By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she mistakenly drew her gun instead of her Taser when she fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright went on trial on manslaughter charges Wednesday, with a prosecutor saying Kim Potter had been trained how to avoid such deadly mix-ups…
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LOS ANGELES — It was Boston vs. Boston on Wednesday night. The Clippers were fortunate their version – in the form of 20-year-old rookie Brandon Boston Jr. – helped them build a buffer large enough to withstand a spirited Celtics rally and their own mountain of mistakes for a 114-111 victory at Staples Center. Boston, the…
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A lot went wrong for quarterback Lamar Jackson and the Ravens on Sunday. Against one of the NFL’s worst defenses, they finished with fewer passing yards per attempt, fewer yards per carry and fewer points than Pittsburgh had allowed, on average, over its first 11 games. It was, coach John Harbaugh said Monday, a “tough…
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As the 4-8 Chicago Bears prepare to head north to Green Bay for a Sunday night game against the Packers at Lambeau Field, Brad Biggs takes a spin through the weekly Bears mailbag. Among this week’s topics: a rebuilding timeline, Allen Robinson’s hamstring injury and why on earth the Bears-Packers game is in prime time.…
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Each week of the NFL season, The Baltimore Sun will rank all 32 NFL teams. The rankings will take into account not just weekly performance, but how well each team measures up as Super Bowl contenders, regardless of win-loss record. Here are the rankings after Week 13: The top contenders 1. Arizona Cardinals (10-2; No.…
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A funny thing has happened on the way to California closing all of its nuclear power plants. Biden administration official Jennifer Granholm says the state should rethink its commitment to scrapping atomic energy. In an interview that will be released at an energy conference this week, the U.S. energy secretary said nuclear power “may be…
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TUCSON, Ariz. — John Mara’s reaction to the 2021 Giants season will be defined by his perspective on it and his expectations for it. If the team president still genuinely believes that he fielded a playoff-worthy roster this fall, then he would presumably view this 4-8 team as underachieving. If he believes that, blowing it…
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So my trip to Africa was a failure. Yes, we saw elephants, lions, cheetahs, leopards, Cape buffaloes, zebras, hippos, warthogs, hyenas, wildebeest and more. It was a regular “Lion King” extravaganza. Sometimes, we saw them so up-close we could count their nose hairs. But I consider any trip a failure when I don’t manage to…
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One of the Capitol’s most enduring conflicts pits personal injury attorneys and their allies in consumer advocacy groups against corporate interests and their insurers. The two factions clash incessantly over what events are deemed wrongful acts (torts), who can sue over those acts and what monetary damages can be awarded. Dubbed “tort wars,” the conflict…
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A new Disneyland landmark inspired by the hometown tree that Walt Disney daydreamed under as a boy will pay tribute to the vivid imagination of the Anaheim theme park’s founder while also serving as a whimsical children’s playground. The new Dreaming Tree coming to Mickey’s Toontown at Disneyland will be inspired by a Cottonwood in…
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