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Angels pitchers and catchers are scheduled for their first workout of spring training on Feb. 11. As we count down the days until camp begins, we are going through the various position groups to give a breakdown of where the roster stands. Today, the rotation. Previously, the outfielders, catchers and infielders. 2025 RECAP The Angels…
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Dodgers pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report for spring training on Feb. 12. As we count down the days until camp begins, we are going through the various position groups to give a breakdown of where the roster stands. Today, we look at the starting pitchers. Previously, the outfielders, catchers and infielders. 2025 RECAP…
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More than 140 high school students spent a recent Saturday at Irvine City Hall, putting together and pitching their own policies for a competition where winning proposals will be considered for city-wide implementation. “They have the chance to make real change in local government,” Councilmember James Mai said of the students, most of them too…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Higher-income Americans and those with college degrees have ramped up their spending more quickly in the past three years than other consumers, according to new data released Tuesday, evidence of worsening inequality that may explain some of the growing pessimism about the economy. The data, released…
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By Kurt Woock, NerdWallet The holiday shopping season happens every year. So why can it still be so tough to be financially prepared? Thirty-one percent of 2024 holiday shoppers who used credit cards to buy gifts still hadn’t paid off the balances nearly one year later, according to NerdWallet’s 2025 Holiday Spending Report. One reason…
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — Once considered an oddity in American homes, bidets are becoming increasingly common as more people seek a hygienic and sustainable alternative to toilet paper or a hand managing certain physical conditions. Related Articles 2-month-olds see the world in a more complex way than scientists thought, study suggests Planned…
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By ANDREW DAMPF, Associated Press Sports Writer CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is “confident” she can compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics beginning this week despite the left knee injury she sustained in a crash four days ago. Vonn said on Tuesday she “completed ruptured” her ACL, has bone bruising “plus meniscal…
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By KATIE WORKMAN Sometimes a chicken nugget is just a chicken nugget. Sometimes it’s a crisp, panko-crusted strip of chicken breast with a sweet and tangy sauce. This is the latter. Related Articles Recipe: Make these delicious S’Mores Brownies for Valentine’s Day The secret to perfect tortiglioni with peppers and eggplant from a 1929 Italian…
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By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is drifting through mixed trading on Tuesday, while gold and silver bounce back from their latest sell-off. Related Articles Big expenses ruining your budget? Try a sinking fund Where in Southern California are rents falling? Disney parks chief Josh D’Amaro…
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When the English post-punk band Shame went into the studio to make its new album “Cutthroat,” the idea was to play faster and louder, singer Charlie Steen says. “I think when we toured our last album, ‘Food for Worms,’ we were kind of having to borrow from ‘Songs of Praise,’ our first album, to kind…
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