The Los Angeles Times

A beaming Dr. Karen Mapes appeared on "Larry King Live" this week to discuss the epic birth of octuplets she supervised, but the ticker at the bottom of the screen...

Spooked by the deteriorating economy, businesses are continuing to shed jobs at an alarming rate, pushing the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent, its highest level in 16 years. The latest...

James Whitmore, the veteran Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor who brought American icons Will Rogers, Harry Truman and Theodore Roosevelt to life in one-man shows, died Friday. He was 87....

Lux Interior, the singer, songwriter and founding member of the pioneering New York City horror-punk band The Cramps, has died. He was 62 (this sentence as published has been corrected...

Frances Kavanaugh, one of the few women who wrote screenplays for B-westerns including "Song of Old Wyoming" and "Wild West" in the 1940s and early '50s, has died. She was...

Hank Crawford, the bluesy alto saxophonist who was a mainstay of Ray Charles' band in the late 1950s and early '60s, has died. He was 74. Mr. Crawford, who also...

Two of Britain's most senior judges accused the United States on Wednesday of having threatened to withhold intelligence from the British government if it released information about the alleged torture...

Congress on Wednesday granted a four-month reprieve to the millions of consumers who risk losing access to television signals during the nation's switch from over-the-air analog television to digital. Though...

Barry Bonds tested positive for anabolic steroids three times in the months before the 2001 season, when he hit a record-breaking 73 home runs, according to documents released Wednesday that...

Iran announced its first successful satellite launch Tuesday, a step into the space age as well as a showy demonstration of firepower amid continued concerns about the Islamic republic's nuclear...