The Los Angeles Times

Coosje van Bruggen -- an art historian, writer and curator whose partnership with her husband, artist Claes Oldenburg, turned ordinary objects into startling monuments -- died Saturday at her residence...

Rates of the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia are climbing in the U.S., and rates of syphilis -- a disease once on the verge of elimination -- rose for the seventh...

Preston Gomez, who managed the 1980 Cubs for 90 games, died Tuesday in Fullerton, Calif., less than a year after being seriously injured in a freak accident at a gas...

Vin Scully recently watched the MLB Network replay of the perfect game Don Larsen pitched for the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1956 World Series. He...

Stop me if you've heard this one, but PBS has put together another of its big, multipart documentary specials, with accompanying coffee-table book and operators standing by. "Make 'Em Laugh"...

In the afternoons, there's a hush and warm amber glow in Clint Eastwood's office, which, unlike other bungalows at the Warner Bros. studio lot, has a rustic feel and furniture...

William W. Vaughn, a litigation specialist for four decades at O'Melveny & Myers, whose courtroom victories included defending former CBS anchor Dan Rather against slander charges stemming from a "60...

Seventeen seconds told the story of the Steelers' 35-24 victory over the Chargers on Sunday. That's precisely how long the Chargers had the ball in the decisive third quarter --...

In December, trucker Joe Rini learned that his own personal recession had gotten worse. One of his best clients called about a load of building materials that needed to travel...

The main highway is "enemy territory" for the Taliban, a busy two-lane road where U.S. troops race down the middle, trying to steer clear of suicide bombers. The guerrillas drive...