The Rams are starting slowly every week, and they're already in an early season hole at 1-4

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If fans of the Los Angeles Rams feel as if their team is starting every game in a hole during this dismal season, that's because they are. The Rams (1-4) have yet to score a first-quarter touchdown in five games, repeatedly falling behind early. Matthew Stafford...

Cissy Houston, Grammy winner and mother of Whitney Houston, dies at 91

Billie Jean King named grand marshal for the 136th Rose Parade on Jan. 1

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Tennis great Billie Jean King will preside over the 136th Rose Parade as grand marshal next year. King, who turns 81 next month, was introduced Monday in a shower of confetti on the lawn of Tournament House as “Philadelphia Freedom,” the hit song Elton...

As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For more than two decades, the low rent on Marina Maalouf’s apartment in a blocky affordable housing development in Los Angeles’ Chinatown was a saving grace for her family, including a granddaughter who has autism. But that grace had an expiration date. For...

Takeaways from AP's report on affordable housing disappearing across the U.S.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Americans continue to struggle under unrelentingly high rents, as many as 223,000 affordable housing units across the U.S. could disappear in the next five years alone. It leaves low-income tenants facing protracted eviction battles, scrambling to pay a...

Jordan Love throws a pair of TD passes in the second half to rally Packers past Rams 24-19

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Green Bay's Jordan Love could have wallowed in self doubt after throwing the first pick-6 of his career during the second quarter against the Los Angeles Rams. Instead, it ended up motivating the quarterback and his Packers teammates. Love completed nine...

Packers get next chance to feast on Rams' struggling defense

Green Bay (2-2) at Los Angeles Rams (1-3) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Packers by 3. Against the spread: Packers 2-2; Rams 1-3. Series record: Packers lead 50-47-2. Last meeting: Packers beat Rams 20-3 at...

'Devastated' Joe Musgrove needs Tommy John surgery and won't pitch for the Padres in the NLDS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Musgrove needs Tommy John surgery and won’t pitch for the San Diego Padres in the NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The right-hander has an ulnar collateral ligament injury, A.J. Preller, the Padres president of baseball operations, said...

Los Angeles mayor picks ex-sheriff to be city's police chief

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell has been selected to lead the Los Angeles Police Department, taking charge of the force of nearly 9,000 officers as discontent grows among the city's residents over public safety even as violent crime numbers drop, the mayor announced...

Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers' 1996 murder conviction

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez to determine whether they should be serving life sentences for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago, the city's district attorney said Thursday. ...