The Heat are still in the playoff hunt, trying to set themselves up in the best possible position once the regular season ends. But two local college programs are already in the postseason. The Miami Hurricanes men’s team earned a No. 10 seed in the NCAA tournament, while the Hurricanes’ women’s team is a No.…
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By Jen Christensen and Holly Yan | CNN To help fend off another wave of COVID-19, people will need a fourth dose of vaccine, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CBS on Sunday. “Many variants are coming, and Omicron was the first one that was able to evade — in a skillful way — the immune…
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NEW YORK — It might not happen today, tomorrow or the next day, but the Ducks’ roster is likely to change, perhaps dramatically, before the NHL’s trade deadline next Monday. There’s no telling exactly what might happen or who might be on the move, but something significant is bound to happen. “Whether you’re on the…
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The Heat took a big step toward getting fully healthy last week. Although a couple players, including All-Star Jimmy Butler, are dealing with minor injuries, the two Miami players who had long-term injuries both returned to the floor. Guard Victor Oladipo, who had not played since April 8, 2021, came back on March 7. Forward…
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When actor John Cho considered the role of a real-life middle-grade author, the idea appealed to him instantly. “We moved around a lot as a kid,” says Cho, a star of both the “Star Trek” and “Harold & Kumar” film franchises. “They were kind of lonely years for me, and books – I don’t say…
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The U.S. Postal Service is seeking assistant mail carriers for shifts in several Orange County cities. The agency will host three local job fairs at various branches in the days and weeks ahead. The starting hourly wage is roughly $19. The USPS said its job fairs will help applicants create an online employment profile so…
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Big change was in store for people like John Garamendi and Ken Calvert and Raul Ruiz from the moment California’s bipartisan and fairly apolitical redistricting commission published its final maps in mid-December. But only now that the March 11 filing deadline has passed can we see which longtime members of Congress will be threatened and…
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Our search for the winner of the NCAA Tournament began in the NBA, with first-round projections for the upcoming draft. You cannot survive March Madness without elite talent. From there, the search moved to the Pomeroy adjusted efficiency ratings, to locate the most effective offenses in the land. You cannot advance through March without being…
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It is when public sentiment is strongest in favor of action by government that our country’s constitutional constraints most urgently need to be remembered and applied. Today, the nation’s sentiment is growing in favor of action, possibly including the use of force, by our commander-in-chief to oppose Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Yet the Constitution says…
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By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A wounded pregnant woman who was taken on a stretcher from a maternity hospital that was bombed by Russia last week has died, along with her baby, The Associated Press has learned. Images of the woman, whom the AP has not been able to identify, were seen around…
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