After unraveling during the second period of Wednesday’s 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars, the Kings moved on to Columbus for a Friday meeting with the resurgent Blue Jackets and sizzling sniper Patrik Laine. Acting coach Trent Yawney and rookie winger Arthur Kaliyev described Wednesday’s defeat as a 60-minute game that they lost in that…
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By Ed Ludlow | Bloomberg Rivian Automotive dropped to a record low after the electric-vehicle maker rolled back price increases on its debut cars for existing customers, marking an embarrassing about-face as it ramps up production and seeks to win over more buyers. The Irvine-based automaker was hit by customer cancellations this week after it…
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It’s no secret the Miami Dolphins are going to have to revamp the offensive line and add some receiving targets for quarterback Tua Tagovailoa between free agency this month and the late April draft. At the NFL scouting combine this week in Indianapolis, that notion has easily been confirmed by the number of receiving and…
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LOS ANGELES — If you’re a USC basketball fan, you probably know Isaiah White for his energetic and physical style of play and fiery displays of passion. Last year in his first season as a Trojan, he had an instantly iconic moment in the Sweet 16 when he hit a 3-pointer and turned around to…
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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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