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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge is expected to decide Tuesday whether to keep prosecutors on the murder case against Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against Robinson, 22, who is charged with…
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LONDON (AP) — British comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to new counts of rape and sexual assault. Brand, who was already facing similar charges involving four women, denied the new charges in Southwark Crown Court. The alleged offenses took place in 2009, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Brand, 50, was charged in…
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer Home Depot’s fourth-quarter was muted by ongoing caution from American consumers in a weak housing market, but the home improvement retailer topped Wall Street expectations. The Atlanta company earned $2.57 billion, or $2.58 per share, for the three months ended Feb. 1. Stripping out one-time charges or benefits, earnings…
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed Tuesday after U.S. stocks slumped on heavy selling of shares in companies that could be losers in the artificial-intelligence boom. A report by Citrini Research, a New York-based financial services company, that outlined a future scenario in which AI’s dominance caused the…
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By DANICA KIRKA LONDON (AP) — The U.K. Parliament on Tuesday will debate calls for greater accountability from a member of the royal family as the arrest of the former Prince Andrew and his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein force British society to re-examine its deference to the monarchy. Lawmakers will confront the…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now WALNUT — Foothill’s girls water polo team wanted its season to end with a historic win. That’s why the Knights decided to opt out of this week’s CIF Southern California Regional, coach Paden Mitchell said. Foothill (21-11) qualified by reaching the CIF-SS Division…
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The schedule for the CIF-SS boys and girls soccer championship games was released Monday. The games are Friday and Saturday, with the majority of them will being played at El Modena High’s Fred Kelly Stadium or Veterans Stadium in Long Beach. A few games will be hosted by one of the teams in that division’s…
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LOS ANGELES — The death of a 34-year-old California Highway Patrol officer following a Culver City traffic crash that occurred while he and his partner were transporting a DUI suspect was caused by the effects of the powerful opioid fentanyl, the county Medical Examiner’s Office announced Monday. Officer Miguel Cano, 34, was driving a CHP…
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The Trump administration is freezing FEMA aid for ongoing disaster relief, amid the federal government’s partial shutdown — an action that generated a new layer of uncertainty and sharp pushback Monday in Los Angeles County’s fire-scorched burn zones. Effective Sunday morning, funding ceased indefinitely under the federal agency’s Public Assistance Program for ongoing and “legacy” disasters,…
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Most people know what’s been implied when someone says one thing or another is “on steroids.” Bigger, badder, ripped to the gills, literally or metaphorically, positive or not, the meaning is understood. A sense that abilities and characteristics are enhanced well beyond normal because how else could something get that way. After his team lost…
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