LOS ANGELES — Just ask Kobe Bufkin. Sharing the same first name as Kobe Bryant while playing in the arena that the “Black Mamba” called home is worth sharing, even when not asked about it. Bufkin, the Lakers’ new signee, took fewer than 30 seconds to bring up the fact in the minutes before the…
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The Dodgers have invited 32 non-roster players to major-league spring training this year, including 11 players with major-league experience and some of their top prospects. Pitchers and catchers report on Thursday, with the first workout scheduled for Friday. The full squad reports next Monday (Feb. 16) with the first full-squad workout on Feb. 17. The…
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ORANGE COUNTY BOYS SOCCER TOP 10 (Records through Jan. 19) 1. Mater Dei 12-1-3: The Monarchs finished first in the Trinity League with a 6-1-3 record. Their only league loss was to Servite, 2-1. Mater Dei last week beat JSerra, 4-1. Mater Dei is seeded second in the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs that…
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Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands celebrates winning the gold medal in the women’s 1,000 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Netherlands’ Jutta Leerdam, who won the gold medal in the women’s speedskating 1,000-meters final, celebrates as she arrives on stage at the Dutch…
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A federal jury has awarded $27.3 million to a Victorville man left partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair from a shooting by a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy. The award to Steffon Barber, 39 — believed to be the highest in a nonfatal police shooting case out of U.S. District Court in Riverside —…
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By STEVEN SLOAN and EDDIE PELLS LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — As the Winter Olympics opened in Milan, Vice President JD Vance hailed the competition as “one of the few things that unites the entire country.” That unity didn’t last long. The early days of the Milan Cortina Games have been roiled by the tumultuous political…
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By KANIS LEUNG HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent. Related Articles Hong Kong…
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For the first time in a century, biologists have documented a gray wolf in Los Angeles County over the weekend, a sign that these predators that were eliminated from the state by hunters are making a comeback. “I am rooting for her,” said Beth Pratt, the California regional director of the National Wildlife Federation. “It…
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have begun tentative talks with the White House on their demands for “dramatic” new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, trading offers just days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck…
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A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Monday, Feb. 9, allowing federal immigration officials to continue wearing masks during California operations, while a lawsuit plays out between the Trump administration and the state. U.S. District Judge Christine A. Snyder in Los Angeles granted the Trump administration’s request for a temporary order halting enforcement of SB…
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