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As they spoke during a news conference last week, Chargers general manager Joe Hortiz and assistant GM Chad Alexander smiled and smiled and smiled some more. The NFL draft was a week away and, clearly, they couldn’t wait, counting the hours and days until they could make their picks. How the draft might unfold Thursday, Friday and Saturday is anybody’s guess. Hortiz and Alexander could guess, of course, but even they couldn’t be certain. Plus, they could trade up or down, swapping selections with another team during the draft, if someone made an offer they couldn’t refuse. What was for…
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates as part of an effort to make it easier for people and governments to hold companies financially accountable, like the tobacco giants have been. A Dartmouth College research team came up with the estimated pollution caused by 111 companies, with more than half of the total dollar figure coming from 10 fossil fuel providers: Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, National Iranian Oil Co., Pemex, Coal India and the British Coal Corporation. For comparison, $28…
A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of abusing a dog in Long Beach earlier this week — an attack that was captured on video and went viral after it was shared on social media, authorities said. Long Beach police on Tuesday night, April 22, arrested the suspect in the 800 block of Pine Avenue. The tan dog with floppy ears was rescued and taken to Long Beach Animal Care Services. Police said they plan to share updates on the dog’s condition “when appropriate, as the investigation remains ongoing.” The man in the video, who had a skateboard and a…
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy. The lawsuit said the policy put in place by President Donald Trump has left the national trade policy subject to Trump’s “whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority.” It challenged Trump’s claim that he could arbitrarily impose tariffs based on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The suit asks the court to declare…
INGLEWOOD — Clippers guard Norman Powell isn’t worried about his shooting. He isn’t concerned that he has yet to find a steady rhythm in the first two games of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets. Powell is shooting 10 for 26 from the field through eight quarters of play, his most productive stint coming in the fourth quarter Monday when he went 3 for 4 late in the Clippers’ 105-102 victory that evened the best-of-seven series at one game apiece. The series resumes Thursday night at Intuit Dome, with Game 4 scheduled for Saturday afternoon. “Obviously for…
There is a vocal minority of English learner advocates in California who have chosen to argue — without credible evidence — that structured literacy is ineffective for multilingual learners. They sometimes cite “philosophical differences” as their reasoning behind this claim. I have been an educator for 37 years, and I choose to use data-informed decision-making for my students’ instruction rather than subjective beliefs. Every child I have taught to learn to read — regardless of being a multilingual learner or any other subgroup — has benefited from a structured literacy approach to reading instruction. Structured literacy incorporates explicit (i.e., concept…
Spring and summer are traditionally hot months for homebuying, but some would-be buyers with student loan debt could encounter unexpected trouble. Nearly 10 million federal student loan borrowers may be facing delinquency, potentially dropping their credit scores by 150 points or more, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Mar. 26. That kind of damage could torpedo homebuying plans. Here’s why this is happening, and what borrowers can do. Why delinquencies are rising From March 2020 through September 2023, federal student loan payments were suspended as an emergency pandemic measure. To transition borrowers…
An intruder who was naked and allegedly under the influence of drugs was shot and wounded by a homeowner during a residential break-in in Chino on Tuesday morning, April 22, police said. Around 11:40 a.m., Chino Police Department officers responded to a 911 call from a resident on the 4300 block of Lombardy Court reporting that someone had broken into her home through a front window. According to the caller, her husband shot the intruder inside the residence. Officers arrived to find the suspect inside the home, completely naked and appearing to be under the influence of drugs, police said.…
By STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is establishing a task force to investigate employee reports of alleged anti-Christian bias among their colleagues, part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to infuse its agenda with religious purpose and champion the rights of Christians. Related Articles Who is Paula Xinis, the federal judge overseeing the Abrego Garcia case? Iowa town hall attendees turn on each other as Sen. Grassley faces heated questions Bessent says IMF and World Bank need reform, says there’s an ‘opportunity for a big deal’ with China A little-known federal agency is…
Nobody who knew Gordon Jones was surprised he made it big. But many were amazed at how he made it big. I think of the words of admiration I heard once from Allan Malamud, who’d been a student of Gordon’s at USC and then a colleague of his on a legendary sports staff at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. “He’s really smart. He’s a tremendous speaker. He’s got a great personality. He’s good-looking,” Allan said of his old friend. “He could have been … he could have been a state senator or something.” State senator? Others might have suggested U.S. senator —…