The last two years, the Rams have walked two parallel paths. After a Super Bowl title in 2021 and a doomed-by-injury encore, the front office had to reset the books, commit to cost-controlled draft picks and college free agents to fill the roster. By the end of the 2024 season, 26 of the 53 players…
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By DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet. Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA, the nation’s premier spy…
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After more than 20 years of drinking craft beer, and even working in the industry in Colorado, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2021. Anklyosing spondylitis (AS) is a rare rheumatological disease that affects only about 1% of adults in the United States. It attacks areas around the spine and peripheral joints where…
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“We use around 15 to 20 spices in our chicken and beef,” said Roni Matar, son of Wally’s Cafe’s namesake founder, Walid Matar, a former dentist turned chef and restaurateur. Marking its third location, Wally’s Cafe, which specializes in house-made Lebanese fare, opened in Costa Mesa in December. Walid Mater, a native of Lebanon, ditched…
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Westminster City Councilmember Amy Phan West has been charged with a misdemeanor count of bribery; prosecutors are alleging she tried to persuade a city parking control officer to not tow her husband’s Jeep. The Orange County District Attorney’s office said in a Thursday, Jan. 23, press release announcing the charge that West tried to bribe…
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A new Downtown Disney store focusing on storytelling and regularly changing storylines will debut with a Japanese “super cute” theme that leans heavily into adorable and cuddly plush dolls. The Disney Storyland Boutique opens Friday, Jan. 24 at the Anaheim outdoor shopping mall next to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. Sign up for our Park…
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Studies need to be done — deep ones — on why of the 17 known deaths from the Eaton fire, all of them so far were in west Altadena, not in the homes, businesses and institutions in east Altadena, close to the Eaton Canyon ignition point of the blaze. Warning systems failed. The very concept…
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When wielded responsibly, the presidential power to pardon and commute sentences is essential to right injustices. Controversy rightly arose after President Joe Biden, in his last minutes in office, pardoned family members. Then new President Donald Trump pardoned more than 1,000 defendants from the Jan. 6 riot four years ago. But largely unnoticed amid the…
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By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press ROME (AP) — Amanda Knox has a final shot at clearing her name of the last vestige of criminal wrongdoing when Italy’s highest court on Thursday hears her appeal of a slander conviction for falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner in the 2007 murder of her British…
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The longtime owner and developer of Bella Terra mall in Huntington Beach has sold its 25% interest in the property to its partner, PGIM Real Estate. San Jose-based DJM Capital Partners, which bought the property 20 years ago, declined to share terms of the sale. “It is with pride that we sell our stake in…
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