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Josh Harrison was not in the starting lineup for the second straight game Friday as Chicago White Sox began a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. But the second baseman said his back is feeling “a lot better,” and if he had his way he would be back Saturday. “A little unfortunate, but that’s…
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At no point Friday did coach Erik Spoelstra pull his players together during practice at FTX Arena for a chant of, “We’re No. 4!” And yet, that is where the Miami Heat stood at the time, fourth in Caesar’s Sportsbook’s NBA championship odds among the Eastern Conference playoff teams, even with their No. 1 seed,…
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By Jesse Bedayn | CalMatters Homeowners in wealthy, white neighborhoods in Oakland received thousands of dollars more in property tax breaks than their counterparts in neighborhoods with large Black, Asian and Latino populations, according to a new report based on a study by the Tax Fairness Project and the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and…
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By CARA ANNA and OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI VASYLKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The final hours before Passover found the chief rabbi for Kyiv and Ukraine in a cemetery. Before he could mark the Jewish people’s escape from slavery in Egypt thousands of years ago, he was burying a man who didn’t escape a Russian bullet. Rabbi Moshe…
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By Simone Jasper | The News & Observer The federal tax deadline is nearing, but there’s still time to file for an extension if you’re running behind. The IRS is giving taxpayers until Monday, April 18 to request extensions, which allow you to file your 2021 returns a few months late. Here’s what to know…
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By LAURA UNGAR Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline. One big unknown? “We don’t know how high that mountain’s gonna grow,” said Dr. Stuart Campbell Ray, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University. No one…
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Southern California’s jobless rate in March fell to 4.4% — a pandemic-era low — despite a slowdown in the hiring pace. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures, found that combined unemployment in the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group declined from 5% the previous month. Unemployment in Los Angeles, Orange,…
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Coming off a 9-3 loss in which they turned in their most porous performance in 16 years, the Kings had two days to travel home and lick their wounds as they prepared to host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. They split a back-to-back set as center Blake Lizotte, who came back from injury a…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from April 7 to April 15. Kitchen at Crown Valley Marketplace, 27771 Center Drive, Mission Viejo Closed: April 13 Reason: Plumbing in disrepair Reopened: April 13 Oasis Bar, 10448 Knott Ave., Stanton Closed: April 13 Reason: Cockroach infestation…
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By YURAS KARMANAU LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Under relentless bombardment and a Russian blockade, the key port of Mariupol is holding out, but weapons and supplies shortages could weaken the resistance that has thwarted the Kremlin’s invasion plans. More than six weeks after the Russian siege began, Ukrainian troops are continuing to fight the vastly…
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