Iran rejected a call Tuesday by three European countries urging it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions. Iran calls it an “excessive request.” The leaders of Britain, France and Germany in a joint statement Monday asked Iran and its allies to refrain from retaliation...
How X Owner Elon Musk Uses His Social Platform to Amplify His Right-Wing Views
WASHINGTON - As X's owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used the social media platform as a microphone to amplify his political views and, lately, those of right-wing figures he's aligned with. There are few modern parallels to his antics, but then again there are few modern...
Rams Decide to Hold Another Joint Practice With Cowboys Instead of Chargers
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams will have a joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday instead of the Los Angeles Chargers. The Rams announced the switch because the round-trip commute from their facility at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California, to the Cowboys' practice in Oxnard...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Nudges School Districts to Restrict Student Cellphone Use
SACRAMENTO — California and South Carolina could become the next states to limit cellphone use in schools, with state officials taking up the issue Tuesday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is sending letters to school districts, urging them to restrict students' use of smartphones on campus. South Carolina's State Board of...
Injury-Riddled 49ers Lose DT Kalia Davis for Half the Season With a Knee Injury
SANTA CLARA — San Francisco defensive tackle Kalia Davis will need to undergo surgery on his knee after getting hurt in the exhibition opener in the latest injury to hit the 49ers. San Francisco was missing more than a dozen players because of injuries at practice on Monday, leading coach...
Betts Homers in Return From Injury as Kershaw and Dodgers Beat Brewers
MILWAUKEE — Mookie Betts homered and drove in three runs to mark his return from a broken left hand, Shohei Ohtani also went deep, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Monday night. Clayton Kershaw struck out six in his first win this season, allowing one...
Sale and Snell Lock Horns in Scoreless Duel Before Braves Beat Giants in 10 Innings
SAN FRANCISCO — Chris Sale and Blake Snell put on a pitching show Monday night in a matchup of aces before the Atlanta Braves edged the San Francisco Giants 1-0 on pinch-hitter Travis d'Arnaud's sacrifice fly in the 10th inning. "It was a grind from the start," Sale said. "Snell...
Feds Charge ex-LA County Deputies in Sham Raid, $37M Extortion
LOS ANGELES — Two former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and two former foreign military officials have been charged with threatening a Chinese national and his family with violence and deportation during a sham raid at his Orange County home five years ago, federal prosecutors said Monday. The four men...
Wildfire Along California-Nevada Line Near Reno Destroys 1 Home, Threatens Hundreds More
RENO, Nev. — About 200 firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday along the California-Nevada line Monday that destroyed one home, temporarily closed Interstate 80 and continued to threaten hundreds of homes just west of Reno. No serious injuries have been reported in the blaze, which has burned about 500 acres...
Top Ukrainian Commander Says His Forces Now Control Almost 390 Square Miles of Russia’s Kursk Region
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russia's neighboring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi made the...