The Los Angeles Times

Army Gen. Ray Odierno took command of American troops here Tuesday, making it clear he wants the Iraqis to take a bigger role in security and make political progress as...

What's life like after fame? It's hard not to wonder that while sitting in a hotel room talking to Meg Ryan, who in 2000 earned about $15 million a movie...

Defending his controversial purchase of Countrywide Financial Corp. early this year, Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis emphasized that the nation's largest consumer bank would be No. 1...

Zimbabwe's political rivals on Monday signed a power-sharing agreement, bringing an end to 28 years of a monopoly on executive power by President Robert Mugabe. The deal marked a major...

Rev. Miguel d'Escoto stopped saying Mass 23 years ago when the Vatican suspended his priestly functions for refusing to quit Nicaragua's revolutionary government. But he never stopped preaching. From university...

As Iraq's government presses the United States for a deadline to withdraw its troops, top U.S. military officials Monday cautioned against pushing Iraqi forces to take control too quickly --...

The Peace Corps boasts it's "the toughest job you'll ever love," but this year, just getting hired may be the toughest part. At a time when both presidential candidates have...

Zapiro, as one of South Africa's most controversial cartoonists calls himself, is a liberal pro-Palestinian Jew who was detained under apartheid for drawing the security police of the minority white...

If you like seeing the sights on foot but hate loading yourself down with guidebooks, Google Maps (maps.google.com) has come out with a "walking" option. You can search for directions...

Janna Levenstein tells first-time visitors that they can't miss her home here. It's the only modern one on the street: a bright, sleek, indoor-outdoor living space, a tree-cloistered mini-greenbelt where...