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The most recent edition of “El Tráfico,” the rivalry match between LA Galaxy and their crosstown rivals LAFC, was marred by a racist incident after the game, according to a Galaxy social media post.  According to the LA Galaxy, Joseph Paintsil – a Ghanaian forward recently acquired from Belgian Pro League club KRC Genk – was the victim of a “racist social media incident” following the Galaxy’s 2-1 loss to LAFC on Saturday.  In need of more teachers, L.A. County offers free schooling and on-the-job training Multiple reports indicate that the incident involved an LAFC fan who commented on Paintsil’s Instagram post, referring to him by a derogatory slur and bashing his match performance.  Although it has since been deleted, a post on Reddit shows the alleged comment.  CARSON, CA – MARCH 16: Joseph Paintsil #28 of Los Angeles Galaxy celebrates his goal during the match against Saint Louis City at Dignity Health Sports Park on March 16, 2024 in Carson, California. The match ended in a 3-3 draw (Photo by Shaun Clark/Getty Images) In their statement, LA Galaxy said that they stand with Paintsil

Israel sets date for full-scale invasion of Rafah despite U.S. objections – CBS News Watch CBS News Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has set a date for a full-scale invasion of Rafah, despite strong opposition from the United States. The date was not specified. Israeli troops have temporarily pulled out of southern Gaza, allowing Palestinians to move around freely for the first time in months. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

I was driving west on Sunset Boulevard heading to Pacific Palisades one recent Saturday afternoon, enjoying a respite from the rain, when my car was jolted by the biggest crater in the road I have ever hit. Slowly, I drove about half a mile to a full-service gas station where the attendant found a gaping hole in my right front tire, which was expelling air like a blow dryer. Within 10 minutes of my arrival at the gas station, two other cars pulled in with ruined tires after driving over the same pothole. We compared notes on the location of this road menace (near Chautauqua Boulevard), wondered whether we could get the city to pay for damages and pulled out our cellphones in search of nearby repair shops that could fix our cars that day. Luckily, my damaged tire was a run-flat and spent its last minutes on the road getting me to Pep Boys. I’m just one of thousands of motorists in L.A. who have unknowingly steered their vehicles into a pit, especially after heavy storms. The rain turns the streets of Los Angeles

On the Shelf Terminal Island: Lost Communities on America’s Edge Naomi Hirahara and Geraldine KnatzForeword by William DeverellAfterword by George TakeiAngel City Press: 288 pages, $50 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. As executive director of the Port of Los Angeles in 2011, Geraldine Knatz went with harbor commissioners on an unexpected field trip: They joined Min Tonai, an elder statesman in L.A.’s Japanese American community, to visit a memorial on Terminal Island, where he was born. On South Seaside Avenue they saw a torii gate like one sees at a Shinto shrine, historical plaques and a bronze pair of Japanese fishermen gazing at Fish Harbor, where their village once stood. Hearing Tonai’s stories about that village — now gone, replaced by the industrial sprawl of the city’s port — was one of the inspirations behind the decision to create “Terminal Island: Lost Communities on America’s Edge,” a book commissioned by the Port of Los Angeles and published last month by Angel City Press. The book offers a rich record

By Li Cohen Updated on: April 9, 2024 / 8:15 AM EDT / CBS News Study: Weekend-only exercise still offers benefits Weekend-only exercise can still offer major health benefits, study finds 01:53 There’s a new world record for the longest plank ever held by a woman – and it was broken by a grandmother in Canada.  Guinness World Records announced late last month that 58-year-old DonnaJean Wilde, a mother of five and grandmother of 12 in Canada, broke the women’s world record for the longest time in an abdominal plank position after holding it for 4 hours, 30 minutes and 11 seconds – 10 minutes longer than the previous record established in 2019. She spent that entire duration with her forearms and toes touching the ground and her body remaining lifted and straight.  DonnaJean Wilde, a 58-year-old mother of five and grandmother of 12, held a plank for more than 4.5 hours in March 2024, breaking the women’s world record for longest plank held.  Guinness World Records Wilde, who is now retired, completed the event at the high school where she previously served as vice

