Following Trump’s lead, Sessions urges federal prosecutors to seek death penalty against major drug dealers

Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions has written a memo urging U.S. prosecutors to seek the death penalty for serious drug offenders. (Toya Sarno Jordan / Getty Images ) Following President Trump’s public calls to execute drug pushers, Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions instructed federal prosecutors Wednesday to seek the death penalty against major drug dealers in response … Read more

Trump wins presidency in stunning upset, vows America will ‘no longer settle for anything less than the best’

1/42 President-elect Donald Trump makes his acceptance speech in New York.   (Mary Altaffer / Associated Press) 2/42 President-elect Donald Trump thanks his supporters.   (John Locher / Associated Press) 3/42 la-na-2016-election-voting-pictures-20161108-042  (Mark Wilson / Getty Images ) 4/42 Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech.   (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) 5/42 la-na-2016-election-voting-pictures-20161108-037  (Saul Loeb … Read more

Your guide to the California Congressional District 13 race: John Duarte vs. Adam Gray

Democratic Assemblymember Adam Gray, left, and Republican John Duarte, right, are competing to represent California’s 13th Congressional District. (Associated Press) 1 The race in California’s 13th Congressional District features Democratic Assemblymember Adam Gray and Republican businessman and farmer John Duarte. The heavily agricultural district is home to UC Merced. Water, healthcare, jobs and public safety … Read more

L.A. Times poll: Younger, older Californians take starkly different views of Israel-Hamas war

Smoke rises from buildings from Israeli airstrikes after the humanitarian pause ended on Dec. 1 in Rafah, Gaza. (Anadolu / Anadolu via Getty Images) Three months of war between Israel and Hamas have sharply split Californians, with stark divisions between the state’s older and younger voters, a new statewide poll finds. Voters younger than 30 … Read more

San Francisco mayor admits affair

Capping a surreal 24 hours here, this city’s wildly popular mayor publicly apologized Thursday for having had an affair with his campaign manager’s wife while she was working for him. Gavin Newsom delivered a brief and somber mea culpa at a packed news conference as City Hall employees and voters sought to absorb revelations of … Read more

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