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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…

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters For years Burbank residents, business owners and elected officials have been squabbling over a plan to run a speedy new bus line through the middle of town. The North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit project is slated to carve a bus-only corridor linking the eastern edge of the San Fernando Valley to the western extent of the San Gabriel Valley while connecting two of LA County’s most well-trafficked rail lines. To do so, LA Metro plans to take away a lane of traffic and a ton of parking spaces along most of the 18-mile…

Federal authorities have lodged an immigration detainer for the truck driver accused of causing Tuesday’s deadly eight-vehicle crash on the 10 Freeway in Ontario that killed three people, including a former Pomona High School coach and his wife, they said on Thursday, Oct. 23. Jashanpreet Singh, 21, of Yuba City was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter after the collision, which killed three people and injured several others, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday that Singh, originally from India, entered the United States in 2022 and is in…

By MICHAEL BIESECKER WASHINGTON (AP) — New satellite images taken Thursday show the scale of the demolition of the White House East Wing as President Donald Trump moves forward with the construction of a new ballroom at the White House. See the change in images from Oct. 23 and Sept. 26, 2025 in images from Planet Labs PBC: This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the White House in Washington, Sept. 26, 2025, with the East Wing intact before demolition began. (Planet Labs PBC via AP) This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows demolition of the East Wing…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK — The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people in two criminal cases alleging sprawling schemes to rake in millions by rigging sports bets and poker games involving Mafia families, authorities said. Portland coach Chauncey Billups is charged in an indictment alleging a wide-ranging scheme to rig underground poker games that were backed by La Cosa Nostra crime families, authorities said. Heat guard Terry Rozier is accused in a separate case of participating in an illegal sports…