SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Eleven student-athletes were recognized by San Marcos High School in a ceremony at the gym. Each person announced the four-year college in which they will continue their academic and athletic journey.

Brynn Behrens Sailing Tulane
Carly Grant Lacrosse Whitworth University
Charlotte Hastings Volleyball Seattle Pacific University
Koji Hefner Basketball Claremont McKenna
Gianna Hernandez Stunt Cheer Westmont
Sofi Hernandez Track Westmont
Monique Jimenez Stunt Cheer Westmont
Jeannie Johnson Beach Volleyball The Master's
Jack Kramer Water Polo Chapman
Logan Patterson Deakyne Track Cal Poly Humboldt
Samara Shalhoub Track Point Loma

Last fall the Royals had twelve student-athletes sign so San Marcos has a total of 23 commit to four-year colleges during the 2025-'26 school year.

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By Will Ripley, CNN

(CNN) — At the unveiling of a towering bronze sculpture of North Korean and Russian soldiers in combat, Kim Jong Un praised troops who chose death over capture while fighting in Ukraine. It was a striking and unusually explicit acknowledgment of Pyongyang’s long-suspected battlefield doctrine.

According to a transcript published by North Korean state media KCNA, Kim declared that those who “unhesitatingly opted for self-blasting” and suicide attacks had shown the highest form of loyalty, a reference to soldiers throwing themselves on grenades or detonating explosives rather than risk being taken prisoner.

Kim made the remarks at the opening of a vast new memorial complex on the outskirts of the capital, walking past rows of freshly laid graves before kneeling to place soil into an open burial site. Inside, bronze statuary and black marble walls etched with names surround displays of soldiers’ remains, personal relics and captured military equipment. The site, part cemetery and part museum, is the centerpiece of a broader campaign to frame the deaths of North Korean soldiers in Russia’s war on its neighbor as acts of heroism and patriotic sacrifice.

For months, North Korean state media has offered vivid and often graphic accounts of how those soldiers died. Previous reporting has described troops detonating grenades as they were surrounded, shouting for comrades to stay back before triggering the blast, or killing themselves after being wounded to avoid capture. In one account, soldiers embraced each other before setting off explosives.

For years, intelligence agencies, Ukrainian officials and defectors have reported that North Korean soldiers were expected to take their own lives rather than be captured. Pyongyang never confirmed it. Now the doctrine is being endorsed at the highest level, in public, at a site built to honor the war dead.

The memorial offers one of the clearest indications yet of the scale of North Korea’s involvement in Russia’s war. Analysis by NK News found that two black marble walls inside the complex list 2,288 names of soldiers believed to have died in combat, alongside 271 graves and more than 1,700 columbarium compartments for cremated remains. The complex has expanded walls and empty space for future graves, suggesting this is not a closed chapter.

South Korean and Western officials estimate more than 10,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia’s Kursk region, with thousands killed or wounded, losses North Korea has not admitted shown so openly until now.

Unveiled on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s declaration of victory in Kursk, with senior Moscow officials in attendance and a message from President Vladimir Putin read aloud, the complex also displays captured military equipment, including what appear to be German Leopard tanks, American Abrams tanks and other NATO-origin systems, though analysts question whether North Korean forces obtained them directly.

A small number of North Korean soldiers are known to have been

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By John Liu and Stephanie Yang, CNN

(CNN) — Oil prices surpassed $126 a barrel on Thursday morning, its highest price since 2022, as President Donald Trump mulls an extended blockade of Iranian ports.

Brent crude, the global benchmark, was up more than 12% overnight into Thursday, before paring some gains to trade at $124 as of 2:28 am Thursday. WTI crude, the US benchmark, was up more than 3%, surpassing $110 per barrel.

The latest surge comes as the national average US gas price reached a four-year high of around $4.23, according to AAA data, as a result of the skyrocketing energy prices triggered by the US-Iran war, which has driven prices up more than 27%.

Global crude prices have risen in recent days as face-to-face negotiations between the US and Iran broke down, keeping the Strait of Hormuz – a critical oil and gas shipping channel – effectively shut still.

