Day: March 23, 2022

By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated eastern Europe who rose to become the 1st female U.S. secretary of state and a mentor to many current and former American statesmen and women, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84. A lifelong Democrat…

Hungover at a wedding reception, Tom Stourton started to panic. Stourton had been close with the newlyweds at university, but it’d been years since they’d spent much time together. As the wedding toasts began, Stourton started to dread that something awful was about to happen. “I got into a panic, basically, that I’d been invited…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now HUNTINGTON BEACH — It’s been an emotional few weeks for Huntington Beach’s softball team, especially senior Rachael Arnold. The catcher’s boyfriend Joshua Page, 18, and his brother Jeremy, 17, were killed in a car accident earlier this month in Huntington Beach, not far…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Wednesday, giving back nearly all of the gains they made a day earlier, as crude oil prices rose sharply again. The S&P 500 lost 1.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.3% and the Nasdaq fell 1.3%. Technology, health care and financial…

Sometimes rules are meant to be broken. The Brandon Marshall trade the Miami Dolphins pulled off in 2010 taught me one rule about the NFL, it’s that it’s irresponsible to trade draft capital for a player and then sign that Pro Bowl caliber player to a record-setting contract. Big money and early draft picks are…

The Orlando Magic signed Jeff Dowtin to a 10-day contract, the team announced Tuesday morning ahead of their matchup against the Golden State Warriors. This will be the second stint in Orlando for Dowtin, who’ll wear No. 11 and occupy the Magic’s 15th and final standard roster spot for the duration of his deal. Dowtin…

Valeri Liukin was upset with his newest student, Andrea Orris, almost immediately. “We had a rough start,” Orris recalled. It was 1999, and Orris had just joined the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy, the about to be internationally renowned Plano, Texas, gym co-founded and co-owned by Liukin, an Olympic and world champion for the Soviet Union.…

A quick look at wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who was reportedly traded to the Miami Dolphins from the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday. ♦ Hill has been a Pro Bowl selection in each of his six NFL seasons, with three first-team All-Pro selections. ♦ Hill has 479 career receptions for 6,630 yards, and a total…

The wild first weekend of the NCAA Tournament ended with six of the top-16 seeds eliminated, the East region in shambles and one of the all-time Cinderellas (St. Peter’s) advancing to the second weekend. But at the top of the food chain, there is no change: Gonzaga remains the betting favorite to win the national…

Students in marginalized groups are more likely to be bullied than the average student. But by working together, some of them have found a way to fight back. According to a 2018 report by the U.S. Department of Education, of the 96,360 students surveyed, Black, Native American, Asian, female and disabled students were all disproportionately…

Hungover at a wedding reception, Tom Stourton started to panic. Stourton had been close with the newlyweds at university, but it’d been years since they’d spent much time together. As the wedding toasts began, Stourton started to dread that something awful was about to happen. “I got into a panic, basically, that I’d been invited…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now HUNTINGTON BEACH — It’s been an emotional few weeks for Huntington Beach’s softball team, especially senior Rachael Arnold. The catcher’s boyfriend Joshua Page, 18, and his brother Jeremy, 17, were killed in a car accident earlier this month in Huntington Beach, not far…

The Orlando Magic signed Jeff Dowtin to a 10-day contract, the team announced Tuesday morning ahead of their matchup against the Golden State Warriors. This will be the second stint in Orlando for Dowtin, who’ll wear No. 11 and occupy the Magic’s 15th and final standard roster spot for the duration of his deal. Dowtin…

Valeri Liukin was upset with his newest student, Andrea Orris, almost immediately. “We had a rough start,” Orris recalled. It was 1999, and Orris had just joined the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy, the about to be internationally renowned Plano, Texas, gym co-founded and co-owned by Liukin, an Olympic and world champion for the Soviet Union.…

Students in marginalized groups are more likely to be bullied than the average student. But by working together, some of them have found a way to fight back. According to a 2018 report by the U.S. Department of Education, of the 96,360 students surveyed, Black, Native American, Asian, female and disabled students were all disproportionately…

By NEBI QENA and CARA ANNA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One month of war, still defiant. With its government still standing and its outnumbered troops battling Russian forces to bloody stalemates on multiple fronts, Ukraine is scarred, wounded and mourning its dead but far from beaten. When Russia unleashed its invasion Feb. 24 in Europe’s…

It’s not just “kids being kids.” Bullying can cause a victim’s grades, emotional well-being and physical health to spiral, as in the 2017 case of a Danville girl filmed with her pants down in a bathroom, the video later posted to Instagram. It can end in suicide, as in the 2017 death of Yucaipa middle…

Today’s kids face bullying and other dangers in two worlds, one online and the other offline. “Parenting is parenting and digital spaces are just another place that kids hang out,” said Stephanie M. Reich, professor of education at UC Irvine. A new Southern California News Group analysis shows that 33.5% of California secondary students reported…

BRISBANE, Australia — Ash Barty surprisingly retired from tennis at age 25 while ranked No. 1 and less than two months after winning the Australian Open for her third Grand Slam singles title. “I’m so happy and I’m so ready. I just know at the moment, in my heart, for me as a person, this…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully defended her record as a judge Tuesday, pushing back against Republican assertions that she was soft on crime and declaring she would rule as an “independent jurist” if confirmed as the first Black woman on the high court.…