By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Elly De La Cruz hit a three-run homer, Nick Lodolo pitched 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball for his second quality start since coming off the injured list and the Cincinnati Reds snapped a three-game skid with a 7-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Lodolo allowed a run and seven hits while striking out six. The 26-year-old left-hander exited in the seventh with one out and runners on second and third. Fernando Cruz came on and struck out Jo Adell and Zach Neto to end the threat. Angels starter Tyler Anderson (2-2) also was outstand ..read more

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced Friday that Ronald Kenneth Rosen has been sentenced to three years and four months in state prison for possession or control of child sex abuse material. Rosen pled guilty on Mar. 20, 2024, to one felony count of possession or control of child sexual abuse material while a registered sex offender and two felony counts for distributing child sexual abuse material. Additionally, Rosen also admitted to three special allegations listed below: CRC 4.421(a)(8)-The Manner in which the Crime was Carried Out Indicates ..read more

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Israel e Irán han llevado al Medio Oriente a una nueva y peligrosa era al eliminar el tabú contra los ataques militares abiertos en el territorio del otro. La cuestión ahora es si se han satisfecho los imperativos de cada parte de demostrar disuasión y salvar las apariencias, o si los enemigos están destinados a entrar en un nuevo ciclo de escalada que podría hacer la crisis aún más peligrosa. De forma más inmediata, la pelota está en la cancha de Irán después de que Israel llevara a cabo ataques cerca de la ciudad de Isfahán a primera hora del viernes. Los primeros ..read more

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California further shook up its commencement plans Friday, announcing the cancelation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the controversial choice to disallow the student valedictorian from speaking. The private university in Los Angeles on Monday said it was canceling valedictorian Asna Tabassum’s speech at the May 10 ceremony because of safety concerns. Tabassum, who is Muslim, has expressed support for Palestinians in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, and university officials said the response to her selection as valed ..read more

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California further shook up its commencement plans Friday, announcing the cancelation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the controversial choice to disallow the student valedictorian from speaking. The private university in Los Angeles on Monday said it was canceling valedictorian Asna Tabassum’s speech at the May 10 ceremony because of safety concerns. Tabassum, who is Muslim, has expressed support for Palestinians in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, and university officials said the response to her selection as valed ..read more

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.N. World Food Program has agreed to help deliver aid for the starving civilians of Gaza once the U.S. military completes a pier for transporting the humanitarian assistance by sea. That’s according to the U.S. Agency for International Development. The involvement of the U.N. agency could help resolve one of the major obstacles facing the U.S.-planned project — the reluctance of aid groups to handle on-the-ground distribution of food and other badly needed goods in Gaza. An Israeli military attack April 1 that kil ..read more

By Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and Post Malone are trying to get through a seemingly painful black-and-white era. The music video for “Fortnight,” the lead single off Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “Tortured Poets Department,” debuted on Friday night. The duet features the two artists in various states of melancholy reflection and despair, set in a dystopian and mostly monochromatic world. The video starts with Swift chained to a matressless iron bed frame in a white observation room. After begrudgingly swallowing a “forget him” capsule given to her by an orderly, Swift wipes her ..read more

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has tentatively sided with state Attorney General Rob Bonta in a dispute over the title of a proposed ballot measure that would require school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change gender identification at schools. A group backing the measure sued Bonta over the language he released, arguing it was biased and misleading. Bonta titled the measure the “Restrict Rights of Transgender Youth” initiative, but backers want it changed to the “Protect Kids of California Act.” They also want ..read more

By Eva Roytburg, CNN (CNN) — After watching her older sister float through the lazy river, 4-year-old Demi Williams wanted in. The lazy river loop at the Myrtle Beach resort was about three feet deep; Demi was 3-and-a-half feet tall. Her mother, Destiny Morgan, granted permission for the toddler to go in, then patiently waited for Demi to float back to her through the loop, according to a recently filed wrongful death lawsuit. Demi never came back. After frantically searching for her daughter, Morgan found her in the middle of a crowd by an adjacent pool, with str ..read more

By Raja Razek and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Five teenagers were injured, including one who remains in critical condition, after gunfire erupted at a park in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday afternoon where hundreds of high school students gathered for senior skip day. Police said they do not have a suspect in custody or a motive for the shooting. When gunfire rang out, hundreds of students – including the suspect – fled from the park to a nearby road, according to Greenbelt Police Department Chief Richard Bowers. “When they did that, we believe that the suspect left with them, and fled the park ..read more