A county law enforcement watchdog agency confirmed Friday that it has opened an investigation into racial comments made by Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer while discussing whether to seek the death penalty in a capital murder case. The Orange County Office of Independent Review is probing whether comments made by Spitzer related to the…
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Russia took the unthinkable step of shelling a nuclear power plant in Ukraine this week, sparking a blaze that firefighters couldn’t put out immediately because bullets were raining down on them. The list of potential disasters was long. What if fire cut power to the cooling systems, which keeps the reactor cores from meltdown? What…
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Stephen Dodd plays his shot from the second tee during the first round of the Hoag Classic on Friday at Newport Beach Country Club. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images) Bernhard Langer lines up his putt on the 18th green during the first round of the Hoag Classic on Friday at Newport Beach Country Club. (Photo…
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Orange County Board of Education members seeking re-election in June will be forced to campaign in newly redrawn districts, selected by a county committee, following a court order this week. On Wednesday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregory H. Lewis denied the board’s request for a temporary restraining order that would have stopped new election…
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The Columbus Blue Jackets’ Patrik Laine, right, chases the Kings’ Adrian Kempe behind the net during overtime on Friday night in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete) The Kings’ Adrian Kempe, right, passes the puck in front of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Dean Kukan during the first period on Friday night in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay…
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The three-sport athlete still exists. Crean Lutheran senior Jack Fairchild was the top receiver on the school’s football team in the fall. He is a key reserve on its basketball team that plays Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks in the Southern California Regional Division I semifinals Saturday. In a track and field tri-meet last month,…
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By Paula Reid | CNN An attorney for Rudy Giuliani said on Thursday he’s concerned the House select committee investigating January 6 won’t respect his client’s privilege claims after the panel asked a judge to waive attorney-client privilege in the case of another Trump lawyer. That concern makes the possibility of Giuliani cooperating with the…
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INDIANAPOLIS — Kayvon Thibodeaux put plenty of effort into reminding reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine on Friday that he’s from South Central Los Angeles. That effort ironically proved why there shouldn’t be questions about Thibodeaux’s effort on the football field. “I’m an L.A. kid and if you know the adversity I went through to…
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By Danica Kirka | Associated Press LONDON — Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has renewed calls for NATO to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine, despite the repeated rejection of the idea by western leaders concerned about triggering a wider war in Europe. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday asked the people…
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LOS ANGELES — In the three days since Tuesday’s loss to Arizona, the USC men’s basketball team has had a loose vibe around practice. No sense of panic, no overreaction from the No. 16 Trojans (25-5 overall, 14-5 Pac-12). “We’re not getting hung up on losing one game,” forward Chevez Goodwin said. “If losing one…
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