Selema Masekela said he will never forget the moment police tried to arrest him for simply trying to surf. It was just months after apartheid ended in South Africa, during a trip to visit his father, a political exile who had returned to his homeland. The beaches in Africa had previously been designated for white…
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The full-fledged Boysenberry Festival returned to Knott’s Berry Farm for the first time in three years after a pandemic pause that left foodies longing for the purple tongues and puckerlicious tastes associated with the seasonal event. The 2022 Boysenberry Festival kicked off on Friday, March 18 and runs through April 24 at the Buena Park…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — All was back in order in the Dodgers’ world on Friday afternoon – but it was all very uncertain not so long ago. After a winter of uncertainty surrounding both the health of his pitching arm and his future employer, Clayton Kershaw started the Dodgers’ Cactus League opener at Camelback Ranch, retiring…
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By Cedar Attanasio, Jill Bleed and Anita Snow | Associated Press HOBBS, N.M. — A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people, including six members of a college golf team and their coach, a National Transportation Safety Board official said Thursday.…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, March 18. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. FRIDAY’S SCORES BASEBALL GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE Bolsa Grande 2, Santiago 1 SOFTBALL 605 LEAGUE Artesia 13, Oxford Academy…
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Bradley Bozeman, a consistent starter along the Ravens’ offensive line who developed into one of the NFL’s better centers last season, has agreed to a one-year deal with the Panthers, Carolina announced Friday. Terms of the contract were not announced. His departure means the Ravens will have to start over at center in 2022, when…
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Welcome to the Ravens’ free-agency tracker, which will be updated throughout the offseason as the roster takes shape. With the NFL’s new league year beginning Wednesday at 4 p.m., teams can officially announce signings and trades. Here’s a rundown of who the Ravens have signed thus far and who’s still on the open market: Free-agent…
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By BRIAN NIEMIETZ | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The largest study to date on the clinical benefits of ivermectin — the vaccine of choice for right-wing conspiracy theorists — indicates the deworming medication is not effective in treating COVID-19. Study results from Canada’s McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, found that the nearly 1,400 test subjects…
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By Jason Meisner | Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores were just 16 when their older brother Armando was arrested in the late 1990s for selling narcotics out of a Cicero, Illinois auto dealership. Armando was later sentenced to five years in federal prison, and his absence created a vacuum for…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 731 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, March 18, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 544,844. There were 129 people in Orange County hospitals with coronavirus, including 25 who needed to be in intensive care units. The county reported eight more deaths on…
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