Tuesday night’s Miami Heat summer-league game against the Atlanta Hawks hardly was a big thing, certainly not with Heat big man Omer Yurtseven and Nikola Jovic sitting out with quad injuries. But the 95-88 loss on the UNLV campus held the same meaning as every step of this offseason journey for the majority of the…
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Los Angeles police are investigating four armed robberies of businesses in the North Hills and Granada Hills areas and looking for any possible links to a string of 7-Eleven armed robberies two days later elsewhere in Southern California that turned deadly. The Valley area robberies – at two convenience stores and two doughnut shops –…
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A half-dozen Starbucks locations in the Los Angeles area will be closing by the end of the month, with company officials citing safety issues for workers and customers. According to a letter sent to employees Monday and first reported by The Wall Street Journal, a total of 16 stores are being closed due to safety…
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By Will Weissert and Zeke Miller | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador agreed to spend $1.5 billion to improve “smart” border technology during meetings Tuesday with President Joe Biden — a move the White House says shows neighborly cooperation succeeding where Trump administration vows to wall off the border and…
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By Matt O’Brien | Associated Press Twitter sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday to force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company. Musk and Twitter have been bracing for a legal fight since the billionaire said Friday he was backing off of his April agreement to buy the company.…
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The Galaxy’s busy July continues with two games this week. First is a Wednesday night clash against the San Jose Earthquakes (7 p.m., FS1), followed by a Saturday night meeting with the Colorado Rapids. Despite Friday’s loss to rival LAFC, the Galaxy (8-7-3, 27 points) begin the week in fifth place in the Western Conference,…
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods has a voice that can be as big as his golf game. What he lacks is enough visibility. Woods left little room for interpretation Tuesday when the 15-time major champion hammered away at Greg Norman’s new Saudi-funded LIV Golf series as not being…
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The Miami Marlins will have a strong presence at this year’s All-Star game in Los Angeles. Garrett Cooper will join second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. and pitcher Sandy Alcántara on the National League roster. Cooper was named a replacement by Major League Baseball as a designated hitter Tuesday, taking the place of Bryce Harper of…
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EL SEGUNDO –– The Kings have re-signed defenseman Alex Edler to a one-year contract worth $750,000 in base salary, with another $750,000 in potential incentives for games played, the team announced Tuesday. Edler, 36, had spent his entire career with the Vancouver Canucks until last summer, when he became a free agent and signed a…
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It seems like every other day, there’s a member of the Biden administration putting their foot in their mouth. Most recently, first lady Jill Biden reduced Hispanics to tacos. On Monday, Jill Biden was speaking at a gathering put on by UnidosUS (formerly the National Council of La Raza) in San Antonio when she said,…
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