Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Amalia Holguin is known for being the youngest protege from Kobe Bryant’s Mambas youth girls basketball team. She’s known for her loyalty to Sage Hill, and leading the school to the state finals and a No. 1 ranking in Orange County. On Tuesday,…
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By SAM METZ and JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — For Palestinians in Gaza, the Rafah border crossing to Egypt is their gateway to the world. But since Israel seized it in May 2024, it has been largely shut. Now Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the crossing will reopen soon, as the U.S.-brokered…
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It’s 20 games into the season, and the USC women’s basketball team is starting to flow together in some of the harshest of circumstances. “I know the record’s not showing it right now,” Trojans head coach Lindsay Gottlieb told reporters after narrowly falling to No. 13 Michigan State. “We’re obviously in a tough stretch of…
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By KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — FBI agents were executing a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday, an agency spokesperson confirmed. An FBI spokesperson said agents were “executing a court authorized law enforcement action” at the county’s main election office in Union City, just south of Atlanta.…
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By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city. The lyrics of “Streets of Minneapolis,” released Wednesday, describe how “a city aflame fought fire and ice ’neath an occupier’s boots,” which Springsteen calls “King Trump’s private army.” Related Articles…
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By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The crime was in London, the suspect was Russian and the witness who saw the beating on a video call was in the United States and happened to be the youngest son of President Donald Trump. Barron Trump called police in the British capital and his intervention…
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What’s the plan – you do have one, right? No, not one for your estate or your budget or your life choices – sure, fine, do those too – but considering the purview of this newsletter, I’m asking about your reading plan in 2026. At a time when many have already abandoned their New Year’s resolutions,…
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By JOHN WAWROW Kelly Pannek has spent the past decade enjoying a front-row view of U.S. teammate Hilary Knight and Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin one-upping the other in a fierce, friendly rivalry involving two of the most accomplished players in the history of women’s hockey. Related Articles Ducks’ Leo Carlsson won’t play in Winter Olympics US…
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI, JACK BROOK and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents, but there was little evidence Wednesday of any significant changes after weeks of harsh rhetoric and clashes with protesters. The…
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, Associated Press Google is empowering its Chrome browser with the ability to alter imagery and a virtual assistant to help with online tasks as part of its push to turbocharge its digital services with more artificial intelligence technology. The features rolling out include making Google’s AI image generator and editing tool, Nano…
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