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By BERNARD CONDON NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla, the car company run by Elon Musk, reported Wednesday that it sold more vehicles in the past three months after boycotts hit hard earlier this year, but profits still fell sharply. Third-quarter earnings at Tesla fell to $1.4 billion, or 39 cents a share, from $2.2 billion, or 62 cents a share, a year earlier. That marked the fourth quarter in a row that profit dropped. Excluding certain charges, earning were 50 cents per share, down from 72 cents per share a year ago and below the 56 cents forecast by Wall…

A pilot who crash-landed a two-seater airplane on Tuesday, Oct. 21, in Long Beach’s Heartwell Park, injuring a woman on the ground, had radioed to the Long Beach Airport tower that he had lost power three miles east of the airfield and declared an emergency, according to air traffic control audio obtained by the Southern California News Group. A tower air traffic controller asked the pilot which runway he wanted to try to land on, but the pilot’s initial response was unclear. “I don’t think I’m going to make it,” the pilot said. “I’m going to pick a field here…

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched its eighth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing two people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, marking an expansion of the Trump administration’s campaign against drug trafficking in South America. The attack Tuesday night was a departure from the seven previous U.S. strikes that had targeted vessels in the Caribbean. Hegseth said on social media that the latest strike killed two people, bringing the death toll to at least 34 from attacks that began last month. The strike marks an expansion of the military’s targeting…

CHARGERS (4-3) vs. VIKINGS (3-3) When: 5:15 p.m. Thursday Where: SoFi Stadium TV/Radio: Ch. 11/Prime Video; 640 AM/94.3 FM (Spanish) Line: Chargers by 3 Notable injury designations Chargers: OUT: RB Hassan Haskins (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: LT Joe Alt (ankle), DL Jamaree Caldwell (illness), LT Austin Deculus (ankle), LB Troy Dye (thumb), S Elijah Molden (thumb), RT Trey Pipkins (knee), OL Jamaree Salyer (knee). Vikings: OUT: RB C.J. Ham (hand), OLB Andrew Van Ginkel (neck). QUESTIONABLE: T Christian Darrisaw (knee), RB Aaron Jones Sr. (hamstring), QB J.J. McCarthy (ankle), T Brian O’Neill (knee), RB Zavier Scott (wrist). What’s at stake: Three days…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday announced an agreement with the University of Virginia to pause Trump administration civil rights investigations. The Charlottesville campus became a target of President Donald Trump’s administration in April when the Justice Department began reviewing the university’s admissions and financial aid processes. Officials accused its president of failing to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices Trump has called unlawful. The mounting pressure prompted James Ryan to announce his resignation as university president in June, saying the stakes were too high for others on campus if he opted to “fight the federal government…

RAND Corp., a Santa Monica-based think tank highly dependent on federal government funding, shed more than 11% of its global workforce on Tuesday, Oct. 21, a spokesman for the nonprofit said late Monday. A third of the layoffs are effective Nov. 2 at the nonprofit’s headquarters, according to a filing with the state’s Employment Development Department. The layoffs were first mentioned publicly by RAND on career networking website LinkedIn. RAND spokesman Jeremy Rawitch confirmed 192 layoffs but did not provide a reason for them, or specify how many jobs were cut at specific global locations. According to RAND’s 2023 tax…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest President Donald Trump’s “tightening authoritarian grip on the country” amid the government shutdown. Merkley started speaking at 6:21 p.m. Tuesday evening and was still going more than 21 hours later Wednesday afternoon, pausing for increasingly lengthy questions from other Democratic senators. It was unclear how long he would go, or whether he could approach the record-breaking 25-hour speech by his colleague, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, in April. Booker was also protesting Trump. “I’m…

Here is a look at the top games involving Inland high school football teams playing Thursday, Oct. 23. Sites and times of games are subject to change. THURSDAY’S TOP GAMES BIG WEST CONFERENCE-NORTH DIVISION Centennial (7-1, 3-0) at Norco (6-2, 1-2), 7:30 p.m. IE Varsity info: Centennial dominated the second half last week, turning a tie game into 48-20 runaway victory over Murrieta Valley. Jaden Walk-Green and Jordan Kirkpatrick each returned an interception for a touchdown during the second half for the Huskies. Walk-Green has seven picks this season, four of which he has brought back for scores. Dominick Catalano…

After Governor Gavin Newsom pledged to complete his passion project of destroying California by tearing up the Golden State’s independently drawn congressional district lines, in favor of a heavily gerrymandered map meant to benefit congressional Democrats—AKA Proposition 50—former California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed to campaign up and down the state against Newsom’s doctored-up map. And unlike his marriage vows, Arnold seems determined to keep this one. Schwarzenegger—who championed Proposition 11 in 2008, which created the California Citizens Redistricting Commission to draw state legislative boundaries, and Proposition 20, in 2010, which added the state’s congressional districts to the commission’s duties—is commonly…

HBO Max is raising all subscription costs to the max — effective immediately. The streamer, which returned to its original name earlier this year, announced Tuesday that it will immediately hike prices for new subscriptions. The recently rebranded platform’s monthly plans will now be $10.99 for HBO Max Basic With Ads, $18.49 for HBO Max Standard, and $22.99 for HBO Max Premium. Annual plans will now sit at $109.99 for HBO Max Basic With Ads, $184.99 for HBO Max Standard, and $229.99 for HBO Max Premium. Those who were already subscribed prior to Oct. 21 will get a 30-day notice…