Day: March 16, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is adding to its gains early Wednesday as markets start to gather hope that there may be better news on the horizon on inflation, the war in Ukraine and other worries that have been keeping investors unsettled. The S&P 500 was up 1.5% and the Nasdaq rose 1.7%. Chinese…

By JOSEPH WILSON BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A huge dust storm swirling over Europe from the Sahara desert made it hard to breathe in large parts of Spain for a second straight day on Wednesday and gave cleaning crews extra work as far away as Paris, London and Belgrade to remove the film of dirt…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now BOYS SWIMMING Sea View League Capistrano Valley 86, El Toro 84 South Coast League Tesoro 96, Aliso Niguel 74 San Clemente 126, Dana Hills 44 Wave League Edison 95, Laguna Beach 68 Nonleague Los Alamitos 96.5, Mater Dei 73.5 200-yard medley relay (1:43.9)…

Colorado Avalanche goaltender Darcy Kuemper, center, makes a save against the Kings’ Blake Lizotte during the second period on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena. Kuemper shut out the Kings, 3-0. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) The Colorado Avalanche’s J.T. Compher, left, moves the puck as he is followed by the Kings’ Jacob Moverare during the first…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INDIAN WELLS — Rafael Nadal is still perfect in 2022. The Spaniard defeated 27th-seeded Daniel Evans, 7-5, 6-3, Monday in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open, improving his record to 17-0 this year in pursuit of an ATP Tour-leading fourth title. Nadal tied Roger Federer (2018) and…

Jonathan Isaac will miss the remainder of the Orlando Magic’s 2021-22 season, a league source told the Orlando Sentinel. The Magic are expected to announce that Isaac will be ruled out for the season Tuesday morning. Isaac hasn’t played since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the “bubble” on Aug. 2,…

Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…

Located in Anaheim, CA is a small speech therapy practice called Instrumental SLP, founded by Lyda Kongswangwongsa, an ASHA Certified Speech Language Pathologist (CCC SLP).  It could be any other small speech therapy private practice, except for two big differences.  The first difference is that Instrumental SLP specializes in adult speech therapy.  Most private practices…

A Superior Court judge on Tuesday, March 15, ordered an Anaheim man to stand trial in connection with three BB gun shootings that shattered car windows in Riverside and Norco in 2021 after an investigator testified that Jesse Leal Rodriguez confessed to “copycat” crimes that mirrored some 100 similar attacks that April and May throughout…

By RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI and JAMEY KEATEN PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — While over 3 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, a small but growing number are heading in the other direction. At first they were foreign volunteers, Ukrainian expatriate men returning to fight and people delivering aid. Now, increasingly, women are also going back.…

By ANDREA ROSA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine said Tuesday that Russia seemed to soften its stand in the talks aimed at halting the fighting, even as Moscow’s forces stepped up their bombardment of Kyiv, smashing apartments, a subway station and other civilian sites. Elsewhere around the country, civilians in at least 2,000 cars fled…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INDIAN WELLS — Taylor Fritz defeated Spanish qualifier Jaume Munar, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (2), on Tuesday in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open, making him one of four American men still alive in the desert tournament. Fritz reached the semifinals at Indian Wells last year, his career-best…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INDIAN WELLS — Rafael Nadal is still perfect in 2022. The Spaniard defeated 27th-seeded Daniel Evans, 7-5, 6-3, Monday in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open, improving his record to 17-0 this year in pursuit of an ATP Tour-leading fourth title. Nadal tied Roger Federer (2018) and…

A Superior Court judge on Tuesday, March 15, ordered an Anaheim man to stand trial in connection with three BB gun shootings that shattered car windows in Riverside and Norco in 2021 after an investigator testified that Jesse Leal Rodriguez confessed to “copycat” crimes that mirrored some 100 similar attacks that April and May throughout…

By RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI and JAMEY KEATEN PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — While over 3 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, a small but growing number are heading in the other direction. At first they were foreign volunteers, Ukrainian expatriate men returning to fight and people delivering aid. Now, increasingly, women are also going back.…

Jonathan Isaac will miss the remainder of the Orlando Magic’s 2021-22 season, a league source told the Orlando Sentinel. The Magic are expected to announce that Isaac will be ruled out for the season Tuesday morning. Isaac hasn’t played since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the “bubble” on Aug. 2,…

By ANDREA ROSA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine said Tuesday that Russia seemed to soften its stand in the talks aimed at halting the fighting, even as Moscow’s forces stepped up their bombardment of Kyiv, smashing apartments, a subway station and other civilian sites. Elsewhere around the country, civilians in at least 2,000 cars fled…

A Chapman University business professor who suspects one or more of his students was trying to cheat on two exams in 2021 is going to court in a bid to hold them accountable. So far, though, he has no idea who the culprits were. David Berkovitz, who teaches at Chapman’s George L. Argyros School of…

The ribbon cutting ceremony for a new play area outside the Main Library in downtown Santa Ana was nearly set. City officials just needed some kids for a photo op. But the kids couldn’t wait for all that official stuff. As soon as they were allowed into the play area Tuesday, March 15, more than…

By ANDREA ROSA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine said it saw possible room for compromise in talks with Russia despite Moscow’s stepped up bombardment Tuesday of Kyiv and new assaults on the port city of Mariupol, from where an estimated 20,000 civilians managed to flee through a humanitarian corridor. The fast-moving developments on the diplomatic…