Skyler Swisher Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed his support Thursday for ending Disney’s “special privileges” in Florida, saying the entertainment giant’s political sway is waning. DeSantis has been battling the Walt Disney Co. over its opposition to HB 1557, officially titled Parental Rights in Education but known by many as the “don’t say gay” bill. “As…
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New Jets cornerback D.J. Reed agreed to break down some film with the Daily News, giving a unique look at a couple plays from the 2021 season. Reed had a breakout season with Seattle before joining the Jets; here, he explains what it was like playing against two of the NFL’s most lethal offenses last…
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ordered the Kristin Smart murder trial moved out of San Luis Obispo County in central California, saying he doubted a fair trial could take place there for two men charged in the 1996 killing of the college student, whose body was never found. Judge Craig…
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If there was question of whether Kyle Lowry would make his return to Toronto on the second night of a back-to-back set, it was answered by the Miami Heat guard in a piece posted Friday at The Players’ Tribune. With the veteran point guard having missed the first three matchups between the teams since he…
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The Narwhal, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter that patrols the Orange County coastline and works with first responders, will drop anchor in Dana Point Harbor on Saturday, April 2. The ship is the only active Coast Guard unit in Orange County and usually is kept at the Coast Guard’s facility on Bayside Drive in Newport…
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Thousands of acres of the Angeles National Forest that have been off-limits since the 2020 Bobcat Fire are scheduled to reopen today. The fire burned about 115,000 acres, but it led to the closure of 143,000 acres within the national forest for a combination of public safety and natural-resources restoration efforts. About 60% of that…
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Stressed by high temperatures and a record run of dry weather over the last three months, the Sierra Nevada snowpack, the source of 30% of the state’s water supply, has hit one of its lowest levels for the end of winter in generations. With state water officials scheduled to conduct a snow survey Friday near…
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Q. I retired a couple of years ago and only drive my ’06 CTS about twice a month. When I took the car in for the smog test, it failed. The reason was the vehicle was “not ready.” I was in disbelief. The smog man said to drive it 200 miles on the freeway and…
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Bam Adebayo enjoyed the phrasing, so he decided to adopt it. “Hopefully positive thoughts, but negative tests,” the Miami Heat center said of both short-term and ongoing concerns when it comes COVID and the emerging Omicron BA.2 variant. Two seasons ago, when the Heat advanced within two games of the 2020 NBA title, the playoffs…
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1. Bringing a birdbath or other source of water into the garden is most helpful in attracting birds, bees, and beneficial insects. The question then arises regarding mosquitoes utilizing your aqueous reservoir for breeding purposes. This problem is solved with Mosquito Dunks. These are disks that contain bacteria that, as the disk dissolves, infect and…
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