By MORGAN LEE and STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of “millions and millions” of people will hinge on securing money for detention centers. The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration detention beds it needs to achieve its…
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Firefighters held the Hughes fire in check overnight, keeping the blaze at 10,176 acres with 14% containment as crews prepared for another day of critical fire weather, authorities said. The fire, burning near Castaic in the Antelope Valley, was first reported around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, and exploded in size thanks to strong Santa…
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By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England was sentenced Thursday to more than 50 years in prison for what a judge called “the most extreme, shocking and exceptionally serious crime.” Judge Julian Goose said 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana…
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By ZEKE MILLER, JOSH BOAK and JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t. Speaking by video from the White House to the…
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LOS ANGELES — These can be the dog days of the NHL season. Everybody’s past the halfway point of the 82-game schedule, but the playoffs are still three months away. The games pile up, the midseason break – this time for the Four Nations international tournament Feb. 12-20, rather than an All-Star weekend – isn’t…
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By Abby Badach Doyle | NerdWallet With stylish features and floor plans, many of today’s manufactured homes break the old “mobile home” stereotype — without breaking the bank. On average, new manufactured homes cost about a third of the price of site-built homes, reports the Manufactured Housing Institute, a trade group. Factory construction lowers material…
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MELBOURNE, Australia — When Madison Keys finally finished off her 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) upset of No. 2 Iga Swiatek in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal Thursday night, saving a match point along the way, the 29-year-old American crouched on the court and placed a hand on her white hat. She had a hard…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — San Juan Hills’ boys basketball team took pole position in the race for the South Coast League championship Wednesday by beating San Clemente 77-66 at San Juan Hills High. The win makes San Juan Hills (17-7, 5-0) the lone undefeated team in the South Coast League standings. San Clemente (18-5, 3-1)…
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CAPISTRANO VALLEY – Nobody has experienced the ups and downs of the boys basketball season the way Lydorian Smith has. Literally. Last week at a pep rally before a Sea View League game against Beckman, the El Toro captain was thrown into the air by his teammates, who failed to catch him on the way…
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NEWPORT BEACH — The Fountain Valley boys basketball team came into its Sunset League game against Newport Harbor on Wednesday in need of a victory to boost its playoff hopes. It wasn’t looking good for the Barons, who trailed by 21 points midway through the third quarter at Newport Harbor High School. But suddenly, long-range…
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