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LOS ANGELES — The program’s future was already murky, USC in desperate need of a talent influx and stability with widespread roster turnover, an exodus underway after a disappointing season. Now, they’ll need a new head coach for the first …

By Michelle Chapman | The Associated Press UPS will become the primary air cargo provider for the United States Postal Service. The Atlanta shipping company said Monday that it had received an air cargo contract from the U.S. Postal Service …

By David Koenig | The Associated Press United Airlines is asking its pilots to take time off in May because of delays in receiving new planes that the airline ordered from Boeing, which is struggling with production due to manufacturing …

Jennifer Karmarkar Anything is possible with a good night’s sleep. That’s been the guiding principle for Melissa Bamberg since launching her sleep-wellness company, Nodpod, 10 years ago. Nodpod makes strap-free, weighted sleep masks that use deep-touch pressure to calm overactive …

Kat Ashmore is a private chef, as well as a former producer and recipe developer for Martha Stewart. Her new cookbook, “Big Bites” (Rodale), shows off recipes that capture her flare for creating full flavor dishes that are also healthful. Her concoctions …

Last month, the US Senate passed a resolution saying the over $34 trillion (and growing) national debt threatens national security. A few days later, a bipartisan majority of the Senate voted for a $1.2 trillion spending bill. In addition to …

JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered outside the parliament building in Jerusalem on Sunday in the largest anti-government demonstration since the country went to war in October. They urged the government to reach a cease-fire deal to free …

Southern California’s spring home buying season is underway, with busy open houses, bidding wars and rising prices. But high mortgage rates and a lack of listings — twin ills that have plagued the market for the past two years — …

Fixed-up homes tend to sell faster and for more money than fixer-uppers. But some owners would rather sell their home as-is than face the hassle of getting it into turnkey condition. “People don’t do it, mostly because they’ve had bad …

With former SoCal Sound (88.5 FM) afternoon drive DJ and music director Andy Chanley moving East to the Windy City to take on hosting duties at Triple-A formatted WXRT-FM/Chicago, the time has come for a replacement. Or in this case, …

California is the global leader in artificial intelligence. Thirty-five of the top fifty AI companies are headquartered here, and the state accounts for a quarter of all AI patents, conference papers, and companies globally. Yet, unfounded fears over “unregulated” AI threaten to dampen the state’s techno-dynamism. …

  A view from the San Fernando Valley: The closed Sportsmen’s Lodge Hotel in Studio City on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The owner of the property, who has already redeveloped part of the property into a high-end shopping mall, wants …

The smartphone has become a modern Swiss Army knife: driver’s license, e-payment device, camera, radio, television, map, blood pressure monitor, workstation, babysitter, pocket AI, and general gateway to the internet. And now consumers are leaving their smartphones behind to sport …

A 43-year-old woman and two children died on Saturday, March 30, after a vehicle hydroplaned in the rain and collided head-on with another vehicle on the 15 Freeway in the San Bernardino County desert northeast of Baker, authorities said. At …

Many people in the United States of America, particularly in California, Texas, Mississippi and South Carolina are denied their constitutional right of “Equal Protection” every four years when they vote for president. Their vote simply has no weight and is, …

Sheriff’s deputies in East Los Angeles shot and killed a man connected to an alleged domestic assault on Saturday, March 30, authorities said. Deputies were dispatched at about 11:50 p.m. to the 1500 block of North Herbert, just north of …

NEW YORK — Lakers guard Gabe Vincent didn’t originally expect for his ailing left knee to require surgery. But after missing seven weeks of action between November and mid-December and playing one game on Dec. 20, in which Vincent experienced …

Vancouver Canucks goalie Arturs Silovs, center, makes the save as Filip Hronek, back right, and Anaheim Ducks’ Ryan Strome (16) watch during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday, March 31, 2024. (Darryl …

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard (2) shoots over Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges (0) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond) Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard …

Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani is greeted in the dugout after scoring against the St. Louis Cardinals during the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, March 31, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne-Kamin-Oncea) Los Angeles Dodgers Max Muncy celebrates …

