Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto reports from Tyre in southern Lebanon on the latest Israeli strikes in the region. At least five people were killed, and another 15 injured in Sunday’s strikes despite Israel agreeing to a ceasefire extension with Lebanon.
Published On 18 May 202618 May 2026
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Harvard-Westlake’s boys’ tennis team accomplished something on Friday few have done: topple Irvine University.
The Wolverines ended University’s four-year run as tennis champions with a 10-8 win at the Southern Section Division 1 championships. University is a 16-time champion.
Aiden Zadeh had an important win in singles. Chase Klugo and Aaron Chung swept their doubles competition. And Gideon Ames won the clinching set.
At a school that excels in many different sports, the Wolverines rose to the top. The season continues with regional and state competition.
This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email eric.sondheimer@latimes.com.
There’s no denying that Loyola’s lacrosse program is best in Southern California and could be that way for years to come with the number of elite young players participating.
On Saturday night, the Cubs (16-3) won their latest Southern Section Division 1 championship with a 14-6 win over Santa Margarita. The Cubs have won three title since the sport was adopted as a championship event in the Southern Section. Defense has been Loyola’s strength all season.
Senior defenders Chase Hellie and Everett Rolph and junior goalkeeper William Russo led one of the best defenses in program history under coach Jimmy Borell.
Senior Cash Ginsberg finished with five goals and junior North Carolina commit Tripp King finished with two goals.
Orange Lutheran won Division 2 boys over Edison and Windward won Division 3.
In girls Division 1, Mira Costa upset top-seeded Santa Margarita 12-6.
SOUTHERN SECTION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
SECOND ROUND
DIVISION 1
Pool A
#8 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 4, #1 Norco 0
#9 Ayala 7, #16 Maranatha 6
Pool D
#4 Orange Lutheran 9, #5 Corona 6
#13 Corona Santiago 8, #12 Etiwanda 4
Pool C
#6 St. John Bosco 4, #3 Sierra Canyon 3
#11 Cypress 8, #14 Oaks Christian 2
Pool B
#2 Harvard-Westlake 6, #10 Huntington Beach 5
#15 La Mirada 9, #7 Temecula Valley 2
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION 3
Mira Costa 8, Arlington 6
Redondo Union 8, Ridgecrest Burroughs 7
Dos Pueblos 14, Burbank Burroughs 8
Edison 5, Damien 1
Palos Verdes 7, Orange County Pacifica Christian 1
Warren 8, West Ranch 3
Cajon 4, San Dimas 0
St. Francis 4, Crescenta Valley 1
Agoura 4, Oakwood 0
Garden Grove Pacifica 7, Chino Hills 0
Corona del Mar 2, Bishop Amat 1
Fullerton 8, San Juan Hills 3
Beckman 2, Charter Oak 1
Millikan 2, South Torrance 1
Summit 7, La Canada 6
Arcadia 3, Simi Valley 2
DIVISION 5
Citrus Valley 2, Paloma Valley 1
Irvine 4, Moreno Valley 2
Cathedral 4, Calvary Baptist 2
Long Beach Poly 3, Sunny Hills 2
Quartz Hill 12, Tahquitz 0
Kaiser 6, Oak Hills 5
Paramount 15, Heritage Christian 1
Santa Barbara 5, Loara 4
Long Beach Wilson 3, Montebello 0
Jurupa Hills 3, Santa Fe 0
Temescal Canyon 8, Arrowhead Christian 5
Riverside Prep 7, Capistrano Valley Christian 3
Culver City 8, Cerritos Valley Christian 6
St. Bonaventure 1, Mayfair 0
Bishop Montgomery 5, Cerritos 0
St. Bernard 4, Rancho Verde 3
DIVISION 7
New Roads 5, Palmdale 4
Carpinteria 2, Flintridge Prep 1
North Torrance 5, Baldwin Park 1
Grace 6, Beverly Hills 0
Santa Paula 5, Pasadena Poly 4
Fontana 13, Milken 12
Patriot 11, Viewpoint 10
Victor Valley 9, Placentia Valencia 3
Hemet 2, Riverside Notre Dame 0
South El Monte 3, Buena Park 2
Golden Valley 5, University Prep 1
Jurupa Valley 3, Campbell Hall 0
Arroyo 2, Miller 1
Carter 10, Adelanto 1
Garden Grove 1, Nogales 0
Norwalk 8, San Jacinto Valley 1
DIVISION 9
Dunn 16, Redlands Adventist Academy 4
Lennox Academy 18, Santa Monica Pacifica Christian 8
Crossroads Christian 16, Downey Calvary Chapel 7
St. Monica Academy 4, Coastal Christian 3
San Bernardino 17, Mesa Grande 5
Ojai Valley 16, San Luis Obispo Classical 0
Webb 10, Loma Linda Academy 5
Yucca Valley 8, Santa Maria Valley Christian 7
Rolling Hills Prep 18, Lucerne Valley 5
Ambassador Christian 5, United Christian Academy 4
Riverside Bethel Christian 11, Desert Hot Springs 10
Westminster 11, Anza Hamilton 1
Temecula Prep 25, Pomona 1
Cobalt 9, Environmental Charter 5
Garden Grove Santiago 17, Gorman Charter 1
St. Pius X-St, Matthias Academy 20, Animo Leadership 1
TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 3:15 p.m. unless noted)
THIRD ROUND
DIVISION 1
Pool A
Norco at Ayala
Pool D
Corona at Corona Santiago
Pool C
Sierra Canyon at Cypress
Pool D
Huntington Beach at La Mirada
SECOND ROUND
DIVISION 2
Elsinore at Santa Margarita, 2:30 p.m.
South Hills at Ganesha
Newport Harbor at Great Oak
Gahr at Aquinas
Servite at Foothill
Royal at Yucaipa
Chaminade at Loyola
Westlake at Aemany
DIVISION 3
Mira Costa at Redondo Union
Dos Pueblos at Edison
Palos Verdes at Warren
Cajon at St. Francis
Agoura at Garden Grove Pacifica
Corona del Mar at Fullerton
Millikan at Beckman
Arcadia at Summit
DIVISION 4
Saugus at San Marino, 3:30 p.m.
Rio Mesa at Claremont
Glendora at Katella, Wednesday
Upland at Anaheim Canyon
La Quinta at Marina
Palm Desert at Grand Terrace, 4 p.m.
