GLENDALE, Ariz. — Four more years, Freddie Freeman says. The Dodgers first baseman wants to play until he’s 40, putting that out there as a soft target for retirement this spring. Mookie Betts doesn’t expect to sign another contract. The team’s outfielder-turned-shortstop is planning to walk away when this one expires in six more seasons.…
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LOS ANGELES — The UCLA women’s basketball team achieved about all it can for a regular season. The Bruins won the Big Ten regular-season title and went undefeated through conference play, earning the highest win-percentage (.966) in the program’s history. They racked up end-of-season conference awards as senior Lauren Betts won Big Ten Player of…
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By LAURA UNGAR Last year, President Donald Trump told pregnant women not to take Tylenol as he promoted unproven ties between the fever reducer and autism and touted an old generic drug as a treatment for the developmental condition. Related Articles Mexico and US will start talks March 16 on reviewing their free trade agreement…
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A lawyer who worked for disbarred and now-imprisoned attorney Tom Girardi‘s Los Angeles-based law firm pleaded guilty Thursday in Chicago to disobeying a court order that called for settlement funds to be distributed to relatives of victims killed in a plane crash. Keith Griffin, 54, of Temple City, worked for the now-defunct personal injury law…
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THE GAME: With a strong wind blowing out to right field, the Angels saw their three-game winning streak end with a 16-11 loss to the Athletics at Tempe, Ariz. PITCHING REPORT: Starter Alek Manoah and reliever Aneurys Zabala combined to give up eight runs in the second inning, with Zabala allowing three home runs. One…
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By JACK DURA FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol’s newest recruit has floppy ears, four legs and an amazing knack for finding people. Related Articles Berkshire Hathaway resumes buybacks and CEO supports Kraft’s decision to pause its split FBI investigating ‘suspicious’ cyber activity on system holding sensitive surveillance information Videos from officers…
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An Orange County Public Works crew demolished this week a Vietnam War memorial that has been sitting unfinished in Mile Square Park. In 2023, then Supervisor Andrew Do allocated $1 million in First District discretionary funds to the nonprofit Viet America Society for the design and construction of the memorial. The memorial’s wall was built…
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By SEAN MURPHY OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plans to nominate Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to take over as Homeland Security secretary follow a notable political rise for the plumbing company owner who was first elected to Congress in 2012. Related Articles Mexico and US will start talks March 16 on…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now All-County defensive lineman Marcus Fakatou has left Orange Lutheran and enrolled at Sierra Canyon, Trailblazers coach and athletic director Jon Ellinghouse confirmed Thursday. Fakatou (6-7, 275) earned first-team All-County honors this past season as a sophomore after leading the Lancers in sacks (seven)…
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By TALES AZZONI CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Athletes at the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics, the first global sports event since the war in the Middle East began last week, have been trying to block out news of the conflicts and focus on their preparations for the Games that officially start on Friday. Related Articles…
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