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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 —…

(Bloomberg / Kurt Wagner) — Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testified that his fledgling photo-sharing app could have succeeded without being acquired by Meta Platforms Inc., and that eventually Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg treated Instagram’s growth as a “threat” and starved it of resources. The claims could bolster the US government’s monopoly case against the social networking giant as it argues to unwind the 2012 acquisition. In testimony Tuesday during Meta’s antitrust trial in Washington, Systrom recounted how quickly Instagram was growing before Zuckerberg’s offer. “The users, they just kept coming,” Systrom recalled from the stand under questioning by US…

By MEG KINNARD U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis is the latest judge at odds with the Trump administration. In a scathing rebuke, she characterized the government as acting in “bad faith” by refusing to provide information about what it has done to try to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a prison in El Salvador, where he was wrongly deported, and return him to the United States. On the federal bench for nearly a decade, Xinis has experienced partisan pushback since her nomination by Democratic President Barack Obama. She also was accused of being too tough on law enforcement during earlier…

As head coach Sean McVay was previewing his plans for the Rams’ offense in 2025 to quarterback Matthew Stafford, he talked about his desire to have a more versatile attack in this coming season. One that could sustain injuries and continue to hum. But the deep dive into exactly what McVay has envisioned would have to wait. “You have to see what that’s going to look like based on what happens this weekend,” Stafford said Monday. This weekend will be the NFL draft, starting Thursday and running through Saturday. The Rams hold the No. 26 pick in Thursday’s first round,…