Woodbridge at Laguna Beach
Moorpark at Monrovia
DIVISION 5
Citrus Valley at Irvine
Long Beach Poly at Cathedral
Quartz Hill at Kaiser
Paramount at Santa Barbara
Long Beach Wilson at Jurupa Hills
Riverside Prep at Temescal Canyon
St. Bonaventure at Culver City
St. Bernard at Bishop Montgomery
DIVISION 6
Brentwood at Ontario
Canyon Springs at Foothill Tech
Troy at Trinity Classical Academy
El Rancho at Northwood
Savanna at Western Christian
Covina at Alhambra
Muir at Santa Ana Calvary Chapel
Crossroads at Lakewood, 4 p.m.
DIVISION 7
New Roads at Carpinteria
Grace at North Torrance
Fontana at Santa Paula, 3:30 p.m.
Patriot at Victor Valley
Hemet at South El Monte
Golden Valley at Jurupa Valley
Carter at Arroyo
Norwalk at Garden Grove
DIVISION 8
Edgewood at Rancho Alamitos
Chadwick at Pasadena Marshall
Rio Hondo Prep at Wildomar Cornerstone Christian
Rosemead at Oxford Academy, Monday
Duarte vs. Santa Clarita Christian at Hart Baseball Complex, 7 p.m.
Nordhoff vs. Nuview Bridge at Mystic Field, Nuevo
Artesia at Magnolia
Anaheim vs. Schurr at Rio Hondo College
DIVISION 9
Dunn at Lennox Academy
St. Monica Academy at Crossroads Christian
San Bernardino at Ojai Valley
Webb at Yucca Valley
Rolling Hills Prep at Ambassador Christian
Westminster at Riverside Bethel Christian
Temecula Prep at Cobalt
St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy at Garden Grove Santiago
Note: Quarterfinals in all divisions May 22; Semifinals in all divisions May 26; Finals in all divisions May 29-30.
SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION 1
Murrieta Mesa 10, Valley View 0
Orange Lutheran 10, Millikan 0
Chino Hills 2, El Modena 1
Etiwanda 14, Agoura 13
Palos Verdes 3, Riverside King 2
Cypress 4, Fullerton 2
Ayala 11, Charter Oak 1
Riverside Poly 7, California 3
Norco 2, Marina 1
DIVISION 3
Rancho Cucamonga 9, Paloma Valley 1
Great Oak 5, West Torrance 2
Edison 8, El Segundo 5
El Toro 9, Colton 0
Murrieta Valley 9, Redondo Union 8
North Torrance 5, Beaumont 0
West Ranch 7, Trabuco Hills 6
San Juan Hills 8, Riverside North 7
Oak Park 10, Cerritos Valley Christian 4
Highland 7, Northview 2
La Serna 4, Carter 0
Dos Pueblos 5, Crescenta Valley 0
Liberty 10, Arcadia 3
DIVISION 5
Anaheim 11, Flintridge Sacred Heart 0
Patriot 11, Arrowhead Christian 9
Temple City 9, Rancho Christian 6
Grace 11, Buena Park 0
Crean Lutheran 3, Alemany 2
Shadow Hills 8, Cerritos 3
San Marcos 10, Leuzinger 0
South El Monte 7, Long Beach Wilson 5
Covina 11, Garden Grove Santiago 1
Muir 8, Rio Hondo Prep 7
Santa Monica 6, Katella 5
Ontario 6, Norwalk 2
Northwood 18, Duarte 11
DIVISION 7
Bloomington 9, Fillmore 8
Miller 11, Savanna 3
Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 11, Riverside Springs Magnolia 4
Faith Baptist 18, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 4
Twentynine Palms 16, Rancho Alamitos 15
Riverside Notre Dame 12, Costa Mesa 2
Firebaugh 9, Pioneer 8
Chadwick 6, Desert Christian Academy 1
Cathedral City 2, Artesia 1
Orange 9, Bellflower 3
Santa Ana 10, Hawthorne 0
Culver City 9, Temecula Prep 8
DIVISION 8
Banning 20, Redlands Adventist 3
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 3:15 p.m. unless noted)
SECOND ROUND
DIVISION 1
La Habra at Murrieta Mesa, noon
Chino Hills at Orange Lutheran
Etiwanda at Westlake
La Mirada at Palos Verdes, noon
Garden Grove Pacifica at Cypress, noon
Ayala at JSerra
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at Oaks Christian, 1 p.m.
Norco at Riverside Poly
DIVISION 2
Bonita at Ganesha, 11 a.m.
Whittier Christian at Warren
Simi Valley at St. Paul
Moorpark at Lakewood St. Joseph, 11 a.m.
Temescal Canyon at San Clemente, 12:30 p.m.
Huntington Beach at Camarillo, Monday
Saugus at Vista Murrieta, 12:30 p.m.
Mater Dei at Gahr, noon
DIVISION 3
Great Oak at Rancho Cucamonga
Edison at El Toro, Monday
Murrieta Valley at North Torrance
West Ranch at San Juan Hills
Riverside Prep at Oak Park, 12:30 p.m.
La Serna at Highland
Dos Pueblos at La Salle, Monday
Villa Park at Liberty, 1 p.m.
DIVISION 4
St. Bonaventure at Harvard-Westlake, 11 a.m.
Apple Valley at Oxnard
Don Lugo at Monrovia, 1:30 p.m.
La Quinta at Mira Costa
Rio Mesa at Mission Viejo, 10 a.m.
Oak Hills at Sunny Hills
Ramona at Paramount
Burbank Burroughs at Rosary, Monday
DIVISION 5
Anaheim vs. Santa Clara at Beck Park
Temple City at Patriot
Crean Lutheran at Grace
Viewpoint at Shadow Hills
San Marcos at Irvine University, noon
South El Monte at Covina
Santa Monica at Muir, 10:30 a.m.
Northwood at Ontario, 1 p.m.
DIVISION 6
Irvine at Lakeside
Alhambra at Heritage
Eastside at Granite Hills, noon
El Monte at St. Genevieve
Sierra Vista vs. Southlands Christian at Brea Canyon Cutoff Rd
Hesperia Christian vs. St. Monica Prep at Memorial Park, 2 p.m.
Arroyo at Lancaster
San Jacinto at Jurupa Valley
DIVISION 7
Bloomington at Ramona Convent
Miller at Santa Ana Calvary Chapel
Faith Baptist at Twentynine Palms, Monday
Firebaugh vs. Riverside Notre Dame at Ramona
Chadwick at Cathedral City
Orange at Victor Valley, 11 a.m.
Santa Ana at Culver City, Monday
Windward at Edgewood, Monday at 3:30 p.m.
