A gang member was caught smuggling drugs into Los Angeles County's main jail. He was, authorities say, just one cog in the Mexican Mafia's lucrative operation in the county jails.
The scandal set off by a leaked recording of three L.A. City Council members exchanging racist banter smolders on, with the new president upping the pressure on Councilman Kevin de León to step down. But why does the city need any council members?
WASHINGTON Lower gas costs slowed U.S. inflation for asecond straight month in August, but most other prices across the economy kept rising evidence that inflation remains a heavy burden for American households. Consumer prices surged 8.3% last month compared with a year earlier, the government said.