The archive of all headlines from August 13, 2015, organized by time of publication.
Recent polling by the USOC showed 81% of area respondents favor bringing the Games back for a third time. Los Angeles previously served as host in 1932 and 1984. L.A. Now
Multiple powerful blasts in shipment of explosives shake homes as far away as other side of port city
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and others are gaining traction by separating themselves from the political and economic system that many everyday Americans view as rigged against them.
Rolling coverage after huge blasts rocked the northern port city of Tianjin in massive industrial accident
Rolling coverage after huge blasts rocked northern port city in massive industrial accident
Recent polling by the USOC showed 81% of area respondents favor bringing the Games back for a third time. Los Angeles previously served as host in 1932 and 1984. BUSINESS
Anxiety is high throughout the Southland about whether tourists, home buyers and investors from China will cut their spending if their currency keeps falling.Yuan's tumble sets off global alarms about China's economy
China allowed the renminbi to weaken significantly for a third consecutive day, its biggest plunge in decades, increasing concerns that the sluggish economy is even worse off and that the government is panicking.
China allowed the renminbi to weaken significantly for a third consecutive day, its biggest plunge in decades, increasing concerns that the sluggish economy is even worse off and that the government is panicking.
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Fires continue to rage in Tianjin after blasts rocked the city, leaving at least 44 people dead and hundreds injured
China allowed the renminbi to weaken significantly for a third consecutive day, its biggest plunge in decades, increasing concerns that the sluggish economy is even worse off and that the government is panicking.
It's the first cross-border seizure by U.S. law enforcement involving the new smuggle-by-air tactic, federal authorities said Wednesday. BUSINESS
Minister stresses need to prevent secondary accidents as Greenpeace says chemicals blamed for explosions continue to pose threat
The renminbi’s official rate against the dollar has fallen 4.4 percent over the past three days, but officials in Beijing said it was not in free fall.
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and others are gaining traction by separating themselves from the political system that many Americans view as rigged.
The renminbi’s official rate against the dollar has fallen 4.4 percent over the past three days, but officials in Beijing said it was not in free fall.
It's the first cross-border seizure by U.S. law enforcement involving the new smuggle-by-air tactic, federal authorities said Wednesday. CALIFORNIA
• At least 44 people dead and hundreds injured • Minister stresses need to prevent secondary accidents • Greenpeace says chemicals continue to pose threat
The tension between police and African Americans, combined with poverty and racism that helped set off Watts, is still smoldering. CALIFORNIA
• At least 50 people dead and hundreds injured • Minister stresses need to prevent secondary accidents • Greenpeace says chemicals continue to pose threat
As warming ocean waters surge toward the Americas, a pattern is being set up that could bring once-in-a-generation storms this winter to drought-parched California. Watts Riots Remembered
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Claiming the Quran’s support, the Islamic State codifies sex slavery in conquered regions of Iraq and Syria and uses the practice as a recruiting tool.
As warming ocean waters surge toward the Americas, a pattern is being set up that could bring once-in-a-generation storms this winter to drought-parched California. L.A. Now
Claiming the Quran’s support, the Islamic State codifies sex slavery in conquered regions of Iraq and Syria and uses the practice as a recruiting tool.
The blasts at a warehouse were powerful enough to register on earthquake monitoring scales. An unknown number of people remain unaccounted for in the wreckage.
Questions rise about industrial safety standards and possible toxic fallout after powerful blasts registered on earthquake monitoring scales.
As warming ocean waters surge toward the Americas, a pattern is being set up that could bring once-in-a-generation storms this winter to drought-parched California. Asia
As warming ocean waters surge toward the Americas, a pattern is being set up that could bring once-in-a-generation storms this winter to drought-parched California. Nation Now
Exclusive: Pentagon chief and top officials playing ‘foot-dragging games’ despite 2013 agreement with UK diplomats and Obama’s promise to close facility
Massive fireballs send at least 701 to hospitals, reduce hundreds of buildings to mangled wrecks and burn hundreds of cars, buses and trucks. The reasons for the blasts remain unclear.
With eight states voting on March 1 for the first time in the so-called SEC Primary, Republican candidates have made the South central to their White House bid, but none more than Ted Cruz.
The importance of the powerful storm of 1997-98 is now coming into focus as scientists say the weather pattern is returning to Southern California with a vengeance.
The Republican’s extensive staff in Iowa, which some see as a “major threat” to other GOP hopefuls, is the clearest sign yet that the billionaire is looking beyond his summer media surge and serious about winning the nation’s first caucuses.