Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California desperately wants to be speaker of the House of Representatives. He will say and do anything except demonstrate integrity or a backbone to get there. Last week, McCarthy’s office strenuously denied a report that in the days following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol…
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In any other year, Michael Lorenzen coming home to play with the Los Angeles Angels likely would constitute the biggest off-season move by a Cal State Fullerton baseball alum in the majors. You’ve got a hard-throwing, versatile, two-way-if-you-need-him player returning home to a team sorely in need of his right arm and skill set. Yes,…
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Obiajulu Ejiofor did not have an easy life. As a teen, she had barely survived the Nigerian Civil War; then after emigrating to London, she felt isolated and was stung consistently by racism. But she was fulfilled and happy. She was a mother of three, with a fourth on the way; she and her husband,…
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As Atlanta Hawks coach Nate McMillan looked ahead to Tuesday night’s Game 5 of his team’s Eastern Conference playoff series against the Miami Heat at FTX Arena it was with a decided case of déjà . . . ew. Been there. Seen it. Lost it. Having been swept out of the first round by the…
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The Chicago Cubs don’t boast the same star power as they did a year ago. Yet despite subtracting three star hitters last July, the Cubs offense has become more functional and successful. The typical early season disclaimers apply, but even so, the Cubs offensive profile has made games more engaging for fans and players because…
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Defensive lineman Thomas Booker went to Stanford because he wanted a better understanding of the game and more versatility as a player, characteristics that could lead him to the National Football League. The 6-foot-3, 303-pound Booker isn’t listed as one of the premier defensive linemen in college football alongside Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson, Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeau,…
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Good morning, Chicago. Life expectancy in Chicago during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic dropped almost two years from 2019-2020, the city’s Department of Public Health reported. This is one of the sharpest single-year decreases in life expectancy on record, the agency said, and the steepest declines for Black and Latinx Chicagoans, with COVID-19…
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By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is seeking the Supreme Court’s go-ahead to end a controversial Trump-era immigration program that forces some people seeking asylum in the U.S. to wait in Mexico for their hearings. The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday in the administration’s appeal of lower-court rulings that required immigration officials…
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Los Angeles and Orange counties once again had some of the best high schools in the country, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report — with Southern California in general having a strong showing in the statewide rankings. Whitney High School in Cerritos ranked 14th nationally, California Academy of Mathematics and…
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By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is taking steps to expand availability of the life-saving COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, as it seeks to reassure doctors that there is ample supply for people at high risk of severe illness or death from the virus. Paxlovid, produced by Pfizer, was first approved in…
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