By DAMIAN J. TROISE Stocks shifted between gains and losses Thursday and oil prices eased back as markets remain concerned about the broader impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% as of 1:23 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 100 points, or 0.3%, to 33,991 and the Nasdaq fell…
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By DON THOMPSON and JANIE HAR | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California’s governor proposed a plan on Thursday to force homeless people with severe mental health and addiction disorders into treatment. The proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, would require all counties in California to set up a mental health branch in civil court…
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By Jennifer McDermott | Associated Press As demand for COVID-19 vaccines collapses in many areas of the U.S., states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste. From some of the least vaccinated states, like Indiana and North Dakota,…
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By VANESSA GERA PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced more than a million people to flee the war in just a week, an exodus so swift it almost matches the number of people who sought refuge in Europe in a whole year during the 2015 migration crisis. Seven years ago, hundreds…
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As of this writing, predictions of a Russian day or two romp through Ukraine, all the way to the point of threatening NATO countries, have proven wrong. Profoundly wrong. War is always unpredictable. But clearly much of the American news coverage underestimated both the totalitarian appetite of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the grit and…
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Chris Grier keeps failing, but he keeps surviving. The easiest thing for Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross to have done this offseason would have been to press the reset button with the entire organization, firing the team’s general manager when he removed coach Brian Flores a day after the season finale, which capped the franchise’s…
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A great torta needs little introduction. Admittedly, I cannot claim that this list is, in any way, the ultimate roundup of tortas in Orange County. I never set out to write a story about Mexican sandwiches. However, I recently started thinking about the many great tortas I’ve eaten here through the years, so I made…
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By Geoff Mulvihill and John Seewer | The Associated Press OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a nationwide settlement Thursday over its role in the opioid crisis, with the Sackler family members who own the company boosting their cash contribution to as much as $6 billion. The deal follows an earlier settlement that had been appealed…
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By JIM HEINTZ, YURAS KARMANAU and MSTYSLAV CHERNOV KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces battled for control of a crucial energy-producing city in Ukraine’s south on Thursday and gained ground in their bid to cut off the country from the sea, as Ukrainian leaders called on citizens to rise up and wage guerrilla war against…
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February was yet another rollercoaster of a month for theme park fans. New rides opened as others closed for repairs. Hiring remained brisk. There was even an ownership squabble over two local attractions. So, have you been paying attention? To test your knowledge of the amusement park industry — or to simply refresh your memory…
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