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NATION Environment [http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-energy-environment-sg-storygallery.html] Immigration Politics Trail Guide World Global Goals U.S. NEWS Sanders campaign hopes major voter registration effort pays off in Oregon Chris Megerian If Bernie Sanders wins the Oregon primary on Tuesday, his victory will have been secured back in April. Oregon has a closed primary, meaning anyone who wants to vote for a Democratic candidate needs to be registered with the party. The Sanders campaign, which has lost every other state with a closed... Latest News Trump's border rhetoric emboldens officials on local level to target immigration, activists say Sexual assault survivors find themselves under suspicion at BYU Hillary Clinton keeps losing. So how come she's winning? Rule change may expand government surveillance powers, privacy advocates say Supreme Court makes it harder to sue 'people search' websites for getting information slightly wrong The Supreme Court on Monday shielded online databanks and "people search" companies from class-action lawsuits arising from the posting of minor mistakes. The justices in a 6-2 ruling set aside, for now, a class-action suit against Spokeo Inc., a Pasadena-based provider of online personal profiles... Why Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's fate could hang on a single word What a post-Trump Republican Party might look like GOP chairman says 'people just don't care' about misogyny allegations against Donald Trump It's not just Paul Ryan who's hard to win over. Donald Trump faces struggle for unity in key states DON'T MISS NATION Looking to court luck or ward off evil? Step inside one of the nation's last remaining hoodoo shops NATION Detroit schools' decline and teacher sickout reflect bad economy and demographic shifts NATION In real life, ghost hunting is an uncertain science -- and 'boring' FROM THE WIRES NATION After 3 months, Congress is ready to act on Obama's Zika call Associated Press Congress is ready to act on President Obama's long-stalled request for emergency funds to combat the Zika virus, which has been linked to serious birth defects and other major health problems. House Republicans have unveiled a $622-million measure to battle the Zika virus, offering Obama just one-third... Zika mosquitoes Ricardo Mazalan / Associated press Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a cage at a laboratory in Cucuta, Colombia. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a cage at a laboratory in Cucuta, Colombia. (Ricardo Mazalan / Associated press) NATION Bison calf that Yellowstone tourists put in car out of concern ends up euthanized NATION Radio transmissions distracted Amtrak engineer in crash that killed 8, official says NATION Southern California officers among those awarded Medal of Valor by President Obama NATION Supreme Court ruling should clear the way to free birth control for women with religious employers NATION Live video: President Obama commencement speech at Rutgers NATION 8 dead, about 40 hurt in south Texas bus crash, officials say IN DEPTH COVERAGE NATION Mexico warns of repercussions if remittances are blocked Politics Hillary Clinton's plan for capturing the center NATION In the heart of Mormon country, a street is renamed for Harvey Milk NATION FBI says fewer Americans now try to join Islamic State BUSINESS From coast to coast, middle-class communities are shrinking Travel Offers view all deals 12-night Fjords cruise for $1099 - from Travelzoo learn more Roundtrip nonstop flights to Fiji for $899* - from Travelzoo learn more 4-star downtown Seattle hotel for $217 & up - from Travelzoo learn more ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT IN THE WEST Full Coverage U.S. rejects proposed coal export facility, siding with one Indian tribe over another After occupation, Oregon's Malheur wildlife refuge is returning to 'a new normal' Wildfire at Fort McMurray quickly overtakes Canada's environmental debate NATION In the fight over fracking, Colorado state laws trump local bans, court rules The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled that state law overrides local efforts to limit hydraulic fracturing, dealing a setback to opponents of oil and gas development but potentially adding momentum to a broader fight that could play out at the ballot box this fall. The ruling rejected as “invalid... MEXICO & THE AMERICAS The Paris climate accord is about to be signed. Here's what happens next NATION 'A dire prediction' on melting ice sheets and rising sea levels NATION Obama scores triumph with Paris pact, but his environmental agenda faces obstacles at home NATION Washington's Olympic Peninsula loses 2 dams and gains a wild river – plus a new beach Popular This Hour NATION Why Chicago's Chinatown is flourishing while others... NATION Hawaii struggles to deal with rising rate of homelessness NATION At a Jehovah's Witness hall, congregants remember... NATION Obama administration tells schools to do the 'right... NATION Decoding Columbia: A detective story NATION 7 motorcycle clubs the feds say are highly structured... NATION After sentencing, Robert Durst tells The Times: 'I... NATION 'Orange is the New Black' actress: My parents were... NATION Federal judge rules Obamacare is being funded... MORE U.S. NEWS OBITUARIES Singer Julius La Rosa dies at 86 Julius La Rosa, a pop singer known for hits including “Eh, Cumpari,” whose firing live on the air by Arthur Godfrey in 1953 overshadowed his successes that followed, has died at age 86. His death was confirmed Saturday by his daughter, Maria La Rosa Smith of Ridgefield, Conn., and Joe Charapata... World Fake bomb at Manchester United stadium was left over from training exercise, police say A fake bomb left behind during a security exercise led police to evacuate Manchester United's home stadium on Sunday, disrupting the final day of the English Premier League season and bringing embarrassment to one of the world's best-known sports teams. Police initially described the device as... Politics Welcome to a Bernie Sanders Wiccan ritual Attending a rally for Bernie Sanders usually involves long lines and security screenings, but that