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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three students were found stabbed inside a Los Angeles high school Wednesday morning and the suspect remained on the loose, authorities said. The stabbings were reported shortly before 11 a.m. and prompted a lockdown at Van Nuys High School in the city’s San Fernando Valley, authorities said. At least one student
Continue ReadingAGUANGA, Calif. (AP) — More than 1,200 firefighters are attacking a big Southern California wildfire, and fire officials said Wednesday they’ve made inroads in containing the flames though many homes remain threatened. The size of the Highland Fire remained unchanged at just under 4 square miles (10 square kilometers) after minimal overnight activity but containment
Continue ReadingNEW YORK The Ottawa Senators must forfeit a first-round pick for the role the team played in a trade being invalidated last year, the NHL announced Wednesday. The Senators traded forward Evgenii Dadonov to Vegas in July 2021 and failed to supply the Golden Knights with the player’s 10-team no-trade list. Vegas attempted to send
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press It’s the kind of problem nonprofit leaders dream about: What do you do when you get an unexpectedly large donation? Summer Science Program, a nonprofit with an annual budget of about $2 million, sent about 200 high school juniors to six-week intensive research courses at universities this year. It has
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it would rule against a man who wants to trademark the suggestive phrase “Trump too small.” The dispute is over the government’s decision to deny a trademark to Steve Elster, a California man seeking exclusive use of the phrase on T-shirts
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York are pressing to meet with President Joe Biden about getting federal help in managing the surge of migrants they say are arriving in their cities with little to no coordination, support or resources from his administration.
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Another day, another Supreme Court case with a mention of former President Donald Trump. In arguments Wednesday, the justices will weigh a California man’s attempt to trademark a phrase mocking the former president and current Republican front-runner for 2024 as “too small.” Following a day of arguments
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 27 points, Russell Westbrook added 18 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Orlando Magic 118-102 on Tuesday night as future teammate James Harden watched from a suite. Harden could not be on the Clippers’ bench because the trade bringing him to
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Another day, another Supreme Court case with a mention of former President Donald Trump. In arguments Wednesday, the justices will weigh a California man’s attempt to trademark a phrase mocking the former president and current Republican front-runner for 2024 as “too small.” Following a day of arguments
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Texas Rangers offered Corey Seager $325 million before the 2022 season hoping the 2020 World Series MVP could help the franchise finally earn a title of its own. It could all pay off Wednesday night. Seager and Marcus Semien each homered early in an 11-7 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Cam Talbot made 30 saves as the Los Angeles Kings beat Toronto 4-1 on Tuesday night in a game in which Maple Leafs winger William Nylander extended his season-opening point streak to a franchise record nine games. Talbot improved to 4-2-1 in his first season with the Kings after signing a one-year
Continue ReadingLONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Faculty at all 23 campuses of the California State University system have voted to authorize a strike, demanding a new contract with higher salaries, lower class sizes and more manageable workloads. Members of the California Faculty Association — which represents 29,000 lecturers, librarians, counselors and other employees — authorized a
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried underwent a final barrage of questions on Tuesday from a prosecutor aimed at showing that he’s not being honest about how much he knew about the disappearance of $8 billion from his customers’ accounts, setting the stage for final arguments in his
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The fears of this year’s World Series between the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks becoming the least-viewed Fall Classic in TV history are becoming a reality. Games 2 and 3 are the least-watched on record, according to Nielsen. Monday’s 3-1 victory by the Rangers averaged 8.13 million viewers on
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — When Kalen DeBoer was distinguishing himself as one of the top small-college coaches in the country at Sioux Falls, his teams went undefeated three times on the way to an NAIA national title. Still, there were some rocky moments and closer-than-anticipated games along the way. That’s
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer A pilot has been indicted for allegedly threatening to shoot the plane’s captain if the captain diverted the flight because of a passenger who needed medical attention. A grand jury in Utah issued the indictment against Jonathan J. Dunn on Oct. 18 over an incident that happened in August
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers got some needed help for their struggling defense, acquiring edge rusher Chase Young from the Washington Commanders for a third-round draft pick. The teams reached the deal just before Tuesday’s deadline with the 49ers sending Washington the compensatory pick
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Robert De Niro shouted “Shame on you!” as he testified Tuesday in a New York courtroom, directing the comments toward his former executive assistant and vice president who seeks millions of dollars after accusing her onetime boss of being abusive. Graham Chase Robinson watched with
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Under new ownership, the Washington Commanders are heading in the direction of a rebuild after selling at the NFL trade deadline. Washington on Tuesday sent Montez Sweat to the Chicago Bears for a 2024 second-round draft pick and fellow pass rusher Chase Young to the San Francisco 49ers for
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Deion Sanders wants someone to reimburse his team for the items that went missing from the Colorado locker room while the Buffaloes played No. 20 UCLA at the Rose Bowl over the weekend. His suggestion? The NCAA. Maybe the Rose Bowl, too. “That don’t make no sense when you’re
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