By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill providing $13.6 billion in additional military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine as part of a $1.5 trillion government spending measure that omits COVID-19 aid the White House says is urgently needed. The COVID spending was a casualty of…
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Q: The images from Ukraine are horrifying. If actions taken by Russian President Vladimir Putin are actual war crimes, what legally can be done? H.L.D., Carson A: The Geneva Conventions are several related treaties adopted and amplified from 1864 to 1949, and which represent a legal basis and framework for “the conduct of war” under…
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By Craig Trudell | Bloomberg The cheapest Model 3 in the U.S. is now $46,990, according to Tesla’s website. The company raised prices by 3% to 5% in both the U.S. and China, Dan Levy, a Credit Suisse analyst, said in a note to clients. Musk tweeted earlier this week that both Tesla and Space…
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In “Master,” Regina Hall plays a professor at an elite New England college, and one of the few Black people on a campus where malevolent supernatural forces may or may not be at play. Shadowy figures in long hooded cloaks appear in the distance. Dormitory hallways turn ominous. A young Black student’s nightmares fill with…
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A major factor in California’s startling evolution from a state with two evenly matched political parties to one utterly dominated by Democrats has been their back-scratching partnership with labor unions. Democratic politicians have delivered on the unions’ bread-and-butter priorities, from pension benefits to legislation making it easier to make public and private employees union members.…
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Starting at left tackle for the Super Bowl-winning Rams could have been a signal that Andrew Whitworth was still good enough to keep playing. Instead, it gave the Rams’ revered elder statesman a way to go out on top. Whitworth, 40, made it official Tuesday morning, the Rams announcing his retirement after a 16-year NFL…
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There are plants that Jack Carlisle, owner of The Potting Shed by Carlisle in Orange, has come to call “Instagram ‘It’ plants,” because customers always request them by pulling out their phones and showing him pictures of them on the popular app. Houseplants got even trendier in 2020 amid the start of the pandemic as…
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Bol Bol won’t play for the Orlando Magic during the 2021-22 season, team president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman said Tuesday morning. The Magic acquired Bol from the Denver Nuggets on Feb. 10 ahead of the trade deadline. Bol, a 22-year-old big man who’s listed at 7-2, 220 pounds, was sidelined when the Magic traded…
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My colleague Sal Rodriguez recently lamented how “the Republicans have basically thrown in the towel this cycle on the gubernatorial race.” That will produce an even bigger landslide for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s re-election this November. It’s possible his only challenger will be a fellow Democrat. The GOP definitely needs to get its act together in…
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The latest reminder of the California Republican Party’s death spiral came recently as Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom heads to what news reports call a re-election “cakewalk.” As the June 7 primary approaches, the GOP candidates with the best name recognition have announced that they will not challenge Newsom in this election cycle. That includes…
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