By HOPE YEN and ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday he cannot back his party’s signature $2 trillion social and environment bill, seemingly dealing a fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s leading domestic initiative heading into an election year when Democrats’ narrow hold on Congress was already in peril. Manchin…
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As with any group of elementary school kids, my mid-1970s playground pals had a wide assortment of heroes. Some of us wanted to be Evel Knievel. Some of us idolized Joe Namath. Some of us modeled ourselves on “The Fonz.” And there was at least one kid in our gang who wanted to grow up…
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A 55-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder inside a home in Garden Grove where he allegedly beat to death a woman with whom he had been in a long-term dating relationship, authorities said. Officers dispatched at approximately 2:47 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 13600 block of Glenhaven Drive, in reference to…
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Los Angeles Kings’ Blake Lizotte (46) brings the puck up the ice after taking it away from Carolina Hurricanes’ C.J. Smith (47) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker) Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick (32) blocks a shot of the Carolina…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now IRVINE — If the Division 1 girls soccer race in the CIF Southern Section is indeed wide open, Temecula Valley and Los Alamitos fueled that argument Saturday night in the finals of the Best in the West Tournament. The division’s fifth- and seventh-ranked…
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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) defends as Los Angeles Clippers guard Terance Mann (14) shoots in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Oklahoma City Thunder forward Luguentz Dort (5) drives against Los Angeles Clippers forward Justise Winslow in the first half…
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Utah State quarterback Cooper Legas (5) is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after they won the LA Bowl 24-13 over Oregon State in Inglewood, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Utah State running back Calvin Tyler Jr. (4) runs to the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of…
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Midfielder Cole Bassett #11 of U.S.A reacts after scoring past Goalkeeper Belmin Dizdarevic #12 of Bosnia-Herzegovina late in the second half of a friendly soccer match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson on Saturday, December 18, 2021. United States won 1-0. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG) Midfielder Cole Bassett #11 of U.S.A…
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The Rams came home from a triumphant trip to Arizona on Monday night knowing five players were sidelined by COVID-19 but not realizing how much crazier their world was about to get. Defensive lineman Greg Gaines found out when he showed up at the Rams’ training facility in Thousand Oaks Tuesday morning to get treatment…
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A former insurance broker from Yorba Linda has been arrested and charged with 81 felony counts after investigators said he collected premiums from customers but failed to provide coverage and forged their insurance documents, California Department of Insurance officials said. Juan Carlos Martinez, 56, a former insurance broker whose license expired in 2016 for failure…
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