The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Key takeaways from Associated Press reporting showing that new laws in 15 states could clear the way for a deluge of lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church:
— Many of the dozen-plus lawyers and clergy abuse watchdog groups interviewed by the AP expect at least 5,000 new cases, resulting in potential payouts that could...
SANTA CLARITA (AP) — A Southern California high school is reopening for the first time since a 16-year-old student fatally shot two other students, wounded three others and killed himself last month.
Students returning Monday to Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita will have counselors and a wellness room available. There also will be an expanded law...
DAVID BRANDT
AP Sports Writer
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jared Goff bounced back from a rough November with one of his best games of the season, throwing for 424 yards and two touchdowns in the Rams' dominant 34-7 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
The fourth-year Los Angeles quarterback deserves credit for finding open receivers early and often.
So does Arizona's pass...
PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer
DENVER (AP) — The officials ran past a bewildered Philip Rivers, who appeared to be looking to get one of them to stop to receive some sort of explanation on a game-altering pass interference call.
No one paused to offer him any. This season has been just that for Rivers and the Los Angeles Chargers —...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was dedicated in Alabama's capital city on Sunday, the 64th anniversary of her historic refusal to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey pulled back a cloth to unveil the statue before a...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican security forces on Sunday killed seven more members of a presumed cartel assault force that rolled into a town near the Texas border and staged an hour-long attack, officials said, putting the overall death toll at 20.
The Coahuila state government said in a statement that lawmen aided by helicopters were still chasing remnants of...
ANDREW DALTON
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Social media star Olivia Jade Giannulli on Sunday posted her first YouTube video since the arrest of her parents, actress Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, made her one of the most visible figures in the college admissions scandal that ensnared dozens of wealthy parents and their children.
"Welcome back to...
HOPE YEN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House declared Sunday it would not participate in the first impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee as Democrats prepared to approve their report Tuesday making the case for President Donald Trump's removal from office.
The Democratic majority on the House Intelligence Committee says its report will speak for itself in laying...
Many of the best cross country teams from Southwest Riverside county, including the top individual runners, were repeat winners at the CIF Southern Section Cross Country Championship Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Riverside City Cross County Course.In Division 1, it was Great Oak that continued their wining way as the girls’ team won their eighth CIF Southern Section title...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Frozen 2" kept a wintry wind at its back in its second week, setting a Thanksgiving record with a whopping box office bounty.
Disney's ice princess sequel brought in $85.3 million in the U.S. and Canada over the weekend and earned an unprecedented $132.7 million for the holiday frame of Wednesday through Sunday. It has earned...