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A brawl between two groups of women that included a stroller-pushing mom joining the fray before pulling a child to safety turned an otherwise joyful day at Disney California Adventure into a Mommy Fight Club filled with an emotional whirlwind …

Alisa Odenheimer | Bloomberg News (TNS) Israel will consider joining cease-fire talks with Hamas only when the group responds to the latest internationally mediated proposal for a temporary truce and hostage release, state-run Kan News reported. Citing an unidentified political …

Daily News Girls Athlete of the Week: Name: Jady Mape School: Oaks Christian Sport: Beach volleyball Year: Sophomore Noteworthy: Mape won her matches in the semifinals and finals of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 beach volleyball championships on Saturday …

John T. Bennett | CQ-Roll Call (TNS) WASHINGTON — White House officials remain mum about a purported Israeli counterstrike on Iranian soil, the continuation of a stark message shift about American and allied intelligence capabilities in the Middle East over …

US home-price gains accelerated in February, extending a streak of increases that has pushed many would-be buyers to the sidelines. Prices nationally climbed 6.4% from a year earlier, an S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index shows. That’s larger than the 6% annual …

By Zeke Miller, Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian and Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations …

By Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times and KFF Health News Monica Kelly was thrilled to learn she was expecting her second child. The Tennessee mother was around 13 weeks pregnant when, according to a lawsuit filed against the state of …

By Kimberly Palmer | NerdWallet Sometimes, climbing out of a money rut starts with a pep talk — to yourself. “I like affirmations and speaking out loud,” says Giovanna Gonzalez, a financial educator and author of “Cultura & Cash.” Her …

By Lauren Clason, CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday finalized a rule to regulate most tests developed in a lab, in a move that observers expect will face legal challenges and prompt intervention from Congress. …

By Tom Krisher | The Associated Press In the not-too-distant future, automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all new passenger vehicles in the United States, a requirement the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent …

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT (Associated Press) OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The world’s nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they have in three prior meetings. Coming into Ottawa, many feared …

By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE NEW YORK — Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the …

With Cinco de Mayo falling on Sunday this year, expect three-day parties at restaurants throughout Southern California. Full service restaurants are offering special brunches and discounts on margaritas, while quick service chains are offering burrito discounts and catering for private …

Making a treat on Mother’s Day can create joy for the baker as well as the beloved recipient. This is especially true if the baked goods are delicious and easy to make. These Pecan Pie Muffins go together quickly, using …

Q: We had a theft at our club and no one knows who did it, but we have our suspicions. I have taken notes of the phone calls and meetings so far. I asked an attorney what I should do …

Sarah Zheng and Josh Xiao | Bloomberg News (TNS) The U.S. push to ban TikTok marks a new phase in its approach to data security that could eventually impact everything from electric vehicles to health care, reshaping trade relations between …

While many restaurants will offer de rigueur Mexican-American fare for Cinco de Mayo, Pitfire Pizza, a pizzeria with locations in Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange County, has teamed up with Sonoratown, a Northern Mexico-style taco joint in DTLA, to …

By Fiona Rutherford, Jaewon Kang and John Tozzi | Bloomberg Walmart is abandoning its plan to build out a network of low-cost health clinics due to escalating costs and reimbursement challenges. The retailer said Tuesday that it will close all …

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and COLLEEN LONG NEW YORK — Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about …

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: Californians are increasingly worried about the economy, with their collective optimism falling to …

By Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year, according to an FBI report released Tuesday that shows a rise in losses through increasingly sophisticated criminal tactics to trick the …

Although the state and federal government have pumped billions of dollars into California transit agencies during and after the COVID pandemic, ridership remains well below 2019 levels. One barrier to getting riders back on transit is the perception that riding …

The Orange County Register and seven other newspapers sued Microsoft and OpenAI on Tuesday, claiming the technology giants illegally harvested millions of copyrighted articles to create their cutting-edge “generative” artificial intelligence products including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot. While the …

On Friday, the Biden administration announced it would indefinitely postpone a decision to issue a nationwide ban on menthol cigarettes. The Biden administration, and all future administrations, should leave the matter for adults to decide for themselves. “This rule has …

With classic rockers, reggae stars, alt-music bands and some of the best chefs in the area, the BeachLife Festival is riding the waves of nostalgia as it once again hits the sand this weekend. The three-day festival, which celebrates beach …

The mainstream media loves the narrative that it is only Democrats who care about protecting our environment.  A review of the facts shows just the opposite.   Republican presidents, not Democrat presidents created and supported landmark legislation that gave us our …

The current spate of campus takeovers by pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli and often anti-Semitic protesters turns out to be neither an accident nor, for the most part, spontaneous . This first became clear when demonstrators yelling “We Are Hamas” and “Gas the …

Budget season has arrived, and on Tuesday, April 30, the Los Angeles City Council’s budget committee will kick off the first in a series of meetings to go over the city’s spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. Mayor Karen …

One of America’s top roller coaster destinations might have found the breaking point for coaster fans. Cedar Point’s Top Thrill 2 debuts to the public this week. A rebuild of the former Top Thrill Dragster, the 120-mph coaster now features …

SANTA MONICA — El Camino Real girls beach volleyball team won its second team championship in three years by beating Taft 2-1 on Monday, and this time the Royals did it with two new and important players. Sisters Addy Choi …

The Big Ten, the Pac-12 and the Ivy League are overrun with antisemitic students protesting in favor of Hamas. They claim they support Palestinians, but “Globalize the intifada” and “Palestine will be free from the river to the sea” are …

PHOENIX — If at first you don’t succeed – just keep loading the bases. The Dodgers entered Monday’s game 4 for 27 (.148) with 13 strikeouts in bases-loaded situations this year, a starvation diet in the all-you-can-eat buffet of scoring …

DENVER — The Lakers’ stars were hobbling down the stretch, trying to give their team another opportunity to extend their first-round playoff series. But just like the last time the Lakers were in Denver, Jamal Murray made sure they left …

CIF-SS BOYS TENNIS PLAYOFFS OPEN DIVISION Quarterfinals Friday, 3 p.m. Peninsula at University Woodbridge at Palos Verdes Loyola at Harvard-Westlake Beckman at Corona del Mar DIVISION 1 First round Wednesday, 3 p.m. Northwood at Huntington Beach Tesoro, bye Cypress at …

ANAHEIM — A game that began in disturbingly familiar fashion ended with a much needed change for the Angels. After trailing by three runs before they took their first at-bat of the night, the Angels rallied for a 6-5 victory …

PHOENIX — Freddie Freeman has been searching for his swing, inside and out. A strict adherent to routine, Freeman hits three rounds of batting practice each day in preparation for that night’s game. When things aren’t going well or his …

DENVER — The Lakers received another potential boost for their frontcourt on Monday ahead of Game 5 of their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, with forward Jarred Vanderbilt being cleared to play for the first time in nearly …

SANTA ANA — A Westminster man and a Texas man were sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms Monday for their part in a drug trafficking organization that peddled narcotics through the darknet and encrypted messaging apps. Michael Ta, 25, of …

If you are a strong student at UC San Diego with middle-class college-educated parents and a wish to transfer to a “selective major” (engineering, data science, public health), the university isn’t interested in you. A new directive gives one point each for …

Nine El Camino Real Charter High School students started out as strangers, before securing coveted spots on the school’s academic decathlon team. And after a year of bonding through intensive study sessions in Classroom S3 and lots of late night …