Day: March 17, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will speak Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss ongoing economic competition between the two countries and Russia’s war against Ukraine. White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the upcoming phone call in a Thursday statement that said it’s “part of our ongoing efforts to maintain open lines…

By ANDREA ROSA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces destroyed a theater in Mariupol where hundreds of people were sheltering Wednesday and rained fire on other cities, Ukrainian authorities said, even as the two sides projected optimism over efforts to negotiate an end to the fighting. The airstrike ripped apart the center of the once-elegant…

Short code for Change Directory the cd command is use to switch from current directory to other directory in the operating system. General syntax for cd command: $ cd [DIRECTORY…] Go to immediate parent directory cd .. This command will get your from current directory to a directory before this. Example: Getting from /Documents/dir_1/dir_2/ to…

LOS ANGELES – One thing that Tyronn Lue’s team is not going to do, is complain. Not often, anyway. That chin-up, stiff-upper-lip forward march has helped his Clippers navigate challenges big and small these past two seasons. Take last season’s stringent COVID-19 health and safety measures: “No excuses,” Lue said then. “Whatever the NBA puts…

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street extended a rally into a third day on Thursday, even as oil prices jumped back above $100 per barrel. The S&P 500 climbed 1.2% after drifting between small gains and losses in the early going. The index surged more than 2% in each…

By DOUG FEINBERG Russian media reported that the detention of WNBA star Brittney Griner was extended until May 19, a development that could see the two-time Olympic champion being held for at least three months before her case is resolved. Griner was detained at a Moscow airport, reportedly in mid-February, after Russian authorities said a…

Virtual real estate is a booming industry. It’s one of the few industries that has continued to grow amid a recession. And with good reason: people are realizing that owning virtual property is a great investment. It’s easy to get into as well. All you need is money and a lot of it. Several thousands…

Tar balls are washing up at area beaches, first reported last week off Seal Beach and now Newport Beach’s coastline. The blobs of tar have authorities investigating the source, but so far tests indicate it is naturally occurring seepage officials said. Test results from samples collected so far don’t connect the tar to recent spills…

By LISA MASCARO and AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summoned the memory of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11 terror attacks Wednesday in an impassioned video plea to Congress to send more help for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Lawmakers stood and cheered, and President Joe Biden later announced the U.S. is…

Tar balls are washing up at area beaches, first reported last week off Seal Beach and now Newport Beach’s coastline. The blobs of tar have authorities investigating the source, but so far tests indicate it is naturally occurring seepage officials said. Test results from samples collected so far don’t connect the tar to recent spills…

By ANDREA ROSA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces destroyed a theater in Mariupol where hundreds of people were sheltering Wednesday and rained fire on other cities, Ukrainian authorities said, even as the two sides projected optimism over efforts to negotiate an end to the fighting. The airstrike ripped apart the center of the once-elegant…

Short code for Change Directory the cd command is use to switch from current directory to other directory in the operating system. General syntax for cd command: $ cd [DIRECTORY…] Go to immediate parent directory cd .. This command will get your from current directory to a directory before this. Example: Getting from /Documents/dir_1/dir_2/ to…

By LISA MASCARO and AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summoned the memory of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11 terror attacks Wednesday in an impassioned video plea to Congress to send more help for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Lawmakers stood and cheered, and President Joe Biden later announced the U.S. is…

Virtual real estate is a booming industry. It’s one of the few industries that has continued to grow amid a recession. And with good reason: people are realizing that owning virtual property is a great investment. It’s easy to get into as well. All you need is money and a lot of it. Several thousands…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will speak Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss ongoing economic competition between the two countries and Russia’s war against Ukraine. White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the upcoming phone call in a Thursday statement that said it’s “part of our ongoing efforts to maintain open lines…

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…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Thursday but are still holding on to sizable gains for the week. Traders are turning cautious as oil prices surge again, pushing U.S. benchmark crude up 7% and back above $100 a barrel. That’s a worrisome sign for inflation, which was already a major…

PROVO, Utah — The Long Beach State men’s basketball team held a five-point halftime lead, but second-seeded BYU used a big second-half run to roll to a 93-72 win in a first-round game of the NIT on Wednesday night at BYU. Long Beach (20-13) was without forwards Aboubacar Traore and Romelle Mansel for much of…

Peppered recently with allegations of racism, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer complained – at times tearfully – at the false picture that his election opponent was painting. This Editorial Board agreed that those allegations lacked context and nuance. We defended Spitzer. Yet Spitzer’s campaign is attacking his opponent with a similar innuendo-filled smear campaign.…

By ANDREA ROSA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Survivors began to emerge Thursday as authorities worked to rescue hundreds of civilians trapped in the basement of a theater blasted by Russian airstrikes in the besieged city of Mariupol, while ferocious Russian bombardment killed dozens in a northern city over the past day, the local governor said.…