By LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican U.S. senators are imploring the Biden administration to reverse course and allow the transfer of Poland’s MiG fighter jets to the Ukrainians to fight the Russian invasion, a sign the Defense Department’s rejection of the offer may be running into steep resistance on Capitol Hill. Forty GOP senators…
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By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce Friday that, along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, the U.S. will move to revoke “most favored nation” trade status for Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the…
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By LORNE COOK BRUSSELS (AP) — The Russian airstrike on a children’s and maternity hospital in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol is the latest in a series of attacks that have gutted apartment buildings and killed people in their homes or simply going about their business. Allegations of war crimes, impossible yet to prove,…
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets headed for a higher open Friday following solid gains in Europe as uncertainty over the war in Ukraine and persistently high inflation continue to roil markets. Asian markets declined overnight. Investors are fretting over a world economy faced with price pressures and slowing growth. Oil prices advanced on Friday…
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Q: Hi, Ira. Erik Spoelstra’s biggest mistake in the 2021-2022 season is his bull-headed banishment or time out, call it what you will, of Omer Yurtseven, a guy who makes rebounding and scoring look relatively easy at times. Bottom line, Yurtseven needs to play ahead of Dewayne Dedmon or at worst 14 minutes per game.…
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LOS ANGELES –– Having lost three players while having won their last three games, the short-handed Kings scored the second-fastest pair of goals in franchise history on Thursday night but lost to the struggling San Jose Sharks, 4-3, in overtime at Crypto.com Arena. The trio of Trevor Moore, Phillip Danault and Andreas Athanasiou accounted for…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Newport Harbor’s senior duo of Morgan Netherton and Taylor Smith and Corona del Mar senior Claire Eusey have been selected CIF-SS players of the year in girls water polo. Netherton and Smith earned co-player of the year honors for the Open Division after…
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LAS VEGAS — Sometimes you win with incredible shooting. Sometimes you win by playing with elite execution and effort. And sometimes, you just win in spite of yourself. That was the case for USC on Friday, as the third-seeded Trojans barely escaped the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals with a 65-61 victory over No. 6 Washington. USC…
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LAS VEGAS — By earning the No. 2 seed for the Pac-12 Tournament, UCLA had the benefit of a bye into the quarterfinals. But there were two sides to that coin, as the Bruins looked like the rustier team at the start of their game against seventh-seeded Washington State on Thursday night. Shots weren’t falling,…
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March Madness fans are always on the lookout for a hot team that is hidden in the vastness of college basketball. And sometimes that team is just a freeway away. Cal State Fullerton (19-10) moved into the semifinals of the Big West Tournament on Thursday night, overwhelming UC Davis, 73-55, at Dollar Loan Center in…
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