The novelist takes on the idea that sins committed in pursuing national goals will be forgiven and forgotten.

John le Carré's novels have responded brilliantly to the absence of the Cold War, which was, from 1963's classic "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" to "The Secret Pilgrim" in 1990, their traditional domain.

Simi Valley water main fixed.

Mr. Mann’s first book chronicles the season he spent with the Clinton LumberKings, a minor league baseball team.    

The more than 100 pages of messages depict a protracted and often tense debate about what should be contained in public "talking points" about last year's deadly assault in Libya.

Simi Valley police were still looking Thursday for an armed bank robber after an extensive manhunt that included lockdowns at three schools.

J.P. Morgan Chase sent a formal demand letter to Bloomberg this week, asking the company to show logs of all staff members who searched activities of J.P. Morgan subscribers since 2008.

Things are heating up between the Ventura County Transportation Commission and the Fillmore & Western Railway over the use of the money-losing Santa Paula Branch Line.

A student at Moorpark College reclaimed their briefcase that had previously been deemed suspicious by campus police, causing the Ventura County Sheriff's bomb squad to respond to the campus.

Ventura County firefighters this morning knocked down a blaze in the bedroom of a Newbury Park home, officials said.

Stuart David, a founding member of Belle & Sebastian and its original bass player, will write a memoir about his time in the seminal indie pop band.

Stuart David, a founding member of Belle & Sebastian and its original bass player, will write a memoir about his time in the seminal indie pop band. The book, "In the All-Night Cafe," will be published by Little, Brown's Abacus imprint in the U.K. in spring 2015.

Comcast's NBCUniversal unit is projecting advertising sales of more than $800 million for the Olympic Games next year in Russia, which would be a record for the Winter Games.

The novelist E.L. Doctorow and the sculptor Mark di Suvero are awarded gold medals for the arts.    

The author of “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies” prefers books with action: “I don’t like overrefinement, or to dwell in the heads of vaporous ladies with fine sensibilities.”    

Counterterrorism officials increasingly believe Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was never truly radicalized, exposing a possible blind spot in U.S. counterterror strategies.

The acting IRS chief was forced to quit in the wake of disclosures that the agency scrutinized tea-party groups' tax-exempt applications.

Scientists used cloning technology to transform human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, moving a step closer toward human cloning.

Senators reviewing an immigration bill are battling behind the scenes over new visa rules, a fight that pits Silicon Valley against some lawmakers who say the industry must do more to boost American workers.

he Los Angeles Unified School District has voted to end the practice of suspending students who are defiant.

In a decision that is likely to end a long struggle to save the Sacramento Kings, N.B.A. owners voted to prevent the team from moving to Seattle.

The firms, which want new rules allowing them to install more digital billboards, are donating thousands of dollars worth of signs to promote city candidates.

Advertising company Lamar sued the city of Los Angeles two months ago, demanding the right to install new digital billboards in such neighborhoods as Sherman Oaks, Silver Lake, Glassell Park and the Fairfax district.