IRVINE — What, Max Comtois worry? “I just think it’s kind of funny,” Comtois said Thursday. The NHL’s trade deadline is Monday, and there has been plenty of speculation he could be on the move as Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek gets his first chance to remake the roster. It’s been suggested that Comtois could…
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LOS ANGELES – One thing that Tyronn Lue’s team is not going to do, is complain. Not often, anyway. That chin-up, stiff-upper-lip forward march has helped his Clippers navigate challenges big and small these past two seasons. Take last season’s stringent COVID-19 health and safety measures: “No excuses,” Lue said then. “Whatever the NBA puts…
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Tar balls are washing up at area beaches, first reported last week off Seal Beach and now Newport Beach’s coastline. The blobs of tar have authorities investigating the source, but so far tests indicate it is naturally occurring seepage officials said. Test results from samples collected so far don’t connect the tar to recent spills…
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Tar balls are washing up at area beaches, first reported last week off Seal Beach and now Newport Beach’s coastline. The blobs of tar have authorities investigating the source, but so far tests indicate it is naturally occurring seepage officials said. Test results from samples collected so far don’t connect the tar to recent spills…
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Ronaldo Damus helped lead Orange County Soccer Club to last season’s USL Championship final. The Haitian international scored 18 goals in all competitions and was the MVP in the finals, scoring two goals. Damus, 22, is taking the next step in his career as he was transferred Thursday to GIF Sundsvall in the Swedish top…
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By Angela Dewan | CNN Western leaders and security agencies are spending huge amounts of resources on getting into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s head. It’s a futile exercise — at times when the West has thought Russia’s war in Ukraine might be losing steam, Putin has doubled down, sending his forces to bomb maternity hospitals…
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TEMPE, Ariz. — Just about a year ago, Ty Buttrey admitted something that many people couldn’t understand. He said that playing major league baseball — a dream job for millions — wasn’t fun for him anymore. He said he lacked the passion required to be a big league pitcher, so he walked away. Now, Buttrey…
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By Zeke Miller and Lisa Mascaro | Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden met virtually Thursday with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin after the visiting leader’s positive test for COVID-19 scrambled plans to mark St. Patrick’s Day at the White House. “I’m really deeply sorry for the inconvenience that we have to meet virtually…
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I don’t consider myself a competitive person, but when Victoria Levin of Anaheim and I tied for first place in a cooking contest a few years back, I had to get her recipe. I’ve been getting “wows” for it ever since. The occasion was a Chocolate Fantasy luncheon held at Temple Beth Tikvah in Fullerton,…
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By SALLY HO | Associated Press U.S. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her father Arthur Liu – a former political refugee – were among those targeted in a spying operation that the Justice Department alleges was ordered by the Chinese government, the elder Liu said late Wednesday. Arthur Liu of Richmond, California, told The…
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