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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…

By TOM MURPHY, AP Health Writer The nation’s major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications. UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health’s Aetna and dozens of other insurers say they plan to reduce the scope of health care claims subject to prior authorization, standardize parts of the process and expand responses done in real time. Prior authorization means insurers require approval before they’ll cover medical care, a prescription or a service like an imaging exam. Insurers say they do this to guard against care overuse and to make sure patients…

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO CHICAGO (AP) — Many of the protesters who flooded the streets of Los Angeles to oppose President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown wore masks or other face coverings, drawing scorn from him. “MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests,” Trump posted on his social media platform, adding that mask-wearing protesters should be arrested. Protesters and their supporters argue Trump’s comments and repeated calls by the Republican president’s allies to ban masks at protests are an attempt to stifle popular dissent. They also note a double standard at play: In Los Angeles and elsewhere, protesters were…

LSU first baseman Jared Jones high-fives fans while carrying the championship trophy around the field following LSU’s 5-3 win over Coastal Carolina in Game 2 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz) LSU LSUhead coach Jay Johnson hoists the championship trophy with his team following their 5-3 win over Coastal Carolina in Game 2 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz) LSU closing pitcher Chase Shores scoops up dirt from the mound following his team’s 5-3…