By GRAHAM DUNBAR GENEVA (AP) — Russian teams were suspended Monday from all international soccer, including qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup, as Moscow was pushed toward pariah status in sports for its invasion of Ukraine. World soccer body FIFA and European authority UEFA banned Russian national and clubs teams from their competitions “until…
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By MARÍA VERZA | Associated Press For the investigators, the human foot — burned, but with some fabric still attached — was the tipoff: Until recently, this squat, ruined house was a place where bodies were ripped apart and incinerated, where the remains of some of Mexico’s missing multitudes were obliterated. How many disappeared in…
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Parts of Australia’s third-most populous city Brisbane were under water Monday after heavy rain brought record flooding to some east coast areas and killed eight people. The flooding in Brisbane and its surrounds is the worst since 2011 when the city of 2.6 million people was inundated by what was described as a once-in-a-century event.…
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Youngsters got up close to the stage for the Chinese Folks Dance performances during the O.C. Lantern Festival presented by the Pacific Symphony and South Coast Chinese Cultural Center / Irvine Chinese School at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa on Saturday, February 26, 2022. (Photo by Frank D’Amato, Contributing Photographer) The…
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By Brendan Case | Bloomberg Target plans to spend an extra $300 million on wages and benefits this year as the competition for labor heats up. Related Articles Status Update: Battery developer Enevate expanding to new HQ in Irvine Lowe’s posts strong Q4 results on strong housing market Status Update: New eats and laser tag…
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Over the last several decades, Californians have increasingly embraced activities that had long been scorned — and often outlawed — as harmful vices. The trend began in 1984 when voters approved a state-operated lottery, emulating several other states, in a ballot measure largely sponsored by a company that made lottery scratch-off tickets. It used the…
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In a lengthy basketball season, players and coaches have to move on quickly from a result to prepare for the next game. With so many contests, one can’t afford to let any particular win or, especially, loss linger in the mind. But in the weeks since the USC men’s basketball team’s loss at Arizona at…
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Richard C. Blum, the husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday night after a long battle with cancer, the senator said in a statement. He was 86 years old. “My heart is broken. My husband was my partner and best friend for more than 40 years,” Feinstein said in a statement. “He was by my…
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By Carolyn Coleman | Special to CalMatters Coleman is executive director and CEO of the League of California Cities. Recent headlines about California’s housing crisis fixated on a sensational story about a protected species, but unfortunately, they didn’t focus on the real elephant in the room – the millions of new homes that cities have…
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By Barbara Marquand | NerdWallet Your home equity shouldn’t be the first line of defense when the roof falls in. But it can be a useful resource to seal a temporary financial gap, and most homeowners have a lot more wealth tied up in their property than they did a couple of years ago. In…
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