By WILL GRAVES AP Writer SAN JOSE — A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. The gymnastics star won her record eighth U.S. Championship on Sunday night, 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy. Biles, now a 26-year-old newlywed considered perhaps the greatest of all time,…
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The scene was surreal. Aimee Roberts, director of the Florence Sylvester Senior Center in Laguna Hills, stood in the building’s parking lot, swinging a sword as she decapitated a bottle of Champagne and some of the bubbly came gushing out onto the pavement. Roberts was demonstrating the art of sabrage, a technique for opening a…
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The general manager of Cook’s Corner, in an emotional video Sunday, offered condolences to all affected by the “most horrific act by one man who has changed the lives of so many,” after a gunman last week shot his estranged wife at the roadhouse grill and then continued firing, killing three people and injuring six.…
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Angel City FC defender Mary Alice Vignola, left, dribbles as OL Reign midfielder Rose Lavelle defends during the first half on Sunday night at BMO Stadium. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) OL Reign forward Jordyn Huitema, left, watches as Angel City FC defender Sarah Gorden heads the ball during the first half on Sunday night at BMO…
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SAN JOSE — Potter Stewart served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 23 years, a constant presence through nearly a quarter-century of landmark case in one of this country’s most transformative eras. But Stewart will be best remembered for a brief statement he made regarding the Court’s decision on a 1964 pornography case. Obscenity, Stewart…
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In the late twentieth century, debates over free speech were typically resolved by citing the First Amendment and observing that freedom of expression was a basic human right. But today, that line of argument is no longer sufficient. Those of us who favor free speech must prove to a skeptical audience that it is a…
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By Mayo Clinic News Network (TNS) DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My husband recently celebrated his 49th birthday. He is generally healthy, and we follow a Mediterranean diet and exercise together several times a week. But he hasn’t been to the doctor in years, as we moved just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Do you think it’s…
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SYDNEY — Only VAR prevented England’s Lauren James from scoring a hat trick against China at the Women’s World Cup. China certainly didn’t know how to stop the inspirational forward as she scored two goals and provided three assists in a 6-1 rout on Tuesday at Adelaide, South Australia. “She did special things today. ……
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“CONFIDENTIAL,” the tantalizing document begins. “ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT…. INVESTIGATION REPORT OF FINDINGS.” The independent probe the city of Anaheim commissioned into rot in its ranks reads like a tawdry soap opera: “Fraud, helicopters, cannabis, cabals,” Sen. Tom Umberg quipped, with example after example of hardball bully influence peddling, gifting of millions of public…
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Deb Balzer | Mayo Clinic News Network (TNS) Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It’s not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems…
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