Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti hopes to reach a preliminary agreement with the Trump administration on a joint plan to help combat the city's swelling homeless crisis.

Hundreds of people in China have fallen ill and 18 have died from the new coronavirus strain

An aviation company has identified the three firefighters who died in an air crash in Australia, where they were flying in a California-based C-130 and helping to battle wildfires.

The new coronavirus in China that has sickened hundreds of people is not yet a global health emergency, according to the World Health Organization.

Child soldiers — some as young as 6 — are being conscripted into a vigilante group in Guerrero state.

How big is the threat posed by the new coronavirus from China? Here's a look at what experts know as the outbreak spreads.

A plan by Bangladesh to move 100,000 Rohingya Muslims to an uninhabited island in the Bay of Bengal is moving forward despite opposition from refugee leaders and human rights groups.

Philip Jacobson, who faces up to five years in prison for an alleged visa violation, works for a website that has exposed corruption and environmental degradation in Indonesia.

Smithsonian says the celebrated portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama will come to Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Houston.

Four Senate Democrats running for president are pinned down in the chamber for Trump's impeachment trial, keeping them from campaigning ahead of Iowa's caucuses. But they do have some tricks up their sleeves.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake was reported Wednesday at 9:53 p.m. Pacific time 13 miles from the Tanaga volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, according to the USGS.

Frustrated by high prices, health insurers plan to start manufacturing generic prescription drugs.

James Mitchell, an architect of the "enhanced interrogation techniques" that human rights experts have condemned as torture, testified about the tactics in a pretrial hearing at Guantánamo Bay.

After the opening day of the Senate impeachment trial proved so toxic that the chief justice rebuked both sides, the rhetoric cooled Wednesday — except from President Trump.

In the four months since widespread anti-government protests erupted, the Lebanese have danced and cheered in spasms of nationalistic pride.

Holocaust survivors join heads of state to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. But politics are thwarting unity.

More than half of California voters have considered moving out of state. Many who do choose Texas, where lower housing costs come with trade-offs.

Byun Hui-su, a staff sergeant who underwent sex assignment surgery, was dismissed from the military because of 'mental and physical disability.'

As he leaves the World Economic Forum, President Trump alludes to his Senate impeachment trial, saying his economic success has driven Democrats 'crazy.'

James Mitchell, the CIA psychologist who waterboarded Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, was unapologetic as he testified before a U.S. military commission in Cuba.

Health officials around the world are keeping a close watch on an outbreak of a virus in China. Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus.

The coronavirus outbreak, which has killed 9, began at a seafood and live animal market in Wuhan. It can spread among humans, officials confirm.

More than 170 U.S. firefighters are helping their Australian counterparts battle the nation's worst blazes ever, an assignment that requires adjustment to a new terrain, culture and lingo.

Elizabeth Warren, who has been consistently dogged by doubts about her electability, is making a more explicit gender appeal in the final weeks before the Iowa caucuses.

A Spanish town plays host to religious pilgrims, but to some they are 'hippies' and 'troublemakers'

The coming trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed before a military commission will focus not on what he did — orchestrate the deaths of 2,973 people — but on the torture inflicted on him as a result.

A craft beer pub and a pizzeria in suburban Denver are run almost entirely by people with disabilities. The bartenders have autism, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy. Some are blind, deaf or have traumatic brain injuries.

Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake is suffering its worst fishing season in memory, with potentially devastating effects for millions in Southeast Asia.

Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mostly wealthy countries, including the United States.

In one case, a Saudi exchange student disappeared from the U.S. just before his 2017 trial on a manslaughter charge in Portland.

Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz says no constitutional basis for abuse of power charge. Democrats say that's because president has no defense.

U.N. summit announces new ceasefire in Libya's intractable conflict

President Trump's legal team accuses House Democrats of trying to overturn the 2016 election in an angry response Saturday to the impeachment trial.