DIVISION 8
ACE at Avalon
Bolsa Grande vs. San Bernardino, Monday at San Bernardino College
Workman at Glendale
Cobalt at Santa Rosa Academy
Bell Gardens vs. Brentwood at John Anson Ford Park
Pomona Catholic vs. Capistrano Valley Christian at Laguna Hills, 2 p.m.
Fontana at Banning
Hawthorne MSA at Arroyo Valley, 1 p.m.
Note: Quarterfinals May 20; Semifinals May 23; Finals May 28-30 at Bill Barber Memorial Park, Irvine.
Whether Mira Costa has the best high school volleyball team in America is open to debate, but the Mustangs left little doubt they are No. 1 in the Southern Section on Friday night, sweeping Loyola 25-21, 25-22, 25-22 at Cerritos College to repeat as Division 1 champions.
UCLA-bound Mateo Fuerbringer was ready from the start, ending Loyola’s first three rallies with thunderous kills and the fourth with an emphatic stuff block. Ten points into the match, the 6-foot-4 junior hitter already had five kills and he ended the first set with his 12th as Mira Costa was ahead from start to finish.
“He’s always had the IQ, now you add the power on top of that?” Mira Costa coach Greg Snyder said of his star. “There are no answers. It’s a deadly combination. Mateo has no weaknesses.”
The teams traded leads throughout the second set until the Mustangs created separation late on the serving of Fuerbringer and Enzo Barker before Loyola’s Pax Stetson served into the twine to put Mira Costa up two sets to none.
The third-seeded Cubs took a 17-11 lead in the third set, but Mira Costa got in front 20-19 on Barker’s ace and Fuerbringer sent the green-and-white clad fans into delirium with his right-side smash on match point. He finished with 27 kills while Barker and UC Santa Barbara commit Wyatt Davis each added six. Mater Dei transfer Jake Newman had 38 assists and Dane Del Riego had 15 digs.
Loyola’s Brendan Maffel flings the ball past Mira Costa blocker Miles Crotty during the Southern Section Division 1 boys’ volleyball championship on Friday.
(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)
“I always try to set the tone and Jake gave me great sets,” Fuerbringer said. “They were bombing serves in that third set and got up on us, but we stuck with it and closed it strong. We didn’t want to give them any momentum.”
Mira Costa won its 10th section title and improved to 10-8 in finals. It also won back-to-back titles for the second time in school history, the first coming in Division 2 in 2001 and 2002. Mira Costa is 2-3 in finals against Loyola, having fallen to the Cubs in four sets in 2005 and 2010, prevailing in five sets in 2012 and getting swept in 2024.
Mira Costa has won 10 straight matches (dropping only three sets) since its five-set defeat at Bay League rival Redondo Union on March 26. It avenged that loss in four sets April 20 to earn the top seed.
The teams were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the country when they faced off in a nonleague match March 21 in Manhattan Beach, where the Mustangs rallied from a two-set deficit to win 15-11 in the fifth in a two-and-a-half-hour marathon. That time, Fuerbringer had 37 kills.
“The first time we didn’t come out as strong,” he said. “This time we were ready to play and came out hot.”
In the semifinals six days earlier, Loyola upset No. 2 Redondo Union in five sets, avenging a close loss in the Redondo Varsity Classic final on April 18. Mira Costa swept No. 4 Huntington Beach — its third victory over the Oilers this season.
Mira Costa won the inaugural Division I state championship last spring and will begin its quest for a repeat Tuesday night (regional seedings will be released Sunday afternoon). If it runs the table, Mira Costa would equal its 37-2 record in 2025.
Pepperdine commit JP Wardy had 13 kills and Rafa Milchan added 12 for the Cubs (23-4), but senior captain Blake Fahlbusch, who is headed to USC, was held to nine. Libero Matt Kelly, a Loyola Chicago commit, had 12 digs.
“We know where everyone wants to swing and we know Blake’s their catalyst,” Snyder said. “When they need a kill they usually go to him.”
The teams did not meet in the postseason last year. Mira Costa defeated Huntington Beach to win the section and regional crowns while Loyola fell to the Oilers in the section semifinals and did not play in regionals.
Snyder has guided the Mustangs into the finals in each of his three seasons, winning the last two. He was with the program for 12 years prior, seven as a varsity assistant under Avery Drost.
Loyola’s JP Wardy gets blocked by Mira Costa’s Miles Crotty and Colby Graham during the Mustangs’ win Friday night.
(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)
Loyola, making its 19th appearance in a section final, dropped to 13-6 all-time and 7-6 in 28 seasons under 1984 Cubs alum Michael Boehle.
In the preceding Division 4 final, Sunny Hills beat Royal, 24-26, 25-22, 27-25, 25-23 for its second title since coach Albert Soliguen started the program in 2020.
Owen Filadelfia had 18 kills and eight digs, Christian Lee added 17 kills and 11 digs, Jacob Sueki had 16 digs and Parker Mesnik dished out 47 assists for the Lancers (21-14), who swept Carpinteria in the Division 5 final in 2022 at Long Beach City College.
Grant Herzer had 19 kills, Donald Fleming had 18 and each added nine digs for the Highlanders (16-11), who were seeking their sixth section title in their 11th trip to the finals, having won Division 2-A in 1989 and 1990, 3-A in 1992, Division II in 1994 and Division 3 in 2022.
SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION 1
La Habra 3, Los Altos 2
Westlake 10, Paraclete 9
La Mirada 4, Los Alamitos 2
Garden Grove Pacifica 15, Glendora 4
JSerra 3, Yucaipa 2
Oaks Christian 8, Chaminade 1
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 6, Anaheim Canyon 3
DIVISION 2
Bonita 9, Sierra Canyon 1
Ganesha 7, Torrance 0
Warren 8, Thousand Oaks 1
Whittier Christian 10, Western Christian 2
Simi Valley 3, Alta Loma 1
St. Paul 20, Eastvale Roosevelt 1
Lakewood St. Joseph 4, Aliso Niguel 0
Moorpark 6, Long Beach Poly 1
Temescal Canyon 3, Aquinas 2
San Clemente 5, Corona 3
Huntington Beach 5, Santa Fe 4
Camarillo 4, South Hills 3
Saugus 2, Brea Olinda 1
Vista Murrieta 9, Schurr 4
Gahr 4, Yorba Linda 2
Mater Dei 11, Santa Ana Foothill 3
DIVISION 3
Great Oak 5, West Torrance 2
Riverside Prep 2, Quartz Hill 1
La Salle 21, Grand Terrace 5
Villa Park 5, Elsinore 3
DIVISION 4
St. Bonaventure 11, Valencia 4
Harvard-Westlake 11, Lakewood 8
Apple Valley 4, Hillcrest 0
Oxnard 14, Pasadena Poly 0
Monrovia 4, Indio 2
Don Lugo 6, La Palma Kennedy 2
La Quinta 5, Hemet 4
Mira Costa 9, Redlands East Valley 7
Rio Mesa 9, Segerstrom 6
Mission Viejo 5, La Canada 1
Oak Hills 15, Linfield Christian 11
Sunny Hills 17, Chino 7
Paramount 5, Newbury Park 4
Ramona 3, Maranatha 2
Burbank Burroughs 6, Hart 1
Rosary Academy 11, Orange Vista 6
DIVISION 5
Santa Clara 6, Jurupa Hills 3
Viewpoint 9, Burbank Providence 4
Irvine University 2, University Prep 1
DIVISION 6
Irvine 6, Vasquez 4
Lakeside 9, Flintridge Prep 4
Heritage 13, Palm Desert 0
Alhambra 9, Silverado 6
Granite Hills 32, Big Bear 12
Eastside 7, Anza Hamilton 4
El Monte 11, Santa Paula 10
St. Genevieve 6, Coastal Christian 4
Sierra Vista 7, Rialto 6
Southlands Christian 14, Rancho Mirage 10
St. Monica Prep 4, Academy of Academic Excellence 3
Hesperia Christian 8, Los Amigos 7
Arroyo 11, Serrano 1
Lancaster 8, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 2
Jurupa Valley 14, Sacred Heart LA 2
San Jacinto 10, Garey 9
DIVISION 7
Ramona Convent 13, Riverside Bethel Christian 3
Victor Valley 7, Tustin 3
DIVISION 8
ACE 26, Public Safety Academy 1
Avalon 11, Santa Clarita Christian 3
Bolsa Grande 16, Loma Linda Academy 1
San Bernardino 17, Channel Islands 9
Glendale 9, Indian Springs 3
Workman 18, Santa Maria Valley Christian 3
Santa Rosa Academy 15, Environmental Charter 5
Cobalt 16, Wildomar Cornerstone Christian 3
Bell Gardens 11, Magnolia 4
Brentwood 10, Lennox Academy 9
Pomona Catholic 19, Gabrielino 6
Capistrano Valley Christian 18, California Military 1
Fontana 14, CSDR 3
Hawthorne MSA 28, Downey Calvary Chapel 27
Arroyo Valley 20, Westminster La Quinta 3
FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION 1
Valley View at Murrieta Mesa
Millikan at Orange Lutheran
El Modena at Chino Hils
Agoura at Etiwanda
Palos Verdes at Riverside King, 4:15 p.m.
Cypress at Fullerton
Charter Oak at Ayala
Riverside Poly at California
Marina at Norco
DIVISION 3
Rancho Cucamonga at Paloma Valley
Great Oak at West Torrance
El Segundo at Edison
Colton at El Toro
Redondo Union at Murrieta Valley
Beaumont at North Torrance
Trabuco Hills at West Ranch
Riverside North at San Juan Hills
Oak Park at Cerritos Valley Christian
Highland at Northview
Carter at La Serna
Crescenta Valley at Dos Pueblos
Arcadia at Liberty
DIVISION 5
Flintridge Sacred Heart at Anaheim
Patriot at Arrowhead Christian
Rancho Christian at Temple City
Buena Park at Grace
Alemany at Crean Lutheran
Shadow Hills at Cerritos
Leuzinger at San Marcos
Long Beach Wilson at South El Monte
Garden Grove Santiago at Covina
Rio Hondo Prep at Muir
Katella at Santa Monica
Ontario at Norwalk
Duarte at Northwood, 3:30 p.m.
DIVISION 7
Fillmore at Bloomington
Miller at Savanna
Santa Ana Calvary Chapel at Riverside Springs Magnolia
St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy at Faith Baptist
Rancho Alamitos at Twentynine Palms
Costa Mesa at Riverside Notre Dame
Pioneer at Firebaugh
Desert Christian Academy at Chadwick
Cathedral City at Artesia, 3:45 p.m.
Bellflower at Orange
Hawthorne at Santa Ana
Temecula Prep at Culver City
United Christian Academy at Windward
Calvary Baptist at Edgewood
DIVISION 8
Redlands Adventist at Banning, 4 p.m.
Note: Second Round May 16; Quarterfinals May 20; Semifinals May 23; Finals May 28-30 at Bill Barber Memorial Park, Irvine.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes targeted the Ezzedine residential project in Srifa on Thursday morning.
Published On 14 May 202614 May 2026
Israel has ramped up its attacks on southern Lebanon, killing two people and issuing several forced displacement orders as the two sides prepare for United States-brokered talks on extending a ceasefire.
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported on Thursday morning that Israeli warplanes targeted the Ezzedine residential project in the town of Srifa, killing two people.
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The Israeli army announced in a post on Telegram that it had begun targeting alleged Hezbollah infrastructure sites in several areas in southern Lebanon.
Earlier, the Israeli army’s Arabic language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced on X the forced evacuation orders for the towns and villages of Libbaya, Sahmar, Taffahata, Kafr Malek, Yohmor (Bekaa), Ain Tineh, Houmin al-Fawqa and Mazraat Sina.
NNA reported that one person was injured following a raid by an Israeli drone near the vocational school between the towns of Breqa and Zrarieh.
An air strike was also reported on the town of Ain al-Tineh in the Western Bekaa.
Reporting from Beirut, Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands said in the past few days Israel has launched one of its “most intense periods of aerial bombardment in weeks”.
“There have been many individual strikes – usually by drones – on cars and motorbikes. Several of these have happened on the main coastal highway that leads south from Beirut,” he said.
According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday, at least 2,896 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since the conflict resumed in early March.
At the same time, the Israeli army announced on Telegram that a drone launched by Hezbollah had fallen in Israeli territory near the shared border, injuring several people who were evacuated to hospital for treatment.
Representatives from both sides are expected to meet in Washington, DC, on Thursday for a new round of talks aimed at extending the ceasefire, which is scheduled to expire on Sunday.
“The discussions are controversial here in Lebanon. One of the reasons is that Hezbollah is not at the table. Hezbollah doesn’t want these talks to go ahead at all,” Challands explained.
“It says any direct discussions between Lebanon and Israel are basically capitulation. It wants first a full-on ceasefire, for Israel to have withdrawn from the country, for hundreds of thousands of displaced people to return to their homes, and for reconstruction to have started,” he said, adding that the Lebanese government, however, believes these points can be discussed during the talks with Israel.
