Despite more than four decades on the run as one of the world's most wanted fugitives, Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada had never spent a single night in jail -- until now.

Pouring rain can't derail a bold a Paris Olympic opening ceremony that featured athletes on the Seine and performances from Lady Gaga and Celine Dion.

Beyoncé gives Vice President Kamala Harris her blessing to use her song 'Freedom,' an explosive expression of empowerment, at campaign events.

The Trump campaign embraced the anti-Biden slogan Let's Go Brandon. Is it still effective after Biden dropped out?

In the U.S., Benjamin Netanyahu courted Donald Trump but heard a new harsher tone on the Gaza war from Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee.

Kamala Harris didn't want to take on the immigration portfolio as vice president in the Biden White House, an unwinnable assignment.

Kamala Harris struggled to find her political footing in her early years as vice president. Her allies say that has changed since Roe vs. Wade was overturned.

Venezuela's authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, trails in polling. Would the longtime U.S. adversary accept defeat in Sunday's election?

Jessica Bartley makes sure Team USA's 529 Olympic and Paralympic athletes are in top mental form when they compete in Paris. Here's how they do it.

Though Obama was initially noncommittal after Biden said he would not seek reelection, the Obamas' nod is unsurprising given their long relationship with Harris.

Israel has assassinated two dozen Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon since last fall amid an intelligence war employing cellphones, drones and fake rocks.

Emhoff said Biden's announcement caught him by surprise. He had just finished a SoulCycle class in West Hollywood and didn't have his phone.

Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López, two of Mexico's most-wanted men, were arrested at an El Paso airport, two sources familiar with the situation told the Los Angeles Times.

The Paris Olympics opening ceremony will feature roughly 90 boats floating down the Seine and thousands of spectators, creating many security challenges.

Former President Trump called Vice President Kamala Harris a 'San Francisco radical' while Harris said the fight to defeat Trump was "a fight for our most fundamental freedoms."

Experts tend to agree that Harris will select a straight, white man as her running mate. Here's a look at the potential upsides and liabilities of the main contenders.

Prince Harry explains in the documentary 'Tabloids on Trial' that litigation in the U.K. phone-hacking scandal contributed to his rift with the royal family.

As the International Seabed Authority considers the future of deep-sea mining for battery metals, California and other states are seeking bans against mining.

Two of the five athletes on the U.S. Olympic surf team hail from San Clemente; a third lives in Oceanside. They will compete in massive, barreling swells in Tahiti, a bold choice that has some safety-conscious experts shaking their heads.

President Biden, speaking from the Oval Office, said that 'the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. It's the best way to unite our nation.'

Speaking at a convention of Black sorority sisters as the likely Democratic nominee for president, Vice President Kamala Harris ramps up her call to mobilize voters.

Will the coconut and 'brat summer' memes pay off for Kamala Harris? Young progressive voters try to harness a viral moment.

When Olympians and journalists dine on the bounty of France in the coming weeks, some of what's on their plates will have been grown, gardened and harvested from Parisian garages, road medians and rooftops.

What's Paris — or L.A. — to do about homeless camps and squats when the world comes calling during the Olympics?

Three years ago, when Australian politicians took on the titans of Big Tech — crafting legislation to force Google and Facebook to pay for news articles they share on their sites — Google threatened to pull out of the country.

In California, Netanyahu's controversial speech before Congress — like that in 2015 — has sown division in the congressional delegation.

Doctor-patient confidentiality makes for better medical practice, but when the patient is the president, do doctors have an obligation to the public as well?

A USC professor has confirmed what many scientists already believed: Rotation of the solid iron ball at Earth's center is slowing.

Dueling narratives on Kamala Harris reflect a unique election: She's poised to be the first woman of color to top a major-party ticket, and Trump is the first convicted felon to do so.

An unusually large eruption of a geyser at Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit Basin occurred Tuesday, sending parkgoers running for cover.

Israel's attack in Yemen — after Houthi rebels hit Tel Aviv — gives militant group the legitimacy it craved, experts say, as fears of regional war rise.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi navigated a careful line in her public approach to President Biden's decision about withdrawing from the race.

Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Wisconsin as the Democrats' likely presidential nominee, with actor George Clooney's endorsement in her pocket.

The idea of nominating Kamala Harris or another candidate despite the primary election results has some accusing Democrats of an antidemocratic coup. They're wrong.

Harris, a Californian who calls climate change an 'existential threat,' has prioritized investments in clean energy jobs and environmental justice.

The arrest of a former CIA agent for allegedly working for South Korea has intelligence experts asking: Why were her handlers so sloppy?

Vice President Kamala Harris gives a rousing speech in her first address to supporters as the likely Democratic presidential nominee Monday in Delaware.

Vice President Kamala Harris raised $81 million in the 24 hours after President Biden announced he would not seek reelection.

President Biden was in a close contest with Donald Trump despite the debate debacle, assassination attempt and more, reflecting a polarized, entrenched electorate.

The California delegation, the largest in the Democratic Party, unanimously voted to back Harris Monday evening, all but guaranteeing her nomination.

U.S. allies in Europe praise Biden for political courage, while Trump's backers take jabs as the U.S. president bows out of campaign

California brings the most delegates to the Democratic National Convention. They voted to support Vice President Kamala Harris bid to be in a unanimous vote Monday night.

Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt travels to unlikely places to denounce antisemitism. 'It's real,' she says — especially with the war in Gaza.

Joe Biden will be remembered as an ambitious, successful president who waited many years to win the White House, then waited too long to leave his last race.

With millions poised to leave if the election doesn't change the country's leadership, the repercussions for immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border may be huge.

The day that catapulted Kamala Harris to within striking distance of becoming the Democratic nominee for president was marked by a flurry of phone calls.

A deeper look into the life of Vice President Kamala Harris as she seeks to gain the Democratic presidential nomination.

Ending his bid for reelection had to be a wrenching, soul-searching, heartbreaking decision, but I can think of several advantages Biden will enjoy by stepping away.

Kamala Harris would have a wide field of possible candidates for her running mate. Swing state governors like Josh Shapiro and Roy Cooper are seen as most likely.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, hours after President Biden announced he would not seek reelection.

President Biden dropped out of the race as Democratic nominee and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. What happens next?

Vice President Kamala Harris, if she wins the nomination, will have big challenges in starting a presidential campaign, a process that normally takes months.

Top Democrats including Nancy Pelosi praise President Biden for stepping out of 2024 race while Republicans criticize the decision and demand he resign immediately.

Kamala Harris' life has been filled with milestones and firsts. Now, she is close to becoming the party's Democratic nominee for president.

Harris being the logical alternative to Biden doesn't make her a consensus favorite. Her failed 2020 campaign worries some. There are also questions whether her race and gender help or hurt.

President Biden's decision to bow out of the November election leaves a path for Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him that would have seemed unlikely for most of the last three years.

President Biden announces that he will step aside, opening a path for a new Democratic presidential nominee.

The former president and his new running mate, J.D. Vance, are running away from the political repercussions of their extreme opposition to abortion rights.

Trump's former White House physician, a Republican congressman, says a would-be assassin's bullet came within a quarter inch of entering the candidate's head.

With about 100 days until the presidential election, can Democrats land on a candidate, refocus their message on beating Trump and win?

La agitación política y otros problemas que asolan París en vísperas del comienzo de los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano amenazan con eclipsar lo que flote en el Sena.

Portions of Los Angeles County, including Palmdale and Lancaster, as well as smaller towns in the San Gabriel Mountains and the Antelope Valley, can expect to see temperatures of 100 to 110 degrees.

A lot of Democrats want to jettison Biden and let the wild rumpus begin in Chicago at the party convention. A little history is in order.

NASA just beamed Missy Elliott's hip hop classic "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" to Venus ahead of two uncrewed missions to the planet of love.

As the Republican National Convention drew to a close, the GOP left Milwaukee unified behind former President Trump, and his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance.

President Biden has announced a commitment to phasing out the purchasing and use of single-use plastics across the federal government.

The Republican convention's lesson was that there is no New Trump — only one committed to cementing the MAGA transformation of the GOP for generations.

