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An already deep Western Conference was jolted by a seismic shift late Wednesday night. The Phoenix Suns are acquiring star forward Kevin Durant in a trade with the Brooklyn Nets, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was first to report. Phoenix is sending Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round draft picks and a 2028 pick swap…
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By Thomas Buckley |  Bloomberg Walt Disney’s Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger announced plans for a dramatic restructuring of the world’s largest entertainment company that includes cutting 7,000 jobs and $5.5 billion in cost savings. The reductions include lower spending on programming and $2.5 billion in non-content-related cuts. About $1 billion of the savings are…
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ORANGE — A woman was injured Wednesday when her Toyota SUV crashed at a hospital parking structure in Orange. The crash was reported shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday in the parking garage for Children’s Health of Orange County at 1201 W. La Veta Ave., according to Sgt. Phil McMullin of the Orange Police Department. The…
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LOS ANGELES — Through his first season at USC, Boogie Ellis developed a reputation for being an isolation player. When the ball reached his hands, Ellis was more likely to dribble and try to create a shot for himself than initiate the offense. And in fairness, that’s what USC recruited Ellis from Memphis to do.…
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Rosarito police extorted money from Orange County lawyer Elliot Blair and his wife less than two hours before his mysterious death at a Mexican beach resort, but the couple did not have the amount initially demanded by the officer, a source close to the family said Wednesday, Feb. 8. According to the source, Blair was…
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An Encino chiropractor has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years behind bars for his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme involving former NBA players to defraud the basketball league’s health plan, according to court papers. Patrick Khaziran, known to players as Dr. Pat, was also ordered this week by a federal judge in New York City…
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Angel City Football Club’s second season will kick off March 26 at what is now known as BMO Stadium. ACFC will host NJ/NY Gotham FC (6 p.m.) in the first of 14 home games this season. The National Women’s Soccer League released the 2023 schedule Wednesday. The new-look season will get underway March 25. What’s…
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Two bodies were found inside a Lake Forest residence on Tuesday, Feb. 7, with authorities revealing little so far on the details. At 11:22 a.m., sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of “unknown trouble” in the 2200 block of Bywater Road and discovered the bodies, a male and a female, inside the home. A weapon…
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By Ashley Killough and Holly Yan | CNN Patrick Crusius plead guilty to all federal charges on Wednesday, nearly three and a half years after the 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas — one of the deadliest attacks on Latinos in modern US history. Crusius, 24, had pleaded not guilty in…
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Angels owner Arte Moreno, who had not spoken to the media in any detail in nearly three years, told the New York Post on Wednesday that he would like to re-sign Shohei Ohtani, and he believes it’s an achievable goal. “I’d like to say we have as good a chance as anybody,” Moreno told the…
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