By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is invoking a powerful tool in seeking to cut off a judge’s inquiry into whether it defied his order to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants who were being deported from the United States. The Justice Department said in court papers Monday that it was invoking…
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From his first bullpen session this spring, there seemed to be something different about Yoshinobu Yamamoto. “I think he’s just comfortable,” Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said this spring, putting his finger squarely on it. “It’s a similar situation that we all go through – new environment, language barrier at times. I think 12 months,…
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President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking broad changes to how elections are run in the U.S. is vast in scope and holds the potential to reorder the voting landscape across the country, even as it faces almost certain litigation. He wants to require voters to show proof that they are U.S. citizens before they can…
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By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that a proposed European armed force for possible deployment in Ukraine in tandem with an eventual peace deal could “respond” to a Russian attack if Moscow launched one. Macron spoke in the evening after talks with Ukraine’s president and ahead of…
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to lift an order barring the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law. A split three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a March 15…
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With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on Monday, March 24, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire — and how much that computationally-modeled danger zone has grown since the state issued its last round of local hazard maps more than…
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A new buy-a-day/get-a-day discount offer will let Universal Studios Hollywood visitors double their fun when they purchase a one-day ticket that includes a free return visit later this year to the movie theme park. The Universal ticket deal starts on Thursday, March 27 and the offer continues through Aug. 13. Sign up for our Park…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now ALL-COUNTY GIRLS SOCCER TEAM 2024-25 PLAYER OF THE YEAR Cora Fry, Santa Margarita, Junior Santa Margarita forward Cora Fry struck the ball for a goal, leaped into the arms of teammate Felicity Nguyen and ran to the corner of the pitch. Fellow forward…
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Metro’s Dodger Stadium Express service for fans with tickets to home games is set to kick off this week. The free service will start Thursday for the home opener against the Detroit Tigers, according to the transit agency. The agency is also extending pre-game service by one hour for the 2025 season to encourage earlier…
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By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC, Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ivana Ilic Sunderic had never heard anything quite so alarming and disturbing at a protest as the sound that broke a commemorative silence during a huge anti-government rally in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade. “It was quiet and peaceful and then we heard something we…
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