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Every weekday, Inland Empire public schools serve up meals for kids. That includes summer. With classes over for the school year, school districts are teaming up with cities and others to keep the breakfasts and lunches coming. Kiki Median, right, and Emily Neil enjoy lunch at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Redlands-Riverside on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Redlands. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Children at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Redlands-Riverside enjoy lunches provided by the Redlands Unified School District on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Redlands. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Kamden…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, Associated Press HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — Amazon is gearing up to make as many as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is also vying to join the autonomous race. The 220,000-square-foot robotaxi factory announced Wednesday heralds a new phase in Amazon’s push into a technological frontier that began taking shape in 2009, when Waymo was launched as a secret project within Google. Amazon began eyeing the market five years ago when it shelled out $1.2 billion for self-driving startup Zoox,…

By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has begun evacuating nonessential diplomats and their families from the U.S. embassy in Israel as hostilities between Israel and Iran intensify and there is the possibility that the United States could become directly involved in the conflict. Two U.S. officials said a government plane evacuated a number of diplomats and family members who had asked to leave the country Wednesday, shortly before U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee announced on X that the embassy was making plans for evacuation flights and ships for private American citizens. The officials spoke on condition…

You know how I know the WNBA has officially, officially arrived? Everybody has an opinion on the officials. And you’re all right. Refs, you stink. But not because the zebras aren’t doing enough to protect the league’s most popular player. Because they’re not doing enough to protect Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Plum and Gabby Williams and any and all of the league’s most-entertaining playmakers, the women who would elevate the game even further if they had the freedom their NBA counterparts do. If the WNBA did what the guys on the guys’ side did in 2018, when they put it…

By Kimberly Palmer, NerdWallet Mykail James is not ashamed to call herself a “recovering overspender.” The Washington, D.C.-based financial educator, who also goes by “the boujie budgeter” online, says she used to spend too much money on splurges like concert tickets and clothing. But today, she has her spending under control thanks to a set of rules she follows. One rule? She gives herself a limit for how much she can spend in certain categories. She can buy a concert ticket, but not if it costs more than $45, for example. She also keeps her spending money separate from her…

By MIKE STOBBE and LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers meet next week, but their agenda suggests they’ll skip some expected topics — including a vote on COVID-19 shots — while taking up a longtime target of anti-vaccine groups. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices makes recommendations on how to use the nation’s vaccines, setting a schedule for children’s vaccines as well as advice for adult shots. Last week, Kennedy abruptly dismissed the existing 17-member expert panel and handpicked eight replacements, including several anti-vaccine voices. The agenda for the new committee’s first…

INDIANAPOLIS — Difficult as it may seem, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is desperately trying to not think about what may await the Oklahoma City Thunder. The MVP, scoring champion and Thunder star doesn’t want to think about the end of the NBA Finals. Or how the Larry O’Brien Trophy will feel in his hands if he gets to finally hoist it as a champion. Or what the celebration will look like, sound like, be like. The Thunder are one win from a title, and it could come when they visit the potentially shorthanded Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the NBA Finals…

The home décor retailer At Home will shutter eight of its California stores as it reorganizes in bankruptcy, according to documents filed in Wilmington, Delaware. The Texas-based company, with $2 billion in debt, blamed a “rapidly evolving trade environment” and the “impact of tariff policies” for its decision to restructure and downsize. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have retailers on edge, with many of them postponing sales forecasts for 2025. Retail sales in May fell sharply, The Associated Press reported Tuesday, as consumers pulled back on shopping that spiked ahead of anticipated tariffs. Also see: California tariff experts warn of heightened…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming surgery for transgender youth in a ruling that’s likely to reverberate across the country. Most Republican-controlled states already have similar bans. In his majority opinion Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that Tennessee’s ban does not violate the Constitution’s equal protection clause, which requires the government to treat similarly situated people the same. Since President Donald Trump returned to office this year, the federal government has been trying to restrict access. Here are some things to know about gender-affirming care and the court’s ruling: What…

After 6 1/2 years of denying any interest in running for president, Gavin Newsom has finally fessed up. In a flurry of media interviews keyed to anti-Donald Trump demonstrations in Los Angeles and elsewhere, Newsom has acknowledged what everyone in and around national politics had already assumed — that he’s entertaining a White House bid. The most explicit of several hints was published in the Wall Street Journal. Responding to a question about his presidential ambitions, Newsom said, “I’m not thinking about running, but it’s a path that I could see unfold.” That’s in keeping with the time-worn playbook for…