LOS ANGELES — A group of six Southern California businesses run by a fugitive Chinese billionaire was ordered Monday to pay $1.83 billion in restitution for scheming to evade payment of duties on imported aluminum products from China. The companies participated in the scheme to disguise aluminum extrusions to look like pallets, which weren’t subject…
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The AFC possesses more than half a dozen of the NFL’s upper echelon quarterbacks, so don’t be surprised if this conference is the most competitive in 2022. Especially after the improvement made by such teams as the Buffalo Bills (Von Miller), Denver Broncos (Russell Wilson), Los Angeles Chargers (Khalil Mack, J.C. Jackson), Las Vegas Raiders…
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More than half-dozen teams in the NFC are in some phase of a rebuilding project, overhauling their rosters to get younger and cheaper. That means the teams with upper-echelon quarterbacks — Green Bay, Dallas, Tampa Bay, Arizona and the Los Angeles Rams — should all be able to lock up their division with little resistance…
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This week’s CIF-SS high school boys and girls lacrosse polls, released Monday, April 11. CIF-SS LACROSSE (Selected by the CIF-SS Lacrosse Advisory Committee) BOYS DIVISION 1 1 Mater Dei 2 St. Margaret’s 3 Foothill 4 Corona del Mar 5 Loyola 6 Agoura 7 Los Alamitos 8 Palos Verdes 9 Sierra Canyon 10 Tesoro BOYS DIVISION…
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By JOE McDONALD BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets fell again Tuesday as investors waited for U.S. inflation data amid unease about higher interest rates, Chinese efforts to contain coronavirus outbreaks and Russia’s war on Ukraine. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul fell. Oil prices rose more than $2 per barrel. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P…
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On the lunch tables at Mary’s Kitchen, stacks upon stacks of supplies, from paper towels to holiday decorations to bins of pillows and linens, sat Sunday, April 10, ready to be sold. During the week, patrons often sit at the tables to eat a hot meal or get a few hours rest, but with a…
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By Kim Chandler | Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Families with transgender teens sued the state of Alabama in federal court on Monday to overturn a law that makes it a crime for doctors to treat trans youth under 19 with puberty blockers or hormones to help affirm their gender identity. The two lawsuits —…
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ANAHEIM — The Angels are taking no chances with Mike Trout. The three-time American League MVP was in the lineup on Monday, but after Manager Joe Maddon talked to him about the stomach bug that continues to bother him, he decided to scratch his star center fielder from the lineup. “It’s Game 5,” Maddon said.…
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State regulators, investigating complaints by the American Civil Liberties Union and community activists, have concluded after a surprise visit in March that Orange County jails are not serving spoiled food to inmates. The ACLU of Southern California contacted the California Board of State and Community Corrections on March 10 after a coalition of activist groups…
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This week’s CIF-SS boys volleyball polls, released Monday, April 11. CIF-SS BOYS VOLLEYBALL POLLS (Selected by the CIF-SS Boys Volleyball Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1/2 1 Loyola 2 Mater Dei 3 Newport Harbor 4 Beckman 5 Corona del Mar 6 Santa Barbara 7 Mira Costa 8 Los Alamitos 9 Servite 10 Huntington Beach 11 Long Beach…
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