By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, and faces threats from high inflation and rising interest rates, yet economists foresee a return to growth for the rest of 2022 based on the strength of the job market and consumer spending. The 1.4% quarterly decline…
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La Habra vs. Sonora is one of the better rivalries in Orange County sports. Divisions have been set aside. Their communities are united now to help Noah Valdez. Valdez is a freshman basketball player at La Habra High School. He spent Wednesday at Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOC) for a second round of chemotherapy.…
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As the long, gray winter finally thaws, the American sports calendar does the same. After dreary months with nothing but the MLB hot stove and half of the NBA playing out the string, life for the sports couch potato gets good again. NBA games get intense again; baseball games are there again. (That’s not a…
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Q. What tips do you have for spring lawn maintenance? Are there some things I can do to decrease my water usage without getting rid of my grass? Mowing your grass with the lawnmower set on the highest setting is one of the most helpful things you can do to keep your lawn healthy. The…
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Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat each were fined $15,000 Thursday for a gesture by the forward and the ensuing posting of the video of the gesture during Tuesday night’s series-clinching playoff victory over the Atlanta Hawks at FTX Arena. Amid a 17-2 Heat surge that closed the first half of that victory, Butler, who…
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The imminent arrival of the new Wonder Woman Flight of Courage roller coaster has forced Six Flags Magic Mountain to come up with another DC Comics superhero name for an old Wonder Woman-themed spinning thrill ride. The Wonder Woman: Lasso of Truth ride at Magic Mountain has been renamed and rethemed as Teen Titans Turbo…
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99 Ranch Market is moving into a former Vons location in Tustin, opening its fourth Orange County grocery store in a busy shopping destination near the intersection of Irvine Boulevard and Newport Avenue. The Buena Park-based chain signed a 15-year lease for the vacant 41,400-square-foot store at Larwin Square at 500 E. 1st St., according…
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By DAVID KOENIG | Associated Press DALLAS — Southwest Airlines lost $278 million in the first quarter but said Thursday that it expects to be profitable for the rest of the year because of surging demand for travel. The upbeat forecast echoed similar predictions this month from other big U.S. airlines. They say that after…
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By LORNE COOK, DANICA KIRKA and FRANK JORDANS BRUSSELS (AP) — Cutting off natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria cost Russian President Vladimir Putin very little — but it is adding stress on European countries wrestling over how to reduce energy imports that are feeding the Kremlin’s war chest and how to keep a united…
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By FRANK BAJAK BOSTON (AP) — Russia’s relentless digital assaults on Ukraine may have caused less damage than many anticipated. But most of its hacking is focused on a different goal that gets less attention but has chilling potential consequences: data collection. Ukrainian agencies breached on the eve of the Feb. 24 invasion include the…
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