Evelyn Tolpa-Lisek gripped her walker and a packet of photographs she shared with fellow Gary Lew Wallace grads Thursday as they belted out their school song. The requiem for the legendary Glen Park school came eight years after its doors closed in the wake of declining enrollment. The empty school soon became a magnet for…
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By DAVID KEYTON and INNA VARENYTSIA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the boldest attack on the capital since Moscow’s forces retreated weeks ago. At least one person was…
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The Orioles announced plans to host the inaugural Mo Gaba Day at Oriole Park at Camden Yards to honor the second anniversary of the superfan’s death. The 14-year-old Gaba died in 2020 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Baltimore will hold Mo Gaba Day on July 28, when the Orioles host the Tampa Bay Rays…
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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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