By The Associated Press President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that a U.S. security guarantees document for Ukraine is “100% ready” after two days of talks involving representatives from Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia. Speaking to journalists in Vilnius during a visit to Lithuania, Zelenskyy said Ukraine is waiting for its partners to set a signing…
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Laguna Woods has a new first. After voters elected an all-female City Council in 2024, the city now has its first Black mayor, a woman to boot. Laguna Woods Village resident and Mayor Pro Tem Annie McCary took the helm on the dais in December, chosen by her colleagues to serve the next year leading…
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By STEVEN SLOAN WASHINGTON (AP) — A handful of Republicans called for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, an early sign that the accounting of events by President Donald Trump’s administration may face bipartisan scrutiny. The chairman of the House Homeland Security…
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By KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a 37-year-old Minnesota man, a stand that increases the prospect of a partial government shutdown by the end of the week. Senate Democratic leader Chuck…
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By SARAH RAZA, JACK BROOK and STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local leaders and Democrats across the country demanded federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis and set off clashes with protesters in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier. The latest shooting…
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By Shaun Tumpane Laguna Woods Globe Can you remember when air travel was an enjoyable experience? When travelers got dressed up to fly to Grandma’s house for the holidays? Granted, it seems like that was decades ago, because, well, it was decades ago. In the ’60s and ’70s, men wore suits and women elegant frocks…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Sunday, January 25, 2026. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter…
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California once exported a national mood: confidence, growth, competence, a booming middle class, and large industries that represented national strength. That vision was the California that helped produce and endorse Republican presidents like Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, both from Southern California. Modern California exports a different national image today: staggering costs, visible chaos, costly…
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Chapman University (file photo) “Thank God for Dead Soldiers.” “Pope in Hell.” “Priests Rape Boys.” Not exactly refined commentary, perhaps, but courts have determined that such sentiments are protected by the First Amendment nonetheless. So argue attorneys for Chapman University in their response to a lawsuit filed by a pair of recent graduates who charge Chapman…
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For Dawn Price and Nishtha Mohendra – who are, respectively, the outgoing and incoming leaders of Friendship Shelter, a nonprofit that helps homeless people in south Orange County – a race is on. For Becks Heyhoe-Khalil, executive director of United to End Homelessness, and for Doug Becht, director of the county Office of Care Coordination,…
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