They are the prized bounty of Haiti’s hard-fought struggle for freedom, taken in battle from European powers and then placed on top of the country’s most revered monument, Citadelle Henry, to guard against French occupation.

National treasures, the 18th century cannons are priceless and come in various weights and dimensions. The largest of...Read more

LOS ANGELES — LAUSD has been fined $8.1 million after an independent audit uncovered classrooms in the district's highly promoted transitional kindergarten program with too many students and not enough teachers' aides — a stiff financial penalty that will be withheld from the district's state funding.

State policies for TK — the new grade...Read more

At the start of the year, Narendra Modi hailed the opening of a huge new Hindu temple as a once-in-a-millennium turning point in India’s history. The lavish event, broadcast across the nation, was timed to generate a wave of religious fervor that would carry him in a landslide to a third term as prime minister.

But less than five months ...Read more

CHICAGO -- One morning last month, Anthony Douglas stood at the front of a classroom at Englewood STEM High School and asked a group of boys how long they thought it took for someone to die from blood loss.

One guessed two minutes. Another guessed five.

“You’re all wrong,” Douglas said. “You get hit in the right spot, you can bleed out...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County judge on Friday ordered the union representing University of California academic workers to halt its strike at six campuses, ruling the walkout appeared to be causing "damage to students' education" during the critical end of the term quarter when finals are taken.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall J. ...Read more

SEATTLE — Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet from space in 1968, was killed after a plane he was piloting alone Friday morning crashed off the coast of Jones Island, according to his son Greg Anders. William Anders was 90.

On Dec. 24, 1968, Anders and ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Floridians will still be able to buy and use delta-8 and other hemp products, after Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday vetoed a bill that sought to reshape Florida’s marketplace.

As the bill, SB 1698, moved through Florida’s legislative process, it was opposed by consumers who said they need the products for their physical and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two people suspected of stealing nearly 3,000 boxes of LEGO toys from retail stores across the South Bay and Long Beach areas of Southern California were arrested this week, authorities said.

Blanca Gudino, 39, of Lawndale, and Richard Siegel, 71, of Long Beach, were arrested Wednesday after a six-month investigation into the ...Read more

Stanford University campus police arrested a group of pro-Palestinian protesters, who barricaded themselves inside the president’s office, on suspicion of felony burglary charges.

The 13 individuals were arrested shortly after 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning after briefly occupying President Richard Saller’s office in an act of protest. The ...Read more

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The chairwoman of the Republican Party of Virginia Beach was indicted this week on a felony charge of intercepting wire communications.

Laura K. Hughes, an attorney and former Virginia Beach School Board member, was indicted Monday by a Virginia Beach grand jury, according to online court records. The crime carries a ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The University of the Arts, an institution with roots dating back nearly 150 years, laid off 613 staff members Friday on its chaotic, final day of formal existence.

“We are confirming that the university is closing today, June 7, as previously announced — this means we are starting the process of an orderly wind down and we...Read more

DETROIT — Ethan Crumbley, the Oxford teen now serving a life sentence for fatally shooting four students at his high school in 2021, filed a motion Friday to withdraw his guilty plea and to correct what his attorneys called an invalid sentence, noting the judge did not properly ensure he understood what a guilty plea meant and that his ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to rack up a laundry list of provocations against the state’s oil industry, but the administration’s own oil and gas regulator approved 10 new permits for new drilling this month.

The permits for new wells in Kern County mark the first approvals since last summer and the first ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Twenty years after he issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of federal law as mayor of San Francisco, Gov. Gavin Newsom returned to the city Friday to try to convince voters that the fight for LGBTQ+ rights isn't over.

Kicking off Pride Month, the Democratic governor is promoting a measure on the November ...Read more

Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, was struck by an unidentified attacker in Copenhagen.

The perpetrator was arrested by police, Frederiksen’s office said in a statement late Friday. The statement said the prime minister “was shocked” after being “hit.”

The prime minister’s office declined to provide details on her ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho has filed a new amended complaint against the city of Sacramento — a second attempt to convince a judge to allow his lawsuit to move forward in its entirety.

Ho originally filed the suit in September, alleging the city was causing a public nuisance by allowing homeless camps to ...Read more

ATLANTA — She used to have a 10-carat diamond ring and a Rolls-Royce. Now Shelitha Robertson, an Atlanta lawyer and business owner once employed by the city as a police officer and attorney, is “dead broke” and facing prison.

Robertson was sentenced Friday to serve seven years and three months behind bars after she and another lawyer ...Read more

ATLANTA — A major witness in the state’s case against Atlanta-rapper Young Thug and five of his alleged associates was taken into custody after Judge Ural Glanville held him in contempt of court for refusing to testify.

Kenneth Copeland, also known as Lil Woody, was subpoenaed to testify Friday morning. Before the jury was brought out, ...Read more