The floor exercise routines that Brooklyn Moors has performed throughout her time with UCLA gymnastics have allowed her to embody a character. Now, as a grad student, that character is herself. “This one is more kind of just a journey through my gymnastics career,” Moors told reporters. “So starting out young and kind of happy…
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Rock musician and entrepreneur Jack White appreciates the feel of a good tool, and as he held the Innovation Award at the 40th annual TEC Awards he shared something his father once told him. “My dad used to repair radios and televisions back in the ’50s,” said White, who came to fame with the White…
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A 56-year-old man was charged on Thursday, Jan. 23, with carjacking a Huntington Beach police car and leading officers on a chase. He was charged with a count of carjacking, five counts of assault with a weapon on a peace officer, a count of leading police on a chase and a count of resisting arrest…
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE WASHINGTON (AP) — Those binders full of executive orders that President Donald Trump has been signing with a flourish and a wide-tipped Sharpie during his first week in office don’t just magically appear before him. Related Articles National Politics | What to know about Mariann Budde, the bishop who upset Trump…
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s Lunar New Year travel rush has kicked into high gear, with billions of trips expected in coming days for the peak of the 40-day annual mass migration — the world’s biggest annual movement of humanity. Related Articles World News | Thousands of endangered tortoises are rescued in Madagascar after their sanctuary…
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President Donald Trump tried to make good on his myriad “first day” campaign promises by signing 26 executive orders – nearly three times the number Joe Biden issued on his first day and 26 times the number Trump issued on his first day in 2017, according to a USA Facts calculation. That provides a preview…
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By ALEXA ST. JOHN DETROIT (AP) — While President Donald Trump took aim at the electric vehicle industry this week, there is still optimism about the industry’s future in Michigan, a state retooling from America’s most recognizable auto hub to its number one destination for electric vehicle investment. Related Articles Business | US economic losses…
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By GERALD IMRAY CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month caused by a tropical cyclone. Related Articles World News | China’s Lunar New Year travel rush…
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Fresh evacuation orders for more than 30,000 Californians on Wednesday serve as a stark reminder to the rest of the country that local residents continue to face unimaginable danger. At the same time, this week also saw a new administration taking over in Washington. With the fires continuing to rage, threatening even more death and…
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On Jan. 6, Beatriz Quiroz García started graduate school for library science. “The day before the fires broke out. So it’s been a whirlwind,” she says. Along with her education, Quiroz García works as a bookseller and subscription coordinator at Skylight Books. Even with a full schedule, she’s committed to volunteering and supporting causes in…
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