Firefighters were battling a fire at a two-story commercial building in Garden Grove on Monday, April 4. Firefighters responded to the blaze in the 7400 block of Chapman Avenue at around 11:20 a.m., Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Thanh Nguyen said. They were continuing to battle the fire by 2 p.m. “It’s a good amount…
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By Nathan Hodge | CNN (CNN) — The grotesque pictures emerging from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha are some of the strongest evidence yet of apparent war crimes by Russian forces in Ukraine: Dead civilians on the street, some with hands bound and shot execution-style, others apparently mowed down at random. For anyone who has…
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UC Irvine’s growing north campus has been chosen as the future home of the Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art. Museum and university officials chose the location for the Langson IMCA, as it is being called, intentionally, said Museum Director Kim Kanatani, because of its proximity to the San Joaquin Marsh…
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Tight end Ryan Griffin was released by the Jets. The move was predictable after the Jets signed Tyler Conklin from the Vikings and C.J. Uzomah from the Bengals, which improves the tight end room significantly. Conklin and Uzomah combined last season for 110 catches, 1,086 yards and eight touchdowns. Griffin, 32, was a part of…
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As head of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority not once, but twice, Jim Reilly oversaw a redevelopment of popular Navy Pier and spearheaded efforts to build an arena and hotel near the McCormick Place convention center. He guided the Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees the CTA, Metra and Pace, through transportation budget straights and…
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Fans attending the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival attendees will not be seeing Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, in its Sunday lineup for both weekends, according to reports. The news broke Monday morning, not many hours after he won two Grammy awards but was not seen in attendance at the ceremony. Related…
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Marking the start of a new era in UCF women’s basketball, Sytia Messer was named the program’s head coach Sunday evening. Messer comes from LSU where she served as an associate head coach at LSU for the 2021-22 season under 2022 Associated Press National Coach of the Year Kim Mulkey. Messer will be introduced at…
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Midway through the third quarter of Saturday’s loss to the Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso asked coach Billy Donovan to take him out of the game. Caruso has been nursing tightness and soreness in his back for more than a week, which he attributes to his seven-week layoff due to a fractured wrist…
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By AAMER MADHANI, ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial against Russia President Vladimir Putin and said he’d seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine. “You saw what happened in Bucha,” Biden said. He added that Putin “is a war criminal.” Biden’s…
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Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, will no longer perform at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, according to a report on Monday, April 4, from TMZ. Ye’s departure from the bill, less than two weeks before the festival begins, happened after a series of incidents and a petition from fans. The rapper…
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