Month: December 2019

WASHINGTON —  U.S. officials have started to send families seeking asylum to Guatemala, even if they are not from the Central American country and had sought protection in the United States, the Los Angeles Times has learned. In July, the Trump administration announced a new rule to effectively end asylum at the southern U.S. border by […]

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WASHINGTON —  Atty. Gen. William Barr leveled blistering criticism at how the Russia investigation was conducted, saying Tuesday that it was based on a “bogus narrative” that the Trump campaign might have conspired with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. Barr spoke to NBC News one day after the release of a Justice Department inspector general […]

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Carrying the American flag when the Bellflower St. John Bosco football team comes onto the field is an appropriate honor for offensive tackle Drake Metcalf. Smart, tough and relentless, he’s an example of what anyone can become in football and in life when you’re focused and determined to succeed. The Stanford-bound senior has used his […]

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Not even Jarret Stoll knew what Tyler Toffoli was saying. Spumoni? “No clue,” said Stoll, the former Kings player and current FS West intermission analysts. “Sorry Toff.” Toffoli had gone off-script during Tuesday’s first intermission report, having been pulled aside to describe the sharp-angle goal Dustin Brown had scored with 10 seconds remaining in the […]

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Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. BASEBALL Fans of the Dodgers and Angels were anticipating an early Christmas present this year. One group of fans would be disappointed, but surely either the Dodgers or Angels would sign Gerrit Cole, right? Wrong. Cole, the NL Cy Young Award runner-up, reached […]

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Three men, including one from Camarillo, have been arrested in connection with an alleged cryptocurrency mining scheme that authorities say defrauded investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars from April 2014 through December 2019. The Department of Justice announced charges Tuesday. Matthew Brent Goettsche, 37, of Lafayette, Colo.; Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks, 38, of Arvada, […]

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A man was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon after authorities say he attacked three people with a knife at the Placer County library in Auburn, Calif. Auburn police say three people were injured in the attack at the library about 1:40 p.m. The assailant, whom authorities […]

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