect Charles DuBois is known for designing some of the desert community’s...

At the Hirsch family compound in Brentwood, pass by a graffiti-adorned brick wall as you enter, and you’ll find yourself in a warm, glass-walled environment, surrounded by the outdoors.  

In the run-up to New York Fashion Week, Los Angeles found itself abuzz with a series of high-profile fashion happenings, many by designers, including Rachel Zoe and Tommy Hilfiger, who opted for L.A.-area venues and weather instead of showing in the Big Apple this season. Here’s a look at those fashion...

At last, you can wear your Nambé ware without resorting to stringing a napkin ring on a cord. The cult-collectible home decor and tabletop company has launched an exclusive jewelry collection with Macy’s that capitalizes on the sleek, sinuous curves of the iconic bowls.

If you don’t have plans for Presidents Day, maybe it’s time to make some. National parks and national forests that charge entrance fees will be free to all on the Monday holiday.

Snap Inc.'s IPO filing: Starting price range is set Feb. 16, 2017, 6:58 a.m. Snapchat app maker Snap Inc. filed papers Feb. 2 to move forward with what's expected to be the biggest initial public offering ever for a Los Angeles company. Follow our coverage here. All updates Analysis From the filing...

Snap Inc.'s IPO filing: Starting price range is set Feb. 16, 2017, 6:58 a.m. Snapchat app maker Snap Inc. filed papers Feb. 2 to move forward with what's expected to be the biggest initial public offering ever for a Los Angeles company. Follow our coverage here. All updates Analysis From the filing...

Stocks are struggling higher in early trading, keeping indexes at or near record highs, as investors looked over the latest batch of company earnings.

Even if you’re not an experienced host, it’s easy to make your Oscar-watching party Feb. 26 a success. The secret? A bar cart.

As Southern California cedes to the Central Coast at the Gaviota Tunnel, most travelers stick to the 101. Next time take the exit to Highway 1, a mile or so past the tunnel, and cruise 20 miles through oak-dappled hills and past scattered ranches to Lompoc. Lompoc isn’t a faux-Scandinavian burg,...

Updates: New storms approach, but officials confident Oroville Dam and spillways will hold up Feb. 16, 2017, 6:17 a.m. The rain has started to return in Northern California and will continue over the next few days, but officials aren't as concerned about the upcoming weather so much as the damage...

So there I was, a guy in my early 30s, recently separated, having made the solo journey back to Los Angeles from Nashville. Broke and in debt from the experience, I had the war-torn heart of a man who dearly missed his 4-year-old daughter ... yet I was liberated from a failed relationship.

Climate change did not produce California’s winter flooding that abruptly ended a devastating drought. That weather swing is just how California works.