By Carla K. Johnson | Associated Press The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off, with flu hospitalizations rising and two child deaths reported. Last year’s flu season was the lowest on record, likely because COVID-19 measures — school closures, distancing, masks and canceled travel — prevented the spread of…
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A pair of storms will deliver more showers and snowfall across Southern California through the workweek at the end of 2021 before clear skies return at the start of the new year. The first storm reached the region Monday afternoon, and wasn’t expected to be as intense as a previous system that hammered the area…
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Tesoro was 2-12 last boys basketball season. The Titans are 13-2 after a 57-41 win over Tustin on Monday in the first round of the Tustin Classic tournament at Tustin High. Carson Brown scored 31 points for the Titans. Brown, a 6-3 junior guard, scored 11 of the Tesoro’s 13 second-quarter points. Junior forward Jake…
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Midseason, it didn’t look like the Miami Dolphins’ relationship with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was going in the right direction. The Dolphins were heavily reported as the top suitor in trade talks with the Houston Texans for star quarterback Deshaun Watson, who faces 22 civil suits alleging sexual misconduct including two that allege sexual assault. But…
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Matt Nagy was back at Halas Hall on Monday morning, still at the job he has held for four seasons and again behind a lectern, this time to discuss Sunday’s entertaining 25-24 upset of the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field. Nagy acknowledged immediately after the game that one sugar high from a victory over another…
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More than a week after the Newport Princess partly submerged off of the Long Beach coast during a storm, another wave of weather battered the 77-year-old boat even more, sending debris to the shoreline, authorities said. The 62-foot-long, Mississippi-style paddleboat began sinking for an unknown reason into the Pacific Ocean, a mile off of the…
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The Los Angeles Police Department has released footage from inside a North Hollywood Burlington clothing store showing the moment last week when an officer armed with a rifle fired multiple rounds at a man wielding a bike lock, killing him and a 14-year-old girl on the other side of the wall behind him. “Hey, she’s…
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By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu | Associated Press WEDOWEE, Alabama — The Rev. Athanasius Chidi Abanulo — using skills honed in his African homeland to minister effectively in rural Alabama— determines just how long he can stretch out his Sunday homilies based on who is sitting in the pews. Seven minutes is the sweet spot for…
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By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden insists that he strongly believes in the rights spelled out in the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that are now under the most dire threat in decades. But he barely even uses the word “abortion” and when his administration has been asked…
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10 thoughts after the Chicago Bears rallied with 11 points in the fourth quarter and took the lead on a two-point conversion with 1:01 remaining to defeat the Seattle Seahawks 25-24 Sunday afternoon at Lumen Field — ending a three-game losing streak. 1. Allow your mind to wander and you’ll catch yourself thinking about leads…
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