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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South Carolina’s move to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the latest abortion-related case since the justices overturned Roe v. Wade. The court agreed to take up the state’s appeal of a lower-court ruling focused on whether Medicaid patients can sue over their right to choose their own qualified provider. The case will be argued in the spring. South Carolina moved in 2018 to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood. The organization uses Medicaid funding for family planning health services rather than abortions,…
INGLEWOOD — His brilliantly colored shoes dazzle us. His local charity work touches us. His grooming products consume us. Yet, through all of James Harden’s off-court endeavors, his dynamic basketball skills continue to wow NBA fans.At 35, Harden isn’t slowing down. Not in business or basketball. Not in his work with overlooked communities or line of beard kits and certainly not in leading the Clippers this season.With six-time All-Star Kawhi Leonard sidelined with lingering knee issues and nine-time All-Star Paul George gone to the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency, Harden has stepped up as the team’s leader this season. Not…
By DEVI SHASTRI and SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Community members in Wisconsin continued to wrestle with grief and called for change in the aftermath of a school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others. Several hundred people gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol for a vigil Tuesday night to honor those slain at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison the day before, with some passing candles to each other and standing close against the winter chill. Among those in attendance was Naomi Allen, 16, who was in a nearby classroom Monday…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense is expected to face his first public questioning from U.S. senators on Jan. 14. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., told reporters Wednesday that the committee is planning to hold Pete Hegseth’s hearing in mid-January as the former Fox News host and veteran has visited Senate offices in an effort to rally Republicans around him. Some senators have questioned his fitness for the role amid allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct. Hegseth has told senators that he wouldn’t drink while defense secretary and pushed back on…
EL SEGUNDO — When it comes to the Lakers’ defense and their improvement on that end of the court, multiple people within the organization point to a responsibility that can be in the hands of several players on any given possession.“The low man and the low-man presence and the high-shift presence that we talked about all season, that, to me, is what’s probably improved the most,” Lakers head coach JJ Redick said after the team’s practice on Wednesday. “Our low man is consistently in there.”The low man – the defender closest to the rim on the weak side of the…
Matt Parlow, a Yale-educated lawyer from humble family origins, is set to take the top job at Chapman University, a school that mirrors his own trajectory of steady growth and ambition.Parlow, Chapman’s executive vice president, works down the hall from current president Daniele Struppa. In September, he’ll take over Struppa’s presidential suite and helm the private university in Orange with more than 10,000 enrolled students and an endowment of more than $804 million. He was revealed Tuesday, Dec. 10, as the pick to be the school’s 14th president.Struppa announced in May he will retire in late 2025. Since 2016, he’s…
Home shoppers hoping for more attractive mortgage rates next year may be disappointed.That’s the takeaway from several economists’ 2025 housing forecasts, most released over the past couple of weeks.Most of the eight forecasts call for the average rate on a 30-year mortgage to remain above 6% next year, with some including an upper range as high as 6.8%.That range would be largely in line with where rates have hovered this year. The average rate has gone as low as 6.08% in September — a 2-year low — and as high as 7.22% in May, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac.…
An operation to stop retail theft in San Bernardino County netted nearly 30 arrests in a week and recovered more than $10,000 in stolen property, authorities said.Sheriff’s deputies worked with the Department of Homeland Security and the California Highway Patrol to stop thefts, burglaries and vandalism at the Victoria Gardens Shopping Center in Rancho Cucamonga and various stores in Chino Hills, including The Shoppes @ Chino Hills and nearby Nike, Lowe’s and TJ Maxx locations, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.Law enforcement officers made 15 felony arrests, 13 misdemeanor arrests and recovered $10,281 in stolen property throughout the…
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to rising cases of bird flu, the same day the U.S. Centers for Disease Control confirmed a person in Louisiana had been hospitalized with a ‘‘severe’’ case of the disease.“This proclamation is a targeted action to ensure government agencies have the resources and flexibility they need to respond quickly to this outbreak,” Newsom said in a statement. “While the risk to the public remains low, we will continue to take all necessary steps to prevent the spread of this virus.”California is the first to declare a statewide emergency, though…
LOS ANGELES — A Hail Mary that left the Detroit Lions stunned. A fourth-quarter comeback that came up a touchdown short. Trading touchdowns until a failed two-point conversion ended the Lions’ two-decade-long road losing streak to the Green Bay Packers.Quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Aaron Rodgers will face each other again on Sunday when the Rams (8-6) travel east to face the New York Jets (4-10). It will be the 18th meeting between the two, who played for NFC North rivals Detroit and Green Bay, respectively, for much of their careers.Asked to pick any games that stand out between the two…