Szechuan Sauce will briefly return to McDonald’s lineup of dipping sauces on Thursday, March 31. But it will only be available through the McDonald’s app, according to a news release. Customers can get it free with a purchase of Chicken McNuggets or buy as many as five packets a la carte. The condiment was launched…
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Members of the Anaheim Hills Rotary Club have many fun activities planned for the 12th annual Easter Festival on April 10 at Ronald Reagan Park. And the community is invited to come join the fun. Admission is free for the 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. event, and some of the scheduled activities include egg decorating,…
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Every spring, silvery smelt-like fish called grunion can be found late at night during high tides on the beaches of Southern California, mating in what experts say is one of the most unusual phenomenon in the natural world. File Photo by Rose Palmisano / The Orange County Register Every spring, silvery smelt-like fish called grunion…
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By MATT OTT WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped again this week as the 30-year loan rate climbed to its highest level since January of 2019. The increase comes after the Federal last week increased the key rate — which it had kept near zero since the pandemic recession struck two years…
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — Legal experts and interest groups are weighing in on Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Senate Judiciary Committee began a fourth day of hearings on her historic nomination to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican questioning…
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER After returning to metro San Francisco following a college football career, Anthony Giusti felt like his hometown was passing him by. The high cost of living, driven by a constantly transforming tech industry, ensured that even with two jobs he would never save enough money to buy a house. So he started…
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Growing up in Tijuana, Mexico, in the early ’90s and playing in ska-punk band Tijuana No! at just 15 years old, Ceci Bastida said she and her bandmates knew the music of punk rock bands like The Clash, Ramones and Sex Pistols, but didn’t realize that Latin music and culture had also had an instrumental…
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday as a streak of cautious trading continues on world markets. The S&P 500 index rose 0.5% as of 10:20 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 189 points, or 0.6%, to 34,544 and the Nasdaq rose 0.2%. Technology and communications…
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By NEBI QENA and CARA ANNA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Tanks, planes, rockets, air defense systems. Citing a long list of weaponry he said is vital for his country’s survival, the president of Ukraine cranked up pressure on NATO leaders Thursday for “military assistance without limitations,” telling them that Ukrainian forces are “in a gray…
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By LORNE COOK BRUSSELS (AP) — With the threat of wider conflict hanging over Europe, NATO opted for stability on Thursday by extending Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s term in office for an extra year to help steer the 30-nation military alliance through the security crisis sparked by Russia’s war on Ukraine. Stoltenberg tweeted Thursday that he…
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