The Los Angeles Post
California & Local U.S. World Business Lifestyle
Today: January 22, 2025
Today: January 22, 2025
JIM VERTUNO

JIM VERTUNO

Staff Writer

Latest From JIM VERTUNO

Finance|News|Sports|US

Big money: Texas coach Sarkisian getting salary increase to more than $10 million per year

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian’s contract extension will push his guaranteed salary to $10.3 million this year under details released by the school's Board of Regents

Big money: Texas coach Sarkisian getting salary increase to more than $10 million per year
Sports

Texas regents approve Sarkisian contract extension and raise to more than $10 million

Steve Sarkisian is college football’s latest $10 million man

Texas regents approve Sarkisian contract extension and raise to more than $10 million
Environment|News|US

Flames menace multiple towns as wildfire grows into one of the largest in Texas history

A cluster of wildfires is scorching the Texas Panhandle

Flames menace multiple towns as wildfire grows into one of the largest in Texas history
Environment|News|US|Videos

Some left helpless to watch as largest wildfire in Texas history devastates their town

The largest wildfire in Texas history has killed two people and left behind a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned-out homes in the Texas Panhandle

Some left helpless to watch as largest wildfire in Texas history devastates their town
Americas|Environment|News|US|World

Texas Panhandle ranchers face losses and grim task of removing dead cattle killed by wildfires

Ranchers in the fire-scarred Texas Panhandle are facing a grim task of disposing possibly thousands of dead cattle killed by smoke and flames

Texas Panhandle ranchers face losses and grim task of removing dead cattle killed by wildfires
Crime|News|US

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. Now he wants Super Tuesday revenge on his foes

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment, and now he wants political revenge

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. Now he wants Super Tuesday revenge on his foes
Americas|Environment|News|US

Firefighters face difficult weather conditions as they battle the largest wildfire in Texas history

Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Texas history face increasingly difficult weather conditions

Firefighters face difficult weather conditions as they battle the largest wildfire in Texas history
Business|News|Sports

Ford still winless in 2024 as NASCAR heads to first road race of the season at COTA

Five races into NASCAR’s 2024 season and Ford is in a funk

Ford still winless in 2024 as NASCAR heads to first road race of the season at COTA
Sports

Pole to checkered flag: Byron dominates NASCAR's 1st road course race of season, wins at COTA

William Bryon started on pole and delivered a dominant drive Sunday to win NASCAR’s first road race of the season at the Circuit of the Americas

Pole to checkered flag: Byron dominates NASCAR's 1st road course race of season, wins at COTA
Americas|Business|Sports|US

Liberty Media to add MotoGP to a global racing portfolio that already includes F1

The American company that owns Formula 1 is adding to its global racing portfolio with the purchase of the MotoGP motorcycle racing series by the end of the year

Liberty Media to add MotoGP to a global racing portfolio that already includes F1
Crime|News|US

Convicted murderer charged in two new Texas killings offers to return to prison in plea

A convicted murderer who was released early from a Texas prison in 1993 and now faces two new murder charges has offered to enter a plea and to return to prison for 50 years in exchange for avoiding going to trial and facing a possible death sentence

Convicted murderer charged in two new Texas killings offers to return to prison in plea
Crime|Education|MidEast|News|US|World

Colleges nationwide turn to police to quell pro-Palestine protests as commencement ceremonies near

With graduations looming, student protesters continue to doubled down on their discontent of the Israel-Hamas war on campuses across the country as universities, including ones in California and Texas, have become quick to call in the police to end the demonstrations and make arrests

Colleges nationwide turn to police to quell pro-Palestine protests as commencement ceremonies near
Crime|US

Former aide and consultant close to U.S. Rep. Cuellar plead guilty and agree to aid investigation

A top former aide to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and a political and business consultant have agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to help the Democratic congressman from Texas launder more than $200,000 in bribes and to assist prosecutors in a federal criminal investigation

Former aide and consultant close to U.S. Rep. Cuellar plead guilty and agree to aid investigation
News|Opinion|Political|US

Justice Kavanaugh says unpopular rulings can later become 'fabric of American constitutional law'

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says U_S_ history shows court decisions unpopular in their time later can become part of the “fabric of American constitutional law.”

Justice Kavanaugh says unpopular rulings can later become 'fabric of American constitutional law'
Crime|News|Political|US

Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pardoned a white ex-Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial injustice

Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester
News|Crime|Lifestyle|US

Families of Uvalde school shooting victims are suing Texas state police over botched response

The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting in Texas have filed a $500 million federal lawsuit against 92 state police officers who were part of the botched law enforcement response

Families of Uvalde school shooting victims are suing Texas state police over botched response
Crime|News|Technology|US

Uvalde families sue Meta and Call of Duty maker on second anniversary of school attack

The families of a group of victims of the Uvalde school shooting have announced new lawsuits against Instagram parent company Meta Platforms, the maker of the video game Call of Duty and the gun company that made the assault rifle used in the shooting

Uvalde families sue Meta and Call of Duty maker on second anniversary of school attack
Election|News|Political|US

Roughly halfway through primary season, runoffs in Texas are testing 2 prominent Republicans

The 2024 primary season is roughly halfway over and there have been few shakeups so far

Roughly halfway through primary season, runoffs in Texas are testing 2 prominent Republicans
Election|News|US

US Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas fights off challenge from gun-rights activist in GOP runoff

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas has won his primary over a gun-rights activist who forced the border congressman into a runoff and threatened to unseat a House incumbent

US Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas fights off challenge from gun-rights activist in GOP runoff
Health|News|US|World

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state's abortion law over medical exceptions

The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a lawsuit by women who had serious pregnancy complications

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state's abortion law over medical exceptions
Crime|News|US

Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor's pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator

A prosecutor says he is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse the governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who was convicted of fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter demonstrator

Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor's pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator
Crime|News|US

Texas sheriff says 7 suspects arrested, 11 migrants hospitalized after sting near San Antonio

Seven migrant smuggling suspects have been arrested and 11 migrants are hospitalized after a law enforcement sting near San Antonio

Texas sheriff says 7 suspects arrested, 11 migrants hospitalized after sting near San Antonio
Crime|News|US

Appointed by Trump, Hunter Biden trial judge spent most of her career in civil law

The judge presiding over Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial in Delaware is a former corporate civil lawyer with a background in biology who was nominated to the bench by former President Donald Trump

Appointed by Trump, Hunter Biden trial judge spent most of her career in civil law
Crime|News|US

What we know about the fight between conspiracist Alex Jones and Sandy Hook families over his assets

Bombastic conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to liquidate his personal assets as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax

What we know about the fight between conspiracist Alex Jones and Sandy Hook families over his assets
Sports

Rival revival: Texas snags baseball coach Schlossnagle from Texas A&M after Aggies finish 2nd at CWS

Texas A&M baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle is leaving the Aggies for rival Texas

Rival revival: Texas snags baseball coach Schlossnagle from Texas A&M after Aggies finish 2nd at CWS

Follow