By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA SAO PAULO (AP) — Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest. As they advanced in age without a child to carry on the line, many…
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The end of the first block of games for the Los Angeles Football Club comes Saturday in Houston, a leg of the Texas circuit that has generally been miserable for them the past few seasons. “Last time we won in Houston was in 2019. That’s six years ago, so it tells you a lot,” head…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Schurr’s Marley Diaz (#10), and teammate Ariana Perez, (#30), reach for a rebound between Orange’s Jalyssa Loatman, (#10), and Brenda Alcala, (#25), in a CIF-SS Division 8 girls basketball championship game, at Toyota Arena in Ontario, Friday, February 27, 2026. (Photo by John…
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THE GAME: The San Francisco Giants hit two home runs, including a grand slam by Victor Bericoto, and handed the Dodgers their first loss in Cactus League play, 12-4, on Friday afternoon at Scottsdale Stadium. QUOTE OF THE DAY: “This was a dud,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after watching the Giants collect 14 hits.…
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By COLLIN BINKLEY WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called “factories of anti-American resentment.” Related Articles Treasury Department terminates union contracts for IRS and Bureau…
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been a busy man. The Japanese right-hander led the Dodgers with 173⅔ innings during the regular season last year then led the pitching staff through the postseason, including a World Series MVP performance. One hundred and eleven days later, he was on the mound again, pitching in the Cactus…
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI and ED WHITE MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Friday extended an order protecting refugees in Minnesota who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported, saying a Trump administration policy turns the “American Dream into a dystopian nightmare.” Related Articles Treasury Department terminates union contracts for IRS and…
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In his first State of the University address, Chapman University President Matt Parlow celebrated student and faculty achievements, previewed new programs and announced a major milestone: the school’s endowment has, for the first time in its history, crossed the $1 billion mark. “As you can see, the state of our university is incredibly strong, we’re going…
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An injured mother manatee and her calf were rescued this week from a river in Florida and taken to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation, officials said. Related Articles Federal prosecutors won’t appeal ruling barring death penalty in Luigi Mangione case Neil Sedaka, the singer-songwriter behind dozens of hits of the 1960s…
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The Jewish support groups the Louis D. Brandeis Center For Human Rights Under Law and StandWithUs are suing the state of California on behalf of Jewish parents whose children allegedly have been subjected to “cruel, persistent and pervasive antisemitism” in public schools. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit also names as defendants the state Board…
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