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By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The immigration officers sat in their vehicles before dawn near a two-story building. A New York subway line rumbled overhead, then an officer’s voice crackled over the radio.After watching for about two hours, he said, “I think that’s Tango,” using a term for target. “Gray hoodie. Backpack. Walking quickly.”The immigration officers surrounded and handcuffed a 23-year-old man from Ecuador who had been convicted of sexually assaulting a minor.Kenneth Genalo, head of Enforcement and Removal Operations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York, said a popular misconception is that officers can sweep…

Here are the latest IE Varsity boys basketball rankings for the 2024-25 season.Records are through Sunday, Dec. 22.IE VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS1. Roosevelt (11-1)The Mustangs beat Sherman Oaks Notre Dame to win the Platinum Division title at the Tarkanian Classic.Previous ranking: 12. Riverside Poly (9-4)The Bears opened Ivy League play last week with a 77-64 victory over Rancho Christian.Previous ranking: 23. Damien (12-3)The Spartans return to action Thursday against O’Conner (Arizona) to open their Classic at Damien.Previous ranking: 34. Etiwanda (10-5)The Eagles split nonleague games, beating Vista Murrieta while falling to Fairmont Prep.Previous ranking: 45. Rancho Cucamonga (10-4)The Cougars open…

More than two years after the California Reparations Task Force released its first set of policy recommendations for repairing generational harms of slavery and post-slavery institutional racism, the movement is stalling. Many expect the ideology-fueled fervor of legislating cash and non-cash restitutions for Black Americans in California, which entered the Union as a free state in 1850, would eventually die down as the wave of racial reckoning exhausts media cycles and public support. But never underestimate the unflinching zeal of policymakers who insist on racial “solutions” to social problems. Earlier this month, Assemblyman Isaac Bryan introduced Assembly Bill No. 7 (AB 7),…

With Christmas two days away, workers at four Amazon warehouses in Southern California remained on strike Monday on claims the corporate giant refuses to recognize their union and negotiate fair contracts.The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, representing 1.3 million workers across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, announced their members in Palmdale, Victorville, Industry and San Bernardino voted to authorize strikes — a move that came after Amazon ignored a deadline on Dec. 15 to come to the bargaining table, according to the union.Amazon workers represented by the union went on strike at 3 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, and joined Amazon…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO, Associated pressWASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs all while the Florida Republican was a member of Congress.Gaetz has denied all wrongdoing.The 37-page report by the bipartisan panel includes explicit details of sex-filled parties and vacations that Gaetz, now 42, took part in from 2017 to 2020 while representing Florida’s western panhandle. The findings conclude that he violated multiple state laws related to sexual misconduct while in office.“The Committee determined there is substantial evidence that Representative…

The last pitch of their 2024 World Series victory is the last pitch Walker Buehler will throw for the Dodgers.Buehler has reportedly agreed to a one-year, $21.05 million contract with the Boston Red Sox that also includes $2.5 million in potential bonuses. The deal is pending a physical.The Dodgers did not make the qualifying offer to Buehler when he became a free agent in November. This year’s qualifying offer is a one-year, $21.05 million contract.On a recent podcast appearance, Buehler acknowledged the stressful nature of free agency.“I think the idea of it is super exciting,” he said on “Just Baseball.”…

Paige Smith(Bloomberg) — Walmart Inc. and one of its financial technology partners allegedly opened expensive bank accounts for delivery drivers without their consent, a US consumer protection agency said on Monday.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Walmart and Branch Messenger Inc., claiming they required those in the Spark Driver program to be paid through costly accounts or be fired.“Walmart made false promises, illegally opened accounts, and took advantage of more than a million delivery drivers,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a statement after the agency sued the two companies in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota.Neither…

By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he’s picking fights even before taking office on Jan. 20. In a Sunday announcement naming his ambassador to Denmark, Trump wrote that, “For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.” Trump again having designs on…

LOS ANGELES — For a moment, finally, Husan Longstreet is still. His feet don’t like it. His eyes don’t like it. His trainer is distracted, and he is afforded a break. But there is no time for breaks. So the 18-year-old quarterback walks to a nearby mirror, holds his hands out for an imaginary snap, and the world fades.He drops back, studying his reflection as it dances. He mimes a handoff. He mimes a three-step drop. His legs repeat, drilling himself, tracing his footsteps. Again. Again.Football is – it’s an art, Longstreet explains later, finally settling on the right word.“Like,…

Jeannette Neumann(Bloomberg) — The Nordstrom family is joining forces with a Mexican retailer to take its namesake department store private in an all-cash transaction valued at about $6.25 billion, including debt.The founding family is betting that the century-old retail chain will be more successful without the scrutiny and demands of the public market after shares in Nordstrom Inc. plunged 40% in the last five years. During the same period, the S&P 500 rose 84%.As part of the transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of 2025, the family and Mexican department-store chain El Puerto de Liverpool SAB…