By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers beginning this week likely mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collections, experts say. Related Articles National Politics | Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a…
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programs worldwide, a federal judge said Thursday. Related Articles National Politics | IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich…
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SANTA ANA – She was bribed with late-night snacks. Anabelle Serratos’ father, Fernando, was coaching a wrestling club when she 7 years old. Anabelle would go along with her father to the club’s workouts, mostly to get some of the post-workout snacks and to play in the dodgeball games that were always part of the…
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A great date is even better when it starts with a great ride; just ask Ashley Rodriguez, an expert on creating fun dates in Southern California and beyond. Her tips and videos on social media as @firstdateguide highlight tasty restaurants, romantic getaways and fun experiences, earning her 1.4 million followers on TikTok and 157,000 on…
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The Santa Ana Unified School District agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by several Jewish advocacy groups for allegedly violating open meeting laws by secretly developing ethnic studies courses that the organizations said were “infected with antisemitism.” As part of the settlement, SAUSD schools will stop teaching the ethnic studies courses after the current school…
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By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA, Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last October, according to a ruling…
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie declined to testify in his defense Thursday as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses. “No, I do not,” Hadi Matar, 27, said when asked by Chautauqua County Judge David…
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By KATE PAYNE, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s new attorney general filed a federal court lawsuit against Target on Thursday, claiming the discount store chain “misled investors” by promoting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that prompted a backlash and hurt sales, ultimately costing shareholders. Before it scaled back its DEI efforts last month,…
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SANTA ANITA LEADERS (Through Sunday) Jockeys / Wins Flavien Prat / 34 Juan Hernandez / 31 Umberto Rispoli / 21 Hector Berrios / 17 Tiago Pereira / 15 Antonio Fresu / 14 Trainers / Wins Bob Baffert / 17 Mark Glatt / 17 Jeff Mullins / 14 Doug O’Neill / 13 Bob Hess Jr. /…
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Jim Alexander: I will go on record as saying that I like a lot of what Mick Cronin does as UCLA’s men’s basketball coach. His standard is unyielding, he (usually) seems to have his players’ undivided attention, and he upholds the tradition that John Wooden established in Westwood, albeit at a higher volume. (And, by…
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