By Jim Vertuno | Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — An attorney representing two parents who sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre said Thursday that the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has requested two years’ worth of records from Jones’ phone. Attorney Mark Bankston said in court that…
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Associated Press LONDON — More than 700 Amazon warehouse workers in England staged a protest Thursday in a dispute over pay, in the latest sign of workplace friction stoked by Britain’s cost of living crisis and a growing discontent among employees over wage and working conditions. The GMB union said employees at the facility in…
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More than 50% of the country was in some level of drought for the fourth week in a row, the US Drought Monitor reported Thursday, as the combination of warmer-than-normal temperatures and low rainfall is drawing the moisture out of plants and soil. And no region of the country has been spared. The West and…
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Bread bakers are a strange lot, always waking hours before the roosters start cock-a-doodle-doing to slide their jiggly, sweetly sour loaves into ovens that have been warming all night. Baking is a career of passion, and I am immensely grateful for those who heed that calling. There is an infinite divide between artisanal, naturally leavened…
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Amazon Fresh has expanded its Southern California footprint again with the opening of a new market in Westlake Village featuring the company’s “Just Walk Out” technology. The 33,000-square-foot store — at 140 Promenade Way in the Westlake Village area of Thousand Oaks — is the 17th California location and the 40th nationwide. The store added…
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By DYLAN LOVAN | Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The federal government filed civil rights charges Thursday against four Louisville police officers over the drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose fatal shooting helped fuel the racial justice protests that rocked the nation in 2020. The charges are…
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Aaron Judge didn’t even get to see it. The slugger’s 39th home run of the season was a high, arching, majestic shot that soared into left-center field and then dropped over the fence, just out of reach. It was the only run of the game Thursday night at Yankee Stadium in the Bombers 1-0 win…
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Andrew Benintendi will listen. The Yankees new outfielder denied reports that he had talked with the team about his vaccination status before the deal with the Royals was finalized. Benintendi, who was one of 10 Royals players who could not play against the Blue Jays in Toronto because they were not vaccinated against the coronavirus,…
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IRVINE — Katie Ledecky entered the 400-meter individual medley final at the Phillips 66 U.S. swimming nationals seeking “fun” competition in the grueling event. Kevin Vargas also noticed his opposition in the men’s final, including a European stalwart one lane away. The most decorated female swimmer on the planet and the up-and-comer from Southern California…
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DENVER — Ominous storm clouds hung over Denver on Thursday afternoon and into the evening, threatening to drop rain on Coors Field. But they never did – and the Colorado Rockies were doomed. The Dodgers scored six times in the first two innings by a variety pack assortment of methods and kept it up from…
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