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The Long Beach man accused of running over and stabbing a beloved physician in Dana Point earlier this month confessed to the killing in a jailhouse interview Friday, Feb. 10, saying he has no regrets and was entitled to commit murder because he is both God and Jesus Christ. Related: Bicyclist dead after being hit…
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As the US mulls over its future COVID-19 vaccination plan, data from three large health care systems indicate that even though a small percentage of people under age 65 have gotten the new COVID-19 booster, people this age are not becoming severely ill and overwhelming hospitals. “Even if they’re not getting boosted, young, healthy people…
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Valentine’s Day is already here, according to several chain restaurants. From high-end steakhouses to doughnut shops, several have already rolled out their menus and special items for the holiday, which falls on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Here is a sampling of what’s available. Steakhouses Black Angus Steakhouse: A three-course meal with filet mignon and lobster tails…
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Though the grind of more games than any player in Kings franchise lore and the most official hits of anyone in NHL history was long and arduous for Dustin Brown, it was aptly summarized in an instant this week. A 300-foot, three-dimensional animated billboard, sprawling across the structures at South Figueroa Street and West Pico…
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Progressives shouted approval when President Joe Biden called out the “existential threat” posed by climate change during his State of the Union address February 7. But 10 seconds later, he heard boos from Democrats mixed with cheers from Republicans when he said, “We’re still going to need oil and gas for a while.” That whiplash…
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It’s very likely there won’t be a person in Northeast Ohio who has a Super Bowl Sunday quite like Dieunerst Collin. If you’ve never heard of the Lake Erie College football player from New Jersey, chances are you might after Feb. 12. It’s been a whirlwind for Collin after he recently signed a name, image,…
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Homeowners in wealthy neighborhoods throughout Orange County have been targeted by South American theft rings in what authorities dub “burglary tourism.” Residential break-ins attributed to tourist burglars, known as “Lanzas Internacionales,” or international thieves in the Spanish-speaking world, are on the rise, the Sheriff’s Department says. Crime data in south Orange County for 2022 show…
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By Xiaofei Xu, Philip Wang and Junko Ogura Japanese zookeepers believe they have solved the mystery of how a gibbon became pregnant despite living alone in her cage. Momo, a 12-year-old white-handed gibbon, shocked her keepers at the Kujukushima Zoo and Botanical Garden in Nagasaki in February 2021 when she gave birth despite having no…
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At the end of the show after nearly two hours on stage, Margo Price ran down to the barricade, leaned into the crowd and belted out a beautiful a cappella version of Janis Joplin’s “Mercedes Benz.” As she finished, a fan offered her a smoke. She took a big drag and blew a cloud high…
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