Brian Flores plans to coach again — soon. He’ll be working with his son’s 7-on-7 Broward-based flag football team in the coming weeks, using the game he loves to guide young men the same way coaches assisted him as a kid, helping him use football as his escape from the poverty and despair he saw…
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Brian Bales was a pretty good basketball player in his time. Nowadays, “I can still shoot,” Luke Kennard’s high school basketball coach said, “but if I start moving, it’s over.” So, put Bales in a station-by-station shooting contest, and it’ll be the scoreboard that moves – ticking on upward as it did on a visit…
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John Eastman, then chairman of the National Organization for Marriage, testifies during a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee in 2013 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from six representatives of groups that were targeted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for special scrutiny. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) John Eastman’s Constitutional Law…
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By Katelyn Polantz, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed | CNN Civil lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump accountable for the January 6 insurrection can move forward in court, and the ex-President doesn’t have absolute immunity from litigation, a federal judge ruled Friday. Trump’s statements to his supporters before the attack on the US Capitol “is…
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LOS ANGELES — The growing divorce drama between Kim Kardashian and Ye — the rapper formerly known as Kanye West — took another legal turn this week, with Ye filing court papers objecting to the fashion and reality TV mogul’s request to have their split finalized by a judge. In a 40-page document filed Wednesday…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Feb. 10 to Feb. 18. Jack In The Box, 1502 S. Main St., Santa Ana Closed: Feb. 16 Reason: Rodent infestation Reopened: Feb. 16 The Cheesecake Factory, 120 Brea Mall Way, Brea Closed: Feb. 16 Reason: Sewage…
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There’s a cold blast from the past at Taco Bell restaurants in and around the South Bay. The Irvine-based fast food giant is bringing back the Klondike Choco Taco, an ice cream dessert, for a limited time at 20 locations. Half are in Southern California. The other 10 are in Milwaukee. Choco Tacos are made…
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An operation into human trafficking that included 11 Orange County law enforcement agencies led to 56 arrests and the rescue of 16 victims just before Super Bowl Sunday, authorities announced Friday, Feb. 18. Deemed “Operation Red Zone,” agencies conducted investigative techniques – undercover operations, investigating online-based sex solicitation websites and investigations into known problematic businesses…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 567 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, Feb. 18, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 535,175. The county will not have another case count until Tuesday, Feb. 22, because of the holiday weekend. The county has reported about 10,949 new cases in the…
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Tickets for Bésame Mucho, a multi-generational, multi-genre Latino music festival coming to Los Angeles in December went on sale Friday morning and sold out within 70 minutes, according to the festival’s Twitter page. The event, which will include performances from Juanes, Caifanes, Los Tigres del Norte, Los Ángeles Azules, Sin Bandera and more, will take…
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