Hong Kong authorities say the riot officer was trying to post pro-democracy signs near a rail station. Some protesters see hope in divided police ranks.

Iran is fast losing the support of its own people. Did Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Friday sermon help bring unity, or exacerbate tensions?

Federal authorities in three U.S. airports will begin screening travelers arriving from Wuhan, China, for signs they may be infected with a new coronavirus spreading in Asia.

Rather than face accountability for using excessive force, authorities in India's largest state are investigating residents over damage resulting from antigovernment unrest.

Scholars are building a record of memories from the Armenian diaspora that chronicle an often untold perspective on life under the Ottoman Empire.

Russia's Vladimir Putin is the latest in a long line of authoritarian leaders whose aim apparently is to maintain their own power even while framing the moves as constitutional reform.

President Trump signs declaration authorizing federal aid to remove debris and support public health and safety in wake of Puerto Rico quakes.

Just 2½ weeks before they caucus, a majority of Iowa Democrats are still undecided on which candidate should face Trump.

We were there to cover the story, not be part of it. Still, there were temptations to break out of our observer roles, and we did on a few occasions.

Duchess Meghan visited a Vancouver women's center amid speculation about her royal future and news that her father could testify against her in a lawsuit.

2019 was the second-warmest year since scientists began taking temperatures in 1880, government scientists from NASA and NOAA announced Wednesday.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigns, with a little-known bureaucrat tapped to replace him, as President Vladimir Putin calls for sweeping constitutional changes.

'Regardless of what happens with the trade-deal signing, the tech war will continue to escalate,' says one Beijing-based analyst.

The pace of border-wall construction is picking up. Tommy Fisher, a private contractor, is building his own section of the wall, hoping to lease it to the federal government.

When is the Democratic debate in Iowa and who are the candidates onstage? Here's what you need to know, including how to watch.

Wildfires in Australia are overrunning vast ecosystems and their wildlife. Nearly half of Kangaroo Island has burned.

Protests are again gripping Iran after the downing of a Ukrainian plane that killed all 176 people on board

Queen Elizabeth II voiced her support for Harry and Meghan, 'although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working Members of the Royal Family.'

A small but determined cadre of filmmakers is fighting to tell diverse and progressive stories in an Indonesia that no longer wants to let them do so.

Sen. Cory Booker quits the Democratic presidential race, removing another high-profile minority candidate from a field that is increasingly white.

The royal couple could migrate from Windsor Castle to the Great White North. That's spurred questions: What about their security? Healthcare? Why Canada?

After Trump tells Fox News U.S. embassies were targeted, aides avoid contradicting him but disclose no intelligence to back his claim. Democrats cry foul.

Despite Trump's claim that slain Iranian general had been planning attacks on four U.S. embassies, senior administration officials cite no specific intelligence. In Iran, anti-government demonstrations spread to several cities.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar lags top Democratic presidential rivals, but experts say the Midwesterner's values and work meeting Iowa voters could bring an unexpected payoff.

A young man arrested in a terrorism plot inspired by Islamic State visited his former jailers to thank them for steering him down a better path.

Opponents of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling feared it would result in a flood of corporate money into politics. What happened instead was a different sort of flood, one from wealthy individuals on both the right and left.

In the face of mounting evidence, Iran has acknowledged that it shot down the Ukrainian jetliner by accident, killing all 176 people aboard.

"We expect Iran to pledge readiness to carry out a full and open investigation," Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says of airliner shootdown.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen easily won reelection against a more China-friendly opponent, setting the stage for four more years of chilly relations.

Taiwanese voters go to the polls Saturday to pick a president and legislature in an election shaped by ever-shifting threats from political and military rival China.

Democrats and some Republicans have called for state Rep. Matt Shea to resign in the wake of a report involving anti-government activities.

Gen. Qassem Suleimani's death brought a brief spell of unity to Iran, but protests may be stirred back up by the government's admission it shot down a passenger jet.

Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast's longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup, has died.

