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Contestants in this year’s San Bernardino County Academic Decathlon competition will learn later this week who won the title. Seniors at Chaffey High School in Ontario, Arielle Jett, left, and Bryon Greet, compete Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in the San Bernardino County Academic Decathlon at Alta Loma High School in Rancho Cucamonga. (Courtesy of the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools) Fifteen teams from schools across the county completed the contest Saturday, Feb. 1, when the gameshow-style Super Quiz was held at Alta Loma High School in Rancho Cucamonga. This year’s winner will have to get past Ontario’s Chaffey High…

By Kara Carlson | BloombergTesla registered fewer cars in California in all four quarters of 2024, as sales of its second-most important model plunged 36% for the year.The electric-vehicle maker’s sales in by far the biggest EV market in the US fell almost 8% in the fourth quarter and 12% for the year, according to data sourced by the California New Car Dealers Association. Annual registrations of the Model 3 sedan dropped by more than a third.Also see: Trump order weighs eliminating EV-favoring policies and subsidiesTesla’s registrations declined despite the company adding a fifth model — the polarizing Cybertruck — to…

By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration advocacy groups on Monday sued the Trump administration over its ban on asylum access at the southern border, saying the sweeping restrictions illegally put people who are fleeing war and persecution in harm’s way.The decision outlined in one of President Donald Trump’s immigration-related executive orders is “as unlawful as it is unprecedented,” the groups — led by the American Civil Liberties Union — said in the complaint, filed in a Washington federal court.“The government is doing just what Congress by statute decreed that the United States must not do. It is returning…

Orioles’ Rich Dauer lashes a first-pitch home run over left field fence in third inning of Game 7 of the World Series at Baltimore, Oct. 17, 1979, to score first run of the game. Pirates Jim Bibby is pitching and Steve Nicosia is catching. Ball is light blur at top right. (AP Photo) Pirates Phil Garner slides head first into third base and is tagged by Orioles Rich Dauer (25) in second inning of third game of World Series, Oct. 12, 1979. Garner had doubled and was out in run down play after he tried to reach third. Dauer, second…

California State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, recently introduced legislation that would cap cost-sharing for insulin at $35 a month, regardless of whether a patient has public or private insurance.  It’s a popular idea. But it may not be necessary. The cost of insulin has been falling due to market forces. Most insured patients already pay less than $35 a month. Six years ago, the average monthly out-of-pocket cost for insulin made by Eli Lilly was $38.64. It’s now $17.16, a 56% drop.  In other words, insulin manufacturers have been dropping their prices because of old-fashioned competition. And that’s largely…

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…