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The deadly attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day only underscores the importance lawmakers must place on combatting homegrown extremism, said Sen. Adam Schiff.At least 14 people died after Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. Army veteran, drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people early in the morning on Jan. 1, the FBI has said.In the wake of the attack, Republicans have called on the Senate to swiftly approve President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for national security jobs, including former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for national intelligence director, Army veteran Pete Hegseth for defense secretary and Kash Patel for FBI director.…

There’s one geopolitical and economic truth about our nation upon which everyone can agree — people around the world want to move to the United States of America.Why not continue to make it easier for the best and the brightest scientists, engineers and medical researchers — professionals from every other nation, a class of people who almost universally want to live and work here — to do so?That’s what the H-1B visa program does.We need the workers. They strengthen our economy when they take positions in Silicon Valley and at universities and other research hubs around the nation.President-elect Donald Trump…

Q: Are these actual new laws? – Kioren Moss, Ventura A: Kioren sent Honk a screenshot of new laws for e-bikes that popped up on Google. The problem is the provided info was via artificial intelligence and in this case simplified the answers to where they weren’t all true. With the help of the California Highway Patrol, Kioren and Honk’s crack research team, which consists of himself, below is a list of new laws for e-bikers and motorists (Unless otherwise noted, the laws took effect on Wednesday, Jan. 1): A new law makes it illegal to sell devices to tweak…

LOS ANGELES — Playing without Anthony Davis hasn’t been a scenario the Lakers have had to face many times over the last couple of years.But when Davis hasn’t been available, it’s usually led to poor results – a script the Lakers flipped for at least one game with their 114-106 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night, their sixth win in the past eight games.With Davis sidelined, the Lakers needed someone outside of LeBron James (38 points, eight assists) and Austin Reaves (15 points, 11 assists, eight rebounds) to step up offensively.Max Christie was that player, with the…

LOS ANGELES — All-Star big man Anthony Davis and backup guard Gabe Vincent weren’t available for the Lakers’ home game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.Davis missed the game because of a sprained left ankle, which he originally suffered in the first quarter of the Lakers’ victory over the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day in San Francisco.He only played the first seven minutes of the win over the Warriors before sitting out the remainder of the game.“The ankle sprain from Golden State and just a ton of games, just want to be smart about it with some…

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Ducks have been rising to the occasion more often lately.Troy Terry scored his second goal of the game at 3:34 of overtime to give the Ducks a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night – their second win against the Western Conference-leading Jets in a little more than two weeks, a stretch that also saw the Ducks topple a surging Edmonton Oilers squad.Terry added an assist in a three-point night, Radko Gudas and Leo Carlsson also scored and John Gibson stopped 27 shots for the Ducks (16-7-4), who have won three straight and four…

By TONY SELLARS The Associated PressOKLAHOMA CITY — The Clippers are eagerly awaiting the season debut of their biggest star. They played Thursday night without the other one.The short-handed Clippers started strong, but they could not maintain that for four quarters and were no match for the red-hot Oklahoma City Thunder. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points and the Thunder won their franchise-record 13th consecutive regular-season game, handing the Clippers a 116-98 defeat.The Clippers led 40-24 with 8:38 left in the first half before the Thunder pulled within 52-48 by halftime. Shaking off a cold shooting first half, the Thunder exploded…

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports WriterNEW ORLEANS — Riley Leonard passed for a touchdown, Jayden Harrison returned a kickoff 98 yards for a score, and Notre Dame’s defense made it hold up in a 23-10 victory over second-seeded Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday that sends the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish into the semifinals of the College Football Playoff.In a game that was delayed by a day because of a deadly terror attack in the host city, Notre Dame (13-1) made enough big plays and got some help from a clever move by Coach Marcus Freeman.Georgia (11-2) was in position…

We voters all need to read the article “Assembly members taught how to duck accountability” by Carl DeMaio in Sunday, Dec. 22 Opinion section.This knowledge is essential to voters to assure the honest operation of our democracy.Every voter in California needs to know this, regardless of political belief.You will not be disappointed that you took the time to read it.Clarence Costa, Corona Del MarA peak behind closed doorsI commend Assembly member Chris DeMaio for speaking about what is really going on behind closed doors, however most if us had at least an inkling that politicians pretty much do as they please and are…

LOS ANGELES — After practice on Wednesday, Rams outside linebacker Jared Verse took a nap. When he woke up, he saw three missed calls from head coach Sean McVay.“I thought I was getting fired,” Verse said. “I’m like, ‘I don’t know what I did, I thought I was doing pretty good.’”No such luck for opposing offenses.Instead, McVay was calling to inform that he had been named to the Pro Bowl as a rookie as the team’s lone representative.“It felt amazing. Relief was first, though,” Verse said. “It felt good.”Since being drafted by the Rams in April as their first first-round…