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Mackenzie Dern arrived in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 13, a full 12 days before the biggest fight of her life. And who can blame her? There’s something to be said for getting acclimated to her new environs. And there just might also be something about the capital of the United Arab Emirates that works well for Dern. Ten years after stunning the combat sports world, the Huntington Beach strawweight returns in a full-circle moment of her fighting career to challenge Virna Jandiroba for the vacant 115-pound championship at UFC 321 on Saturday. “I couldn’t pick a better place than to be…

By JOSH FUNK OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific delivered 7% growth in its third-quarter earnings Thursday as its CEO continues to make the case for the potential benefits of acquiring one of the railroad’s eastern rivals. The Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad said it earned $1.79 billion, or $3.01 per share, in the quarter. That’s up from $1.67 billion, or $2.75 per share, a year ago. And without $41 million in merger costs the railroad would have made $3.08 per share but either number would have beat the Wall Street estimates of $2.97 per share. Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk…

By Tom Schoenberg, Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — It’s one thing to be cleared by the president. It’s another to be cleared by the bank. Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy was pardoned at the end of President Donald Trump’s first term after a conviction for violating a U.S. lobbying law. Yet when he applied for an American Express Co. credit card this year, the lender denied him, citing his criminal history. Mahmoud Reza Banki, the former chief financial officer of social media company X, says he ran into a similar problem. He claims JPMorgan Chase & Co. sought to close his accounts,…

SAN BERNARDINO — The plan. It was the plan that changed Asaad Chapman’s college plans. The plan he hadn’t planned on until James Griffin-Avant laid it all out in 3D living color for him. The first-year San Bernardino Valley College football coach knew a gift when he saw one. And standing before him was a true gift missing only the ornate bow: a 6-foot-4, 190-pound cornerback with the speed of a gazelle and the wingspan of a pterodactyl. Gifts like this didn’t drop through the chimneys of moribund football programs like SBVC’s, programs that hadn’t won a football game in…

By MATT OTT, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil prices spiked Thursday after the U.S. announced massive new sanctions on Russia’s oil industry in an attempt to get Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and end Moscow’s brutal war on Ukraine. U.S. benchmark crude jumped 6%, to $62 per barrel midday Thursday and analysts say if the situation remains static, U.S. consumers will soon be paying more at the pump. Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, said while it was difficult to predict with certainty because of the number of moving parts, consumers will likely see a bump…

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA, Associated Press President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe late Wednesday, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland and leaving other states still waiting for answers. The decisions fell mostly along party lines, with Trump touting on social media Wednesday that he had “won BIG” in Alaska in the last three presidential elections and that it was his “honor” to deliver for the “incredible Patriots” of Missouri, a state he also won three times. The disaster declarations authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency…

Here are the Inland area high school football leaders heading into Week 9 games. Leaders are taken from the MaxPreps.com database and will be posted Thursday afternoon. For players to be included in the leaders, stats need to be updated by Wednesday evening. RUSHING Player, School Rush Yards Avg. TD Sims, Ramona 151 1,518 10.1 19 Ortiz, Rim of the World 193 1,465 7.6 21 Watson, Murrieta Valley 146 1,237 8.5 20 Kelly, Cornerstone Christian 74 1,260 17.0 19 Galiza, Patriot 163 1,124 6.9 15 Hamala, San Jacinto Valley Academy  132 1,059 8.0 10 Huffman, Cornerstone Christian 74 1,027 13.9…

Can you make homeownership more affordable by waiting out an interest rate drop? Plenty of borrowers are sitting on the sidelines waiting for home prices to flatten or drop further in ZIP codes already experiencing drops. Buyers are also expecting the Federal Reserve to drop short-term interest rates. (Long-term mortgage rates are not directly related to short-term rates but may be indirectly influenced by short-term rates going down.) So, buyers essentially are hanging onto this one-two punch for more affordability: cheaper prices and cheaper payments. A lot of refinance candidates with mortgage rates over 6.75% are sitting on the fence,…

By Stephanie Armour, KFF Health News While plowing a wheat field in rural Washington state in the 1990s, William Wallace spotted a gray plane overhead that he believed was releasing chemicals to make him sick. The rancher began to suspect that all white vapor trails from aircraft might be dangerous. He shared his concern with reporters, acknowledging it sounded a little like “The X Files,” a science fiction television show. Academics cite Wallace’s story as one of the catalysts behind a fringe concept that has spread among adherents to the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement and is gaining…

Here is a look at the top games involving Inland high school football teams playing Friday, Oct. 24. Sites and times of games are subject to change. FRIDAY’S TOP GAMES BASELINE LEAGUE Damien (7-1, 2-1) at Chino Hills (6-2, 3-0), 7 p.m. IE Varsity info: Damien has won two straight games, including a 35-14 victory over Upland last week. Isaiah Arriaza passed for 216 yards, while Travon Garrison Jr. caught six passes for 167 yards and two touchdowns. Malachi McFarland led the ground attack for the Spartans with 69 yards and two scores. Defensive lineman Declan Becher leads the defense…