wasn’t the case at an intimate, informal event Friday evening supporting the Vermont senator’s presidential campaign in a park here. Instead of metal detectors, entrance required burning ceremonial... NATION Hours-long lines, goofs with ballot materials. Why can't Arizona hold elections? When the Supreme Court threw out major elements of the Voting Rights Act three years ago, Maricopa County in Arizona moved quickly to lower the cost of holding elections. Among its first moves was to reduce the number of polling centers from 200 to 60. With fewer locations, the state allowed voters... NATION Joe Arpaio, 'America's toughest sheriff,' found in contempt of court in racial profiling case A federal judge in Arizona has ruled that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio intentionally violated the judge's orders to end profiling of Latinos 19 times, a decision that raises the possibility he could face criminal charges. U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow found Arpaio and three of his... NATION Administration's push for transgender rights likely to succeed, perhaps with a boost from Scalia The Obama administration’s push to apply 1960s and 1970s equal-rights laws to the transgender community is likely to win favor in federal courts and may even get a surprising assist from the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Transgender rights has emerged as the new frontier... NATION Mom and 7 adult children win $429.6-million Powerball jackpot A woman and her seven adult children stepped forward Friday to claim a $429.6-million Powerball jackpot. Eight members of the Smith family announced that they had the sole winning ticket purchased in Trenton for last Saturday's drawing. They plan to tithe 10% of the money to their church. One of... David Horsey view the blog Uber drivers are sideswiped by the ruthless gig economy The GOP establishment would thrive under President Trump Like a politician, Trump tells coal miners what they want to... GOP leaders reel from Donald Trump's conquest of... Ted Cruz was too creepy to save the GOP from Donald Trump Right-wing loathing of Hillary Clinton is mirrored on the... Trump doesn't know what he doesn't know about... Cruz-Fiorina pairing is a stunt worthy of 'House of... Cruz and Kasich team up in a hapless effort to stop Trump Demi Moore, George Wallace and Americans' abused voting... As the $20 bill gets a new face, Andrew Jackson's... After New York primary, Wall Street remains a big factor... Partisans of Sanders and Clinton are waging a vicious war of... Whining Donald Trump failed to learn the rules of the... Americans will miss Barack Obama's cool rationality... Politics With an eye toward November, Donald Trump ponders a No. 2 pick Donald Trump has essentially seized the Republican presidential nomination, and now he has a key decision: Who will be his running mate? Trump has benefited from his outsider status, but the billionaire businessman has said his vice presidential pick will likely have political experience. In... Politics Obama administration plans new raids that would deport Central American children The Obama administration is planning another series of raids that would lead to the deportation of Central American mothers and children found to have entered the country illegally, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. The news drew protests from several members of Congress and both... NATION Obama administration directs schools to give transgender students access to bathrooms The Obama administration is telling public schools that they must allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. The directive is in formal guidance being sent to school districts Friday by the departments of Education and Justice. The letter... NATIONAL POLITICS Secret Service to investigate Donald Trump's former butler Donald Trump's former butler has drawn the attention of the Secret Service for online threats he has made against President Obama. Anthony Senecal, who served the presumptive Republican nominee at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, has a Facebook page filled with incendiary comments. Many of the posts... NATION House Speaker Paul Ryan faces defining career question: Support Donald Trump? House Speaker Paul D. Ryan all but reversed course Thursday and moved toward accepting Donald Trump as the GOP presidential nominee, saying he was “very encouraged” after meeting with the billionaire businessman and optimistic about unifying the party to fight Democrats in the fall. The speaker’s... NATION Online auction of gun George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin is back on George Zimmerman’s first attempt to auction off the 9mm pistol he used to kill Trayvon Martin in 2012 was over before it ever began. Now he’s trying again. In a text, Zimmerman on Thursday told the Orlando (Florida) Sentinel the first gun-auction website, GunBroker.com, was not “prepared for the... NATION Ex-N.Y. Senate leader gets 5 years in prison for corruption A once-powerful New York politician convicted of using his position as state Senate majority leader to pressure companies to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars for his son was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison, the latest in a spate of corruption cases that have roiled the state... Photos & Videos Photography West Virginia presidential primaries NATION Denver struggling to deal with homeless encampments Politics Hillary Clinton campaigns in Los Angeles Photography Indiana presidential primary latimes.com White House Correspondents' Assn. dinner NATION Trump rally in Costa Mesa NATIONAL POLITICS Presidential primaries in five states L.A. Now Memorials to Prince Photography New York primary NATION Trump Nation: Oregon latimes.com In Pictures | New York primary NATION Heavy rains, flooding, inundate Houston area Photography New York primary campaign NATION Supreme Court on immigration NATIONAL POLITICS Hillary Clinton at Los Angeles Southwest College NATION Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y. NATIONAL POLITICS Ted Cruz campaigns in Irvine NATION Police shooting sparks conversation about how Asian... Photography Wisconsin primary election