Seven years ago, during the height of the last drought, California Gov. Jerry Brown stood on the barren slopes of the Sierra Nevada, watching as engineers measured the worst snowpack in state history. Snow measurements taken Friday, April 1, aren’t quite so bleak, but they remain devastatingly low: The snowpack — which provides a third…
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Good morning, Chicago. In the first three months of 2022, both fatal and nonfatal shootings were down in Chicago. And while those are welcome statistics in the wake of a two-year surge in gun violence, the Tribune’s Annie Sweeney reports, experts cautioned it’s too early to say whether the city is finally coming off a…
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By DON THOMPSON | The Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California is sitting on a $600 million pile of unclaimed nickel and dime deposits on recyclable cans and bottles and now wants to give some of that back to consumers. To get the state’s nearly 40 million residents to recycle more and send more deposits back…
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By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and NEBI QENA BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia faced a fresh wave of condemnation on Monday after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine. Some Western leaders called for further sanctions in response, even as Moscow continued to press its offensive in the country’s east. Western…
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When we last projected the top picks in the 2022 NFL draft, Russell Wilson was still a Seahawk, Matt Ryan was still a Falcon and the top two receivers in the NFL were still on their respective Super Bowl contenders. After a pair of shocking trades, Davante Adams is in Las Vegas and Tyreek Hill…
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After initially downplaying taxpayer subsidies for a proposed Chicago Bears stadium, the mayor of Arlington Heights is leaving the door open to limited public help for the project. “People would love to see the Bears come, but they don’t want their property taxes to increase, and they don’t want traffic nightmares,” Arlington Heights Mayor Tom…
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Q: Victor Oladipo had an amazing game all around with 21 points. Now what do we do? — Bob, Davie. A: What you have been doing the entire season: Put on the court the best combinations that give you the best chance to win. And that doesn’t always mean putting your best players necessarily out…
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The 2022 Grammys may be over, but we’re not finished talking about them. Here are seven of the ceremony’s biggest moments — in GIFs. Billie Eilish paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins, the late drummer of the rock band Foo Fighters, by wearing a T-shirt with his portrait during her performance. Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy surprised…
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Players continue to flood the transfer market as more and more coaches across the country embrace the portal. With new coaching hires at LSU and Florida, the SEC has become a home for several of those transfers. Jarrick Bernard-Converse, CB, LSU Outside of Ole Miss and USC, nobody used the transfer portal better than LSU…
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By PATRICK DONNELLY MINNEAPOLIS — The smallest player on the court came up huge in the biggest moments for South Carolina. UConn opened the fourth quarter with a quick basket to cut South Carolina’s lead to seven in the NCAA title game Sunday night. The Huskies, with a pedigree unmatched in women’s college basketball, were…
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