Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid deal, threatens to pay billions to victims
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday blew up the massive bankruptcy reorganization of opioid maker Purdue Pharma, ruling that…
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Opinion: Legal marijuana is a successful but disappointing social movement
Cannabis prohibition remains central to America's failed war on drugs: more than half a million people were arrested for a…
Supreme Court rejects attempt to restrict access to the abortion pill
Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to induce medical abortion during pregnancy…
The best places to travel to the West Coast, according to LA Times readers
Sometimes 101 is too small a number. Many readers, having digested our new list of the 101 Best West Coast…
Mexico's presidential race is between two women. So why is everyone talking about one man?
MEXICO CITY – Andrés Manuel López Obrador is not on the ballot in Mexico's presidential election on Sunday. But it…
How the US relationship with Israel must change after Gaza
In recent months, many of the American headlines about the Middle East come not from the Gaza Strip, southern Lebanon…
LA Times Travel Quiz: How Well Do You Know the West Coast?
Travel writer Christopher Reynolds floats on a pond in the magnesium chloride-rich waters of the Guerrero Negro salt flats in…
Tell us: What is the most extraordinary West Coast experience?
Our guide to the 101 Best West Coast Experiences gives you essential things to do in Baja, California, Oregon, Washington,…
Clarence Thomas begins using 'fake news' defense
To the editor: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had for years accepted lavish gifts from billionaire conservative donor Harlan…
Former Dodger Jayson Werth Landed a Horse in the Kentucky Derby in Two Years
Minds were blown when former Dodgers outfielder Jayson Werth agreed to a seven-year, $126 million free agent contract with the…