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LOS ANGELES — As the Rams prepare for their chance to clinch a playoff spot with a win this weekend, they expect to be at full strength Sunday against the Detroit Lions. Wide receiver Davante Adams will be listed as questionable after missing practice Wednesday and Thursday with a hamstring injury he has been managing. While he was listed as a partial participant Friday, McVay said prior to practice that he would participate in team drills and is expected to play against the Lions. “Would be very surprised if he isn’t ready to roll,” McVay said. “And that’s what his…
By the numbers, Leticia Castillo should have lost. But despite being outspent and running as a Republican in a blue Inland Empire Assembly district, Castillo, a marriage and family therapist from Corona, beat Democrat Clarissa Cervantes by 596 votes to win the 58th Assembly District seat in 2024. That said, there’s a chance the political headwinds that likely helped Castillo in 2024 could work against her as she runs for reelection next year. Buoyed by strong showings in recent elections, a backlash against President Donald Trump and an apparent shift in Latino voting behavior, Democrats are hoping for a blue…
EL SEGUNDO — The Lakers are more than aware of the trends that have shown up in most of their seven losses through 24 games. A perimeter defense that struggles to contain quicker ball-handlers. And a transition defense that doesn’t get back quickly enough to slow potential fast-break opportunities. The Lakers’ defensive struggles aren’t “baffling” to Coach JJ Redick in light of the team entering Friday with a 116.7 defensive rating (points allowed per 100 possessions), which ranked No. 21 in the league. But the fact that the Lakers have continued to struggle in the same areas has Redick acknowledging…
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and ISABELLA VOLMERT If Indiana Republican senators had any doubt about what to do with President Donald Trump’s redistricting proposal, he helped them make up their minds the night before this week’s vote. In a social media screed, Trump accused the state’s top senator of being “a bad guy, or a very stupid one.” “That kind of language doesn’t help,” said Sen. Travis Holdman, a banker and lawyer from near Fort Wayne who voted against the plan. He was among 21 Republican senators who dealt Trump one of the most significant political defeats of his second term…
USC junior wide receiver Makai Lemon has won the Biletnikoff Award, which is given annually to the nation’s top college wide receiver, it was announced Friday during the College Football Awards show. Lemon, who beat out Ohio State sophomore Jeremiah Smith and Connecticut senior Skyler Bell for the honor, is the second Biletnikoff Award winner in USC history, joining Marqise Lee (2012). The first-team All-American finished the regular season leading all Power Four conference players in receiving yards (1,156) and receiving yards per game (96.3). He also led the Big Ten Conference in receptions per game (6.6), yards after the…
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN WASHINGTON (AP) — After a spate of deadly accidents that have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years, a Navy report acknowledges that the military failed to address a growing series of issues with the V-22 Osprey aircraft since it took flight almost 20 years ago. “The cumulative risk posture of the V-22 platform has been growing since initial fielding,” according to the report by Naval Air Systems Command released Friday. It added that the office in charge of the aircraft “has not promptly implemented … fixes to mitigate existing risks.” “As…
INGLEWOOD — Rob Gronkowski stumbled around the podium, falling off balance to his left, before plopping into a chair behind Washington and Boise State helmets and jerseys. “It’s going to be a great game; we got two solid teams,” the former star tight end for the New England Patriots, who’s the enigmatic and energetic host of the Bucked Up LA Bowl between the Huskies and Broncos at 5 p.m. Saturday at SoFi Stadium. “I’m already drunk,” Gronkowski said about his entrance mishap. The LA Bowl, in every which way, is all “Gronk.” Across the next seven minutes, the NFL on…
By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITH | City News Service A man who was convicted of first-degree murder and robbery for using two knives to fatally stab a 67-year-old woman on a Metro train in the Studio City area last year was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Elliott Tramel Nowden, now 47, was convicted Nov. 17 of the April 22, 2024, attack on Mirna Soza Arauz. Mirna Soza Arauz, 66, seen in a photo on the GoFundMe website, was heading home after boarding Metro B (Red) Line in North Hollywood early Monday, April 22, 2024, and…
By EDITH M. LEDERER and MARK BANCHEREAU UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States accused Rwanda on Friday of violating a U.S.-brokered peace agreement by backing a deadly new rebel offensive in the mineral-rich eastern Congo, and warned that the Trump administration will take action against “spoilers” of the deal. The remarks by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz came as more than 400 civilians have been killed since the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels escalated their offensive in eastern Congo’s South Kivu province, according to regional officials who also say that Rwandan special forces were in the strategic city…
Newly signed Dodgers relief pitcher Edwin Diaz poses for photos with Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, left, and general manager Brandon Gomes, right, on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Newly signed Dodgers relief pitcher Edwin Diaz speaks to reporters during his introductory press conference on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, left, and general manager Brandon Gomes, right, speak to the media during the introductory press conference for newly signed Dodgers relief pitcher Edwin Diaz, not…