The Trump administration says Hezbollah is an active threat in Latin America. But it hasn't presented much evidence of that.

Puerto Rico shaken by earthquakes on top of political upheaval and hurricane devastation

Ahead of an election that will shape the island's relationship with China for the next four years, thousands of Taiwanese in Southern California travel to rally and cast ballots.

The two couples had just gotten married and were on their way home to Canada.

The majority of the 176 people who perished in the the Iran crash had been planning to change planes in Kyiv en route to Toronto.

Satellite images and other intelligence suggest Iran fired two antiaircraft missiles at the jet just after takeoff in Tehran, analysts say.

Nawres Waleed Hamid, a Sacramento father of two, was killed in Iraq in December. His death triggered an escalation in the U.S.-Iran geopolitical struggle.

Reviews of Pete Buttigieg's legacy as South Bend mayor are mixed among residents of color — some positive, some outright hostile.

They spun around the dance floor, as lighthearted and energetic as teenagers.

North Dakota was one of the top destinations for new refugees in the United States. Now some wonder if they can still call it home.

Iran's missile strike caused no casualties and did little significant damage. Was that Tehran's intent, or just a lucky accident?

Iran's missile attack on two bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq marked a departure as well as a strategic and calculated move. Here's what it means.

Prince Harry and Meghan want to reduce their royal duties, 'become financially independent' and spend more time in North America.

President Trump addressed the nation after a barrage of ballistic missiles launched by Iran that targeted at least two military bases used by U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq.

As the U.S. and Iran continue to clash, Iraqis find themselves in harm's way, and it's uncomfortably familiar.

Despite threats to launch a crushing retaliation, President Trump refrained from ordering a counterattack after Iran fired 15 missiles at U.S. forces.

Trump wants to end Temporary Protected Status protections that have been in place since 2010 -- affecting some 46,000 Haitians, and thousands of children born to them.

The Trump administration holds that Mexicans are not excluded from an agreement it reached in July for Guatemala to take asylum seekers who are not Guatemalan.

'There are many, many non-Jews here, some of them communists, hostile to religion, haters of religion,' Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said.

Iran's Gen. Qassem Suleimani had already been glorified. In the aftermath of his death, Suleimani's legacy is as potent as ever.

Venezuela faces a fight over control of the legislature

Health administration costs were more than four-fold higher per capita in the U.S. than in Canada ($2,479 vs. $551 per person), which has a single-payer system.

Drug violence continues to grip Tijuana, which again had the most homicides of any city in Mexico last year, though hundreds fewer than 2018.

Trump's threats to attack Iran's cultural sites cause scholars to recoil, bringing to mind memories of war crimes and attacks since ancient times.

Iranian state television reports the stampede took place in Kerman, hometown of Gen. Qassem Suleimani.

Bolstered by cooler weather and desperately needed rain, exhausted firefighters in Australia raced to shore up defenses against deadly wildfires before the blazes flare again within days when scorching temperatures are expected to return.

Customs and Border Protection has denied that U.S. citizens of Iranian descent were detained and questioned at the border, but as more first-hand accounts surfaced, Gov. Jay Inslee, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal and others condemned the agency's tactics.

Abu Mahdi Muhandis, a onetime political dissident, lawmaker and militia leader, was one of Iraq's most powerful men.

In a country gripped by unrest over an anti-Muslim citizenship law, authorities failed to stop an attack on a campus seen as a liberal bastion.

John Bolton, President Trump's former national security advisor, says he is willing to testify in the Senate impeachment trial.

Photos: Wildfires in Australia have blackened almost 12.3 million acres in the New South Wales state.

Biden has been racking up endorsements to underscore his claim to be the best choice to beat Trump. Sanders' endorsers are a different breed.

Iran's announcement that it will no longer abide by the most important limits in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal could place Tehran back on the pursuit of nuclear weapons.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are reportedly questioning Iranians and Iranian Americans trying to enter the U.S. at the border in Surrey, Canada.