It’s a cliché to say records mean little in a rivalry game. But it’s a cliché that endures because it’s true. Consider the LAFC-Galaxy rivalry, which, in seven short seasons, has already become the premier grudge match in MLS despite the fact that the teams have spent much of that time heading in opposite directions. Since joining the league in 2018, LAFC has won two Supporters’ Shields, played in two CONCACAF Champions League finals and won an MLS Cup. No team in the Western Conference has won more games, earned more points or scored more goals. Over that same span, the Galaxy have lost more games than they have won, given up way more goals than they have scored and made just two playoff appearances. Given those results, the El Tráfico derby should be more rout than rivalry. Yet the reality is no team in MLS has beaten LAFC more often than the Galaxy. Now that tide is beginning to turn. With Saturday’s 2-1 win at a sold-out BMO Stadium, LAFC has won five of the last six MLS matchups with its rival. And given

The changing of the conservative mind in recent years could hardly be captured more pithily than in the headline of a recent op-ed: “ Why I believe in industrial policy — done right .” So opined Sen. Marco Rubio for the Washington Post and, at greater length, for National Affairs . Note that I’m not addressing the conservative heart. Calling lawfully convicted violent criminals such as the Jan. 6 rioters “ hostages ” speaks more to the sad and profound changes of heart on much of the right. What I’m referring to, rather, are the ideas, arguments and principles that once defined conservatism intellectually, among them rejection of the kind of government intervention in the economy that the Florida Republican now apparently favors. Modern conservatism — the sort associated with Barry Goldwater, William F. Buckley, George Will, Thomas Sowell, Ronald Reagan and to some extent Rubio when he arrived in Washington — once regarded central economic planning and everything associated with it, including “industrial policy,” to be dangerous folly. Buckley’s 1955 mission statement for National Review declared: “Perhaps the most important and readily demonstrable lesson

By Ken Chitwood Updated on: April 9, 2024 / 8:03 AM EDT / The Conversation Thousands join Egypt’s longest Iftar table Thousands gather in Cairo for Egypt’s longest Iftar table 00:59 Ken Chitwood  is a senior research fellow, Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis and journalist-fellow at the Dornsife Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the  University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences . Eid al-Fitr, one of Islam’s principal festivals, will be celebrated April 9, 2024, according to the Fiqh Council of North America. At the middle of June, Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha. Ken Chitwood, a scholar of global Islam, explains the two Islamic festivals. 1. What is Eid? Eid literally means a “festival” or “feast” in Arabic. There are two major eids in the Islamic calendar per year – Eid al-Fitr earlier in the year and Eid al-Adha later. Eid al-Fitr is a three-day-long festival and is known as the “Lesser” or “Smaller Eid” when compared to Eid al-Adha, which is four days long and is known as the “Greater Eid.” People spend their time

April 9, 2024 / 6:51 AM EDT / CBS/AP In the Name of Hate In the Name of Hate 42:02 Santa Ana, Calif. —  More than six years after University of Pennsylvania student Blaze Bernstein  was killed, the Southern California man charged with stabbing him to death in an act of hate is expected to stand trial. Opening statements are scheduled for Tuesday in the murder case against now-26-year-old Samuel Woodward from Newport Beach, California. He has pleaded not guilty. Woodward is charged with stabbing Bernstein to death. He was a 19-year-old gay, Jewish college sophomore who was home visiting his family on winter break. The two young men had previously attended the same high school in Orange County. LEFT: Samuel Woodward | RIGHT: Blaze Bernstein (Credit: Orange County Sheriff’s Office) Bernstein went missing after he went out with Woodward to a park in Lake Forest, California, in January 2018. Bernstein’s parents found his glasses, wallet and credit cards in his bedroom the next day when he missed a dentist appointment and wasn’t responding to texts or calls, prosecutors wrote in a trial brief. Days