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Tesla owners' anti-Musk protests ripple across the Bay Area

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Waves of protesters parked themselves outside dozens of Tesla stores in the Bay Area on Saturday in protest against Elon Musk’s recent actions on Capitol Hill that include spearheading an agency that supports cuts to diversity funding and potentially allowing access to private taxpayer data.

Musk was recently appointed as...Read more

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DOGE begins firing workers at federal IT department

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WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s DOGE team is sending termination notices to staffers at the U.S. Digital Service, a group of federal IT workers that Musk’s group is taking over, according to two people who were affected.

For weeks, USDS employees, who’ve worked as information technology experts for the U.S. government since the Obama era, ...Read more

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San Diego Unified expands guidance for schools on dealing with immigration enforcement

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SAN DIEGO — San Diego Unified School District has updated its rules governing law enforcement and immigration enforcement officers’ access to its students in order to give school staff more detailed guidance.

The district adopted the policies, which are more specific in what they say about how staff should respond to immigration enforcement...Read more

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Nevada lawmakers slam Trump administration's review of national monuments

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As Donald Trump’s Cabinet pick who governs federal lands and waters begins his review of national monument designations across the country, Nevada’s congressional delegation has a message.

“Make no mistake: We will resist any efforts to come after our preserved lands and protected spaces,” the five lawmakers wrote in a joint letter to ...Read more

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Conservative author Ashley St. Clair claims to have secretly had Elon Musk's 13th child

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Elon Musk is now a father of 13 after allegedly welcoming his latest child with conservative author Ashley St. Clair.

The influencer — known for appearing on Fox News and penning a children’s book that seemingly attacks transgender and other non-conforming identities — announced Friday night that she and Musk, 53, “welcomed a new baby ...Read more

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Thousands of US and Mexican troops are at the border. Here's where they are and what they're doing

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SAN DIEGO — Border commuters are experiencing an extra layer of screening at the San Diego-Tijuana border as Mexican soldiers began randomly searching vehicles for drugs at U.S. ports of entry. The searches in Mexico are believed to be unprecedented in recent history.

Thousands of troops have been deployed to both sides of the U.S.-Mexico ...Read more

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US faces 'constitutional crisis' over Musk and DOGE, Florida Democrats say

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida’s congressional Democrats have been among the most vocal in opposing billionaire Elon Musk and his ad hoc group DOGE taking control of federal departments. But they said the real test is soon to come.

The nation is on the verge of a constitutional crisis if the Trump administration ignores court orders to ...Read more

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Report confirms Navy SEALs sickened while training in polluted waters off San Diego

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SAN DIEGO — A government watchdog for the Department of Defense found that Navy SEAL candidates frequently train in sewage-tainted waters where pollution from Tijuana regularly fouls South County shorelines, resulting in hundreds of cases of acute gastrointestinal illnesses.

The Feb. 7 report by the inspector general looked at how many times ...Read more

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Inside KC clinic for first abortion since end of Missouri ban. 'Incredibly meaningful'

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Saturday morning, a Missouri woman in her first trimester entered Exam Room 6 inside Planned Parenthood’s Kansas City clinic. When she left, she was no longer pregnant.

After millions of votes and hours of courtroom arguments, this is how legal abortion resumed in Missouri.

Sometime after 10 a.m., Comprehensive Health...Read more

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'League of Justice': California AG part of group gearing up for court battles with Trump

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LOS ANGELES — High above Hollywood Boulevard, overlooking the iconic TCL Chinese Theater and the masked marvels prowling the Walk of Fame, an elite "League of Justice" assembled on Tuesday to prepare for battles that lay ahead.

They view their adversary — President Donald Trump — as being more powerful than ever. Now, the avengers agreed...Read more

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Trump's reach for power: 7 court cases to watch

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is now defending his wave of executive orders and directives against dozens of lawsuits that say he’s vastly overstepped his constitutional authority.

The cases, brought by nonprofits, state attorneys general, civil rights groups and private citizens, challenge Trump’s directives to freeze trillions of...Read more

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Musk's DOGE, NASA collide in tricky test for Trump loyalists

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Elon Musk’s DOGE staff wasted no time since arriving at NASA this week, analyzing workforce data and, according to a top space agency official, pledging a deep-dive audit of spending and contracts.

But Musk’s work may also force a showdown with Republican legislators whose districts benefit from NASA, especially the $93 billion Artemis ...Read more

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5 New Yorkers charged in murder of trans man tortured for months

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NEW YORK — Five New Yorkers have been charged with murder in the death of a missing 24-year-old trans man, whose body was found left in a field after enduring months of torture and abuse, according to New York State Police.

Sam Nordquist, of Oakdale, Minnesota, traveled to upstate New York in late September 2024 and was expected to return ...Read more

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Skating coaches who perished in plane crash remembered by close family friends in Connecticut

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SIMSBURY, Conn. – Daniel Petrenko knew that his friend Maxim was going to pick his parents up at the airport the evening of Jan. 30 because they had texted each other earlier in the day.

Petrenko, the director of figure skating at the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury, had grown up with Maxim at the rink. Maxim’s ...Read more

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LA's Asian immigrant communities prep for raids, brace for deportations

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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County's sizable Asian immigrant communities are bracing for disruption and heartache as rumors swirl of mass deportations to be carried out under sweeping new orders issued by the Trump administration.

At religious centers and job sites, community leaders are hosting "Know Your Rights" training sessions in Bangla, ...Read more

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San Diego migrant shelter hailed as national model will shut down, with 100-plus layoffs

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SAN DIEGO — Jewish Family Service of San Diego will shut down a regional migrant shelter it ran for more than six years and lay off 115 employees due to “changes in federal funding and policy” by the Trump administration.

The nonprofit, which will now focus its immigrant-relief efforts on providing pro bono legal services, announced the ...Read more

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Valentine's Day snow wreaks havoc on Minnesota's roads

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MINNEAPOLIS — Two to 4 inches of snow fell across parts of Minnesota on Friday into Saturday morning, bringing dangerous road conditions that caused spinouts, crashes, jackknifed trucks and injuries, and likely were a factor in the death of a teenage driver in Washington County.

Kyle Everson, a spokesman for the State Patrol, said troopers ...Read more

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Police ID alleged gunman in the shooting of 2 women during the Eagles Super Bowl parade

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PHILADELPHIA — A suspect has been taken into custody after two women were shot when a fight broke out during the Eagles victory parade Friday, according to a news release from the Philadelphia Police Department.

Brandon Ramos, 28, of Philadelphia, was taken into custody Saturday, police said, and charged with aggravated and simple assault, ...Read more

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Los Angeles region to get respite with 'very low impact weather' in coming days

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LOS ANGELES — After a stretch of treacherous rains across the Los Angeles region and its recent burn scars, the coming days will bring a needed respite — with the National Weather Service on Saturday predicting "very low impact weather for most areas the next several days."

A "warming and drying trend" is predicted through the weekend, and ...Read more

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Luigi Mangione breaks silence in first public statement since UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting

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NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione has publicly spoken out for the first time since his arrest for the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, thanking his supporters in a statement released on a new website launched by his legal team.

“I am overwhelmed by — and grateful for — everyone who has written me to share their stories and ...Read more