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LOS ANGELES — During his more than four decades behind bars, convicted murderer Charles Manson — the mastermind behind a gory 1969 Los Angeles killing rampage — has been an unrepentant and incorrigible inmate, repeatedly cited for behavioral problems including hiding cellphones and a hacksaw in his cell. State corrections officials say Manson, now 82, […]

With two simple words – “I do” – Ilhan Omar began her term as a lawmaker in the Minnesota House of Representatives, accomplishing what few people thought possible during an election year where Muslim Americans were at the center of heated political debate about immigration and terrorism. “The Muslim community needs a win,” says Asad

LOS ANGELES — Days after a Pomona artist told reporters that he altered the Hollywood sign to read “HOLLYWeeD,” Los Angeles Police detectives say they plan to submit their case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for possible prosecution. LAPD Officer Liliana Preciado said Wednesday that investigators were “talking to a person” in

DALLAS — Former Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson reached an agreement late Tuesday with the oil giant’s board of directors to sever his financial ties with the company. The agreement, which includes an independently managed trust prohibited from investing in Exxon, is intended to free Tillerson from ethics conflicts before his confirmation hearing as

WASHINGTON — Is Donald Trump going wobbly on repealing Obamacare, one of his signature campaign pledges? A series of vague statements Wednesday that Republicans “must be careful” and that the law will “fall of its own weight” suggested that he might be having second thoughts. Backtracking on that pledge, not only one of his biggest

WASHINGTON — Democrats might defy a newly imposed ban on recording video from the floor of the House of Representatives, a rule change that Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver charges is aimed at punishing lawmakers like himself for staging a gun control sit-in last year. House Republicans voted on Tuesday to impose fines of $500 to