Marion Barber, the former Pro Bowl running back for the Dallas Cowboys, was found dead in his apartment Wednesday. Barber was found by Frisco, Texas cops responding to a welfare call, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported, citing multiple sources. The cause of death was not immediately known, per the Star-Telegram. Local authorities are “investigating an…
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By Collin Binkley | The Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain will automatically get their federal student loans canceled, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, a move that aims to bring closure to one of the most notorious cases of fraud in American higher education. Under the new…
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By Deena Shanker | Bloomberg Amy’s Kitchen Inc., a maker of frozen vegetarian meals and soups, has been accused of unfair labor practices at its plant in San Jose, according to complaints filed Wednesday with the National Labor Relations Board. Unite Here, a union representing approximately 300,000 workers in Canada and the US, says the…
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An Oklahoma man who grew up in Los Angeles was arrested Wednesday, June 1, accused of calling in bomb threats to five Los Angeles schools, including two elementary campuses, and also of threatening to shoot children as they left. Marcus James Buchanan, 44, of Blackwell, Oklahoma was charged with one count of making a telephonic…
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An eighth-grader who attends McAuliffe Middle School in Los Alamitos was eliminated in the fourth round of the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee today, misspelling lepper, a horse skilled in jumping. Jason Khan spelled it leper. Khan was among the 88 spellers from the original field of 234 competing in the quarterfinals. He advanced to…
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The story of the Miami Dolphins’ offseason, at its core, is that the franchise revamped its offense and kept its defense together. But then one key free agent signing made it so that the defense didn’t miss out on all the offseason personnel additions. Three-time Pro Bowl edge defender Melvin Ingram III signed with the…
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After the Mets thoroughly bashed the Nationals on Monday and Tuesday, combining for 23 runs and 33 hits, a kid making his major league debut was able to briefly slow them down. Nationals’ rookie Evan Lee was able to contain the Mets to only two runs, but it wasn’t enough for Washington to avoid getting…
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After 14 years, Canaletto Ristorante Veneto has closed at Fashion Island. Owned and operated by the Il Fornaio restaurant company, it served sit-down meals in an upscale setting at the shopping center. “We are grateful for our partnership with Canaletto over the past 14 years,” began a short statement released to the Register by Fashion…
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Wednesday’s session was one of those football practices where beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you’re a member of the Miami Dolphins defense, it was a dominant showing, one where the quarterbacks where constantly harassed, balls were routinely batted down at the line of scrimmage, and the defense was extremely stingy in…
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At his first news conference in almost six months, Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman was asked about his bolstered tight end room, about rookie running back Tyler Badie, about the development of quarterback Tyler Huntley. He talked about overloading rookie center Tyler Linderbaum in June so that he’d be ready by September. He said he…
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