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Photos from the scene of a deadly shooting at a San Diego mosque

Two teenage suspects killed three men in a shooting at a San Diego mosque Monday before killing themselves a few blocks away, authorities said.

 

Photos show iconic stops along historic Route 66

When it comes to Route 66, it’s not about getting somewhere fast — it’s about the journey.

One of the most iconic highways in the world, the Mother Road is turning 100 this year.

 

Mourners mark a year since Los Angeles wildfires, in photos

Mourners honored on Wednesday the lives lost a year ago when devastating wildfires swept across opposite ends of Los Angeles County — but they also protested the response to the fires, visited fire-ravaged properties and continued to rebuild.

 

What life looks like a year after the deadly Los Angeles wildfires in photos

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In an empty lot in Altadena, California, the ground is covered by a soft blanket of small white wildflowers.

 

Their homes survived the historic LA area wildfires, but a year later they fear living in them

It’s been a year of heartbreak and chronic worry since the most destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area’s history scorched neighborhoods and displaced tens of thousands of people.

 

When flames engulfed Los Angeles, AP was there

When wildfires tore through Los Angeles in January, AP photojournalist Jae C. Hong was on the ground. Here’s what he said:

 

In a California farming region, researchers are mapping rural heat to protect farmworkers

In some of the most agriculturally rich regions in the U.S., researchers from San Diego State University are working to understand how climate change is impacting heat in rural areas and the farmworkers who toil in them.

 

PHOTO ESSAY: Life in LA swings between courage and caution for thousands after immigration raids

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three months after aggressive immigration raids began in Southern California, everyday life has shifted.

 

Photos of the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held talks Friday in Alaska about the war in Ukraine.

 

PHOTO ESSAY: Many Californians lack safe tap water and don’t trust cleanup efforts

THERMAL, Calif. (AP) — Agustin and Ricarda Toledo loaded eight empty 5-gallon jugs onto their truck and drove to a water store some 14 miles from their Southern California home, just as they’ve done almost weekly for years.

 

Photos of the US troop deployment at new militarized zones on the border with Mexico

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. troops from all branches of the military are sharing command stations and vehicles with civilian immigration authorities at the U.S. border with Mexico under an emergency declaration from President Donald Trump.

 

An AP photographer captures a powerful moment in the chaos of the Los Angeles protests

Hong says protests in LA can change very quickly — one moment peaceful, the next chaotic. But he always tries to stay safe while telling the story through his images.

 

AP PHOTOS: Protesters tear-gassed in Los Angeles after federal immigration arrests

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After federal immigration authorities arrested dozens of people across Los Angeles, protesters turned out to demand their release.

 

AP PHOTOS: Economic jitters and soaring gold prices create a frenzy for US jewelry merchants

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As gold prices soar to record highs resulting from global economic jitters, hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars’ worth of gold are circulating through the doors of the St.

 

Photos: For the Vietnamese diaspora, Saigon’s fall 50 years ago evokes mixed emotions

WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — When the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces 50 years ago this week, it prompted a mass exodus of some 2 million people — hundreds of thousands fleeing perilously on small boats across open water to escape the communist regime.

 

Landscapes turned into hellscapes, shock and the ongoing fight against wildfires in Los Angeles

Firefighters on Saturday raced to get the upperhand on blazes chewing through homes in the greater Los Angeles area, five days after powerful winds swept across a bone-dry landscape and fueled urban wildfires that have turned much of the world famous city into a hellscape.

 

Fire danger diminishes in Southern California even as crews continue to battle Malibu blaze

Weather conditions have improved enough in Southern California for forecasters to say that the worst of the high winds that drove a wildfire through part of Malibu have passed.

 

Celebrities and coastal residents flee from wind-driven wildfire in Malibu

Thousands of Southern California residents are under evacuation orders and warnings as firefighters battle a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu.

 

South Korea adoptees endure emotional, sometimes devastating searches for their birth families

They began a pilgrimage that thousands before them have done — a long flight to their motherland, South Korea, to undertake an emotional, often frustrating, sometimes devastating search for their birth families.

 

South Koreans are starkly divided over North Korea’s nuclear threat

There are two Koreas, North and South. But there’s also more than one South Korea; it’s split into camps with often polar opposite views on the danger posed by their nuclear-armed neighbor to the north.

 

A tumultuous life, a turn toward faith and one man who wonders if it’s time to vote

Timothy Walker spent years wrestling with cocaine addiction, cycling in and out of drug treatment centers.

 

E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it

The world is producing more electronic waste than ever.

 

In Vietnam, vibrant Ho Chi Minh City is a magnet that pulls in millions

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — From the sky, the sprawling Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam appears to erupt from the green expanse of the riverine delta that surrounds it.

 

Hawaii’s cherished notion of family, the ohana, endures in tragedy’s aftermath

Hundreds of homes are gone, scores of lives lost and dozens of people still missing after a fire ripped through the town of Lahaina.

 

Maui fires renew centuries-old tensions over water rights. The streams are sacred to Hawaiians

During the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, a developer of land around a threatened Maui community urgently asked state officials for permission to divert stream water to help fight the growing inferno.

 

Life in Kyiv may seem normal on the surface, but a closer look reveals the burdens of war

Life in the capital of war-torn Ukraine seems normal on the surface. But the details tell another story.

 

As epic snow melts, a California community braces for floods

In the heart of California, some rural communities are facing the prospect of being marooned or flooded out by rising water.

 

While California wearies of snowstorms, Northeast greets one

Beleaguered Californians are being hit again by a new winter storm in the already snow-plastered state.

 

Sheriff: Suspect in dance club shooting killed self in van

Authorities say the suspect in a California dance club shooting that left 10 dead has shot and killed himself.

 

Fentanyl’s scourge plainly visible on streets of Los Angeles

Fentanyl has become a scourge across America and is taking a toll on the growing number of people living on the streets of Los Angeles.

 

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