Some reactions to Orange County’s showing in the CIF-SS boys basketball finals and a look ahead to the CIF Southern California Regional: 1. If a CIF-SS Finals MVP was selected for the boys basketball playoffs, who would be Orange County’s top candidates? Crean Lutheran senior guard Nick Giarrusso made all the big plays in clutch…
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Justice Department lawyer told jurors at a civil antitrust trial Tuesday that the concert industry is broken because Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation Entertainment have monopolized the market, driving up prices for consumers, but the companies say the government’s wrong. David Dahlquist, an attorney with…
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By JEFF McMURRAY Residents of Syracuse, New York — America’s snowiest city — once barraged a service hotline with street neglect complaints during blizzards, even if plows had passed two hours earlier but the work was hidden by fresh snow. Related Articles Courtroom ‘testy and frosty’ exchanges highlight wave of confrontations between judges, prosecutors Exhibit…
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By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The largest U.S. diplomatic drawdown in the Middle East since the Iraq War began more than two decades ago is creating an apparently unplanned-for crisis for the Trump administration as the United States and Israel strike Iran in a widening conflict. Related Articles Iranian strikes on…
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By SIMINA MISTREANU and STEFANIE DAZIO Tens of thousands of airline passengers are stranded by the Iran war that has spread across the Gulf region, but some wealthy travelers are getting out — by paying large sums for luxury flights to Europe via airports that are safe from Iranian drone and missile attacks. Demand for…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran add yet more question marks around a U.S. economy already buffeted by on-and-off tariffs, weak hiring, and lingering inflationary pressures. Related Articles Some travelers stranded in Dubai are paying huge sums for private charter flights out War with Iran…
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By JANIE HAR SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, second-generation Japanese American soldiers signed up to fight for the United States in World War II even as their families were locked up in government-run internment camps and declared “ alien enemies” of the state. Related Articles Iran attacks threaten US economy…
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We’ve yet to hear a consistent and persuasive argument for the Trump administration’s decision to attack Iran, but supporters and opponents of this latest military action should agree that acts of war require Congress’ authorization. Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution expressly gives Congress the power “to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and…
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By ELENA BECATOROS and BASSEM MROUE BEIRUT (AP) — The killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes over the weekend did not just shake Iran. It has reverberated across the Shiite Muslim world, raising the specter of a broader backlash in the Middle East and beyond. Related Articles Some travelers stranded…
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By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — Keir Starmer has never had a bad word to say in public about Donald Trump. That is not being reciprocated now as the American president lambasts the British prime minister over his reluctance to join the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. “This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with,” Trump said Tuesday at…
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