Officials of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and Southern Nuclear Operating Co. celebrate signing a memorandum of understanding at the Korean firm’s head office in South Korea on Tuesday. Photo by KHNP
SEOUL, May 12 (UPI) — Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, or KHNP, said Tuesday it partnered with Southern Nuclear Operating Co. of the United States to enhance nuclear engineering.
The state-backed enterprise signed a memorandum of understanding at its head office in Gyeongju, around 180 miles southeast of Seoul, with the U.S. nuclear company.
Under the agreement, KHNP said, the two would expand technical exchange programs and share best practices in operating nuclear facilities.
The South Korean company noted the partnership aligns with the efforts over the past few years to shift its operations toward an engineering-based system.
“This agreement is expected to help our engineers broaden their global perspective and provide an opportunity for our engineering system to advance further,” KHNP senior executive Kim Young-seung said in a statement.
“Down the road, we will do our utmost to perfect the Korean-style engineering system through close cooperation with overseas operators and international organizations,” he added.
Last June, KHNP signed a deal worth at least $18 billion to build two nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic. To support the project, the company plans to collaborate with various partners both at home and abroad.
As of the end of last year, KHNP ran a total of 26 nuclear reactors in South Korea. It is also constructing four new reactors in the country. KHNP is not publicly traded.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VOLLEYBALL
SOUTHERN SECTION FINALS
THURSDAY
DIVISION 9
Vasquez at Tarbut V’Torah, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY
At Cerritos College
DIVISION 1
Loyola vs. Mira Costa, 7:30 p.m.
DIVISION 2
Orange Lutheran vs. Edison, 6 p.m.
DIVISION 3
Windward d. St. John Bosco, 3 p.m.
DIVISION 4
Royal vs. Sunny Hills, 5 p.m.
DIVISION 6
Culver City vs. Garden Grove, 12 p.m.
At Home Sites
DIVISION 5
St. Anthony at Bishop Diego, 6 p.m.
DIVISION 8
Temescal Canyon at West Valley, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
DIVISION 7
Foothill Tech at Oakwood, 6 p.m.
Strikes come after forced displacement warnings by Israel for nine towns in southern and eastern Lebanon.
Published On 11 May 202611 May 2026
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have killed at least four people and wounded eight others, according to Lebanese media.
The state National News Agency (NNA) reported injuries to two medics as they rushed to offer aid to victims of the latest attacks by the Israeli military in violation of the official ceasefire.
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The medics were wounded when an air strike hit a civil defence team affiliated with the Islamic Health Society in Toul in Nabatieh, as they responded to an earlier attack, NNA said.
Two men were killed and five others injured in an air raid on the town of Ebba in Nabatieh.
NNA added that a drone strike on a car in the town of Haris in Bint Jbeil district killed one man and injured his brother.
Israeli warplanes targeted the home of a former municipal chief in Sajd, while other strikes were reported in Kfar Rumman and Safad al-Battikh. No casualty information was immediately available.
Ahead of the attacks, the Israeli army issued a forced displacement threat for nine towns in southern and eastern Lebanon.
They are: Rihan, Jarjou, Kfar Rumman, Nmairiyeh, Arabsalim and Harouf in Nabatieh, and Jmayjmeh, Mashghara and Qlayaa in eastern Lebanon.
Posting on X, army spokesman Avichay Adraee urged residents there to evacuate due to what he called Hezbollah infrastructure in the towns.
The Israeli military said a soldier was killed by a drone launched by Hezbollah near the border. Also in southern Lebanon, three Israeli soldiers were injured by a booby-trap drone explosion.
Israeli forces continue to exchange fire with Hezbollah and carry out attacks, despite the ceasefire which began on April 17 and later extended to mid-May.
Since March 2, Israeli attacks have killed at least 2,840 people in Lebanon, injured almost 8,700 and displaced more than a million, according to Lebanese figures.
The United States is preparing to host more peace talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington on Thursday and Friday. Hezbollah has criticised the Lebanese government for taking part.
Grant Leary of Crespi is ready to defend his 2025 championship as Southern Section individual golf champion.
Qualifying begins Wednesday for the Northern Regional at Los Robles Golf Course. The top 20 players from the three regionals advance to the individual finals May 21 at River Ridge Country Club.
Leary shot 66 last year to win. He’s been playing well. He won a playoff at a U.S. Open qualifying tournament in Brentwood to advance to the final stage, a tournament June 8 in Sacramento. The U.S. Open will be in New York this season.
He’s committed to San José State.
One top player who won’t be participating this year is sophomore Jaden Soong, the defending CIF state champion from St. Francis. His father, Chris, said Jaden has too many conflict dates this month on his schedule while trying to earn a spot to play in the Junior Presidents Cup in September at Medinah Country Club.
Soong is No. 10 in the standings. Tiger Woods’ son, Charlie, is No. 7.
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It’s a showdown that — regardless of the outcome in the June 2 primary election — probably won’t have Republicans in a celebratory mood.
The battle for the 40th Congressional District representing a swath of inland Orange County and portions of San Bernardino and Riverside counties is happening in one of Southern California’s only remaining solidly red districts. But that doesn’t provide much solace, experts say.
The shuffling of districts following the passage of Proposition 50, which gave Democrats in Sacramento the authority to redraw the state’s congressional districts in favor of Democratic candidates, is pitting two current members of Congress — Young Kim (R-Anaheim Hills) and Ken Calvert (R-Corona) — against each other in a bid to keep their seat.
The two are also fending off challenges from a host of Democrats and an independent candidate who says she hopes to win votes from those disenchanted by deeply partisan politics felt across the country.
But even if a Republican keeps the seat, California’s Republican congressional delegation is still down by another member.
“It was all part of the Prop. 50 effort,” said Jon Fleischman, a conservative strategist. “Not only did they reduce the number of seats that Republicans have, they got to shove a couple of incumbents into one seat and eat popcorn and watch the food fight.”
And the gloves are already off.
Kim launched a $3.7-million ad blitz last month with a video boasting her support of President Trump, saying that she’s a “trusted Trump conservative.”
Calvert’s campaign responded in an attack ad that referred to Kim as a RINO, or Republican in name only, a pejorative term frequently used by Trump and others in the GOP to describe conservatives perceived as being disloyal to the party and a “Trump traitor.”