ALBANY – Destiny Littleton has two horses in this race: Top-seed USC and top-seed USC. Not a typo. The La Jolla native played for both the USC Trojans (last season, as a grad transfer) and spent the three years before …

PORTLAND, Ore. — The first and only time Paige Bueckers interacted with JuJu Watkins, they sat courtside at a Nike high school all-star event this summer, two humble titans of women’s basketball trying to assert their hold on the game. …

North Carolina State’s Casey Morsell (14) keeps control of the ball while being pressured by Duke’s Mark Mitchell (25) and Jeremy Roach (3) during the first half of an Elite Eight college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Dallas, …

NEW YORK — After Friday’s loss to the Indiana Pacers to end their season-best five-game winning streak, the Lakers were in need of a “get-right game” ahead of a back-to-back to close out this six-game trip. Sunday night became that, …

LOS ANGELES – Walker Buehler’s return to the mound is more than just an abstract concept now after the rehabbing right-hander pitched 3 1/3 innings for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sunday. Because of Tommy John surgery and a concurrent flexor …

The parents of a 4-year-old Palmdale boy are facing potential life prison sentences in April following their no-contest pleas to murder and torture charges in their son’s July 2019 death, which was originally reported as a drowning. Jose Maria Cuatro …

PORTLAND, Ore. – In an embarrassing admission, the NCAA has conceded that the three-point lines on the court at Portland’s Moda Center – for Sunday’s Elite Eight women’s matchup between North Carolina State and Texas – are not the same …

ALBANY – What you can print in a newspaper and what you can say on a basketball court are drastically different, so with all due respect, I’m going to need you to use your (bleeping) imagination a little. We’re talking …

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced two new Inside Safe operations this weekend as part of the city’s continuing efforts to tackle large homeless encampments. On Sunday, Bass’ office said more than 20 Angelenos were brought inside from an encampment …

Kings general manager Rob Blake set out to build a contender this offseason and for a while it appeared that he had succeeded, but in Winnipeg rather than Los Angeles given that his massive swing for jettisoned Jet Pierre-Luc Dubois …

BALTIMORE — In the third game of the season, the Angels finally showed what their pitchers can do. After allowing 24 runs in the first two games, the Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles, 4-1, on Sunday to salvage the final …

BALTIMORE — As Ron Washington watched the Baltimore Orioles beat up the Angels over the first two games of this season-opening series, he flashed back to what he’d seen from the Orioles earlier in their rebuilding. “I watched them when …

The NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight begins Sunday for women’s basketball teams. Here’s the schedule (and TV channels). We’ll update results when they’re in: SUNDAY: (1) South Carolina vs. (3) Oregon State, 10 a.m. (1) Texas vs. (3) NC State, Noon …

The NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight continues Sunday for men’s basketball teams. Here’s the schedule (and TV channels). We’ll update results when they’re in: Sunday games (1) Purdue vs. (2) Tennessee, 11:20 a.m. (4) Duke vs. (11) NC State, 2:05 p.m. …

Southern California is experiencing on-and-off rain on Easter Sunday, with a chance of thunderstorms through the night. A flood watch is in effect until 6 p.m. Sunday for Los Angeles County, with a high surf advisory in effect at the …

The League of California Cities has always been biased against the interests of taxpayers. This became especially clear during the historic Proposition 13 campaign in 1978 when the League, along with the rest of the spending lobby, predicted the end …

Hugs and greetings were exchanged during a church service at The Strand in Hermosa Beach for Easter on Sunday, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer) A woman is given a blessing from Father Paul Gawlowski of the …

We live in a world in which the vice president of the United States can and does say, as she did last week at a “marijuana reform roundtable” in Washington, D.C., that “Nobody should have to go to jail for …

Bookended between Easter and Passover, the beloved musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” as performed by the JFed Players, will open April 6 at Porticos Art Space in Pasadena. Of course, you may have seen it before. It’s the kind of …

For reasons having more to do with modern secular culture and commerce than religious significance, Christmas is more elaborately celebrated. But for believing Christians, Easter is the centerpiece of the faith. It marks the improbable miracle that God’s messenger in …