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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The stunning indictment that led to the arrest of more than 30 people, including Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and other NBA figures, on charges of illegal sports betting has drawn new scrutiny of the booming business of professional sports gambling across the U.S. Since widespread legalization, the multibillion-dollar industry has made it easy to place wagers on everything from the outcome of games to that of a single play with just a few taps of a cellphone. It’s just about impossible to go to a basketball, football, baseball or other…

SACRAMENTO — The upset is palpable. News reports that the Trump administration is planning to cut state grants to build permanent housing for homeless people has led state officials and homeless activists to claim that the likely decision will send thousands of people back on the streets just as California is turning the corner on this massive problem. The usually levelheaded CalMatters reported that the expected deep cuts are the “latest blow in a seemingly endless barrage of bad news for the California agencies tasked with fighting homelessness.” The “news has sent counties throughout California into a panic” and they…

By SAM McNEIL, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday said Meta and TitTok had breached their transparency obligations after an investigation that could result in billions of dollars in fines. The inquiry found both companies had violated the Digital Services Act, the EU’s trailblazing digital rule book that imposes a set of strict requirements designed to keep internet users safe online, including making it easier to report counterfeit or unsafe goods or flag harmful or illegal content like hate speech, as well as a ban on ads targeted at children. “We are making sure platforms are…

It’s hard to judge the proper pay and bonus structures for various organizations, but the public does have a right — maybe even a duty — to object when their tax dollars are used in irresponsible ways to placate the demands of public-sector unions. The California State University is funded in a variety of ways including tuition and philanthropic support, but the state provides more than half of its support to the “people’s” university system. And its recently announced decision to fund hefty bonuses to faculty and staff should raise the hackles of every fiscally prudent Californian. As CalMatters reported,…

By Rick VanderKnyff, NerdWallet Many of us live paycheck to paycheck, as a wide range of surveys confirm. So when those paychecks suddenly stop coming, because of a layoff or other unforeseen event, the effect can be profound and immediate. How do you pay for the basics — food, shelter, child care and more — with no money coming in, especially if you haven’t been able to build an adequate emergency fund? Virtually all of the nation’s nearly 3 million federal workers are facing life without pay for the foreseeable future as the federal government shutdown (which began Oct. 1)…

Q: Honk: A reader recently told you about Bluetooth dropouts along the 405 Freeway near Beach Boulevard. Exactly the same thing happens to me when I drive in that area. I listen to Apple Carplay for music, and there’s always a dropout as I pass Beach. Every time. It reconnects quickly, but your reader is not alone. I stopped at Old World Village yesterday to pick up some Oktoberfest food, and Carplay stopped working as I was exiting. –  Frank Parth, Mission Viejo A: Villa Park’s James Nissenberg brought the problem to the attention of Honk, and two weeks ago…

By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced he’s ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad opposing U.S. tariffs that he said misstated the facts and called “egregious behavior” aimed at influencing U.S. court decisions. The post on Trump’s social media site came Thursday night after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he aims to double his country’s exports to countries outside the U.S. because of the threat posed by Trump’s tariffs. Trump’s call for an abrupt end to negotiations could further inflame trade tensions that already have been building between the two neighboring countries for…

By TERESA CEROJANO and MATT OTT, Associated Press Markets on Wall Street climbed early Friday after long-awaited government data showed that inflation remained elevated but that prices rose less than feared last month. The report buttressed expectations that the Federal Reserve will offer up another interest rate cut when the central bank’s officials meet next week. Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.7% while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.5%. The yield on the 10-year Treasury immediately fell after the release of the inflation report, dropping to 3.97% from 4.01%. Friday’s inflation report — released more…

By GENE JOHNSON and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press The deployment of National Guard troops on the streets of Washington faces challenges in two courts on Friday — one in the nation’s capital and another in West Virginia — while across the country a judge in Portland, Oregon, will consider whether to let President Donald Trump deploy troops there. Law enforcement officers are seen outside a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) The hearings are the latest developments in a head-spinning array of lawsuits and overlapping rulings prompted by…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Friday’s inflation report is likely to show that consumer prices worsened in September for the second straight month as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have lifted the cost of some groceries and other goods. The report on the consumer price index is being issued more than a week late because of the government shutdown, now in its fourth week. The Trump administration recalled some Labor Department employees to produce the figures because they are used to set the annual cost-of-living adjustment for roughly 70 million Social Security recipients. Friday’s inflation report…