Walmart stores around the country have become magnets for crime – from fights and kidnappings to meth production on Walmart property. Local police are feeling the strain, and they’re putting the blame on Walmart executives.

Donald Trump has hired controversial conservative media figure Steve Bannon to help run his campaign. And Univision buys bankrupt Gawker Media.

School started for LAUSD Tuesday, with strict new vaccination requirements in place and more students in dual-language immersion programs.

How the Corrections Corporation of America scored a billion-dollar, no-bid contract to construct an enormous facility to detain Central American asylum-seekers

The controversial South LA development project called The Reef has been approved, and community activists are concerned about gentrification and displacement.

Both presidential candidates rolled out their economic plans this week, and there was one glaring omission from both platforms – poverty. Why are the poor mostly left out of the economic conversation on the campaign trail?

A Justice Department investigation found that Baltimore Police routinely discriminated against black citizens for years. How does Baltimore compare to other departments who’ve been investigated by the DoJ?

Superintendent Michelle King touted LAUSD’s highest graduation rate ever in her first state-of-the-district address, but education advocates question whether the numbers are inflated. Plus, a group is suing LAUSD over how it spent $450 million.

Both Clinton and Trump outline their economic policy plans in Detroit this week, as both candidates try to woo blue collar voters hit hard by manufacturing job losses.

The opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics will be held Friday. It’s a historic moment for South America’s first Olympic host city, but so far that’s been overshadowed by uncertainty.