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By Jessica Nix and Gerry Smith | BloombergUS officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying sign that the virus is evolving in ways that could make it harder to contain.Detected on a duck farm in Merced County, California, it’s the first confirmed case of H5N9 in poultry in the US, according to the website for the World Organization for Animal Health, a Paris-based group focused on animal diseases.The California case wasn’t announced by US health officials, as the Trump administration has paused government communications on health…
Fontana police on Tuesday, Jan. 28, arrested a man who they say killed a businessman by hitting him with a baseball bat.Ronalee Barrett Stanberry, 37, was detained in Hollywood by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department around 2 a.m., said Officer Steve Reed, a Fontana police spokesman.Stanberry was booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on suspicion of murder, mayhem and burglary. He was being held without the possibility of bail. He Stanberry is due in court on Jan. 30.Police say Stanberry broke into the Allstate insurance agency operated by Fritz Mendoza, 79, on Jan. 10.Mendoza and his…
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, SAMYA KULLAB, FARAI MUTSAKA and CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S-funded aid programs around the world have begun firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop their operations, as the Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on almost all foreign assistance brings their work to a sudden halt.Allies including Ukraine also are struggling to save part of their security funding from the 90-day freeze, ordered by President Donald Trump last week. Trump also just paused federal grants and loans inside the United States.The Trump administration says it ordered the foreign aid pause to give it time to…
PHILADELPHIA — As part of nine changes to the NBA schedule, the league announced Tuesday morning that the Lakers’ home game against the San Antonio Spurs, which was originally scheduled for Jan. 11 but was postponed because of the wildfires in Southern California, has been rescheduled for March 17 at Crypto.com Arena. To accommodate the rescheduled games around the league, the Lakers’ home game against the Milwaukee Bucks on March 18 was pushed back to March 20 at Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers had two home games postponed because of the wildfires – the aforementioned game against the Spurs and a…
Thousands of children have been victimized by the Eaton and Palisades fires. Some have seen their homes destroyed by the fires. Others have been evacuated for weeks or potentially months. Others have seen their schools burn down. In Altadena, one traditional public school was devastated by the fires, Eliot Middle School, along with three charter schools and two private schools. In the Palisades, two elementary schools (Palisades and Marquez) were destroyed, as well as at least two private schools. The local public high school—Palisades Charter High School—suffered damage to 40% of its campus and likely won’t be able to re-open…
By KANIS LEUNG, Associated PressHONG KONG (AP) — Chinese tech startup DeepSeek ’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.DeepSeek’s AI assistant was the No. 1 downloaded free app on Apple’s iPhone store on Tuesday afternoon and its launch made Wall Street tech superstars’ stocks tumble. Observers are eager to see whether the Chinese company has matched America’s leading AI companies at a fraction of the cost.The chatbot’s ultimate impact on the AI industry is still unclear, but it appears to…
By TARA COPP, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the military’s top weapons buyer is an official who directed the Pentagon to withhold aid from Ukraine in 2019 as Trump sought a commitment from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate the Biden family — a key component of the impeachment of Trump in his first term.That relationship is raising questions among some senators about whether the nominee will follow the law if confirmed for a powerful new position that oversees a budget of $311 billion.Michael Duffey, Trump’s nominee to be undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment,…
Where do you go when you’ve reached the top?The Chargers are about to find out in the next few months how they can improve a defense that was the NFL’s stingiest in the 2024 season, giving up a meager 17.7 points per game. Coach Jim Harbaugh and general manager Joe Hortiz said they’re determined to improve for 2025, though.Standing on success won’t cut it, they said earlier this month.What that meant was still to be determined as of Tuesday. After all, the league’s free agency window doesn’t open until March and the draft won’t be held until April, so there…
By WILL WEISSERT and HALELUYA HADERO, Associated PressPresident Donald Trump said Monday evening that Microsoft is among the U.S. companies looking to take control of TikTok to help the popular app avert an effective ban that could kick-in in April.“I would say yes,” Trump told reporters when asked if Microsoft was one of the companies interested in helping to bring about a new ownership of TikTok, a requirement set by Congress to keep the app functioning in the U.S.President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Miami to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Monday, Jan. 27,…
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, Associated PressATLANTA (AP) — The Justice Department appears poised to take a very different approach to investigating voting and elections.Conservative calls to overhaul the department by removing career employees, increasing federal voter fraud cases and investigating the 2020 election are raising concerns among voting rights groups about the future of the agency under Pam Bondi, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump who will face a confirmation vote later this week.Bondi supported Trump’s legal efforts to overturn the 2020 Pennsylvania election results, has reiterated his false claims about his loss that year and during her Senate…