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Stung from perhaps their worst showing of the season, the Kings regrouped for Wednesday’s meeting with the Florida Panthers, who entered the campaign with designs on a second straight Stanley Cup and third consecutive Eastern Conference crown.Kings captain Anže Kopitar and coach Jim Hiller felt their team’s effort in a 5-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday may have been its poorest of the year.“Over a long season, you usually say that [the team didn’t compete hard enough]  too many times, and we haven’t had to say that much this year,” Hiller said. “So, we’ll come back against the…

By MIKE CATALINIAttorneys general from 18 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.Trump’s roughly 700-word executive order, issued late Monday, amounts to a fulfillment of something he’s talked about during the presidential campaign. But whether it succeeds is far from certain as attorneys general in 18 states and two cities challenged the order in court on Tuesday, seeking to block the president.Here’s a closer look at birthright citizenship, Trump’s executive order and reaction to it:What is birthright citizenship?Birthright citizenship means…

The Etiwanda girls basketball team suffered some losses early in the season, but the Eagles once again showed why they can never be counted out.Cal-bound point guard Aliyahna Morris scored 26 points to lead Etiwanda to a 74-65 victory over Incarnate Word Academy of St. Louis on Monday at the Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass. Incarnate Word entered the event with 141 consecutive victories, a national record for high school girls basketball.Morris knocked down four 3-pointers in the opening quarter to help Etiwanda grab an 18-13 advantage. Incarnate Word battled back and even led by as many as three points…

By Courtney Frazer, Bankrate.com (TNS)Food costs represent a significant portion of household budgets, and rising grocery prices make strategic shopping essential. While cutting back isn’t the only solution, smartphone apps can provide substantial grocery savings through cash-back rewards, digital coupons, discounts and loyalty programs.Here’s a comprehensive guide to 10 effective food savings apps for both grocery shopping and dining out.Top food savings apps1. IbottaIbotta is one of the most popular cash back apps available. It’s known for offering cash-back rewards on everyday purchases at major retailers. The app allows users to select offers before shopping and earn rewards by scanning…

Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the release of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report into President Trump’s now-defunct classified documents case, raising the odds it will ever see the light of day.The Florida federal judge, who has delivered a string of Trump-friendly rulings in the case, ordered the Department of Justice not to share the classified documents portion of Smith’s final report with top leaders from the House and Senate, or anyone else.Cannon barred prosecutors from “releasing, distributing, conveying or sharing with anyone outside the Department of Justice any information or conclusions” of the report.Her ruling was aimed at…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMANWASHINGTON (AP) — The former leader of the Proud Boys and the founder of the Oath Keepers have been released from prison after their lengthy sentences for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol were wiped away by a sweeping order from President Donald Trump benefiting more than 1,500 defendants.Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes were two of the highest-profile Jan. 6 defendants and received some of the harshest punishments in what became the largest investigation in Justice Department history. Rhodes, of Granbury, Texas, was serving an 18-year prison sentence, and Tarrio, of Miami, was serving a…

By MICHELLE L. PRICEWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is spending his first full day back in the White House meeting with congressional leaders, making an infrastructure announcement and demonstrating one of his favored expressions of power: firing people.The new president posted on his Truth social media network early Tuesday that he would fire more than 1,000 presidential appointees “who are not aligned with our vision,” including some high-profile names.Trump fired chef and humanitarian Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, retired Gen. Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, former State Department official Brian…

MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic refused to let anything stop his pursuit of a record 25th Grand Slam trophy in the Australian Open quarterfinals. Not a problem with his left leg. Not an early deficit. And not the kid across the net, Carlos Alcaraz, who was making things difficult and eyeing his own bit of history.Djokovic overcame it all, just as he has so often along the way to so many triumphs, moving into the semifinals at Melbourne Park for the 12th time with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Alcaraz in a scintillating showdown Tuesday night between a…

With heavy winds contributing to small blazes elsewhere in Southern California, fire crews battling the Palisades and Eaton fires were able to make small gains in containment overnight into Tuesday morning, Jan. 21.The Palisades fire was 63% contained, while firefighters inched further on the Eaton fire, achieving 89% containment, according to Cal Fire.Crews battling both fires continued to address hot spots within the fires’ perimeters, officials said.Thousands of structures sit in ruins in Altadena, CA, on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. The Eaton Fire, fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds, ripped through beginning on the evening of Jan. 7. Fires across…

“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.Buzz: San Bernardino County house hunters face potential house payments more than double from five years ago.Source: My trusty spreadsheet tracked this yardstick of affordability by looking at its 37-year history of CoreLogic homebuying stats through November and swings in the 30-year fixed mortgage rate from Freddie Mac. Estimated payments were calculated by combining a month’s median sales price and mortgage rate.The painA typical San Bernardino County buyer in November got a $3,390 monthly payment, assuming a 20% downpayment. That’s the No. 3 highest since 1988, 6% below a year ago…