By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV | Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track procedure to receive Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians, in yet another effort to expand Moscow’s influence in war-torn Ukraine. Until recently, only residents of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as residents…
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As kiteboarders, windsurfers and others compete on the ocean during the West Marine US Open Sailing Series in Long Beach, a small festival will make its debut with big hopes of making its mark on the environment. The Sea Change Festival is set to take place from 12-4 p.m. on July.16 to coincide with the…
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For the past 30 years, British journalist Nick Duerden has interviewed musicians for both U.K. and U.S. publications, sometimes catching up with the same artists multiple times over the course of their careers. And as time passed between chats, Duerden noticed that the artists became more interesting as their lives continued to change. “We have…
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The effort is simple and the payoff is huge: By tossing that banana peel in the green bin with your yard waste rather than in the black bin with your trash, you can help reduce climate change. That’s the basic idea behind a key part of an ambitious California law that kicked in at the…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI | Associated Press TOKYO — Days after his assassination, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party vowed to use its sizable victory in a parliamentary election to achieve his unfinished goals, including strengthening the military and revising the country’s pacifist, postwar constitution. The governing Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner…
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Welcome to the sixth installment in a Hotline series on the future of the Pac-12. Links to previous articles are below … Eleven months ago, the Pac-12 stood down. Believing itself stable and aligned, it passed on the opportunity to raid the teetering Big 12 following the announced departures of Texas and Oklahoma. Now, 319…
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By Stephanie Elam | CNN Just one rogue drone is all it takes to bring the aerial assault on a wildfire to a standstill. So in a fresh alliance, the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Los Angeles field office are working together in a first-of-its-kind drone deterrent program to…
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The US Postal Service is putting out another call for mail carriers, this time hosting three local hiring fairs to help candidates begin the complex process of applying for a government job. USPS said its personnel will be available to provide information about the positions, answer questions, and walk future employees through the application process…
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No team is ever the same, as executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias made sure to point out. But if they’re not identical, there are at least similarities — the kind that can be seen when rebuilds approach fruition. Be it in Houston, where Elias served as the Astros’ amateur scouting director in…
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With the Ravens’ season opener just two months away, the aftershocks of an injury-filled 2021 are still rippling through the team. Until there’s clarity on which rehabilitating Ravens will be cleared for training camp later this month, it’s hard to know just who might be ready for Week 1. Quick recoveries and good health this…
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