GLENDALE, Ariz. — Something will look different about Shohei Ohtani when he goes back to pitching in games and it won’t just be the Dodgers uniform. During his first two bullpen sessions this spring, Ohtani has thrown primarily out of the windup. During his days pitching for the Angels, Ohtani almost exclusively pitched out of…
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The Republican attorney general in Texas wants the NCAA to take its transgender policy a step further and require gender testing for athletes who compete in women’s sports. Related Articles Sports | Fryer: Snacks and fun put Santa Ana’s Serratos sisters on path to winning wrestling’s big prizes Sports | Dodgers’…
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Two San Fernando Valley residents and a Long Beach man face a slew of charges in connection with a two-week crime spree across Los Angeles and Orange counties that ended with a doughnut shop employee firing his gun at the suspects. A federal grand jury charged the defendants — a 36-year-old man and 49-year-old woman…
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By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are ready to stay up all night, having launched a budget “vote-a-rama” late Thursday in a crucial, if dreaded, step toward unleashing a $340 billion package President Donald Trump’s team says it needs for mass deportations and security measures that top the Republican agenda. Related Articles National Politics | Trump…
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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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