The Senior Showcase all-star event is Friday and Saturday, May 20-21, at Windrow Park’s Ryan Lemmon Stadium in Irvine. All-star teams from different leagues play each other in the format. Friday: Golden West League vs. Freeway League, 4 p.m.; home run derby, 5:30 p.m.; Century Conference vs. Empire League, 7:30 p.m. Saturday: Orange League vs.…
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE NEW YORK (AP) — Another drop for stocks on Friday has pushed the S&P 500 index 20% below its peak set early this year. The benchmark index was down 2% for the day in early afternoon trading and on pace for its seventh straight losing week. Rising interest rates, high inflation,…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York’s attorney general. Trump paid the fine Thursday but must still submit additional paperwork in…
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Shannon Boxx’s soccer journey nearly made a detour to the softball field. “My mother, being a single parent, was like, ‘Unless you get a scholarship, you will be going to a JC,’” Boxx said. “My sister (Gillian) had already gotten a scholarship in softball to go to Cal Berkeley and was like. ‘That’s your ticket.’”…
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By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — The West moved to pour billions more in aid into Ukraine on Friday, as Russia shifted troops freed up by the imminent fall of the pulverized city of Mariupol and fighting raged in the country’s industrial heartland in the east. Russian forces shelled…
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A once-in-a-century pandemic resulted in a once-in-a-decade revenue hit for the Pac-12 and its member universities. The conference on Friday reported $344 million in revenue for the 2021 fiscal year, according to federal tax filings provided to the Hotline in response to a request. That figure constitutes the lowest revenue total for the Pac-12 since…
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By Nicole Gregory, contributing writer Students who want to add class credits this summer have a variety of choices, and Cal State Fullerton offers options that make courses accessible to more students. The university is offering five summer sessions of online and in-person classes as well as summer internship programs and study sessions abroad. Many Cal…
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A pricey plate of chicken wings sure has folks talking, including comedian Stephen Colbert who called out an Orange County Register story in his monologue Thursday night. “Chicken wings for $34? Pent-up inflation driving food costs higher,” written by Bloomberg News, was published Wednesday by the Register and soon was picked up by other online…
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The Boston Celtics crushed the Miami Heat Thursday but one of the Celtics’ owners recently donated $2 million to help a Florida native get back on its game from a long losing streak – manatees. Rob Hale, a telecommunications and real estate entrepreneur in the Boston area, and his wife, Karen, donated the money for…
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“Payment Pulse” deals with the gut-twisting reality of Southern California homebuying finances. It’s really about the size of the monthly check to the lender, not the headline-grabbing, rising median sales price. Buzz: A mix of high home prices and soaring mortgage rates proved an expensive mix for Southern California homebuyers in April. Buyers who financed…
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