Patterns of migration can change frequently along the border, which means some agents are overwhelmed by the amount of work they have to do while others have time on their hands.

President Obama is asking Congress today for authority to speed up the deportation of thousands of migrant children illegally crossing into the U.S.

The Green family, founders of the chain store Hobby Lobby, has worked to preserve and promote its own brand of religion to extend far beyond just the one case it argued before the Supreme Court.

And a young doctor gives us an inside view of the trauma and drama that unfolds in the legendary trauma bay C-Booth at LA County Hospital. His film, Code Black, won best doc at the LA Film Festival.

On today's On The Lot with Rebecca Keegan of the L.A. Times, actress Melissa McCarthy has a new role behind the camera, Hollywood finds a novel weapon to fight pirates and Mookie turns 25.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public-sector unions in Illinois can't collect dues from home health workers who choose not to be a part of the union.

These motley vigilante groups have retaken control of vast tracts of the state, and spurred the deployment of thousands of federal police and army units. Among the militia members are migrants who lived for years in California before returning to Mexico.

Yosemite National Park is celebrating a law signed on this day in 1864. It saved one of the country's most spectacular landscapes, and planted the seed for the national park system.

The new wage rules begin to phase in next April, but that's only if the new law survives several challenges in the courts and at the ballot box. From public station KUOW in Seattle, Deborah Wang has this report.

The team, nicknamed El Tri was leading for most of the second half, but the Netherlands came back to tie and then win 2-1 on a penalty kick in stoppage time. Needless to say it was a devastating loss for Mexico fans.

According to a new study, Facebook posts can make people feel happier, or sadder, depending on their tone. And the company found this out by manipulating what people saw online.

The current issue of Los Angeles magazine takes us on a tour of the L.A. scene in the 1980s and shows how the city and the decade shaped each other.

The race riots critics said “Do the Right Thing” would cause never materialized. It took the real world, a viral video, and the Rodney King beating to make Spike Lee's prophecy come true.