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WASHINGTON —  Back in the spring, Gavin Lux’s biggest problem was throwing the ball. Then the regular season started, and the Dodgers’ once highly touted infielder suddenly looked unable to hit. A month into his return from missing 2023 with a knee injury, Lux arrived at Nationals Park this week with just nine hits in 19 games, a .148 batting average that ranked 10th-worst in the majors among hitters with 50 at-bats, and a seemingly dwindling amount of time to reaffirm his place as a core member of the team. Manager Dave Roberts hadn’t lost faith in Lux, the former first-round draft pick who underwent knee ligament surgery last March after a spring training injury. But Lux’s own self-belief seemed to be wavering, after his defensive struggles in camp this year cost him his starting shortstop spot, and his poor start at the plate raised questions about his role as the regular second baseman near the bottom of the lineup. “Baseball is so much mental,” Lux said Which is why, in an 11-2 Dodgers win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night, Lux’s pair of ground-ball

Forty years ago, future Cy Young Award winner Jack McDowell threw a no-hitter for Sherman Oaks Notre Dame against rival Crespi. On Wednesday, Erik Puodziunas, the Michigan-bound pitcher for Notre Dame, came close to duplicating that performance from 1984. He had a no-hitter for six innings against the Celts before giving up a leadoff double to Krystan Bell in the bottom of the seventh. He finished with a one-hitter in Notre Dame’s 6-0 Mission League victory. Levi Sterling hit a two-run home run and double. Chaminade 15, St. Francis 2: Vinny Van der Wel hit a grand slam and finished with four hits and four RBIs and Greg Rangel added a home run, four hits and four RBIs in the Mission League win. Harvard-Westlake 4, Bishop Alemany 2: Bryce Rainer struck out three in an inning of relief and was walked three times in the Wolverines’ Mission League win. Loyola 11, Sierra Canyon 4: Augie Lopez hit his fifth home run of the year and finished with three RBIs. James Dell’Amico added two hits and two RBIs. Donnie Morgan had two doubles. Agoura 2, Calabasas

It’s absurd that in the 21st century, the Supreme Court is debating how close to death pregnant women need to be before doctors can perform a medically necessary abortion. But that’s where we are nearly two years after this same court in the Dobbs decision overturned the constitutional right to an abortion — and launched a profusion of state abortion laws that range from repressive to downright dystopian. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case challenging a law in Idaho that falls into the latter category. It outlaws all abortions except in the case of rape and incest (and then, only in the first trimester of pregnancy) or when a patient is in danger of dying if they don’t have an abortion. Doctors who violate that could face up to five years in prison. But that death exception conflicts with the 1986 federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act — known as EMTALA. Under the law, emergency rooms in hospitals that receive Medicare funding (which most do) must treat and stabilize a person who has an urgent medical condition. A patient can

Despite the cooler temperatures across Southern California, the summer heat is just months away and a new interactive tool is available to help you assess how the impending high temperatures can affect your health and suggest steps to take avoid heat-related illnesses. Due to climate change, hot weather is lasting longer and happening more frequently, said Dr. Aaron Bernstein, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Talking about the summer heat with “anyone who has been alive for more than a couple of decades” will typically generate the response, “It is hotter than I remember it,” Bernstein said. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said 2023 was the Earth’s hottest year on record, with seven consecutive months of above-average temperatures. Hotter temperatures can result in heat-related illnesses, and if left untreated, it can lead to death. A recent CDC report found that daily emergency department visits because of heat-related illness in 2023 peaked in several regions. To help you prepare for the future high temperatures, the CDC and

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police bulldozed into student protesters at a Texas university Wednesday, arresting over a dozen people including a local news photographer, while new student encampments sprouted at Harvard and other colleges in part of a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests. As universities struggle to defuse unrest on campuses from coast to coast, some have quickly turned to law enforcement, including the University of Texas at Austin. Hundreds of local and state police — including some on horseback and holding batons — shoved into protesters to get them off the main campus lawn, at one point sending some tumbling into the street. Officers pushed their way into the crowd to make arrests with zip ties. A photographer covering the demonstration for Fox 7 Austin was in the push-and-pull when an officer yanked him backward to the ground, video shows. The station confirmed that the photographer was arrested. A longtime Texas journalist was knocked down in the mayhem and could be seen bleeding before police helped him to emergency medical staff. At least 20 demonstrators were taken into custody at the request of university

4/24: The Daily Report with John Dickerson – CBS News Watch CBS News John Dickerson reports on U.S. foreign aid finally getting the seal of approval, a new set of rules for airlines, and the logic behind teacher layoffs despite shortages. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Former national security adviser weighs in on Ukraine aid and Russia – CBS News Watch CBS News When President Biden signed a foreign aid bill Wednesday that includes tens of billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, it was touted as money that would “strengthen our national security and send a message to the world about the power of American leadership.” Retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, former national security adviser, joins CBS News with analysis. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

A 38-year-old Westminster man pleaded guilty to killing his father, but because an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday he was insane at the time he is expected to be committed to a state mental health facility. Johnson Loc has been charged with one count of murder in the killing of 66-year-old Thinh Loc, according to Westminster police. But he accepted a plea deal to admit a felony count of voluntary manslaughter, according to court records. Based on medical reports, Orange County Superior Court Judge Greg Jones ruled Loc was insane at the time of the killing, according to court records. Jones ordered Orange County Mental Health Department officials to evaluate Loc and offer recommendations for treatment, according to court records. A hearing to commit the defendant to a state mental health hospital was set for May 15. Further details of the reasons for the insanity ruling were not immediately available. Police responded at 3:12 p.m. Dec. 10, 2021, to the 15800 block of Las Flores Street, where Thinh Loc was found unresponsive by family members and later pronounced dead at the scene. Loc

Riverside police Chief Larry Gonzalez said Wednesday a yearlong joint local-federal law enforcement investigation that interdicted the trafficking of fentanyl and other potentially deadly narcotics in the metropolitan area was aimed at “safeguarding the community,” netting 15 arrests and the seizure of large quantities of illicit drugs. “We will continue leveraging every available resource to disrupt drug distribution trying to make its way into our Riverside neighborhoods,” Gonzalez said of “Operation Hotline Bling,” which involved a crackdown on members of the Sinaloa drug trafficking network out of Mexico. Riverside Police Department personnel joined U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and Postal Service inspectors to carry out the operation, which began in the winter of 2023. “Our collaboration with the DEA is not just about enforcement; it’s about safeguarding the future of our community and ensuring that Riverside remains a safe and thriving place for people to live, work and raise families,” Gonzalez said. In addition to the 15 arrests, authorities said 376 pounds of methamphetamine, 37 pounds of fentanyl, 600,000 fentanyl pills and 1.4 kilograms of cocaine were confiscated. The estimated street value of the narcotics