By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and LORNE COOK KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians defied pressure from Moscow with a national show of flag-waving unity Wednesday, while the West warned that it saw no sign of a promised pullback of Russian troops from Ukraine’s borders despite Kremlin declarations of a withdrawal. While a feared Russian invasion…
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By SCOTT BAUER MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top elections officials systematically knocked down a series of conspiracy theories about the state’s voter records and election administration during a public hearing Wednesday before a legislative committee chaired by a Republican who has helped elevate the claims. The hearing before the Assembly elections committee gave Wisconsin…
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA Stock indexes were mixed on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting showed policymakers discussing the possibility of a more aggressive pace of interest rate hikes as the central bank moves to fight inflation. The S&P 500 was up 0.3%…
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By SARA BURNETT The nation’s leading health officials said Wednesday that the U.S. is moving closer to the point that COVID-19 is no longer a “constant crisis” as more cities, businesses and sports venues began lifting pandemic restrictions around the country. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White…
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By RUSS BYNUM BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Two of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs in text messages and social media posts, including some violent comments by Arbery’s shooter about Black people, an FBI witness testified Wednesday in their federal hate crimes trial. FBI intelligence analyst Amy Vaughan…
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The K-pop stars Twice opened its show at the Forum on Tuesday with “The Feels,” the bouncy, bubbly song that’s the group’s first original English-language single. A bold move, maybe, opening the first show of the United States’ leg of their III Tour with a song that’s one of their most accessible tracks for American…
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Orange County boys basketball’s top performers last week: Carlo Billings, Foothill, 5-11, Jr. G: He scored 15 points with seven rebounds as the Knights defeated Palm Springs in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2AA playoffs. Billings scored a team-high 19 points with six rebounds in a second-round win over Marina. Cooper…
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Now that the Super Bowl is over, many sports fans are turning their eyes to the emptiness that is supposed to be spring training. As you may have heard, pitchers and catchers were scheduled to report this week to camps in Arizona and Florida, but the owners continue to lock out the players until they…
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The Cincinnati Bengals fell just short Sunday of winning their first Super Bowl title, but that doesn’t take away from what was one of the most surprising postseason runs in NFL history. Plenty of teams will be looking at the Bengals as a blueprint of sorts for how to build their rosters as they turn…
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Whoever coined the phrase “getting there is half the fun” probably never cruised during a pandemic. With all the hoops to jump through before, during and sometimes even after sailing, a little less pleasure comes with taking a pleasure cruise these days. No matter how wonderful may be the ship, crew, food, ports, shore excursions,…
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