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Narcocorridos — or drug ballads — are more popular than ever in Mexico, where a generation that came of age during the drug war has embraced songs that recount both the spoils and the excessive violence of organized crime. But the genre is increasingly under attack.

In Monterey County, growers are building lodging for thousands of guest workers coming in on H-2A visas. Some advocates say it is an injustice for the farmworkers who've lived here for years, many in substandard housing.

President Trump's tariffs are upending crop trading, delaying tractor purchases and constraining imports of chemical supplies into the United States.

Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, who surprised his Republican backers by becoming a staunch liberal on the high court, has died.

The number of Californians getting therapy via telemedicine has outpaced the number meeting with therapists in person. It marks a profound shift in the way mental healthcare is delivered.

One prominent community tracking project claims President Trump has already implemented more than 40% of Project 2025's recommendations.

In his first several months in office, President Trump has worked with incredible speed to implement policies that align with Project 2025.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has occasionally weighed in on issues of faith and politics — including reposts of items taking issue with Trump administration actions.

The faithful in Los Angeles, America's most Catholic city, were delighted — and a little stunned — to learn a Chicago-born priest with deep roots in Peru had been elected to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

For Catholic theologians, the significance of the name was evident, with the new pope tying himself to one of the foundational figures of modern Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIII, who advocated for the rights of the poor and working class.

Mexican business leaders and executives lauded statements from Apollo Global Management Chief Executive Marc Rowan emphasizing the need for a trade partnership between the U.S. and Mexico.

Although the White House called the trade deal a 'milestone,' U.S. officials also described it as merely the 'end of the beginning' of talks involving the trade relationship with Britain.

Trump selects an L.A. holistic medicine doctor for surgeon general. A doctor friend wonders whether her views on medicine sync with those of Health Secretary Kennedy.

If you're over 60, you viscerally get the need for, say, the Clean Air Act, functioning Social Security and affordable dolls at Christmas.

Republicans are scrambling to find creative ways to fulfill budget cuts they voted on without gutting Medicaid.

A tepid California poll undermines Gov. Newsom's standing compared with other Democrats mulling over a 2028 bid. He gets mixed reviews in early voting states.

Democratic divides over the ongoing bloody conflict in the Middle East were on display this week as gubernatorial candidates made their pitches to politically active Jewish Californians.

Homeland Security officials have said welfare checks aim to ensure that unaccompanied children "are safe and not being exploited, abused, and sex trafficked."

Are California Democrats weak when it comes to protecting minors from sex trafficking? It's a question that has caused chaos in the state Capitol for more than a week.

The Supreme Court usually defers to the military and did so again to rule against transgender members of the armed forces.

A poll finds that 68% of registered voters in California disapprove of the president's job performance and believe the country is on the wrong track.

An American, 47, reportedly tried to climb over a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, presumably to get a closer look at the Colosseum, before falling and impaling himself.

A day after President Trump said he wants to reopen Alcatraz as a symbol of law and order, tourists at the decayed historic site struggled to see the logic.

A day after President Trump announced a 100% tariff on films shot overseas, Hollywood reacts to the news.

Any immigrant who uses the CBP Home App to inform the government that they plan to return home, Homeland Security says, will receive a $1,000 payment after their confirmed return.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bissent kicked off the Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton on Monday by saying Trump's tariffs will lead to a resurgent economy.

What's really behind President Trump's order to reopen Alcatraz as a prison? It's about empowering authorities to act without fear of consequence.

California joined a coalition of states Monday in suing the Trump administration to block sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Lee Jae-myung has been the front-runner in South Korea's presidential election, but his candidacy has been complicated by criminal trials he has decried as politically motivated.

The president, on his Truth Social platform, called for a steep tariff on movies made overseas. Hollywood has been hurting as foreign governments offer rich incentives to filmmakers.

If Claudia Sheinbaum can't tackle the crises of crime and disappearances more directly, she is unlikely to hold on to her 80% approval rating.

Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Saturday vowed that his party is unified in their opposition to cuts to Medicaid, Social Security, veterans' services and other safety net programs for vulnerable Americans.

A lawyer who was fierce advocate for her Indigenous community and women's rights disappeared with her husband last fall. Their bodies were recently found in shallow graves in Mexico's Oaxaca state.

Kennedy is on a quest to dismantle a multitude of programs that help keep Americans alive and disease free.

Multiple federal prosecutors in Los Angeles submitted resignations after U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli offered a plea agreement to an L.A. County sheriff's deputy who had already been convicted of using excessive force, sources told The Times.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she rejected an offer by President Trump to send U.S. troops to fight Mexican drug cartels.

An ex-assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles has filed a claim calling his dismissal "unlawful" and alleging it was motivated in part by his prosecution of the ex-CEO of the Fatburger and Johnny Rockets restaurant chains.

As Trump's aggressive tariffs rattle business owners and shake the foundation of American importing, the men and women who work on the ground at the country's busiest port are feeling the effects too.

The U.S. created the Alhurra network to provide pro-American news coverage in the Middle East. Now it, like Voice of America and other global media efforts, is being dismantled by the Trump administration.

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the movie's New Mexico set. Some proceeds from the film's distribution will help compensate her family, who sued.

The House took a trio of votes this week targeting California's decades-old authority to enforce its own environmental standards, setting the stage for a significant standoff in the U.S. Senate.

Recent executive orders and actions have set the stage for the federal government to curtail states' rights, once a central tenet of conservative policy.

Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they have a bittersweet new lease on life.

President Trump claims 'everybody is saying' his second term had the best start in presidential history. No, they're not.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris blasted President Trump's policies as a betrayal of the nation's founding principles and warned of a constitutional crisis.

Senators question Rodney Scott, who formerly led the U.S. Border Patrol and is now the nominee to lead its parent agency, about the brutal 2010 beating of a migrant by agents.

Massive deportations from the U.S. have yet to materialize in Mexico. But Mexico is accepting migrants from third countries.

Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, raising fresh doubt on the ability of the new Islamist rulers to control armed factions and calm tensions.