Apple is edging its way a little further into health care with the release of new iPhone apps that patients can use to manage their own medical conditions — from diabetes to pregnancy and even depression.
While there are hundreds of health-related (...)
Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been sentenced in Southern California to 104 hours of community service after being found guilty of contempt for failing to pay child support. An Orange County family court commissioner Tuesday also (...)
A woman from Iraq who was found beaten next to a threatening note saying “go back to your country” has died, and police are investigating the possibility of a hate crime.
Hanif Mohebi, the director of the San Diego chapter of the Council on (...)
Fatuma Sado of Ethiopia won the Los Angeles Marathon women's race Sunday, breaking her personal best by more than 2 minutes and earning a $100,000 gender challenge bonus.
Kenya's Simon Njoroge won the men's race, his seventh victory overall and (...)
Rafael Nadal outlasted David Nalbandian 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the BNP Paribas Open Friday, setting up a semifinal against Roger Federer that will be a rematch of their Australian Open semifinal.
Federer had an easier time in his quarterfinal, beating (...)
ranked Novak Djokovic defeated Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 6-4, winning the final three games of the match to reach the BNP Paribas Open semifinals Thursday.
Djokovic, the defending champion, improved to 16-1 against Spanish opponents since the start of (...)
serving Milos Raonic 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4 under the lights in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open Tuesday, extending his run of winning 35 of 37 matches since last year's US Open.
Rafael Nadal didn't have as much trouble in sunny conditions, (...)
Robert De Niro and Paul Dano play a father and son who reunite after 18 years of estrangement in “Being Flynn,” and they approach their roles in such polar opposite ways, it's as if the actors themselves have been estranged, as well.
De Niro, as (...)
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo sought to calm global outrage over the company's new country-by-country censorship policy, complaining in part that the issue is being treated with the same kind of shorthand that has made Twitter popular.
Speaking at the (...)
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were together again on Saturday — at least to promote their new project.
The stars, who announced last summer they were ending their marriage after seven years, appeared on a stage to talk briefly about a new music (...)
Getting ready to host the Golden Globes again, Ricky Gervais says he'd rather get laughs than gasps — but he cherishes the gasps, too.
Gervais drew a sharp reaction to his jokes as host last year, with actor Robert Downey Jr. calling the evening (...)
Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen play writers Martha Gellhorn and Ernest Hemingway in a new HBO film, but they'd prefer to keep their own lives off-screen.
At a news conference Friday promoting “Hemingway & Gellhorn,” Kidman said she likes her privacy (...)
A NASA spacecraft fired its engine and slipped into orbit around the moon Saturday in the first of two back-to-back arrivals over the New Year's weekend.
Ground controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers and applause after (...)
Two years after his life and career came crashing down, Tiger Woods is a winner again.
One shot behind with two holes to play, Woods finally looked like the player who dominated golf for so much of his career. He birdied his last two holes Sunday, (...)
Los Angeles' star trio David Beckham, Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan combined for the winning goal as the Galaxy claimed the Major League Soccer title with a 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo Sunday.
Beckham won his first MLS championship in the (...)
The return of Geraldo Boldewijn proved to be just what Boise State needed to revive its passing game.
Kellen Moore bounced back from a rare off day a week ago to throw two of his three touchdown passes to Boldewijn and the fifth-ranked Broncos (...)
Los Angeles Angels starter Dan Haren pitched a complete game to shutout the New York Yankees 6-0 at Angel Stadium Saturday.
Despite the loss, the Yankees maintained their 2.5 game lead over Boston in the American League East as the Red Sox fell 6-5 (...)
Jerome Williams pitched seven stellar innings to get his first major league victory in almost six years, Peter Bourjos homered for the third straight game and Howie Kendrick also went deep, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-1 victory over the (...)
Call it wholly monetized matrimony. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are set to be married Saturday in a lavish, made-for-TV celebration of love, devotion and product placement.
The reality-TV bombshell and her National Basketball Association (...)
Colby Lewis and four relievers combined on a five-hitter and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 7-1 Saturday.
Ian Kinsler had two hits and three RBIs for Texas, which increased its AL West lead to three games over the Los Angeles Angels. (...)
An array of 42 radio telescopes seeking signs of intelligent life in the universe will continue that work after private donors raised enough money to keep them going.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, Institute received more (...)
Vera Zvonareva of Russia won the first four games of the third set, then held on for a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 win over fifth-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia in the semifinals of the Mercury Insurance Open Saturday night.
The top-seeded and third-ranked (...)
Spanish Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo shrugged off a spectacular practice crash to capture pole position Saturday for Sunday's MotoGP US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca Raceway.
Lorenzo, who arrived Stateside chasing Australian Casey Stoner for the series (...)
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man accused of violating a restraining order that bars him from being within 200 yards (180 meters) of Paris Hilton or her home.
The sheriff's department says in a statement that someone called (...)
Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler will join Randy Jackson as “American Idol” judges next season, after months of turnover and speculation about the future of TV's top-rated show.
With pomp rivaling that of a US Supreme Court appointment, Fox finally (...)