By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will face senators’ questions for the first time Tuesday as Democrats push to quickly confirm the only Black female justice in the court’s 233-year history. Jackson, a federal appeals court judge, sat and silently listened to more than four…
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament on Tuesday paid tribute to Boris Romanchenko, who survived several Nazi concentration camps during World War II but was killed last week during an attack in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. He was 96. The Buchenwald concentration camp memorial said on Monday that Romanchenko, who survived Buchenwald as well as…
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By DAKE KANG and NG HAN GUAN WUZHOU, China (AP) — Mud-stained wallets. Bank cards. Official identity cards. Poignant reminders of 132 lives presumed lost were lined up by rescue workers scouring a remote Chinese mountainside Tuesday for the wreckage of a China Eastern flight that one day earlier inexplicably fell from the sky and…
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Defensive tackle Justin Jones was ready to pick the Indianapolis Colts in free agency before he received a phone call late Thursday at his South Carolina home. Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus was on the other end. Eberflus didn’t pressure Jones to make a decision. He instead talked about the opportunity ahead, about the Halas…
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After community college enrollment collapsed in late 2020, California lawmakers last year gave the system of public two-year colleges $120 million to help stem the tide of departing students and bring them back. So far, progress has been uneven. Through last fall, just 17 of California’s 116 community colleges have seen the number of students…
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By NEBI QENA and CARA ANNA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv early Tuesday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and their attack on the embattled southern port of Mariupol raged unabated. Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and black smoke rose from…
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For weeks, Kyle Lowry has spoken of the build up to when the stakes go up. Amid the Miami Heat’s few shaky moments, the veteran point guard stressed that what matters is getting to your best game for the playoffs. Those playoffs are now 10 games away. And, no, the Heat did not look anything…
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is expected to hear attorneys’ closing arguments on Tuesday in the trial of an elected official from New Mexico charged with illegally entering U.S. Capitol grounds during the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden heard…
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Q: Ira, besides Tyler Herro having a horrible shooting night, almost every Sixers basket in the fourth quarter was scored while Tyler Herro was guarding the scorer. — Joel, Fort Lauderdale. A: Yes, they were, as Tyler Herro continually was lined up by Tyrese Maxey. It was a straightforward, simple and effective approach by the…
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This week’s CIF-SS high school boys lacrosse polls, released Monday, March 21. CIF-SS BOYS LACROSSE (Selected by the CIF-SS Lacrosse Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1 1 Mater Dei 2 Corona del Mar 3 St. Margaret’s 4 Foothill 5 Loyola 6 Agoura 7 Palos Verdes 8 Los Alamitos 9 Sierra Canyon 10 Tesoro DIVISION 2 1 Aliso…
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