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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration took the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping import taxes under federal law. The government called on the court to reverse an appeals court ruling that found most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are an illegal use of an emergency powers law. It’s the latest in a series of Trump administration appeals to a Supreme Court he helped shape, and one that is expected to put a centerpiece of the president’s…

Here is a look at the top games involving Inland high school football teams on Friday, Sept, 5. Sites and times of games are subject to change. FRIDAY’S TOP GAMES Aquinas (1-1) at Bonita (0-2, one loss by forfeit), 7 p.m. IE Varsity info: Aquinas opened with a 20-15 loss to Damien but rebounded with a 34-7 victory over Glendora. The Falcons are led on offense by dual-threat quarterback Charlie Reyes and running back Champ Brown. UC Davis commit Marcus McGeilberry is a two-way standout at receiver and cornerback. Bonita routed Diamond Ranch last week but had to forfeit that…

By MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking jobless benefits rose modestly last week, suggesting that employers are still retaining workers even as the economy has showed signs of slowing. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 30 rose by 8,000 to 237,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s more than the 231,000 new applications economists were expecting. Weekly applications for jobless benefits are seen as a proxy for layoffs and have mostly settled in a historically healthy range between 200,000 and 250,000 since the U.S. began to emerge from the COVID-19…

By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is to appear before a congressional committee Thursday, where he is expected to face questions about turmoil at federal health agencies. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to — according to Kennedy’s slogan — “Make America Healthy Again.” But the health secretary is expected to face questions about layoffs and planned budget cuts that detractors say is wrecking the nation’s ability to prevent disease. That may include having Kennedy speak to the events of…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press Marc Seawright took pride in his job at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where he worked for more than eight years and most recently oversaw technology policy to support the agency’s mission of combating workplace harassment and discrimination. But then President Donald Trump began targeting transgender and nonbinary people within hours of returning to the White House by issuing a series of executive orders — including one declaring the existence of two unchangeable sexes. Seawright was ordered to develop technology to scrub any mention of LGBTQ+ identities from all EEOC outreach materials, which had been created to help employers understand…

By JEFF McMURRAY and LINLEY SANDERS, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When Elizabeth Rivera’s phone would ring during the overnight shift, it was usually because the bus didn’t show up again and one of her three kids needed a ride to school. After leaving early from her job at a Houston-area Amazon warehouse several times, Rivera was devastated — but not surprised — when she was fired. “Right now, I’m kind of depressed about it,” said Rivera, 42. “I’m depressed because of the simple fact that it’s kind of hard to find a job, and there’s bills I have to…

PITTSBURGH — Shohei Ohtani was feeling “under the weather” on Tuesday – and hit a ball 120 mph, the third-highest exit velocity in MLB this year and the hardest-hit ball by any Dodger in the Statcast era (since 2015). But he wasn’t up to pitching on Wednesday. The Dodgers scratched Ohtani from his scheduled start against the Pittsburgh Pirates, though he was in the lineup at DH. “He did a side (throwing session) and didn’t feel good. Kind of alerted the training staff,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “So we just felt at that point in time, asking him if…

Former USC and NBA player Duane Cooper knew George Raveling by many names. Sometimes Coach, sometimes Rav, sometimes Dad. “He was one of the first guys to ever tell me he loved me as a man,” said Cooper, who grew up in a single-parent household. “And every time we got on the phone, he would tell me he loves me and I would tell him the same thing.” That’s how the two ended their final phone call roughly a month ago. Raveling didn’t mention the cancer, which claimed his life on Monday. That was typical of the larger-than-life basketball figure…

By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago community leaders forged ahead Wednesday with preparations for the influx of National Guard troops and immigration agents the city is expecting, advising residents about their rights and organizing protests with fresh urgency. Details about the operation are scant, but President Donald Trump has amped up the rhetoric about crime in the nation’s third-largest city, saying an immigration crackdown and National Guard deployment are planned despite the objections of local leaders and a federal court ruling that a similar deployment in Los Angeles was illegal. The preparations seem familiar in the Democratic…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka kept up her resurgent run at the U.S. Open, eliminating 11th-seeded Karolina Muchova, 6-4, 7-6 (3), on Wednesday night to return to the semifinals at Flushing Meadows for the first time since winning the title five years ago. The 23rd-seeded Osaka improved to 5-0 in major quarterfinals – all on hard court – keeping alive a trend that has seen her win the title every time she has reached the last eight at a Slam. “It means so much. I’m actually surprised I’m not crying,” Osaka said during her…