Kobe Brown showcases his potential for Clippers in Summer League
LAS VEGAS — The Clippers’ NBA Summer League contest Friday against the Houston Rockets offered a chance for Kobe Brown to show he’s capable of being a…
Parents may pull their children from classes that offend their religion, Supreme Court rules
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that parents have a right to opt their schoolchildren out of classes and lessons that offend their religious beliefs.…
Contributor: The GOP wants to turn asylum into a pay-to-play system
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” now before the Senate takes the current preoccupation with making every governmental relationship transactional to an immoral extreme. It…
California to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador
RICHMOND, Calif. — An oil tanker sat docked at Chevron’s sprawling refinery in Richmond, Calif., on Thursday — a visible link between California’s appetite for Amazon crude…
Contributor: Why ‘monstrify’? Look at who benefits when few are considered fully human
In March, the Trump administration deported 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador, allegedly for membership in the criminal organization Tren de Aragua. According to White House…
First they came for the immigrants. Then they took down our Latino senator
Things were looking tense in Los Angeles on Thursday even before federal agents took down U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla. We had the Marines, slightly trained…
Latinx musicians respond to ongoing L.A. ICE raids and protests
A number of Latinx musicians have expressed their solidarity and support for immigrant communities via social media in the wake of immigration raids that have…
Angels can’t complete sweep, Ceddanne Rafaela hits walk-off home run
BOSTON — Ceddanne Rafaela curled a home run around the Pesky Pole in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday and the Boston Red Sox rallied…
Supreme Court turns away a 2nd Amendment challenge to blue-state bans on assault weapons
WASHINGTON — A closely divided Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a 2nd Amendment challenge to the bans on semiautomatic rifles in Maryland, California and eight other…
Taylor Swift reacquires the rights to her early music
It’s all (Taylor’s Version) now.Taylor Swift announced Friday that she had reacquired the rights to her early recordings, six years after music executive Scooter Braun…
Josh Klinghoffer takes plea deal in fatal collision
Josh Klinghoffer, the former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, accepted a plea deal after facing a vehicular manslaughter charge.Klinghoffer, 45, was charged in the death…
Justice Department to investigate California, back lawsuit over transgender kids in sports
The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether California, its interscholastic sports federation and the Jurupa Unified School District are violating the civil…
Supreme Court denies student’s right to wear “only two genders” T-shirt at school
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a middle-school student’s claim he had a free-speech right to wear a T-shirt stating there are “only two…
Bruce Springsteen speaks out on Trump again at Manchester concert
The beef is building between Bruce Springsteen and President Trump.The Boss did not back down on his fiery rhetoric against Trump on the third night…
Space Force, governors at odds over plans to pull talent from National Guard units
WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. Space Force is moving ahead with plans to pull talent from Air National Guard units to help build up the…
Transgender issues are a strength for Trump, AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON — About half of U.S. adults approve of how President Trump is handling transgender issues, according to a new poll — a relative high point for…
Contributor: Trump wasn’t the first to politicize law enforcement
In recent days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided at least nine restaurants in the nation’s capital, requesting proof that the establishments are not employing…
Contributor: Take it from California’s election czar, the SAVE Act is a sham
In my family, voting isn’t just a right — it’s a lifeline.My parents were sharecroppers in Arkansas until 1951, when my dad dared stand up…
From Tokyo to Turin to L.A., Trump policies loom over May Day marches
PARIS — French union leaders condemned the “Trumpization” of world politics, while in Italy, May Day protesters paraded a puppet of the American president through the streets…
Kehlani dropped from Cornell concert over Gaza comments
Cornell University has canceled a performance by R&B star Kehlani after complaints to the Ivy League school’s president that she expressed antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiments.Kehlani…