Former President Trump made a number of false or unsupported claims when addressing the Republican National Convention.

The California native and daughter of Indian academics has devoted her life to amassing the kind of elite professional credentials that draw scorn from GOP populists.

More a Trump tribute than political convening, the Republican National Convention closed out Thursday with an hourlong speech from The Don full of lies, ramblings and ego.

President Biden is 'absolutely' in the race for a second term, his campaign leader says amid growing speculation that he is preparing to withdraw.

The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals agrees to block the updated SAVE plan until an appeal by seven Republican state attorneys general can be decided.

The historically Black neighborhood of Lindsay Heights is only few miles away from the Republican National Convention. But the vitriol and partisan politics of the presidential race aren't what's on the mind of its residents.

Donald Trump began his Republican acceptance speech with a subdued and nondivisive tone. It didn't last as he later called for mass deportations among other promises.

Trump describes the assassination attempt, saying he heard a 'loud whizzing sound' and then 'felt something hit me really, really hard.'

Trump's acceptance speech, making him his party's nominee for a third time, culminates a week of worship at the Republican National Convention.

Director Francis Ford Coppola, singer Bonnie Raitt and the surviving members of the Grateful Dead are among the honorees in the Kennedy Center's 2024 class.

Has Donald Trump succeeded in pushing the Republican Party closer to the center on abortion, where most voters are?

J.D. Vance introduced himself to America. Donald Trump Jr. vented at the Republican convention, breaking with the gentler tone the party has tried to present in prime time.

Some report the president is closer to caving to pressure to leave the race as he isolates to recover and his rival basks in the spotlight at the Republican National Convention.

The group, including the woman, was found dead in a hotel room where police found empty cups with traces of cyanide in them, according to the reports.

Security lapses by the Secret Service and local police are emerging as more is learned about the movements of the man who tried to kill Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.

In the new documentary series "Omnivore," chef René Redzepi of Noma explores the myriad ways humans have changed the planet to feed their appetites, and how we can do better.

Gene Seroka says it's a 'generational moment' for the Port of Los Angeles. What declining China cargo, automation, green shipping lanes and shifting political winds mean for the busiest seaport in the nation.

In the wake of the attempted assassination, Trump's campaign messaging continued undeterred, casting immigrants as the source of violence in the United States.

The annual Perseid meteor shower requires us to leave behind our light-polluted cities for darker night skies that allow us to see the full luminosity of the celestial attraction.

Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance addressed the Republican National Convention as the party's vice presidential nominee Wednesday night in Milwaukee.

Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance, once said: 'I don't really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other.'

Tiger Woods scoffs at a retirement comment and Rory McIlroy dishes about his U.S. Open meltdown as the British Open at the Royal Troon in Scotland begins.

Allies, already nervous about U.S. politics, are raising concerns about assassination attempt; enemies may seek to stir chaos.

Most of Biden's proposed Supreme Court reforms appear to be political talking points, but term limits for justices is an idea gaining support on both sides.

Republicans claim to be the party of law and order. But there's been scant acknowledgement of Trump's felony conviction and no mention of Jan. 6.

Rep. Adam Schiff called Wednesday for President Biden to end his reelection bid, citing "serious concerns" about his ability to win.

America's biggest rival says Trump shooting symbolizes dwindling power and hypocrisy of American democracy and global leadership.

Despite partisan accusations by J.D. Vance and others, Thomas Matthew Crooks' assassination attempt isn't exceptional in the annals of American firearm violence.

Since the Trump shooting, elected officials, pundits and other political observers have been focused on political rhetoric and its power to incite violence.

Trump frames the 2024 election as his strength versus Biden's weakness. Now that message is paying off on an entirely new level.

The people of Butler County know the shooting could have been much worse. The heavily Republican community is now grappling with notoriety — and mourning the losses.

Salvadoran children have been arbitrarily detained, abused and tortured by the thousands as part of President Nayib Bukele's 'war on gangs,' Human Rights Watch reports.

Onetime foes of former President Trump join him in calling undocumented immigrants a threat to the country.