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The next phase of the Galaxy preseason begins Wednesday with four games in 11 days in the Coachella Valley Invitational.After a short offseason break, Galaxy head to Indio looking to get on track for the upcoming season, which will begin Feb. 23 at home against San Diego FC.“The guys who are with us are making progress, the new guys are taking on things that we’re looking to do and getting their legs under them,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “We have more guys starting to add into training here over the next few days and we have to find the…
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The Waffle House restaurant chain is putting a 50 cent per egg surcharge in place due to the biggest bird flu outbreak in a decade.The 24-7 restaurant said that the resulting egg shortage has led to a dramatic increase in its costs.Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. And it appears there may be no relief in sight with Easter approaching.The average price per dozen eggs nationwide hit $4.15 in December. That’s not quite as high as the $4.82…
Esther Kim Varet, an art dealer and founder of Various Small Fires, a homegrown gallery with locations in Los Angeles, Dallas, Seoul and soon Tustin, is running for California’s 40th Congressional District.A lot has led her to this moment, but Kim Varet said the tipping point came when President Donald Trump returned to office alongside a Republican-controlled Congress after the 2024 election, “undoing progress” on issues she holds dear.“I see what we could lose, and what we are losing every day,” said Kim Varet, a Democrat. Waking up to headlines about the Trump administration rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion…
Lakers introduce Luka Doncic during a press conference at the UCLA Health Training Center in El Segundo on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG) From left, Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka introduces Luka Doncic during a press conference at the UCLA Health Training Center in El Segundo on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG) From left, Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka introduces Luka Doncic during a press conference at the UCLA Health Training Center in El Segundo on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Lakers’ Luka Doncic takes…
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Several businesses from day cares to grocery stores and hair salons closed Monday across the U.S. in a loosely organized day of protest against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Related Articles Business | China launches an antitrust probe into Google. Here’s what it means Business | Estee Lauder to cut up to 7,000 jobs as sales slide Business | California bosses cut hours as wages soared Business | US job openings fall to 7.6 million in December, suggesting the job market is slowing but healthy Business | Waffle House is passing along the…
By JOSHUA GOODMANMIAMI (AP) — When President Donald Trump froze foreign assistance for 90 days, he argued that such a drastic step was needed to eliminate waste and block what he derides as “woke” spending that doesn’t align with American interests.Experts say the suspension has another, far more serious consequence: emboldening authoritarian strongmen. Wrapped into the billions the U.S. spends annually on foreign aid — more than any other nation — are hundreds of grants for grassroots groups dedicated to fighting for democracy in authoritarian countries around the world.Among the groups that won’t be receiving critical funding is an organization…
The 2025 US tax filing season officially begins on January 27th, and Americans will soon be reminded that our tax code remains a complex, burdensome mess.With taxes at the forefront of the Trump administration’s agenda and his 2017 tax reforms set to expire at the end of the year, lawmakers must seize this opportunity to simplify the tax code once and for all.Taxes impact all Americans in some form, whether through earnings, savings, purchasing, or other financial planning. When it comes to federal income taxes, more than 162 million individual income tax returns were filed last year.Tax filing season tends…
By ZEN SOO, AP Business WriterHONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese government’s move to open an antitrust probe into Google is the latest development in a long and tangled relationship that goes back to the early 2000s.The investigation was one of a flurry of Chinese retaliatory measures announced Tuesday in response to a 10% tariff imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on imports from China.Others included tariffs on American liquified natural gas and other products, and the placing of two other American firms on an unreliable entity list that could bar them from investing in China.Here is a look at…
By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDORWASHINGTON (AP) — The first U.S. military flight to deport migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay was set to depart Tuesday, a U.S. official said. It is the first step in what is expected to be a surge in the number of migrants held at the Navy base in Cuba, which for decades was primarily used to detain foreigners associated with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.President Donald Trump has eyed the facility as a holding center and said it has the capacity to hold as many as 30,000.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who…
By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics WriterU.S. job openings fell in December, a sign that the labor market is cooling but still healthy.Openings fell to 7.6 million, from 8.2 million in November, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. They were down from 8.9 million a year earlier and a peak of 12.2 million in March 2022 when the economy was rebounding from COVID-19 lockdowns. The openings fell short of the 7.9 million that economists had expected.The number of layoffs fell, suggesting that Americans enjoy unusual job security. The number of people quitting their jobs rose modestly but stayed below pre-pandemic levels. After surging in…