USC Sports
JuJu Watkins and the No. 7 USC women’s basketball team will face one of their toughest tests of the season Saturday against Paige Bueckers and No. 4 UConn.
JuJu Watkins finishes with 25 points as USC holds off a second-half surge by No. 4 UConn to earn its biggest win of the young season in a 72-70 victory.
Politics
Several Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut have been targeted by bomb threats on their homes
World & Nation
In Connecticut and on New York’s Long Island, floods from torrential rain washed out roads, trapped people and swept two women to their deaths.
California
Trump’s executive order calling on campuses to address antisemitism has university leaders, faculty and students concerned as the president vows to revoke visas of pro-Palestinian international students who have taken part in protests.
Business
The University Professional and Technical Employees CWA Local 9119, representing approximately 20,000 UC healthcare, research and technical employees, announced the results of a strike authorization vote.
The assembly of billionaires at Trump’s inauguration was a display of wealth and power unlike any before. The display was all the more remarkable given how recently many in tech were politically naive or apathetic.
Movies
Written and directed by director Matthew Rankin, the comedy presents a Persian-language-inflected Canada, getting at timely questions of homeland and belonging.
Lakers
UConn basketball coach Dan Hurley turns down the Lakers’ offer to become their new head coach, forcing the team to reconsider its options.
Television
The mastermind behind the “Suits” universe insists he’s more concerned about meeting the bar he’s set for himself and “Suits LA” to worry about everyone else’s.