NATION Lockdown at U.S. Capitol NATION Sanders takes the Hawaii caucuses latimes.com Democrats caucus Photography Western Tuesday NATION Judge Merrick Garland is nominated to the Supreme Court Politics Super Tuesday II | Five states head to the polls NATION University of Texas regents set to consider gun rules for campuses University of Texas System regents are expected to consider rules allowing concealed handguns in campus classrooms and buildings. The rules that are expected to be considered Thursday are required by a state law that takes effect Aug. 1. The most controversial proposals have been at the flagship... NATIONAL POLITICS Union for Border Patrol agents under fire for endorsement of Trump The tears begin flowing the moment the U.S. Border Patrol agents swing open the doors of the border enforcement zone, allowing Mexican families to step through and reunite with loved ones at the border fence near San Diego. The weekly encounters at Friendship Park, across the border from Tijuana,... NATION Graphic videos, luring tweets — terrorism trial zeroes in on Islamic State recruiting Titles of Islamic State propaganda videos flashed across the screens positioned in front of the 16 jurors — “Flames of War,” “Upon the Prophetic Methodology,” “Changing of the Swords 4.” Then, federal prosecutors showed jurors a photo of several men whose freshly severed heads sat on the ground.... NATION Zika's coming, and there's not enough money for another health emergency Less than two years after the Ebola epidemic set off a scramble for money to contain that deadly virus, state and local health officials around the country are rushing to prepare for Zika outbreaks this spring and summer. But after years of declining funds, many are coming up short. Government... Politics Donald Trump will try to work his magic on wary Republican lawmakers Donald Trump arrives Thursday on Capitol Hill for a Republican congressional confab that's looking more like a showdown than a kumbaya moment for the party’s presumed presidential nominee. Billed as an opportunity to unify the GOP after a blistering primary season, the morning meet-and-greets will... NATION Judge finds Planned Parenthood shooter mentally incompetent A man who acknowledged killing three people at a ColoradoPlanned Parenthood clinic is mentally incompetent to continue with his criminal case, a judge ruled Wednesday. The decision by Judge Gilbert Martinez puts the case against Robert Dear, 57, on hold until his mental competency can be restored... NATION Former South Carolina officer to remain free on bail after indictment in Walter Scott shooting A white former South Carolina police officer facing a state murder charge in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott will remain free on bail after his indictment on federal charges that include depriving the victim of his civil rights. During a hearing Wednesday in Charleston,... NATION Deadly 2013 Texas fertilizer plant explosion was criminal act, officials say A fire that caused an explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed 15 people in 2013 was a criminal act, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Federal and state investigators said no arrests had been made but that they were investigating who was responsible for causing the fire at the West... NATION Oregon wildlife refuge occupier arrested on weapons charge Three months after the surrender of the last armed militants who took over an Oregon wildlife refuge in January, federal agents have arrested a self-styled journalist who had embedded with the occupiers. Michael R. Emry, 54, was taken into custody by the FBI on Friday morning and later charged... Politics Bernie Sanders wins West Virginia and vows to stay in Democratic race 'until the last vote is cast' Bernie Sanders renewed his commitment to campaign "until the last vote is cast" in the Democratic presidential race, saying his victory in Tuesday's West Virginia primary showed economically distressed voters "want real change." Sanders, the Vermont senator, appeared headed toward a double-digit... Politics Bernie Sanders, down in the polls and delegates, still wants to debate in California Live West Virginia primary updates: Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump win in coal country May 10 2016, 7:07 PM Voters cast ballots in West Virginia's primaries Tuesday, as do Republicans in Nebraska. Lower-stakes West Virginia primary could offer clues to general election challenges for Hillary Clinton... TRAIL GUIDE Live West Virginia primary updates: Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump win in coal country Live West Virginia primary updates: Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump win in coal country May 10 2016, 7:07 PM Voters cast ballots in West Virginia's primaries Tuesday, as do Republicans in Nebraska. Lower-stakes West Virginia primary could offer clues to general election challenges for Hillary Clinton... Politics Donald Trump victorious in Nebraska Live West Virginia primary updates: Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump win in coal country May 10 2016, 7:07 PM Voters cast ballots in West Virginia's primaries Tuesday, as do Republicans in Nebraska. Lower-stakes West Virginia primary could offer clues to general election challenges for Hillary Clinton... Politics Bernie Sanders wins West Virginia Democratic primary, but still has little chance at nomination Live West Virginia primary updates: Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump win in coal country May 10 2016, 7:07 PM Voters cast ballots in West Virginia's primaries Tuesday, as do Republicans in Nebraska. Lower-stakes West Virginia primary could offer clues to general election challenges for Hillary Clinton... NATION Search warrant executed for Prince's medical records, identifies doctor who treated him Prince saw a Minneapolis-area doctor the day before he died, and that doctor was at Prince’s Paisley Park compound to deliver test results on the morning the musician was found dead, according to court records obtained by the Los Angeles Times. Michael Todd Schulenberg, who specializes in family... Loading Most Popular Local Sports Entertainment Politics Education Opinion Place An Ad 63°