A federal judge ordered a Buena Park tax preparer to stop assisting anyone in submitting tax returns after it was determined he helped clients claim millions of dollars in bogus refunds, according to the judge’s ruling. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter told Jose Pineda and his business — ABK Income Tax & Travel in…
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Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras’s audition for the New York Mets begins Thursday night at Wrigley Field, just as the White Sox arrive at a fork in the road in Minneapolis. This final weekend before the All-Star break figures to be a most interesting one for the Cubs and Sox, two teams that have tried…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ivana Trump, the first wife of Donald Trump, has died in New York City, the former president announced on social media Thursday. “I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York…
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Good afternoon, Chicago. Wrigley Field isn’t “appropriately accessible” to fans who use wheelchairs or have other disabilities, a lawsuit from the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago alleges. The lawsuit comes nearly three years after it was revealed that federal authorities had launched an investigation into whether the Chicago Cubs’ $1 billion, five-year renovation of the…
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The Ducks signed La Mirada native Chase De Leo and four others in order to bolster their organizational depth Thursday, the second day of the NHL’s free-agent signing period. De Leo played most of last season for the New Jersey Devils’ minor-league team after spending 2018-21 in the Ducks’ organization. “No Place Like Home Lets…
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San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Washington have long failed to build enough housing to keep up with everyone trying to live there. And for nearly as long, other parts of the country have mostly been able to shrug off the housing shortage as a condition particular to big coastal cities. But in the…
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There’s an art to the process of preparing a home listing. What to include and what to leave out affects not just the level of buyer interest, but also whether disputes crop up down the road. When your agent comes over to have you sign the 84-plus pages of the listing agreement and all the…
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The Yankees have brought back Tyler Wade. The utility player who was designated for assignment by the Angels last week was re-acquired by the Bombers on Thursday, a source confirmed. The Yankees had dealt him to Anaheim in December when they needed to make room on their 40-man roster for younger prospects. Wade, 28, played…
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Katie Rivero lives in a modern one-bedroom trailer tucked in the corner of a Santa Ana public park. Her home offers a nice view of trees, a playground, and a wide variety of birds. And it includes one other thing that just can’t be beat: free housing. Rivero is the inaugural “park host” at Thornton…
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By JIM HEINTZ | Associated Press KHIMKI, Russia — Brittney Griner’s drug possession trial resumed Thursday with the head of the Russian club she plays for in the offseason and a teammate from that squad testifying in support of her character and what the WNBA star has meant for women’s basketball in the country. Griner,…
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