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• Amid virus, just 25% of students took statewide tests (2)
• Subpoena GOP leader McCarthy? Big decision for panel (1)
• More are seeking COVID-19 testing (1)
• School publishes annual banished words list (1)
• State Dems revive universal health care bill (1)
• Suspect denies sex abuse, murder charges (1)
• Thieves raiding rail cargo containers in LA (1)
• Palmdale puts off mandate decision (1)
• Graduation rates dip across the country (1)
• Chinese immigrant attacked in NYC dies months later (1)
• Flu is making a strong comeback in US (1)
• Letters from Readers, Jan. 25, 2022 (1)
• King family rally in Arizona for voting bills (1)
• AVUHSD says it can meet its financial obligations (1)
• AVC trustees OK purchase of computers (1)
• Signs of mountain lion inbreeding raise fears (1)
• Hospitalizations drop slightly in county; 65 more deaths reported (1)
• Jan. 6 panel wants to interview McCarthy (1)
• Series of attacks highlights reach of Iran-allied militias (1)
• Biden holds rare conference to comfort citizens (1)
• Rose Parade marches on despite virus surge (1)
• As Biden struggles, Harris touts state’s wildfire assistance (1)
• Racism up front in hate crimes trial (1)
• Flush budget awaits state lawmakers (1)
• UK’s embattled Prince Andrew loses honorary military titles (1)
• North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea (1)
• County delaying homeless count until February (1)
• Newsom asks for $2.7 billion to battle COVID pandemic (1)
• Biden, Putin hold call as tensions mount (1)
• LA County COVID patient numbers climb (1)
• COVID cases still gaining in AV, elsewhere (1)
• Inflation at 40-year high pressures consumers (1)
• Bill would let preteens get vaxxed without parents’ OK (1)
• District hires consultant to study possible bond (1)
• AG: Don’t file murder charges in stillbirths (1)
• Hope replaced by fear in Ukraine (1)
• Underwood Jacobs sues Facebook (1)
• Lancaster District seeks new leader (1)
• Homeless count returning later this month (1)
• John Madden, Hall of Fame coach, broadcaster, dies (1)
• After departure, Environmental justice in spotlight (1)
• Whitmer kidnapping plot defense seeks dismissal (1)
• ‘Jeopardy!’ champion Amy Schneider robbed in Oakland (1)
• California first state to top 5M COVID cases (1)
• Governors turn to state budgets to fight climate change (1)
• Orange County deputy DA dies of COVID-19 complications (1)
• California debates universal health care (1)
• Biden on voting bills: ‘I’m tired of being quiet!’ (1)
• Schwarzenegger ‘fine’ following four-car crash in LA (1)
• Putin to mull options if West refuses Ukraine guarantees (1)
• Train derails near LA site of recent wave of cargo thefts (1)
• Newsom considers parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan (1)
• France seeks to ease Russian tensions (1)
• Court skeptical of Biden’s workplace rule (1)
• LA mayor nominates first woman as city’s fire department chief (1)
• Biden backers ‘not seeing the results’ a year into his term (1)
• Intel reports failed to forecast Capitol riot (1)
• Tierra Del Sol Golf Course still in the red (1)
• County seeks Climate Action Plan input (1)
• Prince Harry files court claim over police protection (1)
• US: New COVID-19 cases are soaring (1)
• Russia’s talk of troops in Latin America called ‘bluster’ (1)
• Racial reckoning for roadside markers (1)
• Virus testing shortages and delays help fuel surge (1)
• Would-be buyers are aghast at used car prices (1)
• Scrivner takes charge of Kern Board (1)
• Teen’s death spotlights ‘stand your ground’ laws (1)
• State assault weapon owners face deadline for registration (1)
• Justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions (1)
• Lancaster Council meetings headed back to Zoom (1)
• Man charged with killing nurse at LA bus stop (1)
• Cal City hoping to wrap up budget (1)
• Palmdale again debating vaccine mandate stance (1)
• Court rejects early releases for violent crime (1)
• California’s COVID gun store shutdowns are ruled illegal (1)
• California adopts water restrictions (1)
• Bad luck: Pope admits he got caught at record store (1)
• COVID cases rising in Antelope Valley (1)
• Trump, his children subpoenaed in NY (1)
• Earth hits sixth warmest year on record (1)
• How Europe is trying to deal with its gas crisis (1)
• Progress on backlog lets ports delay fines for idling containers (1)
• Official: Man killed by police had two toy replica guns (1)
• PWD approves contract to drill new water well (1)
• Tutu, South Africa’s moral conscience, dies (1)
• Insurrection prompts change for Capitol Police (1)
• Voting bill faces defeat from Dems (1)
• Pandemic sidelines 800 police, firefighters in LA (1)
• Biden issues new warning to Russia (1)
• Palmdale Boulevard upgrades planned (1)
• US Intel: Russia prepping Ukraine invasion pretext (1)
• County program aims to increase virus testing sites (1)
• Iran presses on oil exports as nuclear talks resume (1)
• Animal heart recipient is recovering from surgery (1)
• Schools adapt as COVID-19 cases surge (1)
• Dems pivot to fight for voting legislation (1)
• More beaches in Southland open after spill (1)
• LA County sees record number of COVID cases (1)
• McConnell responds to comment about Black voters (1)
• Mom mad over child’s gender identity change (1)