By Elena Becatoros and Yuras Karmanau | Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Piano music wafted from an apartment block on a recent spring evening in Kramatorsk, blending with distant artillery fire for a surreal soundtrack to a bomb-scarred neighborhood in the eastern Ukrainian city. Everywhere in Ukraine, the 3-month-old war never seems to be far…
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When the Anaheim Angels opted out of their stadium lease in October 2018, Long Beach officials reached out immediately to offer the option of building a waterfront baseball stadium downtown, in an area now occupied by the Long Beach Arena. When the Anaheim City Council on Tuesday night, May 25, voided a deal to sell…
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT and ACACIA CORONADO | Associated Press UVALDE, Texas — Desperation turned to heart-wrenching sorrow for families of grade schoolers killed after an 18-year-old gunman barricaded himself in their Texas classroom and began shooting, killing at least 19 children and their two teachers. By Wednesday morning, many were facing the grim reality of…
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By Matthew Barakat | Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Johnny Depp called his ex-wife’s accusations of sexual and physical abuse “insane” Wednesday as he returned to the witness stand in his libel suit against Amber Heard. “Ridiculous, humiliating, ludicrous, painful, savage, unbelievably brutal, cruel, and all false,” Depp said when asked about his reaction…
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Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who is entering the final year of his rookie contract, was absent for the second straight day of voluntary organized team activities on Wednesday. When coach John Harbaugh was asked on Wednesday whether Jackson would attend OTAs, he said, “I’ll let Lamar speak for himself on this topic.” “It’s not for…
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Anaheim won’t be selling Angel Stadium in the near future, after the City Council voted late Tuesday to cancel the sale to Angel’s owner Arte Moreno’s company, which had plans to develop thousands of homes, shops, hotels and offices on the 150-acre site. It took more than two years to put the deal together, but…
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Festival producers have announced the daily lineups for the second annual Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival taking place Nov. 18-20 at San Diego’s downtown waterfront. It was previously announced that the three-day fest would be headlined by Zac Brown Band, Kings of Leon and Gwen Stefani. Young the Giant, Quinn XCII, Earthgang, Saint Motel, Cam,…
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Oxford Academy handed diplomas to its graduating class on Tuesday, May 24, at the Anaheim Union High School District’s Handel Stadium. The commencement featured cheering families and smiling grads as the seniors marked the end of their high school careers and the beginning of their bright futures. Abdullah Fattahi (right) shouts in celebration with classmates…
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Evan Fournier offered a sweeping solution to the senseless gun violence. “Take ALL the guns away,” the Knicks guard tweeted. “Stop selling them and take the rest away.” Fournier tweeted in the wake of the latest mass killing in the United States, when an 18-year-old opened fire in a Texas elementary school Tuesday and murdered…
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Throughout this postseason, turnovers rarely have been an issue for the Miami Heat, including their two road games against the Boston Celtics during these Eastern Conference finals. And yet, in an odd way, limiting themselves to nine in each of those games at TD Garden somewhat stands as an issue. Because, as coach Erik Spoelstra…
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