If you want to see what a top 15-year-old girls' soccer player looks like, go watch freshman Mia Rizo of St. Genevieve. She has scored 19 goals and contributed six assists for the Valiants while earning universal respect for her play. "Mia has an impeccable soccer IQ at such a young age," Archey said. This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementSign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular.

Attorney Michael Coard makes a social media post at the now removed explanatory panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at President's House Site in Philadelphia. via Associated PressPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers on Friday that they were making “dangerous” and “horrifying” statements when they said the Trump Administration can decide what part of American history to display at National Park Service sites. It doesn’t work that way,” said Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, an appointee of President George W. Bush. AdvertisementIn den Berken said the Park Service routinely changes its exhibits and tours, and argued that the government cannot be forced to tell a certain story. Residents who have visited the site have shed tears, left flowers and left a handmade sign that said “Slavery was real.”

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Marty ZwebenPalos Verdes EstatesWhen are the Rams and coach Sean McVay going to stop ignoring special teams? Open the checkbook and hire the best special teams coach available. So Bill Plaschke wants to put the blame on the Rams’ loss in the NFC title game solely on Sean McVay? Danny Balber Jr.PasadenaBill Plaschke in his column blames the decisions made by coach McVay, which have some merit, for the Rams losing in the NFC championship game. The Rams and McVay never had a real chance being under the Plaschke curse.

Former CNN news anchor Don Lemon has been released from custody after he was charged over an anti-ICE church protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church. Image: Don Lemon outside federal court. She wrote: "At my direction, early this morning federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. 'Unprecedented attack on First Amendment'Defence attorney Marilyn Bednarski said Lemon plans to plead not guilty and fight the charges in Minnesota. In a statement, CNN also criticised the arrest of their former presenter, and said it "raises profoundly concerning questions about press freedom".

For a brief moment following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, President Donald Trump appeared to recalibrate. That chaotic 12-hour span summed up an extraordinary week of whiplash within the Trump administration, as officials raced to stamp out one raging political fire just as two more cropped up elsewhere across the federal government. People light candles at a makeshift memorial in the area where Alex Pretti was killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Monday. It was the tighter, more focused Trump that advisers had hoped to see for months. “Stuff happens, and we’ve got a lot of time between now and the midterms,” one Trump adviser said.

Liz Truss on the Telegraph podcast. X/TelegraphLiz Truss has been slammed online after she claimed that “the extreme left are mounting an armed insurrection” in America. But the former Tory leader said: “What you do have is an armed insurrection, and that is a very difficult thing to deal with. “It’s a very serious situation in America, I don’t want it to get anything like that in Britain.”The extreme left are mounting an armed insurrection. https://t.co/tOAGvK0cqx — (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) January 30, 2026AdvertisementLiz Truss claims Trump administration faces an armed insurrection.

AdvertisementThe agreement is intended to give lawmakers more time to address Democratic demands to curb ICE tactics while averting a partial government shutdown. The Senate finalized the deal Friday evening on a 71-29 vote, hours before a midnight deadline to avert a government shutdown. Both of California’s Democratic senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, voted against the Senate deal. Other Republican lawmakers have already signaled the possible hurdles Democrats will face as they try to rein in ICE. The last government shutdown tied to a debate over healthcare exposed how quickly negotiations can collapse when no agreement is reached.

It is painful to have to write about Catherine O’Hara, so alive and lively a presence, in the past tense. — from “SCTV” to “Schitt’s Creek” to “The Studio,” on whose second season she was scheduled to start work, when she died, Friday at 71. Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara in scene from “Schitt’s Creek.” The actors worked together frequently over the years. (PopTV)“I like to think she’s really threatened by this small-town life — because she’s been there, you know?” O’Hara said back when the series began. I had the luck to speak with O’Hara several times over the run of the series.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar denounced the attacks in Aleppo[xvi] and urged Western countries that care about the Kurdish people “not to remain silent”, without threatening Israeli action to intervene. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz did not address the fighting in northeastern Syria. Amid a tense four-day ceasefire between government forces and the SDF, Russian forces fortified their military presence at the airport of Qamishli. They described the action as a “calculated redeployment rather than a withdrawal”[xviii] and said the troops were moved from Hmeimim airfield, Russia’s biggest military facility in Syria. [xix]The window of opportunity Iran’s internal turmoil has provided hastened al-Sharaa’s preparations to launch an offensive against Rojava since it removed the threat from Tehran potentially trying to prevent the unification of Syria.

