Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school boys soccer polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS BOYS SOCCER POLLS (Selected by the CIF-SS Boys Soccer Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1 1 Servite 2 Mira Costa 3 Santa Ana Valley 4 Huntington Beach 5 Aliso Niguel…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school girls soccer polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS GIRLS SOCCER POLLS (Selected by the CIF-SS Girls Soccer Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1 1 Santiago/Corona 2 Temecula Valley 3 Harvard-Westlake 4 Villa Park 5 Capistrano Valley 6 Los…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school girls basketball polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL POLLS (Selected by CIF-SS Girls Basketball Advisory Committee) GIRLS BASKETBALL OPEN DIVISION 1 Etiwanda 2 Sierra Canyon 3 Centennial/Corona 4 Mater Dei 5 Rosary Academy 6…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school boys basketball polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL POLLS (Selected by CIF-SS Boys Basketball Advisory Committee) BOYS BASKETBALL OPEN DIVISION 1 Centennial/Corona 2 Sierra Canyon 3 Harvard-Westlake 4 Crean Lutheran 5 Damien 6 Mater…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 1,414 new cases of the coronavirus, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 528,794 as of Wednesday, Feb. 9. There were 27,284 new cases reported in the last two-week period as of Wednesday. That’s down from 47,099 reported Friday from the previous two weeks. There…
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By KATHLEEN RONAYNE | The Associated Press SACRAMENTO — Another $5 billion has been added to the cost of California’s ambitious but long delayed high-speed rail line, according to estimates released Tuesday that show it could take $105 billion to finish the route from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The figures were included in the…
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By KATHY GANNON KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Only five hospitals in Afghanistan still offer COVID-19 treatment, with 33 others having been forced to close in recent months for lack of doctors, medicines and even heating. This comes as the economically devastated nation is hit by a steep rise in the number of reported coronavirus cases.…
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It’s common for authoritarian regimes to evolve into oligarchies with those in command bequeathing their positions to family members. The extreme example is the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, otherwise known as North Korea, which is anything but democratic. Three generations of one familyhave ruled the nation for more than seven decades, ever since the…
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Companies tell us they support justice. “Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything,” says former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a Nike ad. “Speak for the people who may not be able to be heard,” says the NBA. “Corporate PR hogwash,” says journalist Melissa Chen in my new video. “Hogwash,” she says, because the…
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The queen of Denmark and the king of Spain both tested positive for the coronavirus despite being vaccinated, their respective royal houses announced Wednesday. Denmark’s Queen Margrethe, 82, has mild COVID-19 symptoms and has isolated herself in the Copenhagen palace where she lives, the palace said. Margrethe tested positive for the…
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