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By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swept onto Capitol Hill late Monday,, as the anti-vaccine health guru from the famous political family reintroduced himself to senators, this time as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s Health and Human Services Department.It was a soft-opening debut for Kennedy, whose wide-ranging views — yes to raw milk, no to fluoride, Ozempic and America’s favorite processed foods — are raising alarms in the scientific community and beyond. In the Senate he’s facing a mix of support, curiosity, skepticism and downright rejection among the senators…

EL SEGUNDO — The Chargers acknowledged the obvious in the minutes and hours after their clunker of a loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at SoFi Stadium. They didn’t play well offensively or defensively. They didn’t play up to their standards and they paid the price for it in the form of a 40-17 loss.Here’s what we learned, what we heard and what comes next after the Chargers’ biggest loss of the season, a game in which their NFL-leading defense collapsed in spectacular fashion in the second half, a game in which they looked nothing like a potential…

“I’m a big believer in tariffs,” President-elect Donald Trump said this week, not for the first time. “I think they’re beautiful.”Trump claims the heavy tariffs he plans to impose during his second term are “going to make us rich,” at no cost to American businesses or consumers. That is a dangerous fantasy.Trump’s position on tariffs begins with his longstanding misconceptions about international trade, which he erroneously views as a zero-sum game with rules that are rigged against the United States. “We’re subsidizing Canada to the tune (of) over $100 billion a year,” he told Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.”…

By Daniela Sirtori | BloombergStarbucks is boosting paid parental leave for in-store workers, part of management’s plan to boost employee morale and improve performance.Starting in March, birth parents will receive 18 weeks of paid leave at 100% of their average pay, the company said Monday. A parent who doesn’t give birth will get 12 weeks. Previously, the company offered retail workers six weeks of paid parental leave and as much as 12 weeks of unpaid leave.Paid parental leave remains rare in the US, with only 40% of employers surveyed by the Society for Human Resource Management offering it this year.…

As shoppers prepare for Black Friday deals, law enforcement officers throughout San Bernardino County are gearing up for a large-scale campaign to combat retail theft and arrest thieves, officials said Wednesday.The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department will be working with the California Highway Patrol and other are law enforcement agencies, as well as county businesses, under the county’s long-running “Operation Smash and Grab.””Personnel will be in an undercover capacity at retail areas throughout the county,” the sheriff’s department said in a written statement. “Loss prevention professionals and managers in participating stores will contact investigators directly for real-time communication to target…

By COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVINPALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose” the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.Holding court with reporters for the first time since he won the election and secured a second term, Trump also called on the Biden administration to stop selling off unused portions of southern border wall, threatening legal action.“We’re going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on building…

After taking at least a decent nibble out of the Big Apple, the Kings strolled to the Steel City for Tuesday’s engagement with Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.They earned four of a possible six points during their jaunt through the New York metro area in the first three dates of their seven-game road trip. Most recently, they pummeled the Rangers with two early goals and then three in a span of just over two minutes in the second period of Saturday’s 5-1 thrashing (those were their fastest three goals in nearly three years, per NHL PR, with their last…

They may not care much about education, but give teacher union leaders in the city of Orange, California, credit for speed and political ingenuity. Shortly after a successful March recall campaign in which leaders of the Orange Unified Education Association replaced two conservatives with two union-backed trustees, the newly configured board promptly awarded teachers a 10 percent pay hike. That pay hike has blown a hole in Orange Unified’s finances, documents obtained by California Policy Center reveal.In a September 13 memo to district officials, assistant superintendent Sulema Holguin reported that the post-recall pay increase has driven the district toward financial collapse. “It appears…

By JEFF McMURRAY, Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — Ismael El-Amin was driving his daughter to school when a chance encounter gave him an idea for a new way to carpool.On the way across Chicago, El-Amin’s daughter spotted a classmate riding with her own dad as they drove to their selective public school on the city’s North Side. For 40 minutes, they rode along the same congested highway.“They’re waving to each other in the back. I’m looking at the dad. The dad’s looking at me. And I was like, parents can definitely be a resource to parents,” said El-Amin, who went on…

Nada Hassanein | (TNS) Stateline.org If President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to deport millions of immigrants, it could upend the economies of states where farming and other food-related industries are crucial — and where labor shortages abound. Related Articles National Politics | Trump says he will ‘look at’ pardon for embattled New York mayor Eric Adams National Politics | Japan’s Softbank plans to invest $100 billion in US projects over the next four years National Politics | 2024 was big for bitcoin. States could see a crypto policy blitz in 2025 in spite of the risks National…