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By AAMER MADHANI and WILL WEISSERTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration has already had “very serious” discussions with Russia about its war in Ukraine and that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon take “significant” action toward ending the grinding conflict.“We will be speaking, and I think will perhaps do something that’ll be significant,” Trump said in an exchange with reporters in the Oval Office. “We want to end that war. That war would have not started if I was president.”Trump did not say who from his administration has been in contact with the Russians but insisted…

“Hey, Tito, how you doing?”“Life has been good,” Ernesto “Tito” Mercado tells me over the phone. “Been a pretty fun last couple days.”Heh. Well, let’s see … he made a bunch of people mad. Got accused of clout-chasing. Had a torrent of profanity directed his way.All in all, a great couple of days.I can hear him smiling, this gutsy Pomona performer who just took a few big steps toward his dreams of boxing glory.In a monumental feat of multi-tasking, the 23-year-old junior welterweight won – via knockout, of course – the biggest fight of his career so far while also…

Legoland has announced it is laying off nearly 100 employees at its Carlsbad park, part of a broader companywide restructuring of how it delivers shows and other entertainment offerings.The vast majority of the layoffs documented in a required filing with the California Employment Development Department are identified as performers — 87 out of a total 97 job cuts. Others listed include stage managers, an events assistant manager and production specialist.Legoland California characterized the staff reduction as a way to “elevate the guest experience” and better compete in the theme park sector.“The decision to reduce the size of our entertainment team…

By LOLITA C. BALDORWASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is readying orders for the deployment of at least 1,000 additional active duty troops to bolster President Donald Trump’s expanding crackdown on immigration, U.S. officials said Friday.They said roughly 500 more soldiers — largely a headquarters unit from the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in New York — will be sent to the southwest border. And about 500 Marines will go to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where some of the detained migrants will be held.The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because announcements have not been made, said there have been…

On the precipice of a winless road trip, the Kings limped into Raleigh for Saturday’s finale of a five-game trek, in which they’ll be opposed by the Carolina Hurricanes.For the ‘Canes, the big story remained their recent acquisition of a copious scorer, former Colorado winger Mikko Rantanen, who’s accumulated more points than all but three other players over the past five seasons. He has a goal, an assist and 13 shots on net in three games since the swap (2-0-1). Carolina boasts the East’s second-best points percentage and a fierce 20-5-1 record at the Lenovo Center, tying the Winnipeg Jets…

By Cara HartleySometimes a limited liability company, or LLC, has a year with no business activity. For example, a newly formed LLC might not have started doing business yet, or an older LLC might have become inactive without being formally dissolved.However, even if an inactive LLC has no income or expenses for a year, it might still be required to file a federal income tax return, LegalZoom reports.Do I Need to File a Tax Return for an LLC With No Income?LLC tax filing requirements depend on how the LLC is taxed. An LLC may be disregarded as an entity for…

As fears grow surrounding the Trump administration’s announcement that it will deport millions of undocumented immigrants, victims worried about their immigration status may not come forward to report crimes or cooperate with police, legal and academic scholars say.Trump has promised to oversee the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. As of Jan. 30, just over a week since his inauguration, ICE has arrested over 5,500 undocumented immigrants, the agency reported.“This is an unprecedented amount of immigration enforcement in the United States, at least in recent decades,” said Carmen Gutierrez, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated PressA government memo aimed at implementing President Donald Trump’s order rolling back protections for transgender people rippled through the federal government Friday as agencies scrambled to make changes to strip “gender ideology” from websites, contracts and emails.The Office of Personnel Management directed agency heads to have staff remove pronouns from their government emails, disband employee resource groups, and terminate grants and contracts related to the issue.The directive was sent Wednesday, and the changes were ordered to be instituted by 5 p.m. Friday. It also asked agencies to remove the term “gender” from government forms and…

LOS ANGELES — In mid-January, Rafi and Christine Mansourian sat in the lower basin of the Galen Center, two among dozens in attendance clutching a popsicle-stick fathead of reserve guard Avand Dorian.USC’s game against Wisconsin on Jan. 18 was dubbed an “Armenian Heritage Celebration,” a chance to honor Dorian, making waves as a sophomore who’d walked onto head coach Eric Musselman’s first-year program as the first Armenian player in USC men’s basketball history. Dorian was the star of AGBU Manoogian-Demirdijan School, an Armenian college-prep school in Winnetka, and a grassroots effort quickly spread among the Armenian community in Los Angeles…

Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by San Bernardino County health inspectors from Jan. 23 to Jan. 30. Boba Fiend Tea House, 10590 Baseline Road, Suite B, Rancho Cucamonga Closed: Jan. 23 Reason: Operating without a valid health permit La Michoacana, 4111 N. Sierra Way, San Bernardino Closed: Jan. 24 Reason: No water Reopened: Jan. 24 Related Articles Local News | San Bernardino County restaurants shut down by health inspectors, Jan. 16-23 Local News | San Bernardino County restaurants shut down by health inspectors, Jan. 9-16 Local News | San Bernardino County restaurants shut…