By DAVID RISING and NICK PERRY BANGKOK (AP) — For more than two years, the isolation of the Pacific archipelago nation of Tonga helped keep COVID-19 at bay. But last month’s volcanic eruption and tsunami brought outside deliveries of desperately needed fresh water and medicine — and the virus. Now the country is in an…
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10 thoughts after watching Senior Bowl practices and talking to folks from throughout the league, plus some leftovers from an eventful week at Halas Hall with the Chicago Bears introducing general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus. 1. Ryan Poles said the starting point for building a roster begins on the offensive line, so…
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Q. Honk: While traveling on the 5 Freeway through the Carlsbad/Oceanside area, I saw orange and white stripes dividing the lanes. What are drivers to assume this means? A. The mention of “orange and white” – always – reminds Honk of Good Humor’s Creamsicles, those tasty white-ice-cream-on-a-stick treats coated with an orange exterior of sherbet.…
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During a recent trip to your local grocery or big box store, you might have noticed the shelves already fully stocked for Valentine’s Day. It seems that as soon as winter holiday items are cleared out, pink and red boxes of chocolates take over the seasonal section. While chocolate is a popular traditional Valentine’s Day…
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Not long after he’s started working at Bob Baker Marionette Theater in the mid-’80s, Randal J. Metz recalls Bob Baker literally dropping an assignment into his lap: The puppetry legend and Metz’s boss wanted his new employee to string a Burmese puppet of a horse and rider. Oh, and there was more. “He said, ‘It…
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The Miami Dolphins’ top decision makers will sit down with San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel and Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore this weekend to decide who will replace Brian Flores as the franchise’s 11th head coach. Unless a dark-horse candidate enters the mix in the 11th hour, which isn’t expected, the Dolphins…
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A suspect has been arrested in connection to a 49ers fan at SoFi Stadium being found severely injured during the NFC Championship game over the weekend and was in custody Friday morning, Feb. 4, authorities said. Police did not confirm whether the suspect had turned himself in or whether he was arrested, but Lt. Nicole…
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By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mixed and Treasury yields are jumping on Friday after a blowout U.S. jobs report raised Wall Street’s expectations that the Federal Reserve will soon start raising interest rates sharply. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in early trading after the Labor Department said employers added 467,000…
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By SARAH DiLORENZO BEIJING (AP) — China, which used its first Olympics to amplify its international aspirations, invited the world back Friday — sort of — for the pandemic era’s second Games, this time as an emboldened and more powerful nation whose government’s authoritarian turn provoked some countries’ leaders into staying home. Chinese President Xi…
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“Mailbag” offers some insight into comments I get from readers — good, bad or in-between — and my thoughts about their feedback. It’s uncomfortable to talk about the nation’s ugly housing past and even more unnerving to think that many of the inequities still exist in the homebuying system today. Despite modest improvements, the housing…
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