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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Not much has gone wrong for the Mets to start the 2022 campaign. But the first-place Mets suffered a blow on Friday when it was announced that catcher James McCann suffered a broken bone in his left wrist and will need surgery. The Mets projected his recovery time at approximately six weeks. McCann was placed…
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Turning the tide of the Giants’ recent irrelevance just might start with Kayvon Thibodeaux’s charismatic influence. There was a buzz to the Giants’ No. 5 overall pick hitting Friday’s practice field in his new No. 5 jersey on the first day of rookie minicamp. Thibodeaux, a kid from Los Angeles, said that hearing The Notorious…
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The Supreme Court might be about to do something. Or might not. Neither way would change much in California — but regardless, California’s lawmakers are here to save the day! Ever since a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion leaked signaling the high court could overturn Roe v. Wade and send the question of a legal…
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rallied on Wall Street Friday, but not enough to claw back all the losses the market has taken in this volatile week of trading. The S&P 500 rose 2.2% as of 1:22 p.m. Eastern. The benchmark index is still on track for its 6th straight losing…
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli riot police on Friday pushed and beat pallbearers at the funeral for slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, causing them to briefly drop the casket in a shocking start to a procession that turned into perhaps the largest display of Palestinian nationalism in Jerusalem in a generation.…
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By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and DAVID KEYTON KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces suffered heavy losses in a Ukrainian attack that destroyed a pontoon bridge they were using to try to cross a river in the east, Ukrainian and British officials said in another sign of Moscow’s struggle to salvage a war gone awry. Ukrainian authorities,…
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By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s motorcade sped through the evening rush hour-choked streets of Washington earlier this week bound for Maryland Rep. David Trone’s spacious estate close to the Potomac River. Speaking for 14 minutes near a backyard pool amid the smell of barbeque, Biden told…
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is entering the next budget year with a record-smashing surplus of nearly $100 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. Newsom unveiled a revised budget plan of just over $300 billion for the next fiscal year, the highest in state history and fueled by surging tax revenues. The…
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