Posted By: Scott Harrison
Posted On: 12:30 a.m. | May 25, 2011
The Times covers one of Chuck Yeager's last flights in the famous Bell X-1. View Post»
Posted By: Robert Lachman
Posted On: 9:15 p.m. | May 24, 2011
When bodies of water separate a country from its troops, its people rely on reports from journalists and images from photographers to capture what war looks like from the front lines. These are brave people who with a pen and notepad, or with a camera up to one eye, brace themselves for sights and experiences that do not require a pen and paper or a camera to remember. They risk their lives... View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 5:52 p.m. | May 24, 2011
The Learn2rip Surf Academy, scientists from Cal State Long Beach and Seal Beach lifeguards are taking part in a seasonal effort to catch, study, de-barb and safely release more than 200 stingrays while cleaning the popular but polluted area near the Los Alamitos Bay jetties in Seal Beach.
The stingray wrangling is the first of three efforts in the next month and part of an ongoing effort... View Post»
Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 10:59 a.m. | May 24, 2011
Here's some highlights from Tuesday's Pictures in the News: Gusty summer winds in London threaten a bad hair day for First Lady Michelle Obama as she and the president visit Buckingham Palace. In Belarus, a soldier has a block of concrete smashed on his chest while lying on a bed of nails. Closer to home a volunteer looks for survivors in the rubble of a home after a devastating tornado hit... View Post»
Posted By: Scott Harrison
Posted On: 12:48 a.m. | May 24, 2011
Hollywood Stars' infielder Jim Baxes gets plunked in the back. View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 9:55 a.m. | May 23, 2011
Monday's Pictures in the News begins in Missouri, where a series of tornadoes devastated the town of Joplin. Sunday's tornado caused damage to a large portion of the city's hospital, school and neighborhoods. See gallery
President Obama is in Ireland and was met by youths wearing the Stars and Stripes in Dublin. The president will meet with distant relatives in Moneygall and speak at a... View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 9:42 a.m. | May 23, 2011
Artist Peter Wegner’s works at the Stanford Graduate School of Business’ new campus, the Knight Management Center, make for an unusual, thought-provoking combination.
Read Jori Finkel's story View Post»
Posted By: Times Editors
Posted On: 10:55 p.m. | May 22, 2011
The death toll has risen to 139 following the tornado that ripped into Joplin, Mo., destroying or damaging homes, a hospital and commercial buildings in its path. Oklahoma and Texas were also hammered by damaging twisters. View Post»