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A Tesla that was found in a Hollywood tow yard with a decomposing dead body inside its trunk was registered to singer-songwriter D4vd, it was reported Tuesday. Following multiple complaints from area residents about a foul odor, the body was found inside a bag around 12:20 p.m. Monday at the tow yard on the 1000 block of North Mansfield Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. “We were notified this morning, and the car’s been here for a couple of days,” LAPD Capt. Robert Peters said. According to reports from the scene, officers found the body inside a bag…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge dismissed criminal charges Tuesday against a group of people who were accused of attempting to falsely certifying President Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 election in the battleground state, a major blow to prosecutors as similar cases in four other states have been muddied with setbacks. District Court Judge Kristen D. Simmons said in a court hearing that the 15 Republicans accused will not face trial. The case has dragged through the courts since Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, announced the charges over two years…

Think you’re taxed enough? Sacramento sure doesn’t. State lawmakers have proposed $16 billion in higher tax and fees so far this year, according to the California Tax Foundation. While many of the proposals stalled or died in committee, CalTax notes, “Notable measures still under consideration include fees for homebuilders, authorization for initiatives to increase taxes in transportation districts, and authorization for higher sales taxes in the San Francisco, San Mateo, Monterey and San Luis Obispo areas.” Californians are among the highest taxed Americans, with Proposition 13 constraining what governments would do if it were any easier to raise property taxes.…

By ANNIE MA and TODD FEATHERS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results released Tuesday from an exam known as the nation’s report card. Eighth-grade students also lost significant ground in science skills, according to the results from the National Assessment of Education Progress. The assessments were the first since the pandemic for eighth graders in science and 12th graders in reading and math. They reflect a downward drift across…

By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. job market was much weaker in 2024 and early this year than originally reported, adding to concerns about the health of the nation’s economy. Employers added 911,000 fewer jobs than originally reported from April 2024 through March, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The department issues the so-called benchmark revisions every year. They are intended to better account for new businesses and ones that had gone out of business. The numbers issued Tuesday are preliminary. Final revisions will come out in February 2026. The revision showed that leisure and…

MINCO, Okla. (AP) — A school bus carrying softball team members crashed and ejected some passengers in Oklahoma, injuring eight people, the state highway patrol said. The crash happened Monday night on U.S. Highway 152 near Minco in Grady County, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Oklahoma City. Three adults and five juveniles were hurt and were taken to hospitals, Lt. Mark Southall of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said in a statement. Southall said the scene was cleared around midnight and an investigation into what caused the crash continues. The patrol is working with the National Transportation Safety Board,…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, Associated Press Technology Writer Apple on Tuesday will unveil its next line-up of iPhones amid a global trade war that’s added a potential price increase to the usual intrigue surrounding the annual evolution of the company’s marquee product. The new iPhones will be the first to be released since President Donald Trump returned to the White House and unleashed a barrage of tariffs, in what his administration says is an attempt to bring overseas manufacturing back to the U.S. — a crusade that has thrust Apple CEO Tim Cook into the hot seat. If Apple follows the…

Cal Poly Pomona‘s $3 million gift will create a new center on campus. The donation from the Larry and Jo Shupnick Family Foundation will establish the Shupnick Innovation Center in the Collins College of Hospitality Management, a news release states. The money will transform an approximately 14,000-square-foot building into a center that includes a test kitchen and classrooms, the release states. The Collins College prepares students for careers in tourism, lodging, food service and experience design, the release states. Its complex includes a full-service restaurant and wine library, teaching kitchens, demonstration auditoriums and rooms for events. Larry Shupnick was a…

By DAKE KANG and YAEL GRAUER, Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks. By then, surveillance was nothing new for the Yang family in rural China, snared in an intricate network based on U.S. technology that spies on them and predicts what they’ll do. Their train tickets, hotel bookings, purchases, text messages and phone calls are forwarded to the government. Their house is ringed with more than…

ANAHEIM — You can easily pick apart Caden Dana’s performance in the Angels’ 12-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Monday night to see where he is in his big league development. At times Dana flashed flashed the kind of swing-and-miss stuff that gives the Angels reason to believe the 21-year-old will be part of the solution to their pitching problems. At times he showed the lack of command that is why he still has plenty of work to do. Dana gave up five runs in 4⅔ innings in his second start of the season, a disappointment after his encouraging…