The brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia has renewed conservatives’ calls for large increases of our defense budget. The extra money, we are told, would fund more weapons to better prepare us to respond to aggression in a world that looks increasingly dangerous. As compelling as these arguments can be in a stressful time, it’s…
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Kevin Marcus and Wil Baptiste of Black Violin want to shatter classical music stereotypes. “We play violins but we don’t look like violinists and we always just try to lean into that. The reason we’ve been doing this so long isn’t just because we’re good at the violin but because we do things with the…
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By Nicole Chavez | CNN When Sherri Papini claimed she was abducted in Northern California, investigators were led to believe they were looking for two Hispanic women who spoke Spanish, played Mariachi music and fed her mostly tortillas and rice. Papini’s elaborate story of her 2016 kidnapping, which federal prosecutors now allege was false, reinforced…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pointed toward a lower open Thursday and oil continued its rapid, upward trajectory after a brief and sharp sell-off the previous day. Futures for Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.8% as Russian attacks on Ukraine intensified as fighting entered its third…
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By JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The crisis in Ukraine and Russia, one of the world’s main sources of grain, fertilizers and energy, presents new challenges in securing food supplies on top of a prolonged pandemic, a U.N. official said Thursday. “We weren’t going well even before the pandemic, the hunger was rising slowly…
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Chipotle Mexican Grill is introducing what it calls its first new take on chicken in 29 years. It’s called Pollo Asado. The Newport Beach-based company describes it as chicken meat tumbled in a spice blend, then seared on a plancha and complemented with marinade, fresh lime juice and cilantro. It will be available for a…
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This time, the ovation was muted. This time, no chants on “O-La-DI-Po!” at FTX Arena. This time just another game — and, in this case, another loss — in the 82-game NBA regular-season grind. If Monday night’s return from 11 months away from the game felt like fantasy for Victor Oladipo in the resounding victory…
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By AAMER MADHANI WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday embraced calls for an international war crimes investigation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, citing the “atrocities” of bombing civilians, including a maternity hospital. Speaking alongside Polish President Andrzej Duda at a press conference in Warsaw, where she is demonstrating…
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By EVGENIY MALOLETKA and MSTYSLAV CHERNOV MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol maternity hospital that killed three people brought condemnation down on Moscow on Thursday, with Ukrainian and Western officials branding it a war crime, while the highest-level talks yet yielded no progress in stopping the fighting. Emergency workers renewed efforts…
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Q: There are times when you actually need your starting point guard to score the ball. — Ray, Deerfield Beach. A: I could not agree more, and that is one of the first things I noticed after moving past Kyle Lowry’s 10 assists on Wednesday night. It is one thing to defer when Jimmy Butler…
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