By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection are threatening to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after his lawyer said Tuesday that his client will cease cooperating with the panel. In an abrupt…
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By Mark Kennedy He’s a legendary musician and two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, but the thing that Graham Nash never leaves home without isn’t his guitar. It’s his camera. The Nash in the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young began taking photos long before he started making music and taunts fate every…
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Southern California BoysAthlete of the Week Athlete: D’Angelo Davis School: Serra Sport: Football Noteworthy: Davis led the Serra defense to another strong playoff performance. The junior lineman recorded 10 tackles, four for loss and three sacks in Saturday’s 31-3 CIF-SS Division 3 final win over Apple Valley.
By AAMER MADHANI and DASHA LITVINOVA WASHINGTON (AP) — Face to face for over two hours, President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin squared off in a secure video call Tuesday as the U.S. president put Moscow on notice that an invasion of Ukraine would bring sanctions and enormous harm to the Russian economy. With…
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Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week Athlete: Ari Long School: Valley View Sport: Basketball Noteworthy: Long scored 41 points — a season high and two shy of her career best — and also grabbed 17 rebounds while leading the Eagles to a 54-50 nonleague win over King. It was another standout effort from Long,…
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By TOM HAYS NEW YORK (AP) — A British woman testified Monday that Ghislaine Maxwell pressured her into giving Jeffrey Epstein sexual massages when she was still a teenager, assuring her she would have “fun” with him. The woman — testifying at Maxwell’s sex-abuse trial in New York City using the pseudonym “Kate” to protect…
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If the NFL schedule-makers had a better sense of occasion, Andrew Whitworth would be playing football on his 40th birthday Sunday. Instead, the Rams don’t play the Arizona Cardinals until Monday night, so Whitworth will mark the big four-oh on Sunday by flying to Phoenix with teammates, only a handful of whom have even reached…
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Just six weeks into his first season as a head coach, Tyronn Lue’s friend finds himself navigating real adversity. Fortunately for Chauncey Billups, Lue – whose four full NBA seasons as a head coach have presented experience and success aplenty – has made himself available to dispense advice. The Clippers’ coach spent Sunday evening with…
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By JOE McDONALD BEIJING (AP) — Asia stock markets followed Wall Street higher Tuesday as anxiety about the coronavirus’s latest variant eased. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Oil prices gained for a second day. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained 1.2% after the chief White House medical adviser said the omicron variant might…
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A Buena Park High School student was arrested on suspicion of posting a threat against the school Monday, Dec. 6. The student found a photo online of someone holding a gun and posted it to the TikTok social media app with the threat, “Don’t come to school tomorrow if you (want to) live,” Buena Park…
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