Andrew Smith

Telecom companies big and small have reached an agreement with 51 attorneys general to block illegal robocalls from reaching customers’ phones. Attorneys general from North Carolina, New Hampshire and Arkansas announced the deal with 12 phone companies, including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint, in a joint news conference Thursday. Carriers that have signed on to the agreement pledge to take...

The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday a major crackdown on illegal robocalls, including 94 actions targeting operations around the country said to be responsible for more than one billion calls. The nationwide enforcement sweep was coordinated with more than two dozen federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, as part of a major government clampdown on illegal robocalls “pitching a...

The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday a major crackdown on illegal robocalls, including 94 actions targeting operations around the country said to be responsible for more than one billion calls. The nationwide enforcement sweep was coordinated with more than two dozen federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, as part of a major government clampdown on illegal robocalls “pitching a...

New Hampshire voters have a reputation of being free thinkers, but truly independent voters could be hard to find in the Granite State. Undeclared voters in the state are allowed to vote in the Democratic or Republican primary, which has made them a valuable get for candidates on both sides of the aisle. But just because a voter is Undeclared...

It may not be working out exactly as planned — the going to jail part — but it seems a rap artist is getting what he sought when he posted video of a hand holding what appears to be a loaded revolver behind a police car.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck met Friday with four representatives of the movement, “Black Lives Matter,” which contends the police shooting in South Los Angeles of Ezell Ford cannot be justified. The group demanded Beck terminate the two officers involved in the shooting.

Los Angeles police on Friday night arrested eight protesters in the Westlake District after a group ran into traffic despite orders to stay on the sidewalk, disperse or be taken into custody.

The 70 or so Ferguson demonstrators who remained jailed Thursday after the arrest of about 175 Wednesday night in downtown Los Angeles were released by Thanksgiving dinner.

Four people were charged in connection with capital murder on Tuesday in the beating death of a 24-year-old USC graduate student, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.