Month: October 2019

WASHINGTON —  President Trump’s decision to pull remaining U.S. troops back from northeastern Syria could revive the Islamic State terrorist group and destabilize the volatile region, senior U.S. officials said Monday, while senior Republicans in Congress angrily rebuked the president as he fights an impeachment inquiry. Trump abruptly announced the move late Sunday without consulting top…

Joe Biden is calling for making community and technical college free while making existing federal college loan programs more generous as he continues charting a policy course that moves left but stops short of his more progressive rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination. The former vice president’s $750-billion higher education plan represents a major expansion…

WASHINGTON —  House Democrats are considering additional measures to protect the identity of the whistleblower whose complaint spurred an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, according to the Washington Post. To prevent efforts to expose the whistleblower, Democrats are weighing having the individual testify from a remote location and obscuring the person’s appearance and voice, three officials…

WASHINGTON —  The White House has issued a formal objection to House Democrats’ impeachment probe into President Trump without an official vote. In a blistering letter to House Democrats, the White House’s lawyer said President Trump “cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances.” MORE COVERAGE: Defiant letter marks a major milestone in…

They passed him the ball, handed him the ball, passed to him again and handed off to him again. And that was just in the first five plays Sunday, the Chargers intent on reintegrating Melvin Gordon as quickly as possible in an attempt to compensate for nine weeks of holding out because of a contract…

ATLANTA —  Heroics from franchise icons and inspired performances by youngsters have turned the meeting between the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series into a classic. A tie game slipped away from the Braves bullpen in the opener. A few days later, a vintage performance from 38-year-old Adam Wainwright was…

Randy Thompson has officially traded Alemany cardinal and gold for Sherman Oaks Notre Dame navy and gold. The former Alemany baseball coach was introduced to players on Tuesday as the new assistant coach at Notre Dame. “We’re pretty excited,” Notre Dame coach Tom Dill said. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Thompson spent 25 years at…

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 1959 World Series, beating the Chicago White Sox in six games. Games 3, 4 and 5 were the first World Series games played on the West Coast. The three games averaged over 90,000 fans — at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Game 5’s attendance of 92,706 is still a…

A small plane crashed just after 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in a field outside the Camarillo Airport, killing one person, authorities said. Ventura County Fire Department investigators responded and were working to determine what led to the crash. An official said the pilot of the plane was found dead. Alec Ticherich, a flight instructor at the…

OAKLAND —  Millions of Californians will have new safeguards against large rent increases after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Tuesday capping annual rent hikes for the next decade. Newsom has hailed the law, Assembly Bill 1482, as the nation’s strongest statewide renter protection measure. Here’s how it works: What does the law do? The law…