The most likely coordinator candidate to potentially remain as a holdover on new Chicago Bears coach Matt Ebeflus’ staff is departing. Special teams coordinator Chris Tabor has agreed to a three-year contract with the Carolina Panthers, meaning the Bears will have to adjust to continue the success they have enjoyed the last four seasons. Tabor’s…
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LA HABRA — The Sonora girls soccer team still needs a lot to happen for it to win the Freeway League title, but raising the rivalry “Clete” trophy after thoroughly dominating La Habra 5-1 on Thursday will certainly satisfy a lot of things, and may be just what it needs to go on a deep…
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Irvine United Congregational Church proudly advertises itself as “radically inclusive.” “Since its beginning in 1979, IUCC has been a uniting church open to persons of every age, race, sexual orientation and religious background,” the website promises. Today, many congregants and members are members of the LGBTQ community. That doctrine sometimes makes the Christian church a…
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Gary Brighouse still sees the horrific scene: a weeks-old brown pelican lying dead, tangled in fishing line around its neck and feet. “I just envisioned the mom and baby and how it all went down,” said Brighouse, who pilots boats for Capt. Dave’s Dolphin Safari and Whale Watching, based in Dana Point Harbor. Gary Brighouse, a…
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Top-seeded Australian Ash Barty plays a backhand return to Madison Keys of the U.S. during their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair) Madison Keys of the U.S. plays a forehand return to Ash Barty of Australia during their semifinal match at the Australian…
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats who have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies plan to move swiftly to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, using the rapid 2020 confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett as a new standard. Barrett was confirmed exactly a month…
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Noah Pinzur had a piece of advice for Eric Bohn. Enjoy your 15 minutes of fame. It goes by fast. Bohn and Pinzur never have met and probably never will. They’re just a couple of Chicago sports fans who religiously follow their teams in and out of season. The strange tie that binds them is…
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By STEVE PEOPLES Democrats stung by a series of election year failures to deliver legislative wins for their most loyal voters hope they’ll be buoyed by the prospect that President Joe Biden will name the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Justice Stephen Breyer’s pending retirement, confirmed by numerous sources on Wednesday,…
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By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has a memoir out May 24: “Here’s the Deal” is billed by her publisher as a look beyond the headlines of the Trump administration and her family life, including her husband and prominent Trump detractor, George Conway. “Not just the story of…
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that 14.5 million Americans got private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health law, thanks to help from his administration. “Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for all Americans,” Biden said in a statement. “We are making that right…
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