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By JOSH BOAK and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ trust in President Donald Trump to bolster the U.S. economy appears to be faltering, with a new poll showing that many people fear the country is being steered into a recession and that the president’s broad and haphazardly enforced tariffs will cause prices to rise. Roughly half of U.S. adults say that Trump’s trade policies will increase prices “a lot” and another 3 in 10 think prices could go up “somewhat,” according to the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About half of Americans…
By YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares traded mixed Thursday, as worries crept back following a Wall Street rally that came after President Donald Trump appeared to back off his criticism of the Federal Reserve and his tough talk in his trade war. France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.9% in early trading to 7,412.26, while the German DAX shed early 1.0% to 21,755.04. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.3% to 8,375.06. U.S. shares were set to drift lower with Dow futures declining nearly 0.9% at 39,433.00. S&P 500 futures fell 0.8% to 5,359.25. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225…
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump will mark his first 100 days in office next week with a rally in Michigan, his first since returning to the White House earlier this year. Trump will visit Macomb County on Tuesday, the White House press secretary said. The region just north of Detroit, known as an automotive hub. “President Trump is excited to return to the great state of Michigan next Tuesday, where he will rally in Macomb County to celebrate the FIRST 100 DAYS!” Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday on social media. The rally will take…
LOS ANGELES — Two torrents of three unanswered goals powered the Kings past the Edmonton Oilers, 6-2, on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena, where the hosts took a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven first-round playoff series. The Kings have lost just twice all season, and never in regulation, when scoring three goals or more, and they’ve won 33 of 43 games on home ice, including both in the playoffs. The Kings have turned the special-teams angle 180 degrees from their three previous spring showdowns with Edmonton, now amassing five power-play goals and allowing none through two games. Adrian Kempe catalyzed…
The pending release of a twice-deported illegal immigrant who has served only about a third of his prison sentence for the DUI deaths of two teens in Orange County has ignited a national uproar reaching both the governor’s office and the Trump administration. Anatoly Varfolomeev, the father of one of the teens, said the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation notified him that 43-year-old Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano will be released in July to an undisclosed location in Garden Grove. He has served just 3 1/2 years of a 10-year sentence for the deaths of Anya Varfolomeev, and her boyfriend, Nicholay…
CHICAGO — Something was lost in translation. Travelmates in Tokyo just over a month ago, the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs have already played their season series, seven games in the first 25 games of the season. It started with a two-game Dodgers sweep at the Tokyo Dome but the Cubs found a favorable exchange rate, winning four of the five meetings on U.S. soil, including a two-game sweep at Wrigley Field this week. Noah Davis and Jack Dreyer were the weak links in the Dodgers’ bullpen game Wednesday night, combining to allow seven runs in the fourth and fifth innings…
The Narbonne football program has to forfeit the 2024 City Open Division championship and is banned from competing in the postseason for three seasons due to violations of CIF eligibility rules, the L.A. City Section announced Wednesday. In a statement, the City Section said that “a thorough investigation by the LAUSD and the CIF LA City Section” found that Narbonne “violated CIF bylaw 202 (Accurate information) and CIF bylaw 510 (Undue influence, pre-enrollment contact) during the 2024 football season.” After the 2025-26 school year, Narbonne may appeal the remainder of the football playoff ban. Narbonne’s entire athletic program was placed…
A 45-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning, April 23, on suspicion of felony animal cruelty following weeks of reports from community members that he had been luring and harming cats in a Santa Ana neighborhood, authorities said. The investigation of the suspect, Alejandro Oliveros Acosta, began after multiple reports over several weeks alleged that the man had been attracting neighborhood cats in the area of Sullivan Street and McFadden Avenue to his property, where he then injured or killed them, police said. The exact number of cats harmed or killed was not immediately available, but Santa Ana Police Department spokeswoman…
LOS ANGELES — The Lakers entered their first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves with a specific game plan for how to defend Anthony Edwards. And it’s worked through the first two games of the best-of-seven series, which is tied 1-1 after the Lakers’ Game 2 win on Tuesday night, with the All-NBA guard admitting that how the Lakers have defended him has been confusing. “I don’t know – it seemed like every time I caught the ball, [the Lakers] kind of went into a zone in a sense,” Edwards responded when asked about the Timberwolves’ lack of ball and…
ATLANTA (AP) — The pastor of a Georgia megachurch who led a nationwide 40-day “fast” boycott of Target stores over the retail chain’s commitment to diversity initiatives is now calling for that effort to continue as a “full Target boycott.” The Rev. Jamal Bryant said this week that the Minneapolis-based retailer has not met all of the boycott effort’s demands. Among them: Restoring its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion principles and pledging money to Black-owned banks and businesses. Target announced in January that it would phase out a handful of DEI initiatives, including a program designed to help Black…