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Just when Southern California residents may have been getting used to sunny days and high temperatures, monsoonal storms from the south will bring thunder, rain and possibly lightning through Wednesday evening, forecasters said Tuesday. Less than half an inch of rain was expected for Orange County with the coming storm and even less in Los…
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HOUSTON – The Mets aces are taking significant steps toward their upcoming returns to the rotation. Max Scherzer (left oblique strain) allowed two earned runs on two hits and recorded six strikeouts with one walk across 3.1 innings and 65 pitches in his first rehab start, pitching for Double-A Binghamton, on Tuesday. Scherzer threw to…
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The Chicago Cubs seemed prepared to let rookie Caleb Kilian work through his struggles in the majors. Before Kilian got roughed up in Monday’s loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, manager David Ross touted the value of the right-hander working with the big-league staff. But less than 24 hours after Kilian’s command problems prevented him from…
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After a media whirlwind over the week-plus following new Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill’s comments comparing his current quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, to former teammate, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Hill responded. On the second episode of his podcast, “It Needed To Be Said,” which was released Tuesday night, Hill said criticism he received went…
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Congresswoman Karen Bass has pulled comfortably ahead of businessman Rick Caruso, offering him an apparently tough fight in November, according to the painfully slow Los Angeles County election returns released on Tuesday, June 21. Bass pulled ahead of Caruso several days ago and has stayed in the lead. She is now at 43.14% while he…
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By JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police had enough officers and firepower on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, and they would have found the door to the classroom where he was holed up unlocked if they had…
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By Hope Yen | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Sunday they may subpoena former Vice President Mike Pence and are waiting to hear from Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, about her role in the illegal plot to overturn the 2020…
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Disneyland used the downtime during the two-year pandemic pause of “World of Color” and “Fantasmic” to refurbish and update the hundreds of technological elements and special effects of the nighttime spectaculars that are often submerged under water. Disney Live Entertainment show director and writer Wendy Ruth and producer Jennifer Magill spoke about the refurbishment process…
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The Indian actress Madhuri Dixit, for years one of the biggest stars in Bollywood, was used to the adoration of fans for her performances in dazzling musicals, romantic comedies and family dramas. But when the pandemic shut down the world, and the give-and-take that normally occurs between the famous and their fans waned, Dixit says…
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LOS ANGELES – Unfortunately for the Sparks, Kristi Toliver’s season opener wasn’t their season opener. Toliver – who spent the NBA season on the Dallas Mavericks’ coaching staff, helping head coach Jason Kidd steer Luka Doncic and crew to the Western Conference finals – clocked into her summertime job Sunday and and played 15 minutes…
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