LOS ANGELES

A portion of the 405 Freeway from the Hollywood Hills to the 10 Santa Monica Freeway will close for the weekend starting Friday, July 15.

The beleaguered News Corp., burdened by an ever-worsening scandal regarding illegal phone-hacking, may be forced to unload its remaining newspapers in Great Britain, according to Rupert Murdoch’s biographer.

A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea was found to be resistant to antibiotics, international researchers say. According to the CDC, more than 700,000 persons in the U.S. get new gonorrheal infections each year and less than half of these infections are reported to CDC.

Spanish surgeons carried out the world's first double-leg transplant on Monday, giving new limbs to an accident victim who lost both.

If Republican Jeff Stone has anything to do with it, that's exactly what will happen. Stone has asked fellow members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors to support a motion to bring together officials from 13 counties to discuss the idea.

When William and Kate visited Skid Row in California, the Duchess of Cambridge did a little doodle that might one day be worth a lot of money.

An overcrowded Russian boat was in dire need of repairs when it sank in the Volga River with 208 people on board, officials said Monday, the death toll rising to 58 confirmed dead.

The 11-day-North America royal tour has taken Prince William & Kate Middleton from the east coast of Canada to the west coast of the U.S. The couple's inaugural tour has been tremendously spotlighted. Check out the slideshow to catch their last moments in Los Angeles, California:

A Republican lawmaker in Southern California wants as many as thirteen counties from the southern part of the state to secede from the almost-bankrupt state and form its own new state entity, which would be the nation’s 51st .

A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea was found to be resistant to antibiotics, international researchers say. According to the CDC, more than 700,000 persons in the U.S. get new gonorrheal infections each year and less than half of these infections are reported to CDC.

Those Slurpees that 7-11 stores across the country are handing out today might be free, but they will only serve to make you fatter and unhealthier in the long run,

California was abuzz this past weekend as the royal couple descended on the state. Here's a look at how they spent their time

Kate Middleton captured viewers eyes everywhere when her yellow dress took flight, now her BAFTA dress is creating its own buzz.

Highlights from William and Kate's California visit.

Victoria Beckham gave birth to a baby girl named Harper Seven over the weekend.

Pictures from Kate and Williams trip to Los Angeles, California.

David and Victoria Beckham have named their newborn baby girl Harper Seven. She is the first daughter for the former Spice Girl and her footballer husband.

Star couple David and Victoria Beckham have announced the birth of their first daughter on Sunday morning.

There is no doubt that William and Kate Middleton has established themselves as the reigning king and queen of Hollywood during their royal California tour.

The British newly wedded royals wrapped up their trip to the United States on Sunday, but not before saying hello to Hollywood's elite.

Circumcision will be banned in San Francisco if a November ballot initiative passes, prompting many to charge that the initiative is anti-Semitic. Jewish people are furious, saying that circumcision, the removal of foreskin eight days after a male baby is born, is part of their religion and that this is yet another example of Anti-Semitism akin to Mel Gibson's consistent hostility towards Jews.