By Lauren Mascarenhas Retired Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Mary Lou Retton experienced a “scary setback” in her fight against a rare form of pneumonia this week, after showing remarkable progress towards recovery just days ago, her daughter said Wednesday night. Retton is still in the intensive care unit and is “really exhausted” after the setback,…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN and SEUNG MIN KIM WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will deliver a rare Oval Office address Thursday night as he prepares to ask for additional billions of dollars in military assistance for Israel and Ukraine, deepening American involvement in two very different, unpredictable and bloody foreign conflicts. The speech will be an…
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By Tran Nguyen | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is planning a one-day visit to Israel this week to meet people affected by that country’s war with Hamas, stopping over en route to China where he will discuss policies to curb global warming. The Democratic governor is set to arrive Friday in…
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Bad Bunny has announced a 2024 North American arena tour supporting his newest record, “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana,” that is set to come to Crypto.com Arena on March 13-15. The 47-date tour dubbed Most Wanted Tour comes on the heels of the newest record, which features Young Miko, Feid, Arcángel, Bryant…
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Becki Tweed was promoted to Angel City Football Club’s interim coach as the team sat in 11th place in the NWSL standings. At the time, ACFC general manager Angela Hucles Mangano said she “felt that a change was needed at this time” in dismissing Freya Coombe halfway into the season. Even with the change, not…
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Lauren J. Mapp | The San Diego Union-Tribune When Vista resident Michelle Harvey packed an overnight bag so her son could undergo testing at Rady Children’s Hospital in June 2020, she expected to return home the following day. Instead, Mason Harvey was hospitalized for two months as he was diagnosed and subsequently treated for Crohn’s…
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Rebecca Johnson | Chicago Tribune (TNS) CHICAGO — In Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood, a modest two-story home sits on North Tripp Avenue. While typically unassuming, dozens of people lined up outside it Sunday, some in clothes featuring Mickey Mouse, waiting for a chance to peek inside the green and gray wood cottage. Walt Disney’s childhood home…
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Disneyland annual passholders hoping to use their share of the $9.5 million Magic Key settlement for some Christmas shopping on Main Street USA will have to wait to spend their bounty instead on the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival. A U.S. District Court judge granted preliminary approval this week of the $9.5 million…
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The level of behind-the-scenes resentment among California Democrats toward Governor Gavin Newsom following his appointment of U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler to fill the vacancy of late U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, has to be off-the-charts. Prior to Feinstein’s death, Newsom promised the candidates currently running for Senate that he would make an “interim appointment” to replace…
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In August, iconic West LA restaurant Gladstones had announced its closure, with its last meal scheduled to be served in October. Not so fast: the iconic Los Angeles restaurant will instead reopen under new management for at least two more years before it gets replaced by a Wolfgang Puck and Frank Gehry collaboration. “Gladstones Legacy…
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