By The Associated Press Hardly any other country marks the end of World War II with the same fanfare and fervor as Russia, for which the victory over Nazi Germany 80 years ago remains a source of immense pride and a defining moment of history. Victory Day, celebrated on May 9, is Russia’s most important…
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By ALEXA ST. JOHN, Associated Press The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is retiring its public database meant to keep track of the cost of losses from climate change-fueled weather disasters including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government…
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By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The father of a Wisconsin teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting was charged with felonies Thursday in connection with the case, police said. The shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison last December. The…
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The officer who shot and killed a motorcyclist last month in Newport Beach did so after the 45-year-old old man fought with him and took his Taser, according to body-worn and dash-camera footage and interviews released on Wednesday, May. 7. The footage aligns with what police have said generally happened, although it offers a detailed…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former model tearfully testified Thursday that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old, calling it the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced” to that point. Kaja (KEYE’-ah) Sokola, an aspiring actor at the time, told jurors at…
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Jason Mraz is a musical seeker. What else do you call a pop artist who goes from hitting the Broadway stage to recording a reggae album before setting his sights on cutting a bluegrass project? The multifaceted star played a major role during a 10-week run in “Waitress” in 2017, then dropped his reggae album…
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YUCAIPA — Momentum. It was in Yucaipa’s corner for a set and a half in Wednesday night’s CIF Southern Section Division 6 boys volleyball quarterfinal match against No. 2-seeded El Toro. Then, behind a late second-set rally, momentum swung to El Toro and never left as the Chargers rallied for an 18-25, 32-30, 25-16, 25-17…
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By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from imposing new conditions on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of mass transit grants for the Seattle area or homelessness services grants for Boston, New York, San Francisco and other local governments. The new conditions were…
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Two Santa Ana High School students, both boys ages 15 and 17, turned themselves in to Santa Ana police following a stabbing just outside the campus on Wednesday, May 7, that left one boy dead and two others injured, authorities said. The boys, who were not identified by police, turned themselves in at Santa Ana…
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Today marks the birthday of the great economist Friedrich Hayek. Born on this date in 1899 in Vienna, Hayek devoted his life to economic education. Perhaps his best known work is “The Road to Serfdom,” published in 1944. As well-summarized by Gerald O’Driscoll for the Cato Institute, Hayek’s core thesis “is that one intervention inevitably…
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