LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Monday distanced itself from President Donald Trump's assertions that he would bomb Iranian cultural sites despite international prohibitions on such attacks.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the U.S. will "follow the laws of armed conflict." When asked if that ruled out targeting cultural sites, Esper said pointedly, "That's the laws...
JOHN ROGERS
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Baldessari, who pioneered a new genre of art in the 1970s and in the process helped elevate Los Angeles' status in the art world from that of back-water berg to a center of the Conceptual movement, has died at age 88.
Baldessari died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, the artist's...
STEFANIE DAZIO
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police officer pleaded not guilty Monday to allegations that he fondled a dead woman's breasts, authorities said.
David Rojas, 27, is charged with having sexual contact with human remains without authority and is out on $20,000 bond, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office.
Rojas entered his plea Monday in...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — IKEA has agreed to pay $46 million to the parents of a 2-year-old boy who died of injuries suffered when a 70-pound (32-kilogram) recalled dresser tipped over onto him, the family's lawyers said Monday.
Jozef Dudek, of Buena Park, California, died in 2017 of his injuries, and his parents sued the Swedish home furnishings company in a...
MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Bloomberg's plan for California - export it.
The Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City mayor likes a lot of what he sees in the Golden State and thinks its efforts on climate change, gun control and criminal justice reform set a benchmark for other states to emulate.
"I think that...
ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California lawmakers returned to work on Monday to tackle a daunting list of challenges that include climate concerns and a growing homeless population — problems complicated by election-year politics.
Members of the state Assembly's Democratic majority kicked off the second year of the two-year legislative session by announcing California's version of...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Pier 1 Imports is closing nearly half its 942 stores as it struggles to draw consumers and compete online.
The home decor company said Monday it is closing up to 450 stores and will also shutter distribution centers. It didn't say where the store closures would occur, but it operates stores in the U.S. and...
MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched 60 more mini internet satellites late Monday, this time testing a dark coating to appease stargazers.
It's a "first step" compromise between SpaceX and astronomers fearful of having dark skies spoiled by hundreds and, eventually, thousands of bright satellites circling overhead.
The Falcon 9 rocket blasted into a cold, clear...
JEFF AMY and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The leader of Mississippi's underfunded prison system was pleading with lawmakers for money to hire more guards and pay them better in 2012 when he warned, "I see trouble down the road."
Christopher Epps, a longtime Mississippi Department of Corrections employee, would later go to prison himself for collecting...
ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he will not run for an open Senate seat from Kansas this fall, two people close to McConnell said Monday. Pompeo's decision complicates Republicans' chances of holding what should be a guaranteed seat in the deep red...