A suspect accused in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black jogger killed in a Georgia suburrb more than two months ago, was involved in a previous prosecution of the 26-year-old runner back when he worked for the local district attorney’s office.

The governor did not go as far as to cancel rent outright, which progressives have increasingly called on him to do as the virus continues to curtail people’s ability to work and make ends meet.

Elizabeth Warren touted her own “universal workers’ bill of rights" and said of New Yorkers, "I’m glad to see people who are picking up this idea at the state level."

Tara Reade made the remarkable demand during an appearance on ex-Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly’s show, her first on-camera interview about the alleged assault.

NY Gov. Cuomo extended a “lookback window” created as part of the Child Victims Act last year that allows child sex abuse survivors of all ages to file civil suits beyond the normal statute of limitations.

Bill Beaumont has been re-elected as the chairman of World Rugby, the governing body has announced.

There could be two consecutive months of international action under plans for a new global tournament, newly re-elected World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont has revealed.

Australia's Super Rugby competition is planning for an early July return, a spokesman said today, after the coronavirus outbreak derailed the season and sparked turmoil within the sport's cash-strapped governing body.

A chicken-sized raptor relative adds credence to the idea that flight evolved multiple times among ground-faring dinosaurs.

Using data from an especially bright population of stars, astronomers have reconstructed the Milky Way’s peaks and valleys like never before.

Lava descending into Hawai‘i’s ocean drove an upward surge of deep sea nutrients, cultivating life at the surface.

Researchers have uncovered a new category of giant storm on Saturn’s surface.

Thousands of fossils from Colorado show how plants and animals evolved together after an asteroid devastated life on Earth.

France's former 94-year-old president Valery Giscard d'Estaing is accused of sexually assaulting a German reporter.

LAUSD's decision to temporarily shut down schools causes an enormous disruption. And it's not clear how helpful the move will be in slowing coronavirus spread.

One Trump's smartest moves was to make Dr. Anthony Fauci a part of his coronavirus task force. Let's keep him there.

The coronavirus outbreak is exposing weaknesses in our planning for such disasters, and offers a chance to rethink how we do many things.

Trump isn't wrong to question the World Health Organization's early responses to the coronavirus. But he is wrong to abandon funding in the middle of a pandemic.

In tandem with some charities in the area, L.A. Unified is essentially running a collection of food banks.

A federal appeals court rules that a state's failure to teach kids their ABCs denies students their rights under the U.S. Constitution.

Paul George scores 19 points and spearheads the Clippers' fourth-quarter rally despite taking a elbow to the nose in a 108-105 win over the Spurs.

Kawhi Leonard scored 30 points, while reserve Landry Shamet scored 19 in the Clippers' 110-103 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.

The NBA fined Clippers forward Paul George $35,000 on Thursday for publicly criticizing officials after a loss in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

The Celtics outlasted the Clippers, 141-133, in two overtimes in a result that, for Los Angeles, was overshadowed by a third injury to star forward Paul George's left hamstring in the last five weeks.

Veteran guard Reggie Jackson always wanted to play alongside Paul George. He gets his chance now with a Clippers team aiming for an NBA title.

Paul George was in his third season in the NBA when he led the Indiana Pacers to a win over LeBron James' Miami Heat in Game 2 of the conference finals.

Lakers star Anthony Davis announces a partnership with world's largest cold food storage company to help Staples Center employees find jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.

The towel that Lakers legend Kobe Bryant wore over his shoulders after playing in the final game of his NBA career sold for more than $30,000.

Former Laker Pau Gasol is still rehabilitating from a foot injury that cost him the 2019-20 season. He has aspirations to play in the NBA and Olympics.

As anticipated, the NBA suspended its draft lottery and combine indefinitely amid the ongoing coronavirus shutdown.

The pandemic-related social media posts are crude. They are youthful. They mock the joys of family togetherness. Yet, they are a balm just when we need it most.

I believed life's little moments were worthy of a great newspaper, not because they were happening to me, but because they were happening to everyone.

USC suspends spring football practice Thursday because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Trojans held their first practice on Wednesday.

USC offensive tackle Austin Jackson has long envisioned being drafted by the NFL. Even during the coronavirus epidemic, he's ready to hear his name called.

Autocratic regimes in Russia, Turkey and Venezuela are already maneuvering to exploit the coronavirus crisis to further entrench their rule.

Anthony Fauci, our national truth-teller, spoke plainly before he was forced to make a retraction by a president more comfortable with lies.

In these frightening times, I am struck by the heroic and merciful acts I first encountered as a young child behind barbed wire.

Other presidents have expanded their executive power during national crises. Trump is trying, but he's so bad at the job, he won't succeed.

Angels pitcher Griffin Canning will begin the season on the disabled list after experiencing elbow soreness following his first spring start.

Though John Moe's podcast, 'The Hilarious World of Depression' centers on mental illness, the conversations are funny. Humor "can bust me out" of a dark place, he says, the way platitudes never would.

The Top Chef judge is focused on keeping his industry afloat during the pandemic. "We're really looking at saving every restaurant, because we think that every restaurant needs to be there," he says.

The New Jersey case involving aides to Gov. Chris Christie may have been a political scandal, but it was not a crime, justices say.

The Trump administration says new rules announced on Wednesday will better protect students accused of sexual assault and harassment, but critics say they will make it harder for survivors to report.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced what she called historic changes Wednesday to Obama-era guidelines that she said will make the process fairer.

Times Editor Davan Maharaj and Managing Editor Marc Duvoisin made two staff announcements regarding The Times' Cairo bureau: As a foreign correspondent, Jeff Fleishman has proved himself a master of the character study.

Liam Dillon (@dillonliam) an accomplished investigative journalist, is joining our State Capitol bureau in Sacramento.

The Times has assembled a panel of distinguished and diverse writers who will regularly contribute to the Books section. 

The Times has launched a new, more interactive commenting platform on latimes.com.

(MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Larry A. Kramer, Khader M. Hasan, et al.; Michael H. Lev Target Audience and Goal Statement: Neurologists, radiologists The goal of this study was to examine the long-term effects of spaceflight on human brain...

Rondell Russell, 22, was taken into custody soon after he shot 48-year-old Otis Adams during a confrontation at Russell’s building on Powell St. near Pitkin Ave. in Brownsville, part of NYCHA’s Seth Low Houses, about 10:10 p.m. Thursday.