The Los Angeles Times

Poor pressure-suit design led the seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia to black out almost immediately when the craft broke apart during re-entry in 2003, and they probably were...

It didn't take long for the government bailout of GMAC to filter down to the car lot. General Motors Corp., which has long relied on GMAC to provide financing for...

The days might be numbered for the old Brad Pitt -- the Hollywood heartbreaker, the absurdly handsome leading man who couldn't seem to keep his shirt on in a movie...

Angry demonstrations broke out across the Arab world, and diplomats in the region called for emergency measures in the aftermath of Israel's deadly air attacks Saturday against Hamas security strongholds...

Pop culture is hitting the eject button on the VHS tape, the once ubiquitous home video format that will finish this month as a creaky ghost of Christmas past. After...

Six months after Joshua Persky lost his job as an investment banker, he hung his faith in finding a new one around his neck on a sandwich board. Carrying a...

Melamine in Chinese-produced milk powder has sickened hundreds of thousands of children and added to a growing list of made-in-China foods banned across the globe. Now, some scientists and consumer...

Police said Friday that a gunman dressed in a Santa Claus suit who killed nine holiday revelers at a Christmas Eve party and torched their house was found with $17,000...

A man suspected of being a Sunni Arab insurgent with ties to Al Qaeda in Iraq persuaded a prison guard to open his cell door and then overpowered him and...

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas -- known in years past for its outsized booths, wall-to-wall crowds and lobster dinners -- is going to be a lot tamer in...