Politics

The Supreme Court today refused to revive a lawsuit stemming from the cocaine-induced death of Len Bias in 1986. The justices, without comment, let stand rulings that the suit should not go to trial or reach a jury. Bias, an All-American player for Maryland, was selected by the Boston Celtics as the second pick overall … Read more

Many apps and online services are provided to users without them having to pay, but the user is in turn providing personal data to those companies. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images) Democrats in the California Legislature and a wealthy San Francisco developer on Thursday reached a tentative agreement to enact major new consumer privacy rules … Read more

The Legislature has passed and sent to Gov. Deukmejian a major revision of state income tax laws to take effect in the 1987 tax year. The legislation is intended to bring California income taxes into selective conformity with last year’s overhaul of the federal income tax system. Authors of the legislation predict that taxes will … Read more

For obvious reasons, abortion is an intensely personal issue for most women in a way that it is not for men. Indeed, the editors of 17 women’s magazines met with leading abortion rights advocates last year to discuss what they could do to help “protect” legalized abortion. But magazines thrive on the expression of personal … Read more

An eclectic, incongruous coalition of liberals and conservatives urged President Clinton on Monday to put off until next year final congressional consideration of the new world trade treaty negotiated by more than 100 nations last December. In a letter to Clinton, critics ranging from consumer advocate Ralph Nader and California state Sen. Tom Hayden on … Read more

Republicans are playing politics with immigration again. But, thanks to President Bush, for once the GOP could reap a benefit with Latino voters, one of the fastest-growing segments of the electorate. Bush’s gambit to spin the immigration issue the Republican Party’s way began last Tuesday. That was the day after a little-noted provision in U.S. … Read more

Gov. Jerry Brown. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Time is running out for Gov. Jerry Brown to fix two big legacy projects. If he doesn’t, his successor might just dump them in the trash. Brown has only until the end of the year to clean up and repair his bullet train and … Read more

California is known as the state that took on the tobacco industry, challenged the NRA on firearms restrictions and passed other legislation framed as breakthroughs in safeguarding public health. But over the last two years, California health advocates have been unable to overcome the beverage industry’s clout as they pushed legislation to regulate sugary drinks … Read more

Utahans reacted to Sen. Mitt Romney’s decision to break Republican ranks with a mixture of pride and dismay Wednesday, with some in this majority-Mormon state even suggesting that his vote to remove President Trump from office recalled a prophecy attributed to the church founder Joseph Smith. Although generally debunked as apocryphal by modern historians, the … Read more

A sign with the likeness of George Floyd is seen at a protest outside L.A. City Hall. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) In August 2007, Melissa Borton was returning to her Minneapolis home to unpack groceries after a trip to Rainbow Foods with her 2-month-old child and 5-year-old German shepherd. As the then-30-year-old turned … Read more