Two firefighters are OK after falling through the second floor of a two-story downtown Los Angeles area office building that erupted in flames Friday morning. Crews responded to a fire burning outside the structure in the 1000 block of West Sunset Boulevard around 1 a.m. Firefighters respond to an office building blaze in downtown Los…

LSU forward Angel Reese waves to the crowd as she is introduced before an NCAA college basketball game against Kent State in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)(AP/Gerald Herbert) LSU forward Angel Reese waves to the crowd as she is introduced before an NCAA college basketball game against Kent State in…

(CNN) — Veteran NHL forward Corey Perry apologized on Thursday for the “inappropriate behavior” which saw him waived by the Chicago Blackhawks. The Blackhawks said on Tuesday that Perry “engaged in conduct that is unacceptable” and was “in violation both of the terms of his Standard Player’s Contract and the Blackhawks’ internal policies intended to promote professional and safe work…

Steve Scalise walked out of a House Republican Conference meeting last month and put what had been an unstoppable climb up the GOP leadership ladder on hold. “There’s some folks that really need to look in the mirror the next couple of days and decide, are we going to get back on track?” he said,…

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United defender Tyrell Malacia is expected to return from a knee injury early next year, his club said Friday. The left back had surgery during the offseason and then required another operation following an unspecified setback. He has not played yet this season and United did not give a firm…

A 34-year-old Fairfield woman linked to a 2018 child abuse case likely will serve four months of supervised release after essentially being in “custody” for nearly five years after earlier pleading no contest to 10 charges of child cruelty, her defense attorney told The Reporter on Thursday. Ina A. Rogers  While the attorneys in the…

A Gazprom-backed tennis tournament starting Friday in Russia with multiple top European pros taking part has triggered outrage in Ukraine. Stars Roberto Bautista Agut from Spain, Adrian Mannarino from France and Laslo Djere from Serbia will join a number of elite Russian players at the Northern Palmyra Trophies exhibition competition sponsored by the Russian energy…

CHICAGO — A person is in custody and charges are pending after a 9-month-old girl was shot in the head in Washington Park, according to Chicago police. The shooting happened around 10:55 p.m. Tuesday in the 0-100 block of East Garfield. The baby was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition by her mother.…

AUSTIN (KXAN) – As the fall season winds down to winter, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said Thursday people in western, southwestern and northeastern portions of Texas could find themselves in the unwelcome company of black bears. TPWD said the native Texas animals are guided by an excellent sense of smell and their behavior…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will tackle two delicate tasks this weekend in Dubai: She’ll try to demonstrate U.S. environmental leadership despite President Joe Biden ‘s notable absence from an annual summit on climate change and she’ll work to nudge forward fragile efforts to shape the next phase of the war between Israel…