NEW YORK — The Lakers will be without multiple frontcourt players for tonight’s road game against the Brooklyn Nets. In addition to LeBron James (left groin strained), Rui Hachimura (left patellar tendinopathy) and Dorian Finney-Smith (left ankle soreness), Jaxson Hayes (right knee contusion) was ruled out for Monday’s game 12 hours before tipoff. It was…
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By MATTHEW BROWN and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. Related Articles National News | ‘More than brick and mortar:’ DC begins removing ‘Black Lives Matter’ plaza near the White House National…
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MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (AP) — A medical transport helicopter with a pilot and two hospital workers on board crashed in Mississippi on Monday, officials said. Related Articles National News | Utah will be the first state to ban fluoride in drinking water National News | ‘More than brick and mortar:’ DC begins removing ‘Black Lives…
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INGLEWOOD — Time is running down for the Clippers to make a playoff push. They have 18 regular-season games left to figure out their team chemistry, get healthy and move up in the Western Conference standings. It’s a big ask, but James Harden believes, with his help and some outside factors, the Clippers have a…
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By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. MIT researchers calculated that as global warming caused by burning of coal, oil, gas continues it may reduce the available…
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Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced on Monday, March 10 that his office will move forward on a resentencing motion for Erik and Lyle Menendez, with a hearing for the brothers scheduled for next week. At a morning news conference, Hochman announced his office’s response to a petition for resentencing the brothers, who…
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By ELENA BECATOROS ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Panagis hauls himself out of the pool at a rehabilitation center in Greece and scurries over for a delectable lunch: whole mackerel. It’s been about three months since the orphaned seal pup was found struggling in the coastal waters of Cyprus. Soon, he’ll be well enough to go…
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By CLAIRE SAVAGE NEW YORK (AP) — To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats. But to some of her colleagues, she is giving a voice to those who feel they can’t speak out. Related Articles National Politics |…
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By Felicia Mello | CalMatters Crouching on the sidewalk in front of his apartment building in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood last Monday, Bradford Berger shuffled through legal papers in a wrinkled manila folder. It was a stressful morning; he was scrambling to get ready for a chemotherapy appointment with his wife, who’d been diagnosed with…
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A new tower at Providence Mission Hospital that will re-center the Mission Viejo campus and provide more patient rooms, a state-of-the-art surgery center and the latest in cardiac care for a growing South Orange County is getting a funding boost from the largest donation in the hospital’s history. Announcing the $50 million gift from the…
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