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By JONEL ALECCIA and JAMIE STENGLE DALLAS (AP) — A new Texas law promoting the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda requires first-ever warning labels on foods like chips and candies that contain dyes and additives not allowed in other countries. It could have far-reaching effects on the nation’s food supply, but a review of the legislation shows it also misrepresents the status of some ingredients that would trigger the action. The law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday requires foods made with any of more than 40 dyes or additives to have labels starting in 2027…
DENVER — The mystery continues. After a hot two weeks following his return from a fractured toe, Mookie Betts has slipped back into another slump. Going into Tuesday night’s game at Coors Field, Betts was 6 for 37 (.162) over his previous 10 games. As the Dodgers reach the midpoint of their season this week, Betts is batting .254 with a .338 on-base percentage and a .391 slugging percentage – all would be career-lows for the perennial All-Star. He has never posted an OPS under .800 in his career but went into Tuesday at .728. “I am. I think we…
By BERNARD CONDON Federal traffic safety regulators are looking into suspected problems with Elon Musk’s test run of self-driving “robotaxis” in Texas after videos surfaced showing them braking suddenly or going straight through an intersection from a turning lane and driving down the wrong side of the road. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that it has asked Tesla for information about the apparent errors. Though many other videos show robotaxis driving perfectly, if regulators find any major issues, that would likely raise questions about Musk’s repeated statements that the robotaxis are safe and his claim that Tesla…
The U.S Border Patrol on Tuesday accused a 48-year-old landscaper forcibly detained in Santa Ana last week of attacking them with his weed whacker. The agency drew widespread condemnation after a video posted to social media on Saturday showed the landscaper being pinned to the ground and repeatedly punched in the head by at least one agent. Narciso Barranco, who was working a landscaping job at an IHOP when he was approached by the armed, masked agents, is now accused of swinging his weed whacker at them and resisting arrest. “Show the full story. If you swing a WEED WACKER…
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says “NO ONE GOES ON VACATION” until the big, beautiful bill is on his desk by the Fourth of July deadline. And Republicans in Congress are staying put to get it done. The Senate is gearing up for weekend work, while House Speaker Mike Johnson told lawmakers Tuesday to keep their schedules “flexible” as they prepare for more votes. “We are making good headway,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. He expects the Senate will get this “past the finish line” by the end of the week,…
Changes are expected for the Lakers. And not just the change in ownership, with the Buss family last week agreeing last week to sell the majority ownership of the franchise to Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter and TWG Global at a valuation of approximately $10 billion. But roster changes are also expected to be made soon. In his last public comments with reporters, Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka, who also received a promotion to be the franchise’s president of basketball operations as part of a contract extension in mid-April, acknowledged on May 1 that a lot of work is needed…
By MATT O’BRIEN In a test case for the artificial intelligence industry, a federal judge has ruled that AI company Anthropic didn’t break the law by training its chatbot Claude on millions of copyrighted books. But the company is still on the hook and must now go to trial over how it acquired those books by downloading them from online “shadow libraries” of pirated copies. U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco said in a ruling filed late Monday that the AI system’s distilling from thousands of written works to be able to produce its own passages of text…
By MIKE CORDER THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has a sleepover this week in the Netherlands that is, quite literally, fit for a king. Trump is visiting The Hague for a summit of the 32 leaders of NATO on Wednesday, and his sleeping arrangements have received a significant upgrade. He is scheduled to arrive Tuesday night and be whisked by motorcade along closed-off highways to the Huis Ten Bosch palace, nestled in a forest on the edge of The Hague, for a dinner with other alliance leaders hosted by Dutch King Willem-Alexander. Trump had been expected…
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Will Wade’s work building North Carolina State into an immediate winner included the pursuit of an entrant in the NBA draft, just in case he returned to college. It wasn’t a huge risk: With all the cash flowing in college, the number of early entrants to the NBA draft has continued to shrink. This year’s draft starts Wednesday night with its lowest total of those prospects in at least 10 years. “Now you can play the long game a little bit more,” Wade told The Associated Press, referring to how college players can look…
In May, House Republicans passed a budget bill that will hurt millions of working families, and not one California Republican lifted a finger to stop it. These aren’t just numbers — they’re people. Kristen, a young woman in my district, lives with a genetic disorder that causes developmental, learning, and cardiovascular issues. Every four months, she travels from the Inland Empire to San Diego for vital testing, care made possible by Medi-Cal. She works hard, dreams of owning a bakery, and fights to stay healthy. This bill threatens her care and her dream. Trump and Republicans call it “One Big…