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As the International Seabed Authority considers the future of deep-sea mining for battery metals, California and other states are seeking bans against mining.

Two of the five athletes on the U.S. Olympic surf team hail from San Clemente; a third lives in Oceanside. They will compete in massive, barreling swells in Tahiti, a bold choice that has some safety-conscious experts shaking their heads.

President Biden, speaking from the Oval Office, said that 'the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. It's the best way to unite our nation.'

Speaking at a convention of Black sorority sisters as the likely Democratic nominee for president, Vice President Kamala Harris ramps up her call to mobilize voters.

Will the coconut and 'brat summer' memes pay off for Kamala Harris? Young progressive voters try to harness a viral moment.

When Olympians and journalists dine on the bounty of France in the coming weeks, some of what's on their plates will have been grown, gardened and harvested from Parisian garages, road medians and rooftops.

What's Paris — or L.A. — to do about homeless camps and squats when the world comes calling during the Olympics?

Three years ago, when Australian politicians took on the titans of Big Tech — crafting legislation to force Google and Facebook to pay for news articles they share on their sites — Google threatened to pull out of the country.

In California, Netanyahu's controversial speech before Congress — like that in 2015 — has sown division in the congressional delegation.

Doctor-patient confidentiality makes for better medical practice, but when the patient is the president, do doctors have an obligation to the public as well?

A USC professor has confirmed what many scientists already believed: Rotation of the solid iron ball at Earth's center is slowing.

Dueling narratives on Kamala Harris reflect a unique election: She's poised to be the first woman of color to top a major-party ticket, and Trump is the first convicted felon to do so.

An unusually large eruption of a geyser at Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit Basin occurred Tuesday, sending parkgoers running for cover.

Israel's attack in Yemen — after Houthi rebels hit Tel Aviv — gives militant group the legitimacy it craved, experts say, as fears of regional war rise.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi navigated a careful line in her public approach to President Biden's decision about withdrawing from the race.

Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Wisconsin as the Democrats' likely presidential nominee, with actor George Clooney's endorsement in her pocket.

The idea of nominating Kamala Harris or another candidate despite the primary election results has some accusing Democrats of an antidemocratic coup. They're wrong.

Harris, a Californian who calls climate change an "existential threat," has prioritized investments in clean energy jobs and environmental justice.

The arrest of a former CIA agent for allegedly working for South Korea has intelligence experts asking: Why were her handlers so sloppy?

Vice President Kamala Harris gives a rousing speech in her first address to supporters as the likely Democratic presidential nominee Monday in Delaware.

Vice President Kamala Harris raised $81 million in the 24 hours after President Biden announced he would not seek reelection.

President Biden was in a close contest with Donald Trump despite the debate debacle, assassination attempt and more, reflecting a polarized, entrenched electorate.

The California delegation, the largest in the Democratic Party, unanimously voted to back Harris Monday evening, all but guaranteeing her nomination.

U.S. allies in Europe praise Biden for political courage, while Trump's backers take jabs as the U.S. president bows out of campaign

California brings the most delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Party leaders are trying to lock down support for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt travels to unlikely places to denounce antisemitism. 'It's real,' she says — especially with the war in Gaza.

Joe Biden will be remembered as an ambitious, successful president who waited many years to win the White House, then waited too long to leave his last race.

With millions poised to leave if the election doesn't change the country's leadership, the repercussions for immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border may be huge.

The day that catapulted Kamala Harris to within striking distance of becoming the Democratic nominee for president was marked by a flurry of phone calls.

A deeper look into the life of Vice President Kamala Harris as she seeks to gain the Democratic presidential nomination.

Ending his bid for reelection had to be a wrenching, soul-searching, heartbreaking decision, but I can think of several advantages Biden will enjoy by stepping away.

Kamala Harris would have a wide field of candidates to choose from for her running mate. Swing state governors like Shapiro and Cooper are seen as most likely

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, hours after President Biden announced he would not seek reelection.

President Biden dropped out of the race as Democratic nominee and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. What happens next?

Vice President Kamala Harris, if she wins the nomination, will have big challenges in starting a presidential campaign, a process that normally takes months.

President Biden's decision to bow out of the November election leaves a path for Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him that would have seemed unlikely for most of the last three years.

Top Democrats including Nancy Pelosi praise President Biden for stepping out of 2024 race while Republicans criticize the decision and demand he resign immediately.

Kamala Harris' life has been filled with milestones and firsts. Now, she is close to becoming the party's Democratic nominee for president.

Harris being the logical alternative to Biden doesn't make her a consensus favorite. Her failed 2020 campaign worries some. There are also questions whether her race and gender help or hurt.

President Biden announces that he will step aside, opening a path for a new Democratic presidential nominee.

The former president and his new running mate, J.D. Vance, are running away from the political repercussions of their extreme opposition to abortion rights.

Trump's former White House physician, a Republican congressman, says a would-be assassin's bullet came within a quarter inch of entering the candidate's head.

With about 100 days until the presidential election, can Democrats land on a candidate, refocus their message on beating Trump and win?

La agitación política y otros problemas que asolan París en vísperas del comienzo de los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano amenazan con eclipsar lo que flote en el Sena.

Portions of Los Angeles County, including Palmdale and Lancaster, as well as smaller towns in the San Gabriel Mountains and the Antelope Valley, can expect to see temperatures of 100 to 110 degrees.

A lot of Democrats want to jettison Biden and let the wild rumpus begin in Chicago at the party convention. A little history is in order.

NASA just beamed Missy Elliott's hip hop classic "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" to Venus ahead of two uncrewed missions to the planet of love.

As the Republican National Convention drew to a close, the GOP left Milwaukee unified behind former President Trump, and his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance.

President Biden has announced a commitment to phasing out the the purchasing and use of single-use plastics across the federal government.

The Republican convention's lesson was that there is no New Trump — only one committed to cementing the MAGA transformation of the GOP for generations.