COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The USC men’s basketball team spent each half trying to dig out of holes and couldn’t complete a comeback in an 88-71 loss to No. 20 Maryland on Thursday night. Rodney Rice scored 22 points, Ja’Kobi Gillespie added 20 and the host Terrapins (21-6 overall, 11-5 Big Ten) won for the eighth…
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By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON — When they got around to playing the Canadian national anthem for the second time, there were no American fans left in the arena to boo. Instead, the Canadian team stood at the blue line, arm in arm, player and coach and staff wearing their championship hats, while…
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA WASHINGTON (AP) — It was obvious to Christine Smith Olsey that her son was not doing well at school, despite educators telling her to leave it to the experts. The second-grade student stumbled over words, and other kids teased him so much he started to call himself…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Something will look different about Shohei Ohtani when he goes back to pitching in games and it won’t just be the Dodgers uniform. During his first two bullpen sessions this spring, Ohtani has thrown primarily out of the windup. During his days pitching for the Angels, Ohtani almost exclusively pitched out of…
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The Republican attorney general in Texas wants the NCAA to take its transgender policy a step further and require gender testing for athletes who compete in women’s sports. Related Articles Sports | Fryer: Snacks and fun put Santa Ana’s Serratos sisters on path to winning wrestling’s big prizes Sports | Dodgers’…
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Two San Fernando Valley residents and a Long Beach man face a slew of charges in connection with a two-week crime spree across Los Angeles and Orange counties that ended with a doughnut shop employee firing his gun at the suspects. A federal grand jury charged the defendants — a 36-year-old man and 49-year-old woman…
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By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are ready to stay up all night, having launched a budget “vote-a-rama” late Thursday in a crucial, if dreaded, step toward unleashing a $340 billion package President Donald Trump’s team says it needs for mass deportations and security measures that top the Republican agenda. Related Articles National Politics | Trump…
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers beginning this week likely mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collections, experts say. Related Articles National Politics | Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a…
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programs worldwide, a federal judge said Thursday. Related Articles National Politics | IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich…
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SANTA ANA – She was bribed with late-night snacks. Anabelle Serratos’ father, Fernando, was coaching a wrestling club when she 7 years old. Anabelle would go along with her father to the club’s workouts, mostly to get some of the post-workout snacks and to play in the dodgeball games that were always part of the…
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