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The overall result was not a surprise: As predicted, French president Emmanuel Macron’s new party was on track Sunday to win an absolute majority in the country’s parliament, according to estimated results of a second round of voting.

A look at Amazon's history.

Angeles National Forest Service firefighters continued to gain ground Sunday on two separate brush fires burning near Castaic Lake and in the Wrightwood area of San Bernardino County.

From his home in Northridge, Johnny Buss asked his young sons to give him a moment so he could make a phone call. Charlie is 5 years old and Chayton is 6, so that idea was as much wishful thinking as a sincere request.

A 26-year-old woman has died after falling into a creek in Sequoia National Park, the third drowning in the park this year, authorities said Sunday.

Hero Theatre organized a festival last year in celebration of Cuban American playwright María Irene Fornés, a key figure in the off-off-Broadway theater movement who has had an influence on contemporary American drama that far exceeds her modest fame.

At long last, Erin Hills is a U.S. Open-worthy course on Sunday.

The much-maligned site of this year’s national championship has been giving up birdies and low scores, very unlike a U.S. Open course.

But with winds of at least 25 miles per hour, the course has gained the teeth it has been lacking...

Authorities say San Francisco's Bay Bridge was partially shut down for hours after officers responding to a vehicle crash shot and wounded a motorist who drove at them.

Boris Eifman's Russian company, which psychologically tortured melodramas of movement, brings "Red Giselle" to Costa Mesa, an engagement that precedes "Tchaikovsky" at the Music Center next month.

When Stan Kasten entered the Los Angeles sports scene in 2012, as part of the group buying the Dodgers, he was keenly aware of the stakes.

There weren’t many times when Magic Johnson was down in the dumps, but injuries during his playing career could do it. Once, while he nursed a finger injury, two of his closest friends in Los Angeles tried to help.

Iraqi forces battled their way into Mosul's Old City on Sunday, starting a difficult fight for the last neighborhoods still in the hands of Islamic State.

Racing to the top, Walt Disney Co.’s “Cars 3” unseated Warner Bros.’ “Wonder Woman” after a two-week box-office reign.

Tyler Williams is kind of like that 1996 Pontiac Grand Prix he bought for $900 as a college freshman, a green sedan with 274,000 miles on it that he still drives when he’s home in Oregon — modest, unassuming, often overlooked.

A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Sunday morning five miles from Idyllwild, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 8:14 a.m. PDT at a depth of 9.3 miles.

The Kings did not include former team captain Dustin Brown and high-priced winger Marian Gaborik on the list of protected players they submitted in advance of Wednesday’s NHL expansion draft, but that doesn’t mean they will be free of the duo’s expensive contracts.

After spending a little too much time in Calabasas making her last film “The Bling Ring,” Oscar-winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola needed a change of scenery.

Here’s a travel app that focuses on Los Angeles neighborhoods of interest to visitors as well as local residents looking for a great day out.

Hundreds of Venezuelans from the Warao indigenous group have started settling in the streets of the northern Brazilian city of Manaus to escape the turmoil that has overtaken Venezuela.

“Here. What do you think this is?” Genes Salema, our guide for the day, crushed a handful of green leaves in his hands and held them out to us.

A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday evening 14 miles from Lake Isabella, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 11:11 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0 miles.

Sue Finley, 80, was hired at JPL as a human computer in 1958 and has worked on a number of missions since then.

The gift includes works by Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Harry Callahan and Camilo José Vergara.

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Compiled by Matt Cooper

Frida Mezzo-soprano Laura Virella sings the title role as Long Beach Opera presents the Southern California premiere of Robert Xavier Rodríguez’s opera about renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo; in Spanish and English; performed outdoors. Museum of Latin American...