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BOSTON — The Ducks did what winning teams do – take care of business against a struggling team. Troy Terry snapped a tie in the third period, Mikael Granlund had two goals as part of his five-point night and the Ducks held off the Boston Bruins for a 7-5 victory on Thursday night. Granlund had two goals and three assists to tie the Ducks’ franchise record for points in a game. He’s the seventh Ducks player to record a five-point game (19 instances) and the first to do so since Ryan Getzlaf had five assists in a Nov. 24, 2015…

By Kevin Hardy, Stateline.org States are rushing to inform some residents who rely on food stamps that they will soon be forced to meet work requirements or lose their food assistance. Recent federal legislation ended exemptions to work requirements for older adults, homeless people, veterans and some rural residents, among others. A rapid timeline to put the changes into effect has sparked chaos in state agencies that must cut off access if residents don’t meet certain work, education or volunteer reporting requirements. States are implementing these permanent changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — commonly called food stamps —…

INGLEWOOD — Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert torched the Minnesota Vikings during the team’s 37-10 victory on Thursday night at SoFi Stadium. The offensive line’s protection was more than adequate for him, the ground game clicked when needed and the receiving corps found plenty of open turf. The only question after the Chargers’ widest margin of victory of the season was why they don’t do this more often. They jumped on the Vikings from their opening possession and also stuffed Minnesota’s offense for the better part of 60 minutes while improving their record to 5-3. Herbert completed 18 of 25 passes…

By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services will temporarily bring all its furloughed employees back to work starting Monday to manage health insurance open enrollment, according to an agency spokesperson. The recall to duty amid the more than three-week-long government shutdown is what’s needed to “best serve the American people amid the Medicare and Marketplace open enrollment seasons,” the spokesperson said Thursday. It will be paid for by user fees gathered from sharing data with researchers, the agency said. The decision to call the employees back shows how significantly shutting down the government…

TORONTO — Four steps from history. It wasn’t all that long ago that the Dodgers were being labeled as a new-age, more-expensive version of the Atlanta Braves of the 1990s, gathering division titles but only one championship for a decade of regular-season dominance. “It takes awhile to change narratives sometimes,” third baseman Max Muncy said when reminded of that. This one has definitely changed. With four wins over the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series that begins on Friday night, the Dodgers would become the first team since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees to win back-to-back championships, winners of three…

By COREY WILLIAMS A 21-year-old semitruck driver accused of being under the influence of drugs and causing a fiery crash that killed three people on a southern California freeway is in the country illegally, U.S. Homeland Security officials said Thursday. Jashanpreet Singh was arrested and jailed after Tuesday’s eight-vehicle crash in Ontario, California, that also left four people injured. He faces three counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence causing injury, the San Bernardino District Attorney’s office said. Singh is scheduled for arraignment Friday. The district attorney’s office said he does not yet have a lawyer.…

INGLEWOOD — For Chris Paul, this game will be more of a homecoming than another home opener. As he walks out on the court at the Intuit Dome on Friday night to face the Phoenix Suns, the 20-year veteran point guard will no doubt see a host of new faces and plenty of old friends, those who remember his early days with the franchise. Paul played six seasons with the Clippers (2011-2017) and, along with Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, transformed the franchise from a comedic joke to annual playoff participants and title contenders. Paul’s reasons for returning to the…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and LINLEY SANDERS WASHINGTON (AP) — As the United States rapidly builds massive data centers for the development of artificial intelligence, many Americans are concerned about the environmental impact. Worries about how AI will affect the environment surpass concerns about other industries that worsen climate change, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. The results of the poll, conducted in September, suggest that as AI reshapes work, communication and culture, it’s also sparking anxieties about how the growing energy demands…

By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re divided along party lines on policy. They’re divided on the government shutdown. And now federal lawmakers are divided on the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room for the 90,000-square-foot ballroom that President Donald Trump wants to build. The stunning images of the teardown this week have left Democratic lawmakers incensed. Republicans, meanwhile, are likening it to a long line of White House renovations over the years. There was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s swimming pool addition, now covered over, they said. There was Barack Obama’s basketball court, a tennis…

By ANDREW DALTON The indictments announced Thursday of a poker cheating ring involving NBA figures and backed by the mafia emphasized their alleged high-tech cheating methods. But the con tactics they described are as old as poker itself, familiar from heist movies and James Bond films. Shady shuffles came not from quick-handed card sharks, but tricked-out machines. Instead of mirrors or guys in the corner peeking over shoulders, there were X-ray tables and high-tech contact lenses. Low-tech signals between players and old-fashioned beatings for debtors allegedly were used too. Here’s a look at how the alleged fraudsters rigged the games,…