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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE The federal prosecutor’s office in Manhattan accidentally filed an internal memo that poked holes in the Trump administration’s strategy to kill New York’s toll on driving in Manhattan — arguing the government should change tactics if it wants to block the nascent program. The memo, intended for a U.S. Department of Transportation attorney, was inadvertently filed Wednesday night in New York’s lawsuit against the administration over its efforts to shut down the fee. The blunder came days after the Trump administration gave New York a third ultimatum to stop collecting the toll, which started in January and…

SANTA ANITA LEADERS (Through Sunday) Jockeys / Wins Juan Hernandez / 6 Umberto Rispoli / 4 Hector Berrios / 3 Antonio Fresu / 3 Ricardo Gonzalez / 2 Geovanni Franco / 2 Trainers / Wins Bob Baffert / 4 John Sadler / 4 Phil D’Amato / 4 (17 tied) / 1 UPCOMING STAKES SANTA ANITA Saturday • $100,000, Grade III Royal Heroine Stakes, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, 1 mile on turf Sunday • $100,000, Grade III Senorita Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, about 6½ furlongs on turf LOS ALAMITOS Saturday • $40,000 Kaweah Bar Handicap, quarter horses, 3 and up, 350…

By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund urged countries to move “swiftly’’ to resolve trade disputes that threaten global economic growth. IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said the unpredictability arising from President Donald Trump’s aggressive campaign of taxes on foreign imports is causing companies to delay investments and consumers to hold off on spending. “Uncertainty is bad for business,’’ she told reporters Thursday in a briefing during the spring meetings of the IMF and its sister agency, the World Bank. Georgieva’s comments came two days after the IMF downgraded the…

By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT (AP) — A woman from Guatemala says she and her two U.S.-born children were held for nearly a week by customs agents in Detroit after a phone app’s directions to the nearest Costco led them to an international bridge connecting the city to Canada. She now faces removal proceedings in June in immigration court, according to Ruby Robinson, senior managing attorney with the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center. On Thursday, Robinson, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and the ACLU of Michigan called for more accountability and transparency by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on detentions along the nation’s…

Alijah Arenas, the Los Angeles Daily News boys basketball player of the year, was seriously injured in a Thursday morning car accident. Chatsworth boys basketball coach Sam Harris confirmed Arenas was in the accident. Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Officer Rosario Cervantes confirmed that LAPD responded to a vehicle into a fire hydrant and tree at 4:55 a.m. and that an 18-year-old was taken to the hospital. The Los Angeles Fire Department also responded to the crash, which involved a Tesla Cybertruck in the 7900 block of Corbin Avenue in Reseda, and confirmed that the solo occupant of the vehicle…

There’s only one place outside of California where you’ll spend more of your paychecks on housing. My trusty spreadsheet calculated how much typical households spend on housing expenses by reviewing a cost study from WalletHub and homeownership levels from the Census Bureau. The math shows housing expenses eat up 44% of a typical California household budget. Only Hawaii at 53% was higher. No. 3 was New York at 42%, Massachusetts at 40% and Oregon at 37%. One big California rival, Florida, was No. 6 at 34%. The national median was 26%. Iowans spend the smallest share on the roof over…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press For years, proponents of green energy have argued that a slow, inefficient permitting process in the United States hinders a transition to clean sources of electricity. “Permitting reform,” as it’s called, is needed to unleash green energies like solar and wind, which don’t emit greenhouse gases that cause climate change, supporters have argued. The Trump administration agrees on the need to speed up energy projects, but not for wind or for solar, which is the fastest-growing source of electricity generation in the U.S. The Interior Department said late Wednesday it’s adopting an alternative process for…

For JJ Redick, the film from the Lakers’ Game 2 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday in Los Angeles as part of their best-of-seven first-round series confirmed what was felt in real time. The Lakers’ coach saw his team have as good of a defensive performance as he felt they did in real-time, contributing to the Lakers holding the Timberwolves to 85 points as part of their nine-point win – Minnesota’s lowest scoring total in a game this season. When watching the film, Redick also saw an offensive performance that wasn’t very good despite the Lakers creating more open…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tariff worries continue hanging over companies as they report their latest financial results and try to provide guidance on their path ahead. Some tariffs remain in place against key U.S. trading partners, but others have been postponed to give nations time to negotiate. The tariff and trade picture continues shifting and that makes it difficult for companies and investors to make a reliable assessment of any impact to costs and sales. Seemingly few industries or companies are being spared from the uncertainty. Food and beverage businesses, pharmaceutical companies, and makers of…

By TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and emphasized that young people need a sense of purpose in their lives to prevent them from turning to drugs. Kennedy called addiction “a source of misery, but also a symptom of misery.” In a speech that mentioned God more than 20 times, he pointed to his own experience feeling as though he had been born with a hole inside of himself that he needed to fill. “Every…