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The compliments seemingly fell on deaf ears. To Victor Oladipo, Sunday night’s 21 points against the Toronto Raptors were more ordinary than extraordinary. That, to the former All-Star guard, made his performance in the Miami Heat’s victory at Scotiabank Arena a case of simply playing to form. “This is what I’m used to,” he said.…
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By THIBAULT CAMUS CHABLIS, France (AP) — French vintners are lighting candles to thaw their grapevines to save them from a late frost following a winter warm spell, a temperature swing that is threatening fruit crops in multiple countries. Ice-coated vines stretched across hillsides around Chablis as the Burgundy region woke Monday to temperatures of…
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Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus is eager to gather his team for the first time Monday at Halas Hall. As a new coach, the window officially opens this week for Eberflus to begin leading his players. And the 51-year-old coach has given plenty of thought to his introductory address. “I’m ready to go,” he said…
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are launching a whirlwind of votes and Senate floor action Monday with the goal of confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court by the end of the week. The Senate Judiciary Committee kicks off Monday morning with a vote on whether…
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No matter how many times his shots miss their target, Coby White says his plan is simple: Keep shooting. White’s 0-for-9 performance in Saturday’s loss to the Miami Heat hung heavy on the Chicago Bulls guard, whose shot has been off since mid-March. He went 2-for-24 from 3-point range in the last five games and…
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter, purchasing approximately 73.5 million shares, according to a regulatory filing Monday. Musk’s stake in Twitter is considered a passive investment, which means Musk is a long-term investor that’s looking to minimize his buying and selling of the shares. Yet in recent…
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Seven years ago, during the height of the last drought, California Gov. Jerry Brown stood on the barren slopes of the Sierra Nevada, watching as engineers measured the worst snowpack in state history. Snow measurements taken Friday, April 1, aren’t quite so bleak, but they remain devastatingly low: The snowpack — which provides a third…
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Good morning, Chicago. In the first three months of 2022, both fatal and nonfatal shootings were down in Chicago. And while those are welcome statistics in the wake of a two-year surge in gun violence, the Tribune’s Annie Sweeney reports, experts cautioned it’s too early to say whether the city is finally coming off a…
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By DON THOMPSON | The Associated Press SACRAMENTO  — California is sitting on a $600 million pile of unclaimed nickel and dime deposits on recyclable cans and bottles and now wants to give some of that back to consumers. To get the state’s nearly 40 million residents to recycle more and send more deposits back…
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By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and NEBI QENA BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia faced a fresh wave of condemnation on Monday after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine. Some Western leaders called for further sanctions in response, even as Moscow continued to press its offensive in the country’s east. Western…
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