By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel broke with the Trump administration Wednesday over a budget proposal that would dramatically slash funding for the bureau, telling lawmakers, “We need more than what has been proposed.” The 2026 budget proposal released on Friday calls for a funding cut of more than…
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Motown legend Smokey Robinson said Wednesday he is “appalled” by a lawsuit accusing him of repeated acts of sexual assault and rape against four former housekeepers at his Chatsworth residence. Speaking by phone to the British newspaper Daily Mail Wednesday morning, the 85-year-old singer/songwriter said only, “I am appalled” when asked about the allegations. The…
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In her home in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Eboni Moen, 42, struggled to find help. Some days she would rock back and forth in her shower, crying uncontrollably and thinking back to her son’s murder. She needed a therapist, she said, someone who could help her process what happened and find appropriate…
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The first blue and orange OC Streetcar train has arrived, a milestone for the delayed project that will soon start testing on tracks and aims to start service in a year. OC Streetcar is a 4.15-mile system from the Santa Ana train station, through downtown, to the southeastern edge of Garden Grove at Harbor Boulevard…
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Muslim advocacy groups are calling on Claremont McKenna College to address concerns about author Salman Rushdie serving as its graduation speaker because of what they call his anti-Muslim comments. Rushdie, an Indian-born British and American novelist known for his works about religion and politics, has drawn criticism before, including when he received death threats in…
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By ADRIAN SAINZ MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop, a death that sparked nationwide protests and prompted renewed calls for police reforms in the U.S. Related Articles Weather and night…
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ANAHEIM – Baseball is hard. Or it can be. The way the Angels have been playing it. Baseball is like life, too, we know; you’ve got to go through it to get through it. Whether the Angels get through it this season, well, we’ll see. The long game is afoot. Whether they can, well, that…
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By LISA MASCARO and AMANDA SEITZ WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill, as they run into resistance from more centrist GOP lawmakers opposed to ending nearly-free health care coverage for their…
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When Dustin Pagan-Peterson and his husband found out Pope Francis had passed, the only thing they could do after confirming it online was hold each other’s hands across the breakfast table and cry. “It’s still so hard to actually believe,” Pagan-Peterson said Friday, April 25. Pope Francis was 88 when he died on Easter Monday,…
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By OLIVIA DIAZ A federal judge has ruled that a Georgetown scholar’s petition challenging the constitutionality of his arrest should be heard in Virginia, denying the Trump administration’s request to move the case to Texas. Related Articles US Health department will analyze data from autistic Medicare, Medicaid enrollees, RFK Jr. says House GOP backing off…
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