Valeri Liukin was upset with his newest student, Andrea Orris, almost immediately. “We had a rough start,” Orris recalled. It was 1999, and Orris had just joined the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy, the about to be internationally renowned Plano, Texas, gym co-founded and co-owned by Liukin, an Olympic and world champion for the Soviet Union.…
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Jo Koy has been working long days, his schedule overflowing with projects. The comedian and actor is filming the pilot for his single-camera sitcom “Josep” for ABC; touring comedy clubs and theaters across the country (including May 20-22 at Agua Caliente Resort Casino in Rancho Mirage) on his Funny is Funny World Tour; and preparing…
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The Orlando Magic signed Jeff Dowtin to a 10-day contract, the team announced Tuesday morning ahead of their matchup against the Golden State Warriors. This will be the second stint in Orlando for Dowtin, who’ll wear No. 11 and occupy the Magic’s 15th and final standard roster spot for the duration of his deal. Dowtin…
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Jonathan Isaac recently suffered a setback during his rehab from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, but he’s still expected to return to the floor for the start of next season. Isaac sustained a minor right hamstring injury during his rehab and underwent a small surgical procedure, according to Magic president of…
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The chefs have been revealed for the for the SideStage pop-up restaurant at the third edition of the BeachLife Festival, which takes place May 13-15 in Redondo Beach. The approximately 100-seat SideStage pop-up restaurant includes a $90-$250 per person prix fixe menu crafted by a different chef each night on the side of the main…
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will face senators’ questions for the first time Tuesday as Democrats push to quickly confirm the only Black female justice in the court’s 233-year history. Jackson, a federal appeals court judge, sat and silently listened to more than four…
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament on Tuesday paid tribute to Boris Romanchenko, who survived several Nazi concentration camps during World War II but was killed last week during an attack in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. He was 96. The Buchenwald concentration camp memorial said on Monday that Romanchenko, who survived Buchenwald as well as…
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By DAKE KANG and NG HAN GUAN WUZHOU, China (AP) — Mud-stained wallets. Bank cards. Official identity cards. Poignant reminders of 132 lives presumed lost were lined up by rescue workers scouring a remote Chinese mountainside Tuesday for the wreckage of a China Eastern flight that one day earlier inexplicably fell from the sky and…
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Defensive tackle Justin Jones was ready to pick the Indianapolis Colts in free agency before he received a phone call late Thursday at his South Carolina home. Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus was on the other end. Eberflus didn’t pressure Jones to make a decision. He instead talked about the opportunity ahead, about the Halas…
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After community college enrollment collapsed in late 2020, California lawmakers last year gave the system of public two-year colleges $120 million to help stem the tide of departing students and bring them back. So far, progress has been uneven. Through last fall, just 17 of California’s 116 community colleges have seen the number of students…
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