Front page: Los Angeles Times | Sunday, July 20, 2014

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As civilian toll mounts in Gaza, U.N. chief Ban heads to Mideast

Alexandra Zavis, Carolyn Cole, Batsheva Sobelman write: "Before dawn Saturday, eight members of the Abu Jarad family were killed when their house was hit during an Israeli barrage on the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Read the story

More Western fighters joining militants in Iraq and Syria

Brian Bennett and Richard Serrano write, "As many as 10,000 foreign fighters — a third more than in February — have joined the militias seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Islamic State fighters who have swept across northern Iraq." Read the story

Integrity of jet wreckage site in Ukraine compromised, Malaysia says

Steven Zeitchik, who reports on the unfolding events in Ukraine, writes, "The sprawling site in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysia Airlines jet went down in a missile attack threatened to become a humanitarian and forensic nightmare. " Read the story

Former L.A. Mayor James Hahn lands in traffic court — as judge

Local political reporter Michael Finnegan writes, "It's an unusual late-career turn for the 64-year-old former mayor of Los Angeles and standard-bearer of a South L.A. political dynasty." Read the story

Migrant crisis expands north from border, into arid Texas wilderness

Molly Hennessy-Fiske, who reports on immigration issues, writes, "An unknown number end up here, 70 miles north of the border, in the meadows and scrubland that have become the region's deadliest killing fields for migrants." Read the story