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By AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday called for the U.S. and other oil-producing economies to pump more oil as crude prices remain volatile following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Trump urged stepped-up production as the White House sharpened its warnings to Iran against closing the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil and gas shipping lane, in retaliation for the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear program. “To the Department of Energy: DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!!!” Trump posted on social media. He added, “EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I’M WATCHING! YOU’RE PLAYING RIGHT…
A gunman pretending to be a policeman shot and killed Minnesota Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and injured state Senator John Hoffman and his wife. The accused perpetrator, 57-year old Vance Boelter is now in custody after a two-day search. According to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and other officials, the rampage was, “a politically motivated assassination.” His family and friends have described him as a highly conservative and religious person and a Trump supporter who listened to the Infowars podcast – the show is hosted by Alex Jones, an inflammatory personality who is known for spreading far-right conspiracies including…
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Real estate brokerage company Compass has filed a lawsuit against Zillow over its policy to ban private home listings. In a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Compass claims that “Zillow has sought to rely on anticompetitive tactics to protect its monopoly and revenues in violation of the antitrust laws.” Compass says that Zillow has implemented an exclusionary policy that says if a home seller and their real estate agent market their property off Zillow for more than one day, that Zillow and its allies, Redfin and eXp…
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly called for mask-wearing at protests to be banned and for protesters whose faces are covered to be arrested, with the most recent push following demonstrations in Los Angeles over immigration raids. Legal experts told The Associated Press there are a variety of reasons people may want to cover their faces while protesting, including to protect their health, for religious reasons, to avoid government retaliation, to prevent surveillance and doxing, or to protect themselves from tear gas. With legislative action happening across the U.S., they say it’s…
Stater Bros. Markets is opening Wednesday, June 25 in the Greenspot Crossings shopping center in Highland. The store at at 27920 Greenspot Road replaces a longstanding Stater Bros. at E. Highland Ave. The San Bernardino-based supermarket chain notes that the new store, at 46,000 square feet, is nearly double the size of the store it is replacing. The Greenspot store will feature meat, seafood, deli and bakery departments, in addition to a large selection of pantry goods and produce, sushi and fruit stations. The grand opening begins with a ribbon-cutting at 8 a.m. with Citrus Valley High’s school band providing…
A Los Angeles police sergeant and a motorist in his 30s were killed Monday morning, June 23, when the sergeant stopped on the southbound 405 Freeway to assist the man and both were struck by another vehicle. The crash was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 1:58 a.m. on the southbound 405, just north of Moraga Drive, where a silver truck was blocking the HOV lane. It was reported that three vehicles were involved. The motorist died at the scene, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz. Two patients, including the police sergeant, were taken by ambulance to…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — The massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump wants on his desk by July 4 would loosen regulations on gun silencers and certain types of rifles and shotguns, advancing a longtime priority of the gun industry as Republican leaders in the House and Senate try to win enough votes to pass the bill. The guns provision was first requested in the House by Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Republican gun store owner who had initially opposed the larger tax package. The House bill would remove silencers — called “suppressors” by…
Really, what are the chances? Even Richard Park, a former NHL player, will tell you the odds of making it as a pro athlete are so small they might as well be “invisible.” And the odds of making it to the NHL from California? Real slim; hockey-reference.com tells us there have been 56 California-born players all time – from a state of nearly 40 million. So what, then, are the odds of one Southern California family possibly producing two NHL players? Let’s estimate that’s somewhere around, I don’t know, infinitesimal? About the size of as a strand of DNA? And…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s media company plans to buy back up to $400 million of its stock, which have lost 46% of their value this year. Trump Media and Technology Group, which operates the Truth Social media platform, said Monday that the acquisition will improve its financial flexibility. It will retire the shares after they are purchased, meaning these particular shares can’t be reissued. Companies can drive their stock higher by acquiring or removing the number of company shares outstanding. Trump is the largest stakeholder in Trump Media, with about 114 million shares. Shares of Donald Trump…
By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Republicans are taking slightly different approaches when it comes to the tax cuts that lawmakers are looking to include in their massive tax and spending cuts bill. Republicans in the two chambers don’t agree on the size of a deduction for state and local taxes. And they are at odds on such things as allowing people to use their health savings accounts to help pay for their gym membership, or whether electric vehicle and hybrid owners should have to pay an annual fee. The House passed its version shortly before Memorial…