Those who called Hamas’s attack on Israel “Israel’s 9/11” were more accurate than they realized. Just as the US reacted to 9/11 by fulfilling Osama bin Laden’s wish that the US would get bogged down in no-win wars, Israel’s reaction to the Hamas attack fulfills Hamas’s likely goal of radicalizing more Palestinians. The result of…
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Paul F. Folino, a longtime tech executive and philanthropist in Orange County, died after battling cancer. He was 75. Raised in poverty in Seattle, Folino would go on to make a fortune in computer networking technology, working for Xerox in the 1970s and eventually as chief executive of Emulex Corp. in Costa Mesa. Emulex, notably,…
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By LISA MASCARO | AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON — With a push by allies of Donald Trump, far-right firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan appeared Monday to be shoring up support to become U.S. House speaker, winning over reluctant Republicans who have few options left two weeks after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. One by one, Jordan, the hard-charging…
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Manhattan Beach Police Department Officer Chad Swanson’s law enforcement career and his life, both cut short earlier this month in a traffic collision, will be honored with a funeral procession and service on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The procession begins in Manhattan Beach, with a church service following in Cypress. The procession starts at 8:30 a.m.…
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Jared Walsh, who was an All-Star in 2021, was among six players outrighted by the Angels on Monday. It’s the first step toward all six of them becoming free agents. Right-handers Jaime Barria and Carson Fullmer, left-hander Jhonathan Diaz, outfielder Brett Phillips and catcher Chad Wallach were also outrighted. Walsh, Barria, Phillps and Wallach were…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The CIF-SS boys water polo polls released Monday, Oct. 16 (Selected by the CIF-SS Boys Water Polo Committee.) DIVISION 1 1. JSerra 2. Newport Harbor 3. Harvard-Westlake 4. Oaks Christian 5. Corona del Mar 6. Loyola 7. Mater Dei 8T. Huntington Beach…
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Still in search of their first win of the young season, the Kings took to the skies for their first road game of the year, in which they’ll be visiting old friends: Gabe Vilardi, Alex Iafallo and Rasmus Kupari, now of the Winnipeg Jets. All three players were shipped out in the deal for Pierre-Luc…
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Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times | Kaiser Health News (TNS) Debbie King barely gave it a second thought when she scraped her right shin climbing onto her friend’s pontoon for a day of boating in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 13. Even though her friend immediately dressed the slight cut, her shin was red…
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Over the summer, multiple stores in Los Angeles were targeted in an organized retail theft spree resulting in the loss of over $750,000 worth of merchandise. It was just the latest in a slew of brazen smash-and-grab style crimes across the state that were captured on video and viewed by millions of people. These videos…
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By Dina Bass and Cecilia D’Anastasio | Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. completed its $69 billion purchase of Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard after a nearly two-year fight with global regulators threatened to scuttle the deal. The biggest-ever acquisition in the video game industry gives the maker of Xbox consoles a more formidable position against rivals, vaulting it…
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