The television advertisement, which began airing last month, called attention to Kim co-sponsoring legislation with other Republicans to censure Trump in 2022 after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Democrats widely criticized the move as a slap on the wrist.
“I believe censuring the president after his actions helps hold him accountable and could garner wide bipartisan support, allowing the House to remain united during some of our nation’s darkest days,” Kim said at the time.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report lists the 40th District, which extends from Villa Park south to Mission Viejo in Orange County and into Corona, Murrieta and Menifee in the Inland Empire, as being solidly Republican.
It’s the only House seat that was competitive under the old congressional district map that is now fairly safe for the GOP. Trump would have won the district by 12 points in 2024.
As the two incumbents trade jabs, Democrats Esther Kim Varet, an art gallery owner; Lisa Ramirez, an immigration attorney; Joe Kerr, a retired fire captain; and Claude Keissieh, an electrical engineer; are hoping to garner enough support among the progressives in the district to advance to the November election.
Nina Linh, who entered the race early on as a Democrat but has since identified as an independent, is hoping to make inroads with voters disenchanted by both parties.
“When I look at our political climate, I have never in my adult life witnessed or experienced anything so polarized,” she said in a recent interview. “And people, including myself, are just exhausted from this back-and-forth rhetoric for over a decade that has gotten us into a culture of just hyper-divisiveness and extreme partisanship that is prioritized over what everyday people are concerned about.”
Dan Schnur, who teaches political communications at USC, UC Berkeley and Pepperdine, called the race in the 40th District a “classic matchup between the two Republican parties — the pro-Trump party and the pre-Trump party.”
Kim, who in 2020 was one of the first Korean American women elected to Congress, does vote to advance Trump policies, but her biography is more consistent with an earlier era of conservatism. Calvert, the longest-serving Republican in California’s congressional delegation, has much more aggressively positioned himself in line with Trump, Schnur said.
The district is representative in a lot of ways of the two types of Republicans that make up much of the party’s base — MAGA supporters and traditional Republicans who have either come to accept Trump or quietly resent him.
“Not only is this district reflective of the challenge that the party is facing around the country this year, it could be an early precursor of what Republicans will face in the 2028 presidential primary,” Schnur said.
SOUTHERN SECTION LACROSSE PLAYOFFS
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
SEMIFINALS
BOYS
DIVISION 1
Loyola 19, Mater Dei 5
Santa Margarita 14, St, Margaret’s 8
DIVISION 2
Mira Costa 10, Los Alamitos 4
St. Francis 17, Village Christian 4
DIVISION 3
Oaks Christian 11, El Dorado 6
Dana Hills 16, Riverside King 15
GIRLS
DIVISION 1
Santa Margarita 11, Marlborough 10
Mira Costa 17, Mater Dei 11
DIVISION 2
Huntington Beach 8, Corona del Mar 7
El Segundo 14, Eastvale Roosevelt 3
DIVISION 3
Westridge at Glendale, Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Great Oak at Northwood, Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Note: Boys finals in all divisions Friday, May 15 at Fred Kelly Stadium (times TBA); Girls finals in all divisions Saturday, May 16 (times TBA) at Fred Kelly Stadium.
Ranked No. 1 in preseason, St. John Bosco’s baseball team suffered some surprising losses during the National High School Invitational and Boras Classic, losing three straight at one point.
“The little bump in the road was our last opportunities to get guys in there for non-Trinity League games to see what they could do,” coach Andy Rojo said.
The computer rankings didn’t appreciate St. John Bosco’s experimentation. The Braves closed the regular season with 11 straight wins and a Trinity League title, but were punished when the Southern Section Division 1 playoff pairings came out Friday. Orange Lutheran, second place to the Braves, was given a No. 4 seed ahead of No. 6 St. John Bosco.
The disrespect will only add to the motivation for the defending Division 1 champions. St. John Bosco finished the regular season 22-5 and 14-1 in the Trinity League.
It’s another lesson in this new era of relying on computer algorithms for playoff pairings. The people running the computers won’t release their secrets about how teams are really ranked. It’s locked up like the recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken. Two things are certain for all computer rankings: Head-to-head matchups are really not important and league finish doesn’t matter. Those are two criteria that used to be among the most important in the days when humans put together pairings, so you can understand why old-timers are having a hard time adjusting.
“We feel good,” Rojo said.
And he should. For Southern Section Division 1 baseball, it really doesn’t matter where you are ranked. The 16 teams are so good that everyone is set to go through a gauntlet and may the best team rise to the top.
Orange Lutheran is seeded No. 4 in the Division 1 baseball playoffs.
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St. John Bosco opens the playoffs on Tuesday in pool C facing probably the best opening opponent in Crestview League champion Cypress. St. John Bosco has ace Julian Garcia ready to go, but Cypress has multiple pitchers ready to compete. Sierra Canyon is the highest seed in pool C and opens at home against Oaks Christian.
Big VIII League champion Norco received the No. 1 seed for the first 16-team pool play tournament in Division 1. There are four four-team pools with the chance to lose one game and not go home. The first- and second-place finishers in each pool will advance to the single elimination eight-team quarterfinals.
“I love the double elimination,” Rojo said. “If you have a bad day, you get to redeem yourself.”
The other eight divisions remain 32 teams and single elimination.
The Braves effectively managed pitches for Garcia all season in his return from arm surgery that forced him to miss all of 2025. He was even taken out with a no-hitter in the sixth inning against Mater Dei while sticking with 85 pitches to preserve him for the playoffs. He’s had a pitcher-of-the-year season with a 7-1 record, 0.72 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 48⅓ innings.
The big change for the 2026 playoffs for St. John Bosco from 2025 is that closer Jack Champlin will be the No. 2 starter. Sophomore Brayden Krakowski has shown he can be an effective closer. A major decision by Rojo was to shake up his batting order after the three-game losing streak. He switched Jaden Jackson and James Clark, with Jackson becoming the leadoff man and Clark batting second.
“They’re both thriving,” Rojo said.
And so is St. John Bosco, whether computer believes it or not.
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
SOUTHERN SECTION
DIVISION 1
SEMIFINALS
Mira Costa at Huntington Beach, 1 p.m.
Loyola at Redondo Union, 5 p.m.
DIVISION 2
St. Margaret’s at Orange Lutheran, 5 p.m.
Edison at Camarillo, 6 p.m.
DIVISION 3
Palos Verdes at St. John Bosco, 6 p.m.
Foothill vs. Windward at Lewis Jackson Memorial Center, 3:30 p.m.
DIVISION 4
Royal at Village Christian, 6 p.m.
Crossroads at Sunny Hills, 6 p.m.
