By JOE McDONALD BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after investors saw minutes from a Federal Reserve meeting as a sign the U.S. central bank might hike interest rates faster to cool inflation. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney retreated. Oil prices fell. On Wednesday, Wall Street’s benchmark S&P…
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LONG BEACH — In pandemic times, simply getting a game played is progress. The Long Beach State men’s basketball team was back in the Walter Pyramid on Wednesday night, playing its first game in more than three weeks after six games were canceled for COVID-19-related issues. Colin Slater had 23 points – one of four…
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LOS ANGELES — A judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit brought by Kobe Bryant’s widow alleging that Los Angeles County sheriff’s and fire department personnel snapped and shared gruesome photos of the bodies of her late husband and the couple’s 13-year-old daughter at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed nine people can go…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> The Santa Margarita boys basketball team continued its perfect season with a 51-42 win over JSerra in a Trinity League game Wednesday at JSerra High. The Eagles (12-0, 1-0), ranked No. 5 in Orange County, had not played since beating Murrieta Valley on Dec. 22 but showed little rust, leading the…
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By JANET McCONNAUGHEY NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car in 1892 led to the Supreme Court ruling that cemented “separate but equal” into U.S. law for half a century. The state Board of Pardons in November…
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The Angels will be making another change in their television broadcast team. Rich Waltz, who had been a part of the play-by-play duo on Bally Sports West, confirmed Wednesday morning that he was informed last month that he will not be a part of the crew in 2022. There is no word on who will…
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LOS ANGELES — A local COVID-19 testing company announced Wednesday that it had identified what it believes to be the first local case of “flurona,” meaning a person who tested positive for both coronavirus and the flu. According to 911 COVID Testing, the case was found at a testing site at the Getty Center in…
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Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle is on the verge of the NFL rookie receptions record. With one game remaining, he has 99 receptions. He’s two away from tying and three away from breaking the mark of 101 established by Anquan Boldin, a Pahokee High and Florida State alum, in 2003 with the Arizona Cardinals.…
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Brunch at Perla Azul in La Habra is a prix fixe multi-course affair with bottomless mimosas and live music, but I don’t realize this until after the hostess seats me at a prime booth beneath a large crystal chandelier with an unobstructed view of the stage where a Cuban jazz band, Los Vecinos, is mid-set…
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Phil Nevin, Benji Gil and Bill Hasselman will join the Angels coaching staff in 2022, with one more position yet to be filled, the team confirmed Wednesday. Nevin’s hiring had been rumored since November. The positions of the various coaches are not yet determined. After the 2021 season, the Angels parted ways with third-base coach…
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