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By René Bennett, Bankrate.com When inflation is high, consumers can feel the impact everywhere, from the supermarket to the gas station. Inflation makes it more expensive to buy basic essentials on your grocery list, afford rent, pay utility bills and, well, live. While we wait for inflation to reach the 2% rate targeted by the Federal Reserve, you can take steps to protect your savings — and your financial health overall. How to protect savings from inflation 1. Budget for savings first If you’re making a comfortable salary but notice that you run out of money for savings before you’ve…

By JESSE BEDAYN, Associated PressPresident Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually.Mexico agreed Monday to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a deal with Trump to pause the tariffs for a month — and hold off levying its own.FILE – Small vials of fentanyl are shown in the inpatient pharmacy at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, June 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer,…

NEW YORK — It can be easy to forget, with the franchise’s blockbuster trade for Luka Doncic overshadowing everything else that’s happened over the weekend around the organization and the NBA as a whole.But before the Lakers made one of the biggest, and most surprising, trades in NBA history, they were trending in a positive direction.They’ve won six of their last seven games and eight in their last 10. Their 128-112 win over the New York Knicks on Saturday at Madison Square Garden – without Anthony Davis, who they traded to the Dallas Mavericks as part of the deal for…

By Saleha Mohsin and Paige Smith | BloombergTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent is now the acting head of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, signaling a potential shift away from the aggressive enforcement and regulatory approach under Rohit Chopra.It comes after Chopra was fired by the Trump administration. The Biden-era appointee’s term was marked by billions of dollars in fines and consumer compensation collectively against lenders such as Wells Fargo & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc.“I look forward to working with the CFPB to advance President Trump’s agenda to lower costs for the American people and accelerate economic…

By GERALD IMRAY, Associated PressCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a human rights violation, a move that reflects Elon Musk’s repeated and false claims over the years that authorities in his country of birth are anti-white and even encouraging the killing of white people.Trump said on Sunday that “terrible things are happening in South Africa. The leadership is doing some terrible things, horrible things” without providing specifics. He said “they’re taking away land, they’re confiscating land, and actually they’re doing things that are…

Here is the schedule of CIF Southern Section playoff events involving Inland teams for Tuesday, Feb. 4.Dates, sites and times are subject to change.TUESDAY’S PLAYOFF SCHEDULECIF SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS WATER POLO PLAYOFFSFirst Round(Matches at 5 p.m., unless noted)Division 2Riverside Poly at Anaheim CanyonArlington at Sherman Oaks Notre DameWestlake at Los OsosDivision 3Villa Park at ChaparralBonita at La Canada, 5:15 p.m.Esperanza at EtiwandaRamona at Thousand OaksSanta Monica vs. Citrus Valley at Beaumont HSNorco vs. Lakewood St. Joseph at Long Beach CC, 3 p.m.Division 4Crescenta Valley at Valley ViewPaloma Valley at AyalaWestern at UplandTemescal Canyon at RooseveltCalifornia at Chino HillsTemecula Valley vs.…

As Angelenos begin the long process of rebuilding after recent devastating wildfires, a program created in the aftermath of the Watts Riots in the 1960s may prove critical to California homeowners.In August 1965, long-simmering racial tensions provided the perfect kindling and a simple traffic stop exploded into devastating riots. After the smoke had cleared, 34 lives were lost, and over a thousand people were injured. Rioters caused over $40 million in property damage (the equivalent of hundreds of millions of dollars today).The extensive damage caused many insurers to refrain from covering properties in areas considered most high risk. This left…

Boeing executive Mark Nappi had been the face of the company’s Starliner program during its beleaguered Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station that ultimately left its crew of two NASA astronauts behind when the spacecraft returned to Earth last year.After NASA made the call to keep its astronauts safe on the ISS because of concerns about Starliner’s thrusters, Nappi was noticeably missing from press conference updates as the spacecraft made what turned out to be a safe return in September, albeit minus crew.Now 64, Nappi announced he was retiring from Boeing this year, but he talked about the…

The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) FILE -Refugees prepare food including maize porridge donated by USAID and known locally as posho, during the visit of U.N., Aug. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera, File) FILE – Venezuelans ride atop and alongside semi-trailers accompanying U.S. humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela, in Cucuta, Colombia, Feb. 23, 2019 . The aid convoy is looking to transport nearly 200 metric tons of mostly…

By JIM MUSTIAN and BRETT MARTEL, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an unlikely ally: the front office of the city’s NFL franchise. What followed was a monthslong, crisis-communications blitz orchestrated by the New Orleans Saints’ president and other top team officials, according to hundreds of internal emails obtained by The Associated Press. The records, which the Saints and church had long sought to keep out of public view, reveal team executives played a more extensive role than previously known in a…