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House Republicans have unveiled their tax overhaul plan, but what will it look like when all is said and done?

Nearly 40% of American adults and 20% of children carry enough extra weight to warrant a diagnosis of obesity. That’s the highest obesity rate among the world’s affluent nations, and it’s already shortening Americans’ lifespans by driving up rates of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancers, arthritis...

For Jack Edwards, a 15-year-old British actor, it seemed like “the opportunity of a lifetime” — watching a play in London's West End with a Hollywood agent.

To the editor: Jonah Goldberg may be correct to assume that complete and unregulated drug legalization could actually increase the number of addicts. (“Do we really want to stack Oxycontin next to the Jim Beam?” Opinion, Oct. 31)

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To the editor: As Glenn E. Martin and Joshua Morrison note, 2-year-old A.J. Burgess was born without kidneys. He receives dialysis every day. (“He violated his probation. Now he can't give his child a kidney,” Opinion, Oct. 27)

Larry Nance Jr. suffered a broken hand Thursday in the third quarter of the Lakers’ 113-110 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Regulators are investigating whether downed power lines sparked any of the fires that roared through Northern California last month, killing dozens of people and destroying thousands of homes and businesses. It certainly wouldn’t be unusual if that were what caused one or more of the so-called...

Donald Trump is reinventing the kowtow for the Twitter age. Last week, in fawning tweets, he celebrated Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “extraordinary elevation” at the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress, and in a TV interview he bragged that he and Xi had the best “president-president” relationship...

Kressa Jean Shepherd, a Ukiah High School junior who dreamed of becoming an artist, died here two days before Halloween.

Sending a young person to a Los Angeles County juvenile probation camp to be supervised and rehabilitated costs about $247,000 a year.

Top House Republicans unveiled their long-awaited tax cut proposal Thursday, and it’s hard to argue with their stated goals: faster economic growth, more investment by U.S. businesses, and a simplified tax code with lower rates but also fewer breaks and loopholes. One fundamental flaw, however,...

U.S. job growth is expected to have soared in October in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma as hotels and restaurants in Florida and Texas reopened and rebuilding and repair work began.

This week’s open enrollment for Obamacare once again made me wonder: How can conservatives be so convinced of the healthcare law’s failure when the opposite is demonstrably clear? Obamacare is far from perfect, but it’s in no way a “disaster,” a “catastrophe” or “imploding.”

After some delays, House Republicans finally released their tax cut plan Thursday. The Republicans had trouble coming up with a proposal for the same reason they had trouble coming up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act: Outside of the Republican donor class, their goals are deeply unpopular....

Celebrated theater vets Laurie Metcalf and Tracy Letts on sharing the big screen in Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age dramedy "Lady Bird."

Nearly three months after threatening to destroy North Korea with “fire and fury like the world has never seen,” President Trump is getting a firsthand look at the nations most at risk from the nuclear brinkmanship, and hearing from leaders on their own soil.

Jason Mark Angsuvarn, 37, is the founder and chief executive of Jason Markk, a shoe cleaning products brand that helps sneaker collectors keep their prized possessions spotless.

Harvey Weinstein faces multiple criminal investigations, but detectives will need to work to corroborate the allegations, examine evidence and interview any witnesses.

Syrian state media said Friday that the army has liberated the eastern city of Deir Ezzor from the Islamic State group.

Syrian state media say the army has liberated the eastern city of Deir Ezzor from the Islamic State group.

In the 1930s, Charles Richter, in collaboration with fellow Caltech seismologist Beno Gutenberg, devised the Richter scale to measure earthquake intensity. As pointed out in Richter’s 1985, Los Angeles Times obituary:

California offers numerous property tax protections for people who have lost their homes in the recent Northern California wildfires.

The GOP tax plan unveiled Thursday would be a blow to many California taxpayers. That’s not a deal breaker for California’s Republicans, who so far seem optimistic the bill is the best deal for their constituents.