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By Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee | Associated Press WASHINGTON — In what would be a reversal, the Biden administration is poised to approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as international reluctance to send tanks to the battlefront against the Russians begins to erode. The decision could be announced…
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As the third day dawned on a Monterey Park shaken to its core, officials on Tuesday, Jan. 24, released the full list of names of the 11 victims killed in Saturday night’s rampage, which also wounded others at a dance studio in the city. Five of the names had been publicly known, but the Los…
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A new executive pastry chef, Theresa Ebilane , has been named at Selanne Steak Tavern in Laguna Beach. The upscale, popular steak house owned by former Anaheim Ducks player and long-time Orange County resident Teemu Selanne and local businessman Kevin Pratt opened almost a decade ago on Pacific Coast Highway. Hungry? Sign up for The Eat Index,…
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By Andrew Meldrum | Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Several senior Ukrainian officials, including five front-line governors, lost their jobs Tuesday in a corruption scandal plaguing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government as it grapples with the nearly 11-month-old Russian invasion. Ukraine’s biggest government shake-up since the war began came as Poland formally requested permission from Germany…
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The new Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway dark ride coming to Disneyland is sweet, fun, charming and frenetic — just like Mickey and the next-generation cartoon shorts that inspired the attraction. The new Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway debuts on Friday, Jan. 27 at Disneyland with previews held for the media and Disney employees in…
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MORENO VALLEY — Sometimes the origin stories take place where you least expect them. Cottonwood Golf Center is a small and modest municipal layout, a nine-hole, par-28, 1,175-yard course tucked into a residential neighborhood here. You exit the 60 at Frederick (if going eastbound) or Pigeon Pass (westbound), and head south past a shopping center,…
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UCLA football coach Chip Kelly on Tuesday announced the official hiring of Kodi Whitfield as the team’s cornerbacks coach. Whitfield served as a graduate assistant coach during the 2020 and 2021 seasons at UCLA before coaching safeties at Sacramento State in 2022. He also coached with special teams and player development for the Hornets. Sacramento…
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Flooding on Pacific Coast Highway has shut down southbound traffic near Warner Avenue as the high tide on Tuesday, Jan. 24, sent sea water across Bolsa Chica State Beach and onto the busy roadway. The beach’s parking lot and the popular bike and walking path in Huntington Beach remain closed as sand and salt water…
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Editor’s note: This is the Tuesday, January 24, edition of the “Game Day with Kevin Modesti” newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Good morning. Angels fans had reason for hope when owner Arte Moreno announced last summer that he was putting the team up for sale. What’s the reason for…
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The January camp for the U.S. men’s national soccer team can be viewed as a fresh start. The Americans started reporting Friday and will play the first of two friendlies Wednesday against Serbia at 7 p.m. at BMO Stadium. The camp concludes with another friendly Saturday against Colombia at Dignity Health Sports Park. What’s new…
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