By TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN Tesla CEO Elon Musk stands to be the next owner of Twitter, having pledged roughly $44 billion to buy the social platform and take it private. Assuming that happens, next up on his agenda will be planning how to fulfill his promises to develop new Twitter features, open its…
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Russia’s systematic attacks on Ukraine’s civilian population are clearly “crimes against humanity,” said an expert on the law and ethics of armed conflict, who was one of the panelists at a recent symposium at Cal State University Fullerton. As one of seven experts speaking at the Royce International Symposium on New Challenges for U.S. Foreign…
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No quarterbacks in the top 10. No running backs in the first round. Lots of teams who want to trade back. No consensus top player. Welcome to the 2022 NFL Draft, where anything can happen. Here is my first and only mock draft, taking a crack at how it might shake out for the top…
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Over the last five weeks of the 2021 season, the Ravens relied on Kevon Seymour, Robert Jackson, Daryl Worley and Chris Westry to play significant snaps at cornerback. This was not the plan for a franchise that has invested so much cap space in its secondary in recent seasons, one that was turning away qualified…
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Q: Victor Oladipo’s defense, playmaking and ability to break down a defense prove him more valuable than Duncan Robinson and Caleb Martin. That proved true the second he came into Game 4, when Miami went on a run. Scoring will come, but like Erik Spoelstra always preaches, it’s not what’s always in the box score.…
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While the Orioles won a series against the Los Angeles Angels as part of a three-city road trip, several of Baltimore’s minor leaguers put together displays that might warrant looks for the major league roster in the near future. There are hot-hitting prospects up and down the farm system, and the top pitching prospect in…
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ST. LOUIS — Moments after what may go down as one of the most thrilling wins of the Mets’ 2022 season, the team learned that its top ace, widely regarded as the best pitcher in baseball, has been cleared to begin ramping up. Jacob deGrom’s latest MRI and CT scan “revealed considerable healing of the…
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Kyrie Irving says he’s not going anywhere. After the Nets’ 4-0 series loss to the Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, Irving expressed his commitment to signing a contract extension in Brooklyn. “And in terms of my extension, man, I don’t really plan on going anywhere,” he said. “So this is,…
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This week’s CIF-SS high school boys and girls lacrosse polls, released Monday, April 25. CIF-SS LACROSSE (Selected by the CIF-SS Lacrosse Advisory Committee) BOYS DIVISION 1 1 Mater Dei 2 St. Margaret’s 3 Foothill 4 Corona del Mar 5 Loyola 6 Agoura 7 Los Alamitos 8 Palos Verdes 9 Sierra Canyon 10 Tesoro BOYS DIVISION…
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Soon, K.T. will be O.U.T. The Giants are looking to trade wide receiver Kadarius Toney, sources tell the Daily News, making calls to see what they can get for their 2021 first-round pick. There was some internal momentum for bailing on Toney during his tumultuous rookie season a year ago. His commitment came into question…
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