On Sunday, retired general Philip Breedlove, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told The Times of London that NATO should put boots on the ground in Ukraine. General Breedlove, who reportedly advises the Biden administration on its Ukraine policy, asserted the necessity of inserting NATO forces into an active warzone incorrectly stating that “there are no Russian troops west of the…
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Major League Baseball has suspended Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer for two full seasons (324 games) without pay, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced Friday. Bauer’s suspension for violating the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy is effective immediately, MLB said in a statement. The ban comes after a probe into the Dodgers pitcher by the…
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DALLAS — Kevin Shattenkirk has played 12 seasons in the NHL, including the past two with the Ducks. But until this one he had never played all 82 games, coming as close as 81 in 2011-12 and 2013-14 while with the St. Louis Blues and 80 while with the Blues and Washington Capitals in 2016-17.…
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TORRANCE — Passing college exams is tough. Proving yourself in a WNBA training camp is really tough. Try pairing those tasks. That’s life for so many WNBA rookies, who are starting their new jobs – which is to say, fighting to land one of only, at most, 144 available positions – in the few weeks…
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An 18-year-old was killed when two Century High School students were shot while sitting in a parked car in Santa Ana on Thursday evening. The car was in an alley at 1400 S. Minnie Street when someone approached it and fired several rounds at the occupants, said Sgt. Maria Lopez, a spokeswoman for the Santa…
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Zach LaVine isn’t showing his hand as he approaches his first summer as an unrestricted free agent. After playing eight years without choosing his team, the Chicago Bulls guard emphasized the importance of hearing out every offer when he hits the open market this offseason. After five years as the frontman of the Bulls, LaVine…
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Former Ravens wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown said his unhappiness with his role in the team’s offense led him to seek a trade this offseason. Brown, who was dealt to the Cardinals on Thursday along with a fourth-round pick for Arizona’s No. 23 overall pick, said on the “I Am Athlete” podcast Friday that he’d…
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By Hannah Rabinowitz | CNN Brian Ulrich, one of the 11 members of the Oath Keepers facing sedition-related charges, pleaded guilty to “obstruction of an official proceeding” and seditious conspiracy in federal court on Friday, becoming the second person to plead guilty to the gravest charges to emerge from the January 6, 2021, US Capitol…
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Back in 1978, Julie Poole Lusk’s home life was, in her words, “kind of a disaster,” with bickering parents distracted by her rebellious older brother. Happily, the 11-year-old found a place to belong – a circle of friends she made at North Long Beach Brethren Church. Five years later, that camaraderie was shattered. At age…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 1,071 more cases of the coronavirus between Tuesday, April 26, and Friday, April 29, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 552,994. There were 3,565 new cases reported in the last two-week period as of Friday, April 29. The county is now reporting updates to…
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