By MATTHEW BARAKAT FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Amber Heard said she knew she should leave Johnny Depp the first time he hit her, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. “I knew I couldn’t just forgive him, right, because that means it will happen again. Like, I’ve seen the health class videos,” Heard told…
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Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Phil Handy is ready for the big chair. In an appearance on the May 4 episode of the “Certified Buckets” podcast, Handy — an assistant coach on three separate championship teams — said he is ready to take the next step in his coaching career. “I am definitely at that…
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BOSTON — The Angels’ lineups through the first month of the season have settled into a predictable pattern. There’s a righty lineup and a lefty lineup. Although it can be frustrating for some fans who would like to see Manager Joe Maddon just stick with the same players every day, for now, the players seem…
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By AVET DEMOURIAN YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters blocked streets and gathered around government buildings in Armenia’s capital on Wednesday to demand the prime minister’s resignation over his calls for a formal peace agreement with neighboring Azerbaijan. The demonstrators used cement mixers and trucks to close off roads and bridges leading…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark interest rate by a half-percentage point Wednesday — its most aggressive move since 2000 — and signaling further large rate hikes to come. The increase in the Fed’s key short-term rate raised…
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”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: House prices started 2022 with a dip in one-third of U.S. markets — including Los Angeles County — as rising interest rates, pricey options and shaky economics seemed to…
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Surprised by a vaccine mandate that left him unable to play for much of last season, Kyrie Irving described himself as a “martyr” for refusing the COVID-19 shot while facing heavy scrutiny. “I was not expecting a mandate to be brought down in a way where it wasn’t going to let me play at all,”…
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Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer is battling for a second four-year term against three challengers who are united in one proposition: the office can’t go on as it is. The campaigning leading up to the June 7 primary election has been so focused on drama, scandals and doomsday predictions that little has been said…
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Michael Deiter has technically never earned a starting spot with the Miami Dolphins. In his rookie season his status as a 2019 third-round draft pick got the former Wisconsin standout elevated up the depth chart quicker than he deserved, placed into the starting lineup as a left guard before he was ready, and that forced…
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Silicon Valley venture capitalist John Doerr, an early investor in Google, Amazon and other leading tech companies, and his wife, Ann, have agreed to donate $1.1 billion to Stanford University to set up a new school devoted to the study of climate change and its solutions. The gift, announced Wednesday, is the largest in Stanford…
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