This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings, as of Monday, April 21. Notable this week: Huntington Beach returned to Sunset League action and swept Orange County’s then-No. 4 team Los Alamitos in three league games. … Orange Lutheran swept Santa Margarita in three Trinity League games, so those two teams swap positions in this…
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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and DAMIAN J. TROISE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Global financial markets have been turned upside down this year by President Donald Trump’s burgeoning trade war. Markets are not in full panic, but the double-digit declines in major U.S. stock indexes are testing nerves. U.S. markets had been on a two-year…
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In recent times, America has had an interesting track record when it comes to human rights. On the one hand it seems that the United States has claimed the mantle of responsibility for taking world governments to task about respecting the rights of their people and the human dignity of the populations that they invade.…
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By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press The NCAA passed rules Monday that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this summer. Related Articles OC baseball Top 25: Orange Lutheran, Cypress move up in the Top 10 Long road back…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Uber on Monday, alleging that it enrolled consumers in its Uber One subscription program without their consent and made it too difficult for them to cancel the service. Related Articles NCAA passes series of rules that sets table for schools to pay players…
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” Related Articles Sports world mourns soccer-loving Pope Francis with games in Italy and Argentina postponed Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition ‘Who…
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BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. Related Articles Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Obamacare’s preventive care coverage mandate Student loans…
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The world’s largest gathering of Star Wars fans is set to return to Los Angeles in 2027 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original 1977 film that gave birth to the epic space opera franchise that became a pop cultural phenomenon. Star Wars Celebration 2027 will be held April 1-4, 2027 at the Los…
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, who died on Monday, had an informal, lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even created words in a combination of his native Spanish with the Italian that he spoke as pope. Some of his memorable quotes: Related Articles Sports world mourns soccer-loving Pope Francis with games in Italy and…
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: Background Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children. He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1969 and led the religious order in Argentina during the country’s murderous…
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