DIVISION 5
El Dorado at Bishop Diego, 3 p.m.
St. Anthony at Bellflower, 6 p.m.
DIVISION 6
Temecula Valley at Culver City, 6 p.m.
Garden Grove at Pasadena Poly, 6 p.m.
DIVISION 7
Rialto vs. Foothill Tech at Ventura College, 5 p.m.
Tustin at Oakwood, 2 p.m.
DIVISION 8
CAMS at Temescal Canyon, 5 p.m.
Palmdale Aerospace Academy at West Valley, 6 p.m.
DIVISION 9
Tarbut V’Torah d. YULA, 3-1 (Friday)
Downey Calvary Chapel at Vasquez, 6 p.m.
Note: Finals in all divisions May 15-16 (sites and times TBA).
SOUTHERN SECTION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
(Game at 3:15 p.m. unless noted)
TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION 1
Pool A
Maranatha at Norco
Ayala at Sherman Oak Notre Dame
Pool D
Etiwanda at Corona
Corona Santiago at Orange Lutheran
Pool C
Oaks Christian at Sierra Canyon
Cypress at St. John Bosco
Pool B
Huntington Beach at Temecula Valley
La Mirada at Harvard-Westlake
THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION 2
Elsinore at Villa Park
Santa Margarita at Rancho Christian
Ganesha at Linfield Christian
San Clemente at South Hills
Trabuco Hills at Newport Harbor
Valley View at Great Oak
Dana Hills at Aquinas
El Segundo at Gahr
Costa Mesa at Servite
Vista Murrieta at Santa Ana Foothill
El Modena at Royal
Yucaipa at Paraclete
Newbury Park at Chaminade
Yorba Linda at Loyola
Mission View at Alemany
Alta Loma at Westlake
DIVISION 4
San Marino, bye
Walnut at Saugus
Hesperia at Rio Mesa
Claremont at La Salle
St. Anthony at Glendora
Sonora at Katella
Riverside Poly at Upland
Valencia at Anaheim Canyon
Santa Monica at Marina
Northview at La Quinta
Oxnard Pacifica at Palm Desert
Grand Terrace at San Marcos
Highland at Laguna Beach
Chino at Woodbridge
Monrovia at Castaic
La Serna at Moorpark
DIVISION 6
Ontario at California
Brentwood at Windward
Bloomington at Foothill Tech
Ramona at Canyon Springs
Granite Hills at Troy
Trinity Classical Academy at Orange
Northwood at Shadow Hills
Estancia at El Rancho
Western at Cantwell-Sacred Heart
Don Lugo at Savanna
Tustin at Covina
Alhambra at Mary Star of the Sea
Hueneme at Santa Ana Calvary Chapel
Hillcrest at Muir
Lakewood at Leuzinger
Lancaster at Crossroads
DIVISION 8
Rancho Alamitos at Los Amigos
Colton at Edgewood
Pasadena Marshall at Santa Rosa Academy
Vasquez at Chadwick
Beacon Hill at Rio Hondo Prep
Wildomar Cornerstone Christian at Compton
Indio at Rosemead
Lancaster Desert Christian at Oxford Academy
Buckley at Duarte
Santa Clarita Christian at Academy of Academic Excellence
Nuview Bridge at Burbank Providence
Bishop Diego at Nordhoff
Magnolia at Indian Springs
Banning at Artesia
Salesian at Anaheim
Hesperia Christian at Schurr
FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE
SECOND ROUND
DIVISION 1
Pool A Round 1 Winner vs. Pool A Round 1 Winner
Pool A Round 1 Loser vs. Pool A Round 1 Loser
Pool D Round 1 Winner vs. Pool D Round 1 Winner
Pool D Round 1 Loser vs. Pool D Round 1 Loser
Pool C Round 1 Winner vs. Pool C Round 1 Winner
Pool C Round 1 Loser vs. Pool C Round 1 Loser
Pool D Round 1 Winner vs. Pool D Round 1 Winner
Pool D Round 1 Loser vs. Pool D Round 1 Loser
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION 3
Arlington at Mira Costa
Redondo Union at Ridgecrest Burroughs
Dos Pueblos at Burbank Burroughs
Edison at Damien
Orange County Pacifica Christian at Palos Verdes
Warren at West Ranch
San Dimas at Cajon
Crescenta Valley at St. Francis
Oakwood at Agoura
Garden Grove Pacifica at Chino Hills
Bishop Amat at Corona del Mar
Fullerton at San Juan Hills
Charter Oak at Beckman
South Torrance at Millikan
Summit at La Canada
Simi Valley at Arcadia
DIVISION 5
Paloma Valley at Citrus Valley
Moreno Valley at Irvine
Cathedral at Calvary Baptist
Sunny Hills at Long Beach Poly
Tahquitz at Quartz Hill
Kaiser at Oak Hills
Heritage Christian at Paramount
Loara at Santra Barbara
Montebello at Long Beach Wilson
Jurupa Hills at Santa Fe
Temescal Canyon at Arrowhead Christian
Capistrano Valley Christian at Riverside Prep
Culver City at Cerritos Valley Christian
Mayfair at St. Bonaventure
Bishop Montgomery at Cerritos
Rancho Verde at St. Bernard
DIVISION 7
Palmdale at New Roads
Carpinteria at Flintridge Prep
North Torrance at Baldwin Park
Beverly Hills at Grace
Pasadena Poly at Santa Paula
Milken at Fontana
Patriot at Viewpoint
Placentia Valencia at Victor Valley
Riverside Notre Dame at Hemet
South El Monte at Buena Park
University Prep at Golden Valley
Jurupa Valley at Campbell Hall
Arroyo at Miller
Carter at Adelanto
Nogales at Garden Grove
San Jacinto Valley at Norwalk
DIVISION 9
Redlands Adventist Academy at Dunn
Santa Monica Pacifica Christian at Lennox Academy
Downey Calvary Chapel at Crossroads Christian
Coastal Christian at St. Monica Academy
Mesa Grande at San Bernardino
San Luis Obispo Classical at Ojai Valley
Loma Linda Academy at Webb
Santa Maria Valley Christian at Yucca Valley
Lucerne Valley at Rolling Hills Prep
United Christian Academy at Ambassador Christian
Riverside Bethel Christian at Desert Hot Springs
Anza Hamilton at Westminster
Pomona at Temecula Prep
Cobalt at Environmental Charter
Garden Grove Santiago at Gorman Charter
Animo Leadership at St. Pius X-St, Matthias Academy
Note: Second Round in Divisions 2-9 May 19; Third Round in Division 1 May 19; Quarterfinals in all divisions May 22; Semifinals in all divisions May 26; Finals in all divisions May 29-30.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — An election-year redistricting movement has spread to South Carolina as Republicans attempt to redraw majority-Black congressional districts that have suddenly become susceptible because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upending protections for minority voters.
