The Los Angeles Times

Before construction had wrapped on Vanessa Choy and Andrew Wong's house in Studio City, Calif., the rumors had started swirling: The couple was building a halfway house for addicts, passersby...

During World War II, Jewish inmates of the Yanov labor camp in occupied Poland defied their Nazi guards, secretly conducting religious services inside their darkened barracks. The Jews had cut...

Reports emerged late last week of a rare outbreak of political violence in a remote corner of Libya, one of the world's more secretive nations. According to human-rights organizations and...

The Style Network is not the first place you would think to look for a reality series about a 500-pound woman. But here is "Ruby" (7 p.m., Sunday), which joins...

A U.S. military report released Thursday says at least two local Afghan officials were believed to have colluded in a July attack by insurgents on a remote outpost in eastern...

Carl Edwards still faces long odds in trying to thwart Jimmie Johnson from winning a third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. But if Edwards pulls it off, he'll make stock...

Facing international criticism over human-rights abuses, China is preparing a national "action plan" on such issues as torture and freedom of speech, but critics Thursday were skeptical the move would...

The stock market endured its second thrashing in two days Thursday as dismal retail sales raised concerns that a global recession could be longer and deeper than expected. The Dow...

So much for a post-election afterglow in the stock market. A day after racking up their largest-ever election-day gains, stock prices crumpled Wednesday as investors turned their gaze from the...

The U.S. military said Wednesday that it is investigating a report that an American airstrike hit a wedding party in southern Afghanistan, killing dozens of civilians and prompting new pleas...