LOS ANGELES Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50.

... open by the mystery and unanswered questions of the cause of death," he said. Two days after Jackson died at a Los Angeles hospital, his most famous sister, Janet, arrived at the mansion Jackson had been renting. She drove up in a Bentley ...

... is being sought by police. ------ LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Director Larry Clark has checked himself into a Los Angeles hospital. The man who directed ''Kids,'' the 1995 controversial look at the lives of privileged teens immersed in ...

... 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in the military operation. In 1998, singer-actor Frank Sinatra died at a Los Angeles hospital at age 82. Ten years ago: In separate decrees, Soviet President Gorbachev declared that the republics of Estonia ...

... Carter inaugurated the Department of Health and Human Services. In 1998, singer-actor Frank Sinatra died at a Los Angeles hospital at age 82. Ten years ago: Former Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev addressed members of the U.S. Congress ...

... 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in the military operation. In 1998, singer-actor Frank Sinatra died at a Los Angeles hospital at age 82. Ten years ago: Myrlie Evers-Williams was sworn in to head the NAACP, pledging to lead the civil ...

... arrested on a parole violation Wednesday. The other victim, Bruce Fromong, was recovering from a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital. The man who arranged the meeting between Simpson and the two collectors, Tom Riccio, has a criminal record ...

... through fake companies and invoices, spending it on girlfriends, cars, boats and racehorses; and officials of a Los Angeles hospital defrauded it of $1.3 million by creating fictitious employees. In Boston, a physician was convicted of diverting ...