Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now OCVarsity’s Dan Albano votes each week in the Orange County football Top 25 poll. Here are his rankings for Oct. 23, plus the other schools he views as his “Next 10”: ALBANO’S TOP 35 1. Mater Dei 8-1 2. Orange Lutheran 5-4 3.…
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The GOP-controlled House of Representatives had gone three weeks without a speaker, after Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida – one of the House’s most flamboyant pro-MAGA members – led a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair because Kevin McCarthy had worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown. After a series of failed candidates, the…
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DENVER — If Tuesday’s season-opening loss to the Denver Nuggets was an indicator of what’s to come, LeBron James could be in line to play his fewest minutes per game of his 21-season NBA career. James was limited to 29 minutes in the 119-107 loss to the Nuggets at Ball Arena in Colorado – the…
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An Anaheim police investigator has admitted to mishandling surveillance footage allegedly showing a suspect fleeing the scene of a fatal 2015 stabbing, prompting the defendant in the murder case to ask that the charges be dismissed. The surveillance footage was a key factor in obtaining a search warrant against defendant Pedro Hernandez, who is charged…
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Editor’s note: SCNG prohibits the use of bots and any other artificial methods of voting. Suspicious activity could lead to the disqualification of candidates. Welcome to the Southern California News Group’s Girls Athlete of the Week poll. Throughout the high school sports year, SCNG will provide a list of candidates — selected by our 11…
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Editor’s note: SCNG prohibits the use of bots and any other artificial methods of voting. Suspicious activity could lead to the disqualification of candidates. Welcome to the Southern California News Group’s Boys Athlete of the Week poll. Throughout the high school sports year, SCNG will provide a list of candidates — selected by our 11…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden said he was “doubling down” on the alliance with Australia as he welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the Oval Office on Wednesday, part of a state visit intended to bolster American ties in the Pacific against the backdrop of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Biden…
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In Italy’s heel of the boot, elves must’ve been afoot throughout the fairytale village of Alberobello, the world’s only enclave of 1,500 hobbit-like, stone trulli houses seemingly painted in white powdered sugar and capped with roofs resembling pointy gray party hats. To magically ward off demons, some trulli are marked with symbols, such as an…
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Tasha Butts, head coach for the Georgetown University women’s basketball team, died aged 41 on Monday after a two-year battle with breast cancer, the school’s athletic department announced Monday. “I am heartbroken for Tasha’s family, friends, players, teammates and colleagues,” Lee Reed, Georgetown’s athletic director, said in a statement. “When I met Tasha, I knew she…
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By Jose Antonio Rivera and Maria Verza | Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico — Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast early Wednesday as a powerful Category 5 storm, dousing steep mountains and leaving a trail of damage in Acapulco before weakening. Photos and video shared by local media after dawn broke in Acapulco showed…
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