Voters on Saturday will select one of two Democrats in a runoff election to fill a vacant US House seat, further narrowing Speaker Mike Johnson’s already razor-thin Republican majority. Texas’ 18th Congressional District has been empty since March following former Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death — and 13 of the last 18 months in total. Redistricting has also jumbled Saturday’s runoff election, which will happen under old district lines, in the minds of voters. The 18th District was made even more Democratic and absorbed much of the current 9th District, which became Republican-leaning. A primary election for a full two-year term starting in 2027, under new district lines, is slated for March 3.

Many other demonstrations were planned for students and others to gather at city centers, statehouses and churches across the country. People gather for a protest against ICE outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray) via Associated PressAdvertisementProtesters gather at Federal Plaza on January 30, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois, as part of a 'Nationwide Shutdown' and general strike. We’re here to remind them.”Demonstrators march calling for an end to ICE operations in Minnesota on January 30, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. “We’re here to protest ICE and what they’re doing all over the country, especially in Minnesota,” said Logan Albritton, a 17-year-old senior at Groves.

Catherine O'Hara and Macaulay Culkin in "Home Alone." AlamyI’ve always had a soft spot for actors who can play completely opposite characters, like it requires zero effort; Catherine O’Hara was one of the best. As I thought about O’Hara — an unforgettable, vivacious woman — I remembered why I love her so much. Catherine O'Hara Film Home Alone (1992) AlamyLike this article? But O’Hara as Kate McCallister was the on-screen mother my 6-year-old self recognized as flawless, despite her imperfections.

Photo by Vera Arsic: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-and-man-sitting-on-brown-wooden-bench-984949/ -Recently, British Vogue reported on the rise of ‘curveball divorces’, with one 31 year old woman sharing that her husband left her only six months into their marrrriage, when she thought things were going well. My world totally collapsed in on itself.”Now, Cara Nuttall, Head of Family Law at Brabners Personal shares the reality behind these divorces and how they are handled from a legal perspective. Curveball divorces: what they are and how long the divorce process takesNuttall says: “Recently, there has been a reported rise in so-called “curveball divorces,” in which one partner is blindsided by the other’s desire to end what may appear to be a flawless marriage. In fact, according to leading mental health charity Mind, 28% of people experience depression following their divorce and the sudden shock that accompanies a curveball divorce could certainly lead to mental health struggles. Advertisement“This disparity can make negotiations feel uneven, as each person approaches the process on different timelines and emotional levels.”Legal process of curveball divorces could be longerAs no-fault divorces were introduced in 2022, the divorce process in this scenario is largely unchanged from that of an ‘expected’ divorce.

AdvertisementKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin had agreed to not strike Kyiv specifically, according to the Moscow Times. AdvertisementThe White House, on Friday, would not respond to questions about Putin’s continuing attacks on Ukraine, notwithstanding Trump’s claimed promise. Spokeswoman Anna Kelly offered only the following: “As President Trump said, he asked President Putin to withhold strikes on Kyiv for one week amid extremely cold temperatures, and the Russian president agreed to do so. President Trump has done more than anyone to save lives and bring this brutal war to an end.”Trump, after taking office, stopped sending U.S. military aid to Ukraine, as predecessor Joe Biden had been doing. Instead, Trump is demanding that America’s European allies purchase weapons from the U.S. and, if they so choose, give them to Ukraine.