Many states such as New Mexico see returns of less than 15 cents on the dollar and attract no long-term employment opportunities, yet state lawmakers continue to invest millions in the filmmaking incentives.

Tax incentives handed to filmmakers offer minimal return in terms of job or wage growth yet some states opt to outbid each other for films.

Nia Ali wins silver in the 100-meter high hurdles, while April Ross captures bronze in beach volleyball.

She’s a graduate of the university’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative, a rigorous program that helps prepare local kids for college — and rewards them with a USC education when they succeed.

Liver cancer, one of the more preventable diseases, rises for non-Asians living in Los Angeles County.

With boxes, bags and bins in tow, Trojans return to campus. Fall classes start Monday.

We asked them about what they brought with them — and what they left behind.

While the deadly skin cancer has risen nationally for more than 30 years, its growth in Los Angeles County has slowed.

Jill McNitt-Gray, USC professor biological sciences and biomedical engineering, works with athletes and coaches to study how horizontal jumpers and sprinters generate speed and which techniques work for or against them.

Zenkerella, an elusive scaly-tailed squirrel that has never been spotted alive by scientists. However, biologists recently found three newly dead specimens that hint at how the “living fossil†has evolved over the past 49 million years. Zenkerella insignis, a mysterious rodent from central Africa, is among the least studied of all living mammals, said Erik Seiffert.