For Cam Akers, being part of the Rams’ Super Bowl championship run in his second NFL season was all he could have wished for. The running back’s own performance, though, left something to be desired. That’s why, Akers says, he was back in training long before Rams players and coaches reunited this week for the…
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In a trip marked by sloppy weather and sloppy play, the Chicago White Sox took another hit in the eighth inning Thursday against the Cleveland Guardians. Center fielder Luis Robert exited the 6-3 loss with what manager Tony La Russa called “a little minor groin strain,” according to the initial opinion. While head athletic trainer…
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By AAMER MADHANI, ROBERT BURNS and DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged an additional $1.3 billion Thursday for new weapons and economic assistance to help Ukraine in its strong but increasingly difficult battle against the Russian invasion, and he promised to seek much more from Congress to keep the guns, ammunition and…
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SANTA ANITA LEADERS (Through Thursday) JOCKEYS / WINS Flavien Prat / 72 Juan Hernandez / 63 John Velazquez / 32 Tyler Baze / 31 Diego Herrera / 29 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D’Amato / 35 Doug O’Neill / 32 Bob Baffert / 27 John Sadler / 27 Richard Baltas / 23 DOWN THE STRETCH •…
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By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States on Thursday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in a dramatic reversal for a leader once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on the drugs. Just three months…
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In a series in which the Orioles allowed just 13 runs across four games, the strong pitching performances were largely overpowered by a lack of offense. Baltimore managed seven runs against the Oakland Athletics, with four of those coming in a 6-4 loss Thursday to close the four-game series. Those 10 combined runs in the…
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By ADAM SCHRECK KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory Thursday in the battle for Mariupol despite an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters still holed up at a giant steel mill, ordering his troops not to storm the stronghold but to seal it off “so that not even a fly comes through.” Putin…
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By FELICIA FONSECA FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Firefighters fanned out across blackened landscape in Arizona’s high country, digging into the ground to put out smoldering tree stumps and roots as helicopters buzzed overhead with buckets of water to drop on a massive blaze. The work has been tedious and steady — all with the recognition…
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The Giants have made a habit of jumping on Mets’ pitching early in games. On Tuesday, in the first game of the frigid doubleheader, San Francisco plated two runs in the second and tacked on two more in the third. On Wednesday, the Giants got their first win of the series thanks to four runs…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 2,300,191 county residents were fully vaccinated as of Thursday, April 21. This represents about 71.3% of Orange County’s total population. There have been 1,269,169 booster doses administered. According to the OC Health Care Agency dashboard, the percentage of population by age (eligibility is now open to children as young…
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