Urged on by President Trump, South Carolina Republicans are attempting to redraw a district long held by a Black Democratic lawmaker in their quest for a clean sweep of the state’s seven congressional seats.
Lawmakers already are meeting in special sessions in Alabama and Tennessee in a bid to change their U.S. House districts. And Louisiana lawmakers are making plans for new congressional districts after the Supreme Court last week struck down the state’s current map.
The stakes are high for minority voters who stand to lose their preferred representatives and for any Republican lawmakers reluctant to follow Trump’s wishes. In Republican primary elections Tuesday, Trump-endorsed challengers defeated at least five of the seven Indiana state lawmakers targeted by Trump’s allies for refusing to support a congressional redistricting effort last year.
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling said Louisiana relied too heavily on race when creating a second Black-majority House district as it attempted to comply with the Voting Rights Act. The ruling significantly altered a decades-old understanding of the law, giving Republicans grounds to try to eliminate majority-Black districts that have elected Democrats.
The ruling revved up an already intense national redistricting battle ahead of a November midterm election that will determine control of the closely divided House.
Since Trump prodded Texas to redraw its U.S. House districts last year, a total of eight states have adopted new congressional districts. From that, Republicans think they could gain as many as 13 seats while Democrats think they could gain up to 10 seats. But some of the new districts could be competitive in November, meaning the parties may not get all they sought.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn has represented South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District since it was redrawn to favor minority voters in 1992. He’s running for an 18th term. But it could get harder for him to win reelection if Republicans redraw his district.
Leaders in the state House and Senate said a redistricting effort needs to start with a two-thirds vote in each chamber. The issue could come up as soon as Wednesday. But if only a few Republicans aren’t on board, it can’t succeed.
Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey has warned that redistricting could backfire because of thin political margins, resulting in a second Democrat in the U.S. House. Massey told reporters Tuesday that he had a cordial conversation with Trump about redistricting, each laying out their concerns.
The state’s primaries are June 9 and early voting starts in three weeks.
The state House on Wednesday could debate legislation that would allow Alabama to hold a special congressional primary, if the Supreme Court clears the way for the state to change its U.S. House districts.
In light of the court’s ruling on Louisiana’s districts, Alabama officials have asked courts to set aside a judicial order to use a U.S. House map that includes two districts with a substantial number of Black voters. Republicans instead want to use a map passed in 2023 by the Legislature that could help the GOP win at least one of those two seats currently held by Democrats.
Alabama’s primaries are scheduled for May 19. If the Supreme Court grants the state’s request after or too close to the primary, the legislation under consideration would ignore the results of that primary and direct the governor to schedule a new primary under the revised districts.
Democrats denounced the legislation as a Republican power grab that harkens back to the state’s shameful history of denying Black residents equal rights and representation.
Republicans are “working to secure an electoral victory by taking Alabama back to the Jim Crow era, and we won’t go back,” Democratic U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell told a crowd gathered outside the Alabama Statehouse.
Republican Gov. Bill Lee called Tennessee lawmakers into a special session to consider a plan urged by Trump that could break up the state’s lone Democratic-held U.S. House district, centered on the majority-Black city of Memphis. Republicans didn’t say much about the plan Tuesday.
But as the state Senate began work Tuesday, shouts of “shame, shame, shame” could be heard inside the chamber from protesters gathered in the hallways. On the chamber floor, state Sen. Raumesh Akbari, a Black Democrat from Memphis, called the redistricting “an act of hate.”
Martin Luther King III sent a letter to Tennessee legislative leaders expressing “grave concern” about the plan to divide Memphis, saying the move could undermine the work for voting rights carried out by his father, Martin Luther King Jr.
The candidate qualifying period in Tennessee ended in March, and the primary election is scheduled for Aug. 6.
After last week’s Supreme Court decision, Republican Gov. Mike Landry postponed the state’s May 16 congressional primary to allow time for lawmakers to approve new U.S. House districts. State Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter, a Republican, said a redistricting committee he leads plans to hold a public hearing Friday.
Louisiana voters had already sent in more than 41,000 absentee ballots by last Thursday, when Landry suspended the House primaries, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. That’s about a third of all the absentee ballots sent out to voters. Around 19,000 were from registered Democrats, 17,000 from registered Republicans and the remainder belonged to neither party.
Democrats and civil rights groups have filed several lawsuits challenging the suspension of Louisiana’s congressional primary.
Collins, Loller, Chandler and Lieb write for the Associated Press. Chandler reported from Montgomery, Ala., Loller from Nashville and Lieb from Jefferson City, Mo. AP writer Jack Brook contributed to this report from New Orleans.
It’s time for Mira Costa to try to wipe away the disappointing memory from last season’s Southern Section Division 1 girls’ beach volleyball final, where the Mustangs lost to Redondo Union 3-2.
Mira Costa faces JSerra at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Long Beach City College in this season’s championship game.
Key returnees for Mira Costa are Lily Vandeweghe, Lily Enfield, Harper Terry and Izzy Elston.
JSerra has succeeded in breaking up the Mira Costa-Redondo Union beach volleyball domination. Those teams had met in the final for the previous three years.
The Mustangs swept San Marcos 5-0 in the semifinals on Thursday. JSerra eliminated No. 2-seeded Redondo Union 3-2.
Venice won the City Section title over Taft on Friday.
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The CIF Southern Section boys’ volleyball playoff results and pairings.
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April 30 (UPI) — The Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern corporations announced Thursday a new merger proposal after a federal regulator rejected their initial plan in January.
The two companies applied for a merger in July, seeking to create the United States’ first transcontinental freight railroad.
The Surface Transportation Board rejected the proposal saying the application was incomplete.
A statement from the two companies said they resubmitted the application with “additional analysis” indicating cost savings for customers and improvement to the U.S. supply chain. It said the deal would take 2 million truckloads off the nation’s roadways and save $3.5 billion each year.
“After completing the additional work requested by the STB, the facts remain clear: This merger enhances competition and delivers real public benefits that make America’s supply chain stronger, Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena said in a statement.
The new submission includes traffic data from each of the six North American Class I railroads instead of sample data provided by the STB, the companies said.
The STB will have 30 days to review the new application.