By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Transgender college students in Utah will be prohibited from living in dorms consistent with their gender identity under a bill that cleared its final legislative hurdle Monday. The state House, which had already passed the measure, again approved it with small tweaks following a heated…
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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Supreme Court has ruled that insurance companies can’t bring their own legal actions against those blamed for Maui’s catastrophic 2023 wildfire, the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. The move allows a $4 billion settlement that had been threatened to proceed. Other…
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As the Dodgers head toward their first workout of spring training on Tuesday, here’s a reminder of the roster changes that have taken place over the winter. WHO’S IN? OF Michael Conforto, signed as free agent from San Francisco Giants IF Hyeseong Kim, signed as international free agent RHP Roki Sasaki, signed as international free…
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Here are some of the key questions the reigning World Series champion Dodgers hope to answer during spring training. Who is healthy? This is a big, complicated question with a long list of players to evaluate. Among the position players, first baseman Freddie Freeman (ankle), DH Shohei Ohtani (shoulder) and infielder Miguel Rojas (sports hernia)…
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When Luis Gonzalez fought off a cut fastball from Mariano Rivera and managed to hit it into center field to decide Game 7 of the 2001 World Series, it ended the New York Yankees’ run of three consecutive World Series championships. No World Series champion has repeated since the Yankees’ three-peat. Half of the past…
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, sued President Donald Trump on Monday, saying he was illegally fired as part of the president’s massive overhaul of the government. Related Articles National Politics | Trump says no right of…
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Walgreens is closing three stores in Orange County and another two in Los Angeles County by March. At least 93 people could lose their jobs in the closures, according to a notification sent to California’s Employment Development Department. Marty Maloney, Walgreens’ director of media relations, said via email on Friday that “increased regulatory and reimbursement…
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The fantasy of a romantic kitchen rendezvous often clashes with an unwelcome reality as seen in many a date-night movie. While such foibles make choice fodder for rom-com excellence (à la “Mostly Martha” or “Ratatouille”), they could prove ruinous in real life. In stark contrast to such ordeals of cinematic proportions, some couples have found…
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For years I was only mildly interested in eating tofu. I could take it or leave it. My husband hated it. He eats everything from beets to liverwurst to stinky cheese. But up until the last couple of years, he drew the I-won’t-eat-that line in the sand when it came to tofu. A turning point…
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials and federal officers turned away scores of U.S. Agency for International staffers who showed up for work Monday at its Washington headquarters, after a court temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that would have pulled all but a fraction of workers off the job worldwide. Related Articles National…
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