By MIKE CATALINI and PAT EATON-ROBB The U.S. baby formula shortage has sparked a surge of interest at milk banks around the U.S. with some mothers offering to donate breast milk and desperate parents calling to see if it’s a solution to keep their babies fed. It’s a pathway that won’t work for every formula-fed…
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s governor on Friday proposed a temporary tax cut for the state’s struggling legal marijuana industry, but businesses said it falls far short of what’s needed to revive a foundering pot economy. Broad legal sales began in California in 2018, but the industry has been burdened by…
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Ryan Mountcastle hoped the pain would go away more quickly, given a few days off during the Orioles’ trip to St. Louis. But when the shooting pain from his left thumb up his forearm “kept getting worse and worse,” the first baseman landed on the 10-day injured list, the Orioles announced Friday, with a start…
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Casino Insider is a weekly newsletter with all the best bets for food, entertainment and fun at Southern California’s casinos. It’s delivered to your inbox on Thursdays. Subscribe now. In this July 23, 2017 file photo, rock band Kansas performs onstage at the “Supernatural” panel during Comic-Con International 2017 at the San Diego Convention Center in…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from May 5 to May 13. Mario’s, 15964 Springdale St., Huntington Beach Closed: May 12 Reason: Rodent infestation Great Wok Restaurant, 16883 Algonquin St., Huntington Beach Closed: May 11 Reason: Rodent infestation Reopened: May 12 The Coffee Bean,…
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By BEN FOX WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House national security adviser Robert C. McFarlane, a top aide to President Ronald Reagan who pleaded guilty to charges for his role in an illegal arms-for-hostages deal known as the Iran-Contra affair, has died. He was 84. McFarlane, who lived in Washington, died Thursday from complications of…
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The first time Darrell Bevell met with the media as Miami Dolphins quarterbacks coach in February, he hadn’t seen Tua Tagovailoa throw for him in-person yet. So Bevell, then, didn’t want to offer an evaluation of the third-year quarterback’s highly analyzed arm strength solely off of film. Well, now Bevell has had about a month…
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A transient was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for gunning down a man at an Anaheim motel and kidnapping an ex-girlfriend before spending a week holding the woman against her will while on the run from police. An Orange County Superior Court jury three years ago found Luke Lampers,…
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Depending on traffic and the time of day, it takes about an hour to drive from Naperville North to the Chicago Bears’ practice facility in Lake Forest. But when James O’Shaughnessy was growing up and playing football under the Friday night lights for the Huskies, that trek seemed miles and miles away. “In high school,…
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Orange County officials are calling on local artists to help transform and beautify areas around the 57 Freeway in Placentia, part of a statewide campaign to improve the look of roads and the communities they pass through. With funding from the Clean California initiative, local leaders are looking for an artist or group of artists…
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