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The Redlands school board is debating the fate of two books on library shelves at two high schools that have been challenged for alleged explicit content. On Tuesday night, Dec. 9, board members are discussing whether “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison and “Push” by Sapphire should remain in the libraries. RELATED: Two books could be pulled from Redlands school library shelves The debut novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author Morrison was published in 1970 and addresses racism, beauty standards, child abuse and sexual abuse through the eyes of 11-year-old Pecola after the Great Depression. “Push” is a 1996 novel…
By MARK VANCLEAVE and STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown targeting the community. City Council Member Jamal Osman, a Somali American who represents the neighborhood, witnessed the confrontation, as did an Associated Press videographer. Minnesota’s Somali community — the largest in the U.S. — has been on edge the past couple of weeks since President Donald Trump said in a social media post Thanksgiving night that he…
By SCOTT BAUER MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday refused to step aside as requested by President Donald Trump’s former attorney who faces felony forgery case related to the 2020 election in the battleground state. The judge also refused to cancel a Monday preliminary hearing for Trump’s former attorney, who also previously worked as a judge in the same county where he is being prosecuted, and two other former Trump associates. The three former Trump aides face 11 felony charges each in relation to their roles in the 2020 fake elector scheme. They are: Jim Troupis, who…
PITTSBURGH — The Ducks kicked off their five-game road trip with a thrilling victory. Beckett Sennecke scored a short-handed goal with one-tenth of a second left in regulation to force overtime, Leo Carlsson scored in the shootout and the Ducks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-3, on Tuesday night for their fifth win in seven games. Ducks goaltender Ville Husso had just reached the bench for an extra skater, when the 19-year-old Sennecke drove to the net. He eluded three defenders and his shot deflected off the glove of Pittsburgh’s Erik Karlsson and into the net. A replay review confirmed the…
Seven people have been arrested in connection with a September home invasion robbery in Irvine, where residents were held at gunpoint and their hands and mouths duct-taped in a failed attempt to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrency, officials announced Tuesday, Dec. 9. The final outstanding defendant was arrested by U.S. Marshals last week in Las Vegas after a manhunt, the Orange County District Attorney’s office said. The break-in happened around 3:30 a.m. on Sept. 23 in the 5000 block of Royale Avenue, when a sleeping man woke up to the sound of breaking glass. He had been asleep with…
By JIM MUSTIAN and JUAN A. LOZANO HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn from an agreement with the city of Houston to curb illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods, part of the Trump administration’s broad dismantling of environmental justice initiatives. Federal authorities quietly ended the monitoring this year as they pulled the plug on a similar settlement over wastewater problems in rural Alabama, according to three former law enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the move wasn’t made public. Without federal monitoring, advocates in Houston said city officials have become less responsive…
New UCLA head football coach Bob Chesney poses for photos during his introductory press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at UCLA. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) New UCLA head football coach Bob Chesney speaks to reporters during his introductory press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at UCLA. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond talks about new head football coach Bob Chesney during Chesney’s introductory press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at UCLA. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) New UCLA head football coach Bob Chesney,…
An Alhambra police officer wears Alec Sanders’ police number during his funeral service at Shepherd Church in Porter Ranch on Tuesday, Dec. 9. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Alhambra police Officer Alec Sanders’ fiancée is comforted after his funeral service. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Alhambra police Officer Alec Sanders’ fiancé is comforted after his funeral service at Shepherd Church in Porter Ranch on Tuesday, December 9, 2025. Sanders was allegedly killed by a fleeing suspect in a reported stolen vehicle. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) A police officer attends Alhambra…
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE It’s normal for parents, or anyone, to have questions about vaccinations — but what happens if your pediatrician urges a shot that’s under attack by the Trump administration? That’s getting more likely: The nation’s leading doctors groups are in an unprecedented standoff with federal health officials who have attacked long-used, lifesaving vaccines. The revolt by pediatricians, obstetricians, family physicians, infectious disease experts and internists came to a head when an advisory panel handpicked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged an end to routine newborn vaccination against hepatitis B, a virus that can…
The Galaxy and the Los Angeles Football Club will kick off their 2026 seasons early with the first round of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Dates haven’t been announced, but CONCACAF said the first leg of the opening round series could be played as early as Feb. 3. The Galaxy’s MLS opener is scheduled for Feb. 22. CONCACAF will announce the complete Round One and Round of 16 schedule “in the coming days.” The Galaxy will face Panamanian squad Sporting San Miguelito, which won the Central American Cup. The Champions Cup draw took place Tuesday in Miami. Despite their awful regular-season…