In a meeting between Trump and his top advisers, the president said he wanted the US naval blockade of Iranian ports to continue, sources familiar with the talks told CNN, and his team has begun laying the groundwork for such an extension, including a longer-term closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Vandana Hari, founder of energy market analysis firm Vandan Inishgts, said oil prices have “nowhere to go but up” until the reopening of the strait comes into sight.

“As of now, how and when that might happen is anybody’s guess,” she said, adding that another few weeks of stalemate will unlikely sit well with Trump.

Iran has dismissed the impact of the US naval blockade, with the government saying there is “no worry” about the steady supply and distribution of fuel.

“The enemy will achieve nothing through a naval blockade of Iran,” said Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad, who urged the public to cut consumption as the country launches a broad energy-conservation campaign.

However, the possibility of further military escalation in the Middle East has put traders on alert, said Janiv Shah, vice president of oil markets at Rystad Energy.

“Further escalation and any attacks on energy infrastructure could force benchmarks to gain rapidly,” Shah said. “Elements of demand destruction are already visible globally, which could accelerate with higher prices.”

Daily transits through the Strait of Hormuz have reduced to near zero since the war began in late February, resulting in what the International Energy Agency called the “largest supply disruption in history.”

Since the US and Iran reached a temporary ceasefire in early April, there has been a slight increase in the number of oil and gas tankers transiting through the strait, though they remained at single digit level, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The prospect of prolonging the halt on Middle Eastern energy exports bodes poorly for the global economy, which is already suffering from fuel shortages, rising inflation and dampened consumer activity.

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed for the past two months, analysts said that energy markets may take as

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EL CENTRO, Calif. (KESQ) – La audiencia preliminar del hombre acusado de asesinar a un adolescente en Salton City continúa.

El segundo día de la audiencia, Abraham Feinbloom tuvo lugar en la corte de El Centro. Este sujeto, está acusado de asesinar y desmembrar a T’Neyah Tovar, de 17 años.

Varios agentes y un investigador especial del FBI subieron al estrado para declarar.

Un agente del FBI dice que se encontraron pruebas de sangre en el maletero del coche Ford Crown Victoria de Feinbloom y en el cinturón del coche.

Los investigadores dicen que una búsqueda en el teléfono celular de Feinbloom mostró búsquedas en internet sobre temas como, “arrancarse el ojo” y “personas desaparecidas… ¿qué pasa?”

Una búsqueda en los correos de Feinbloom mostró un billete de avión comprado el 10 de febrero para el 17 de febrero desde Los Ángeles a Hong Kong.

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Por John Liu, CNN

Los precios del crudo Brent, la referencia mundial, superaron los US$ 125 por barril este jueves por la mañana, mientras el presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, sopesa la posibilidad de prolongar el bloqueo de los puertos iraníes.

Los contratos de junio para el crudo Brent ya habían alcanzado un máximo histórico en tiempos de guerra, pero superaron los US$ 125 por barril, con un alza de más del 12 %, a las 00:39 (hora de Miami) del jueves.

El crudo WTI, la referencia estadounidense, subió más del 3 %, situándose por encima de los US$ 110 por barril.

El repunte de los precios mundiales del petróleo coincidió con el aumento del gas en Estados Unidos, que alcanzó su nivel más alto en cuatro años, y con el fracaso de las negociaciones directas entre Estados Unidos e Irán, lo que mantiene prácticamente cerrado el estrecho de Ormuz, un canal fundamental para el transporte de combustibles.

El incremento de los costos también llega tras una reunión entre Trump y sus principales asesores, durante la cual el presidente declaró que quería que continuara el bloqueo naval estadounidense de los puertos iraníes, según informaron a CNN fuentes familiarizadas con las conversaciones.

El equipo del mandatario ha comenzado a sentar las bases para dicha extensión, incluido un cierre a largo plazo del estrecho de Ormuz.

Con el vencimiento del contrato de Brent de junio al final de la sesión, el volumen de negociación se ha desplazado hacia los futuros de julio. Este contrato, más activo, superó los US$ 113 por barril el miércoles por la noche.

Esta noticia está en desarrollo y se actualizará.

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