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LOS ANGELES — Disneyland's Splash Mountain — the famed log flume ride whose imagery is rooted in the dated and racist 1946 film "Song of the South" — has an end date. Guests will have their final chance to plunge a five-story drop through a briar patch on May 30,…

French actor Gérard Depardieu has denied any criminal behavior after facing a new wave of sexual assault and harassment allegations made by 13 women over the past two decades.

Aisha Tyler, who played the professor at the center of a steamy paleontology love triangle on "Friends," is unearthing the reality of joining the "biggest show on television."

LOS ANGELES — A UCLA study found steady and steep decreases in California school violence over 18 years, including fights and reports of guns and other weapons on campus, results that indicate students generally felt safe at school despite nationwide mass school shootings.

LOS ANGELES — As fallout continues around the Los Angeles Police Department’s release of undercover officers’ pictures, the question of who actually works undercover is far from settled.

According to former "Bachelor" host Chris Harrison, stars of the franchise were rarely narcissists. But the same can't be said for the series creator.

Matthew McConaughey recently shared his experiences as a passenger on board a Lufthansa flight in March during which seven passengers were injured.

LOS ANGELES — Friday night and they need a fight: Details about the inner workings of legendary heavy metal band Motley Crue are coming to light due to the band's ongoing legal dispute with co-founder and lead guitarist Mick Mars.

LOS ANGELES — If you've watched "Beef," the darkly comic road rage thriller starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, you've probably found yourself transported at times to the heyday of "Total Request Live."

LOS ANGELES — Bacteria that are resistant to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic, have for the first time been detected in Los Angeles County wastewater, suggesting that the germs are circulating more widely in the community than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of Southern California.

LOS ANGELES — When lawmakers, mayors, psychiatrists and mental health advocates gathered last month to unveil a bill that would "enact major changes to California's behavioral health law," they put into motion an annual ritual in Sacramento.