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WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that U.S. troops may sue military contractors for their injuries, siding with a soldier who was badly injured when a Taliban operative working at the Bagram Airfield detonated a suicide bomb. Five soldiers were killed and 17 were wounded, including 20-year-old Winston Henceley, who suffered a fractured skull and…

WASHINGTON — Amid growing national security concerns, the FBI said Tuesday that it has launched a broad investigation in the deaths or disappearances of at least 10 scientists and staff connected to highly sensitive research, including four from the Los Angeles area. “The FBI is spearheading the effort to look for connections into the missing and deceased…

MEXICO CITY — Jalen Aybar and his girlfriend, Jaslim Landaverde, had just smiled for pictures atop the Pyramid of the Moon at the famed Mexican archaeological site of Teotihuacán on Monday when they heard the crackle of gunfire. A woman lay sprawled on the ground nearby. A man wearing a black mask was approaching, holding a raised…

The most unpredictable California governor’s race in recent history took another set of dizzying turns on Monday, with former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra surging after former Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped out in the face of sexual assault and misconduct allegations, and former state Controller Betty Yee ending her bid. The race to…

MEXICO CITY — A gunman opened fire Monday on a pyramid in the famed Mexican archaeological site of Teotihuacán, fatally wounding a Canadian tourist and leaving at least six other people injured, authorities said. The shooter later died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said. Images circulating on Mexican media showed man in a checked shirt on the…

HAVANA — A decade ago this spring, President Obama stepped off Air Force One at José Martí International Airport — the first time a U.S. leader had touched ground in Cuba since Fidel Castro’s communist revolution. More than half a century of Cold War hostilities were thawing. The U.S. had relaxed travel restrictions to the island, and…

Judge Troy Nunley was fed up. Federal immigration officials had once again flouted his authority by leaving him to guess if they were keeping a man locked up in a California City detention center after Nunley ordered him released. When he was finally set free, the man was booted onto the street with no passport,…

WASHINGTON — NASA recaptured the world’s attention with Artemis II, which took astronauts to the moon and back for the first time in half a century. But the agency’s scientific projects could again be under threat as the Trump administration makes a renewed push to drastically cut their funding — including at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The…

The proprietor of Los Angeles’ legendary Clifton’s has given up on reopening the shuttered venue. It’s just too difficult to do business in downtown’s historic core, he says. Andrew Meieran bought Clifton’s on Broadway in 2010 and poured more than $14 million into repairs, renovations and upgrades, adding additional bar and restaurant spaces in the…

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum visits Spain this weekend on a twofold mission: to show solidarity with fellow “progressive” global leaders, and to ease simmering tensions with Mexico’s onetime colonial overseer. But, before embarking on her first trip to Europe as president of Mexico, Sheinbaum sought to clarify what she called a misunderstanding. “No, it’s…