Brittny Mejia

Chicago rapper Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, before throwing out a ceremonial pitch as the White Sox prepare to host the Angels at Guaranteed Rate Field on May 2, 2022. (José M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)

Federal jury acquits Grammy-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk in murder-for-hire case

September 11, 2026 at 8:08 p.m.

A federal jury acquitted Grammy-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk in a murder-for-hire trial that has drawn celebrities, fans and content creators to a downtown Los Angeles courthouse.

Brittny Mejía con su abuelo, Pablo Mariscal, y su abuela, María Díaz, en el porche de su casa en Highland Park.

El corazón de una familia dividido por el covid

December 28, 2021 at 3:54 p.m.

La enfermera nos ayudó a atarnos las batas de aislamiento antes de entrar en la habitación 416. Mi hermana, Crystal Vargas, y yo estábamos en la unidad de cuidados intensivos...

An Afghan refugee family of six is forced to live with another family of five in a small one-bedroom apartment as they wait for permanent housing, on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021 in National City, California.

For an Afghan father, escape was his gift to his daughters

September 7, 2021 at 11:08 a.m.

EL CAJON, Calif. — Sayed Omer Sadat imagines the world his daughters would have inherited had the family not escaped from Afghanistan. He thinks of 11-year-old Asma, who he dreams...

Maria Barajas, 68, still has a ringing in one ear after the LAPD' s fireworks detonation on East 27th Street." One tries to have their house and live peacefully," she said," and then, boom!

Residents displaced by LAPD fireworks explosion feel angry, alone, ignored

August 10, 2021 at 10:26 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Even before the Los Angeles Police Department blew up the residential block in South L.A. where her family has lived for nearly two years, life was hard...

Rafael Garcia, center, and and Lucia Garcia, left, of San Fernando, Calif., bring more than 85 pieces of Pollo Campero fried chicken on an Avianca flight from El Salvador to Los Angeles on Feb. 13, 2020.

Why flights from Central America to LA often have the enticing aroma of fried chicken

April 15, 2021 at 12:20 p.m.

Norma Ramirez stepped off Delta Flight 1903 from Guatemala City with a backpack, a blue neck pillow and an aromatic carry-on: chicken. Lots and lots of fried chicken. In late...

Diego Pablo, a la derecha, quien ha trabajado en Hollywood Forever Cemetery durante más de una década, ayuda al técnico de crematorios recién entrenado, Tristen McBride, a la izquierda, mientras se preparan para una cremación el 24 de enero.

Para un trabajador de un crematorio, el número creciente de víctimas de COVID-19 se mide en cenizas y angustia

March 1, 2021 at 4:14 p.m.

Diego Pablo había entrenado al joven en el oficio de incinerar cuerpos humanos hasta convertirlos en cenizas. En el interior del crematorio, Pablo, de 44 años, observó cómo su protegido...

To regain their sense of smell months after contracting COVID-19, some are willing to try anything

February 7, 2021 at 8:26 a.m.

In her quest to overcome one of COVID-19's strangest symptoms, Mariana Castro-Salzman was willing to try anything. The 32-year-old visited an oncologist and got a CT scan of her head....

Priscilla Zubia, de 20 años, a la izquierda, y su hermana Joanna Zubia, de 29, viven en un apartamento de una habitación con dos hermanos. Los cuatro contrajeron el COVID-19 en octubre.

Cuando el coronavirus invadió su pequeño apartamento, los hijos trataron desesperadamente de proteger a su padre

February 1, 2021 at 2:42 p.m.

Para protegerse del virus mortal que había invadido su pequeño apartamento, José Guadalupe Zubia dormía con una mascarilla quirúrgica y abría una ventana que se encontraba junto a su cama....

Cientos de personas se convocaron en un acto por Andrés Guardado, el 21 de junio pasado.

Tras el caso Floyd, ¿se atenderán los tiroteos policiales contra latinos?

July 23, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.

Usted quizá no conoce estos nombres, pero Alejandra Merriman sí. Ella los escribió en un trozo de cartulina que sostuvo en alto mientras marchaba para exigir justicia: Frank Mendoza, Anthony...

Choreographer Cynthia Garcia, left, and her assistant Salvador Ruiz, second from left, conduct a dance practice with Marc Morales, 11, and Ashley Soltero, 14, right, for Soltero's upcoming quinceanera in El Monte, Calif. on Sunday, March 22, 2020.

The quinceañera is another youthful casualty of the coronavirus

March 30, 2020 at 3:18 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — If Ashley Soltero had turned 15 in any other year, her quinceañera would have been much, much different. She wouldn't have waited to announce the May 2...

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