By DYLAN LOVAN LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a measure establishing public funding for charter schools is unconstitutional, affirming that state funds “are for common schools and for nothing else.” Related Articles White House pressure leads universities to cut ties with nonprofit that helps racial minorities UCLA fires CFO…
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A U.S. citizen and Army veteran who was detained by federal immigration authorities for three days last summer filed a civil rights lawsuit against the United States government this week. George Retes, born, raised and still living in Ventura, claims officers violated his constitutional rights, were negligent and assaulted him, among other claims, during and…
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Giddy up, Diplo’s HonkyTonk is back at this year’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival, and so is its promise to deliver prominent contemporary acts to its programming. Now in its fourth year, this year’s Honkytonk acts include Dillstradamus (Dillon Francis + Flosstradamus), Emo Nite ft. Ashlee Simpson, rapper Juicy J, and Marshmello. The lineup also includes…
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“You don’t just attend Gaga,” Tatiana Leiva, a lifelong Lady Gaga fan, said beneath the glow of the Kia Forum lights on the first of three nights of the Mayhem Tour. “You become part of it.” Long before Lady Gaga took the stage for her nearly two-and-a-half-hour spectacle, the transformation was already happening outside the…
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Three Orange County cities are figuring out how, and if, they can replace tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of memorial plaques stolen from around their communities in recent weeks. Tustin leaders plan to replace five bronze plaques valued at about $40,000 that were stolen last month from the city’s veterans monument in time for…
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By JOHN WAWROW, AP Hockey Writer MILAN (AP) — Megan Keller backhanded in a shot 4:07 into overtime and the United States won its third Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey, beating Canada 2-1 at the Milan Cortina Games on Thursday night to close another thrilling chapter of one of sports’ most heated rivalries. American captain Hilary…
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ARCADIA — For a week, people at Santa Anita have been honoring John Shirreffs in every way they can: in the track’s moment of silence between races last Friday, in flowers and cards left at the Zenyatta statue, in sad conversations everywhere you turn. Now, Peter Eurton, Bob Hess Jr. and Leonard Powell will pay…
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A large banner featuring Donald Trump’s face was hung on the exterior of Justice Department headquarters on Thursday in a physical display of the Republican president’s efforts to exert power over the law enforcement agency that once investigated him. While Trump banners have been hung outside…
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MILAN — Megan Keller backhanded in a shot 4:07 into overtime and the United States won its third Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey, beating Canada 2-1 at the Milan Cortina Games on Thursday night to close another thrilling chapter of one of sports’ most heated rivalries. American captain Hilary Knight, in her fifth and…
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By JOCELYN GECKER and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press The Trump administration said Thursday its campaign to end diversity programs in higher education has led dozens of universities to cut ties with an organization known as The PhD Project, which helps racial minorities earn doctorate degrees. The PhD Project was a little-known nonprofit group until it…
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