Nearly 200 people suspected of murders, sexual assaults and other serious crimes in Los Angeles are behind bars following a joint effort by police and U.S. Marshals to hunt down fugitives in 10 of the nation’s largest cities, officials said Thursday, July 7. Operation North Star resulted in the total arrest of 192 men and…
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Pete Crow-Armstrong has earned a notable honor in his first full professional baseball season. A torn labrum in his right shoulder ended his year six games into the 2021 season before the New York Mets traded him to the Chicago Cubs for shortstop Javier Báez. Crow-Armstrong has shown why the Mets drafted him 19th overall…
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot should consider renaming Soldier Field to raise money and “explore the feasibility” of enclosing the stadium with a dome or roof, an advisory panel she appointed to study Chicago’s Museum Campus recommended. The panel’s work marks Lightfoot’s attempt to keep the Chicago Bears, who are exploring a possible move to Arlington Heights,…
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The Miami Heat on Thursday provided a payoff to a member of their summer-league roster, extending an Exhibit 10 contract to undrafted Fresno State center Orlando Robinson. The deal basically means an invitation to training camp, possibly being forwarded then to the Heat’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce. A $50,000 guarantee also could…
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Mr. Biggs checks things out at the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 7, 2022. The ElleVet Project is on its 2022 relief mission to provide free veterinary care, supplies to pets of the homeless and street pets throughout California, New York, Massachusetts, Washington, Montana and Florida that began on June 2.…
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By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI | Associated Press LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday amid a mass revolt by top members of his government, marking an end to three tumultuous years in power in which he brazenly bent and sometimes broke the rules of British politics. Months of…
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By JIM HEINTZ | Associated Press MOSCOW — Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to a Russian court Thursday to face her trial on drug charges as a senior Russian diplomat warned that U.S. criticism of how Russia’s handling the case wouldn’t help her release prospects. Griner’s trial began last week amid a growing…
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By IRENE YAGÜE and JOSEPH WILSON | Associated Press PAMPLONA, Spain — The first bull run in three years took place Thursday at the San Fermín festival in the Spanish city of Pamplona. No one was gored, but several runners took knocks and hard falls as tens of thousands people reveled in the return of…
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Even before P.J. Tucker left the Miami Heat, teammate Haywood Highsmith wanted to be the next Tucker. Now, in very real terms, Highsmith potentially will have the opportunity to follow in Tucker’s footsteps. With Tucker having departed to the Philadelphia 76ers in NBA free agency, Highsmith finds himself playing for the Heat’s summer-league team in…
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LOS ANGELES — An 8-year-old girl from Riverside who was hit in the face by a cell phone while riding a roller coaster at Magic Mountain needed 10 stitches to close the wound, and her family is looking for answers into how it happened, according to media reports. Josh Evans told Fox 11 his daughter…
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