Day: March 30, 2022

By NEBI QENA and YURAS KARMANAU KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and another city just hours after pledging to scale back operations in those zones to promote trust between the two sides, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday. The shelling — and intensified Russian attacks on other parts of the country —…

By Marni Jameson Forget sizing people up by their clothes, cars, or careers. You want to know someone? Look at their books. What people choose to fill their minds and souls with tells you all you need to know: what they like, where they’ve been, what they know, what they want to know, and what…

This command works similarly tail in which it can be used to view content of files, except you can also scroll up or down of the file, or jump to specific line with some shortcut keys. General syntax for less command: $ less [FILE] Display line numbers less -N [file] The -N option allows you…

When Patrick Williams dislocated his wrist last October, the last two people he wanted to call were his parents. He knew they’d do too much — insist on buying tickets for the next flight out to Chicago, flood him relentlessly with care and concern. That’s the burden of being the youngest kid of the family,…

Loyola is the best boys volleyball team in the CIF Southern Section. If there is an Orange County team that will challenge the Cubs in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs, maybe it’s Mater Dei. In this week’s CIF-SS combined Division 1 and 2 rankings Loyola is No. 1 and Mater Dei is No. 2. The…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA Stocks ended lower on Wall Street Wednesday, breaking a four-day winning streak but keeping major indexes in the green so far for the week. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2%. The Nasdaq fell 1.2% as technology stocks fell more than the…

By JOSH BOAK and MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing higher oil prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden is looking at invoking the Defense Production Act this week to increase the mining of critical minerals for the batteries used in electric vehicles. That’s according to a person familiar with the White House…

By ILAN BEN ZION JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire in a city in central Israel late Tuesday, methodically gunning down victims as he killed at least five people in the third such street attack in a week. The shooter was killed by police. Israeli media said the attacker was a…

By AAMER MADHANI and NOMAAN MERCHANT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misinformed by advisers about his military’s poor performance in Ukraine, according to the White House. The intelligence finding, which was recently declassified, indicates that Putin is aware of the situation on information coming to…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Brusdar Graterol’s fastball (an average of 99.5 mph last season, third in MLB) and nickname (he prefers“Bazooka” though he will also accept “Buffalo”) scream “closer.” It’s a role Graterol would gladly fill for the Dodgers – “If they give me the opportunity, yeah, absolutely,” he said through an interpreter.But that isn’t his…

By Marni Jameson Forget sizing people up by their clothes, cars, or careers. You want to know someone? Look at their books. What people choose to fill their minds and souls with tells you all you need to know: what they like, where they’ve been, what they know, what they want to know, and what…

By ILAN BEN ZION JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire in a city in central Israel late Tuesday, methodically gunning down victims as he killed at least five people in the third such street attack in a week. The shooter was killed by police. Israeli media said the attacker was a…

When Patrick Williams dislocated his wrist last October, the last two people he wanted to call were his parents. He knew they’d do too much — insist on buying tickets for the next flight out to Chicago, flood him relentlessly with care and concern. That’s the burden of being the youngest kid of the family,…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Brusdar Graterol’s fastball (an average of 99.5 mph last season, third in MLB) and nickname (he prefers“Bazooka” though he will also accept “Buffalo”) scream “closer.” It’s a role Graterol would gladly fill for the Dodgers – “If they give me the opportunity, yeah, absolutely,” he said through an interpreter.But that isn’t his…

This command works similarly tail in which it can be used to view content of files, except you can also scroll up or down of the file, or jump to specific line with some shortcut keys. General syntax for less command: $ less [FILE] Display line numbers less -N [file] The -N option allows you…

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…

The Grammy Awards, which return Sunday from Las Vegas, honor the very best of music, the songs and albums and performances that will endure for decades to come. At least, in theory, that is. In reality? Eh, not so much. Queen, Run-DMC, Jimi Hendrix and ABBA are pretty good, right? The Rock and Roll Hall…

By NEBI QENA and YURAS KARMANAU KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces pounded areas around Ukraine’s capital and another city overnight, regional leaders said Wednesday, just hours after Moscow pledged to scale back military operations in those places. The shelling further tempered optimism about any progress in talks aimed at ending the punishing war. Russia…

By MARCIA DUNN A NASA astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth on Wednesday after a U.S. record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war. Mark Vande Hei landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan alongside the Russian Space Agency’s Pyotr Dubrov, who…

The famed bayou ambiance and waterside setting of Disneyland’s Blue Bayou restaurant has been temporarily hidden behind construction walls as the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction undergoes a seasonal refurbishment. The Blue Bayou restaurant in New Orleans Square at the Anaheim theme park will close for refurbishment beginning on April 21, according to Disneyland officials.…