PORTLAND, Ore. — As UCLA was taking the floor for warmups on Thursday night, the crowd’s focus was toward the ceiling of the arena. All eyes were on the jumbotron broadcasting No. 2 seed Kentucky’s overtime loss to No. 15 Saint Peter’s halfway across the country. The 15,000 people on hand at the Moda Center…
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Las Vegas Raiders are making a blockbuster move to keep up in the AFC West, acquiring All-Pro receiver Davante Adams from the Green Bay Packers. According to multiple media reports, the Raiders are sending the Packers their first-round pick (No. 22 overall) and second-round pick (No. 53)…
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By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS — Saint Peter’s acted like it had been there before. After the 15th-seeded Peacocks bounced storied Kentucky from the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night, they calmly exchanged handshakes with the Wildcats before heading over to the opposite sideline to celebrate with a small contingent of true believers.…
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Two reports regarding separate officer-involved shootings were released Thursday by Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s office, clearing both officers in their respective cases. One shooting involving an Sheriff’s Department deputy occurred in Stanton on Sept.18, 2020. Deputy David Leathers, a 15-year veteran of the department, fatally shot Thien Nguyen, 26, after a short pursuit…
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Jaime Jaquez Jr. and UCLA return to the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive season. Jaquez is among the Bruins to return to Westwood after the team reached the Final Four last year. The Bruins are listed as the fourth seed in the East Region. They are also one of seven ranked teams in that…
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As Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine entered its fourth week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the United States Congress on Wednesday. President Zelensky expressed gratitude for America’s generosity, while also calling on the U.S. to “do more” to aid his country. He underscored the global significance of the conflict, and indicated that a Ukrainian victory…
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A Black crew member for the television show “Grey’s Anatomy” is accusing a pair of Los Angeles Police Department officers of racially profiling him when they forced him out of the production van he was driving and attempted to arrest him in front of his coworkers, apparently believing he had stolen the vehicle. In a…
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Clerical errors and a lack of adequate review resulted in an understatement of future housing needs in the Sacramento and Santa Barbara areas, one of a number of problems with how the state determines future housing needs, a state audit of California’s housing department found. The audit of the state’s housing allocation process released Thursday,…
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Cal State Fullerton basketball coach Dedrique Taylor tries to approach every game as just that – a game. Limit the distractions. Spend less time preparing for the other team and more preparing his own. Remind his players that every game starts 0-0 and the baskets are always 10 feet high. But even Taylor, who will…
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More than five years after a dad working his food truck on Father’s Day was struck down by gunfire, the innocent victim of a war between two Santa Ana gangs, the fate of a felon accused of firing the fatal shot is in the hands of an Orange County Superior Court jury. Eliu Armando Gramajo’s…
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