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'Blowout': Here's who won the Hilton-Becerra debate for California governor

GUSTAVO ARELLANO, MARK Z. BARABAK, ANITA CHABRIA

Three Times columnists weigh in on the only scheduled face-to-face debate in the race for California governor.

Arizona sheriff's helicopter crew rescues man stranded atop overturned truck in rapidly rising floodwaters

Video captures a Maricopa County sheriff's helicopter crew hoisting a man from his overturned truck as flash flooding surged in Tonopah, Arizona.

1 missing, 4 rushed to hospital after helicopter crashes off Southern California island

A medevac helicopter crashed off Catalina Island in California with five aboard, leaving one person missing as search and rescue operations continue.

Trump’s planned Choctaw Nation rally will be the latest visit to Indian Country

President Donald Trump is holding a campaign rally in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Ex-fraternity leader gets jail time after pledge died of alcohol poisoning

A former fraternity leader at Northern Arizona University has been sentenced to two months in jail and three years of supervised probation for his role in a deadly hazing

California helicopter crash kills 2 people and leaves 2 hospitalized and 1 missing, report says

A medical helicopter crash off Catalina Island near Los Angeles has killed two people and hospitalized two

Lindsay Clancy lawyer pushes back on claims he shifted strategy after mistrial in new interview

Kevin Reddington argued a Rule 25 motion claiming prosecutors failed to prove Lindsay Clancy killed her three children beyond a reasonable doubt.

Influencers filed ethics complaint against Raman campaign — with help from Bass lawyers

BEN WIEDER

Two influencers have accused Nithya Raman's mayoral campaign of paying social media influencers who improperly disclosed the payments. The legal fees for their complaint are being covered by Mayor Karen Bass' mayoral campaign.

Is Cuba on the brink of collapse? A photographer took a road trip to find out

KATE LINTHICUM

The Trump administration's oil blockade has plunged Cuba into crisis. A photographer hit the road to see how people were faring.

Ole Miss students died near drug listing newly illegal ingredient, ex-prosecutor says selling it is 'unlawful'

Two Ole Miss students were found dead near tablets listing an ingredient the DEA recently made illegal, and the brand's site no longer shows it.

Father-in-law of trans NYT exec admitted killing him, worked 'in concert' with mother-in-law: docs

Shouyong Zhang allegedly admitted to shooting Jonathan McKinsey after surveillance video captured him and his wife opening fire in a Dublin park.

Netanyahu praises heroic bystander for preventing ‘another 9/11’ and more top headlines

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Ole Miss vape store clerks jailed, facing federal drug charges

Bank records linked two University of Mississippi students to Oxford vape shop purchases before their deaths, according to a newly unsealed DEA affidavit.

Former Arizona fraternity leader sentenced to jail time after pledge dies in off-campus hazing

Carter Eslick, former Northern Arizona University fraternity leader, pleaded guilty to felony hazing in the alcohol poisoning death of a pledge.

U.S. unemployment claims dip to 197,000, lowest since mid-July

The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits dipped last week to the lowest level since mid-July as layoffs remain low and and most American workers enjoy job security