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STARTING ROTATION The Angels are putting their faith in a six-man rotation with more upside than they’ve had in years, but with plenty of uncertainty. Right-hander Shohei Ohtani posted a 3.18 ERA in 23 starts and 130-1/3 innings last season. The Angels would be thrilled if he can repeat that, perhaps with a few more…
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The plan seemed simple enough, filmmaker Ted Braun says of the start of his documentary about conductor Gustavo Dudamel, the music director of both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra in his native Venezuela. “We imagined we’d be making a film that explored and celebrated Gustavo’s relationship with two orchestras, the…
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Joe Maddon, who publicly campaigned for the Angels to add more pitching last September, has been unequivocal each time in the past week when he’s been asked about the current state of Angels pitching. “I like our pitching a lot,” the Angels manager said. “I think our starting pitching has a chance to really surprise…
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By River Davis and David Welch | Bloomberg General Motors Co. and Honda Motor Co. will jointly develop affordable electric vehicles in major global markets, dramatically expanding a partnership that already spans gas-powered models, batteries and self-driving technology. The automakers plan to create a new architecture based on GM’s Ultium EV battery that will be…
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods says, for now anyway, he’s planning to play this week in the Masters. The five-time champion at Augusta National made the announcement Tuesday morning. He will play nine more practice holes on Wednesday before making a final decision, but will be doing so with the intention of playing Thursday. “As…
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By Kristen Rogers | CNN For some people, coffee jump-starts their bowel movements in addition to their energy. Despite the drink’s popularity, there isn’t a lot of research on why coffee sends many people running to the bathroom within minutes of consuming it. “In some cases, as with coffee and bowel movements, there likely just…
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By Dakin Andone and Theresa Waldrop | CNN At least 13 people were killed and more than 40 others injured in shootings across the country this weekend, including one in Sacramento, where the police chief called the scale of violence “unprecedented” in her 27-year career there. Six people died and 12 were injured in that…
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Could Florida really take away Walt Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District? The Walt Disney World Resort is so large that it has its own government, created by the Florida Legislature in the 1960s, as Walt Disney and the Disney company were planning their Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow south of Orlando. Sign up for…
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department will not allow any Russian government debt payments from accounts at U.S. financial institutions to be made in U.S. dollars, restricting one of the strategies President Vladimir Putin is employing to stave off default, an agency official said Tuesday. Russia faced an April 4 deadline to…
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By CARLEY PETESCH DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade due to increasing conflicts, droughts, floods and the war in Ukraine, nearly a dozen international organizations said in a report Tuesday. The number of West Africans needing emergency food assistance has nearly quadrupled from 7 million in…
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