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LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman had a sleepless night after Sunday’s game. He wasn’t tossing and turning, worrying about getting hit in his left wrist by a pitch nor was he kept awake by the pain from a serious injury to that wrist. He wasn’t able to sleep soundly because he thought he had stumbled on something that could “fix” his swing and was anxious to try it out. “I saw a picture of my stance in the World Series yesterday that was sent to me,” Freeman said. “I was like, that looks like I’m more into my front ankle.…
RIVERSIDE — Two men accused with three others of gunning down a Mead Valley resident during a home invasion robbery that occurred almost two decades ago are in custody in Riverside County. DeShawn Cordell Hill, 36, and Kenneth Tucker II, 37, both of Riverside, were arrested in the last two weeks following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Cold Case Unit investigation. Their co-defendants, Keith Isaiah Crutchfield, 37, of Killeen, Texas, and brothers Dennis Jamal Haynes and Kenneth Lamar Haynes, both 37 and of Phoenix, Arizona, are awaiting extradition following their arrests since the start of the month. All of the…
By CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was “caught off guard” by the recent Israeli strikes in Syria and on a Catholic church in Gaza, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. Her comments were a rare suggestion of daylight between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have often been aligned on politics and foreign policy, particularly with the recent attacks on Iran’s nuclear program. However, Trump is pushing for an end to the war in Gaza and trying to support the new Syrian government as the country emerges from years of civil war, and…
There’s a lot at stake as the Sparks sit three games outside of the playoffs at the midway point of the season. If the 8-14 Sparks don’t improve in the second half of the season, they will miss the playoffs for a franchise record fifth consecutive season. If they don’t reach the postseason, the Sparks will have nothing to show for it. The team has already traded away its 2026 first-round pick to the Seattle Storm, which currently has the second-best odds at becoming the No. 1 pick due to the team’s current two-year cumulative record. Despite a 1-4 start,…
By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits through 2034, the Congressional Budget Office reported Monday, a slight increase in the projection that takes into account the final tweaks that Republicans made before getting the legislation over the finish line. Related Articles Banishing a reporter: Trump escalates battle with Wall Street Journal over Epstein story Trump ‘caught off guard’ by recent Israeli strikes, White House says A recap of the trial over the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protesters Environmentalists’ lawsuit to halt ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ filed in…
NEW YORK — Chris Taylor played just two games in Arizona on his rehab assignment, and that was motivation enough to say he was ready to return to the majors. “Excited to be here,” Taylor said on Monday, after he was activated from the injured list. “Playing in Arizona, it’ll make you want to come back real quick.” Two games in the excessive heat of Arizona were plenty for Taylor, who was rehabbing from a broken hand. Taylor had four hits in six at-bats with two walks. He was also hit by a pitch. “I felt like I swinging it…
By BERNARD CONDON and DAVID FISCHER MIAMI (AP) — Elon Musk fought court cases on opposite coasts Monday, raising a question about the billionaire that could either speed his plan to put self-driving Teslas on U.S. roads or throw up a major roadblock: Can this wildly successful man who tends to exaggerate really be trusted? In Miami, a Tesla driver who has admitted he was wrong to reach for a dropped cell phone moments before a deadly accident, spoke of the danger of putting too much faith in Musk’s technology — in this case his Autopilot program. “I trusted the…
Three Claremont police officers fatally shot a man armed with a knife who allegedly rushed at police over the weekend, an investigator said Monday, July 21. Likune Sisay, 46, of Claremont later died at a hospital, according to the medical examiner’s office. None of the officers were injured, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Daniel Vizcarra. The shooting happened on the 2600 block of Monticello Road on Saturday, July 19. That location is north of the 210 Freeway; west of Mills Avenue and north of Miramar Avenue. Claremont Police received a call around 6 a.m. about a man who was…
By DAVID BAUDER President Donald Trump on Monday followed up his lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over last week’s Jeffrey Epstein story by banishing one of the newspaper’s reporters from Air Force One for an upcoming Scotland trip. The moves reflect Trump’s aggressiveness toward media who displease him — even a media magnate, Rupert Murdoch, with outlets that have been friendly to him in the past. Trump filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Journal and Murdoch on Friday because of the newspaper’s article about a sexually suggestive letter bearing Trump’s name that was included in a 2003…
EL SEGUNDO — Can wide receiver Ladd McConkey continue to be quarterback Justin Herbert’s top target in his second season in the NFL, catching passes for more than 1,100 yards for the second consecutive season? Will third-year wide receiver Quentin Johnston continue to raise his game? How will Jalen Reagor fit into the mix in the absence of Joshua Palmer, who signed a three-year contract with the Buffalo Bills in March? Are rookies Tre’ Harris and KeAndre Lambert Smith poised to become impact players after veteran Mike Williams retired unexpectedly last week? These and other questions about the Chargers’ wide…