Welcome to the Ravens’ free-agency tracker, which will be updated throughout the offseason as the roster takes shape. With the NFL’s new league year beginning March 16 at 4 p.m., teams can officially announce signings and trades. Here’s a rundown of who the Ravens have signed thus far and who’s still on the open market:…
Day: April 14, 2022
Equipment tax is hobbling state’s manufacturers
California, which leads the nation in innovation, attracts no more than 1% of new manufacturing investment in the United States. Why? Because it double-taxes production. By that we mean our state taxes both the production equipment and the product. California can attract new production investment if the state removes the tax that burdens manufacturers trying…
Convergence of NBA playoffs, Ramadan have Heat’s Omer Yurtseven fasting, fulfilled
The hunger and the thirst for the game have never waned for Omer Yurtseven, even as the playing time dwindled after a breakout month in the Miami Heat’s absence of Bam Adebayo. But now, as the Heat complete preparations for their Sunday 1 p.m. NBA playoff opener at FTX Arena, another hunger and thirst has…
4th suspect arrested in fatal shooting of man in Anaheim in 2020
ANAHEIM — A 21-year-old Fullerton man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting an Anaheim man in August 2020. Miguel Urbina Pelaez is the fourth person arrested in the Aug. 15, 2020, killing of 28-year-old Edwin Richard Ramirez Hernandez, Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer said. A second man was shot in the gang-related…
Try these strategies to help picky eaters get better nutrition
It’s not unusual for children to be selective or “picky” eaters and go through challenging eating phases that they eventually outgrow. Selective eating can be a risk for nutritional deficits and weight concerns. So what happens when kids don’t outgrow selective eating? Is it possible for adults to overcome the challenges of selective eating? The…
Jets Draft Preview: What Gang Green has and still needs on the interior defensive line
With the 2021 NFL Draft fast approaching, here’s where Gang Green stands with its interior defensive line. The Jets feel they have enough with their core group going into the 2022 campaign. Team brass doesn’t blame their inability to stop the run last season — the Jets allowed 2,343 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns on…
US stocks fall; investors eye Elon Musk’s offer for Twitter
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Thursday as investors gave mixed reviews to earnings from four of the nation’s largest banks. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and ended a shortened trading week with a decline of more than 2%. The yield on the…
Brooklyn subway attack suspect ordered held without bail
By TOM HAYS and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged with opening fire on subway riders on a train in Brooklyn was ordered held without bail Thursday at his first court appearance, where prosecutors told a judge he terrified all of New York City. Brought into a Brooklyn federal court without…
When you don’t know what to plant in your garden, try this
1. If you have bare earth around your house and do not yet know what to do with it, plant red or pink clover, whose seeds are widely available through Internet vendors, until you make a decision. The symbiotic bacteria that live in symbiosis with clover roots manufacture nitrate that enhances soil fertility. Meanwhile, clover…
Man blaming Trump’s ‘orders’ for riot actions found guilty
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — An Ohio man who testified he was “following presidential orders” from Donald Trump when he stormed the U.S. Capitol was convicted Thursday of obstructing Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. A federal jury also found Dustin Byron Thompson, 38, guilty of stealing a coat rack from an…
Convergence of NBA playoffs, Ramadan have Heat’s Omer Yurtseven fasting, fulfilled
The hunger and the thirst for the game have never waned for Omer Yurtseven, even as the playing time dwindled after a breakout month in the Miami Heat’s absence of Bam Adebayo. But now, as the Heat complete preparations for their Sunday 1 p.m. NBA playoff opener at FTX Arena, another hunger and thirst has…
4th suspect arrested in fatal shooting of man in Anaheim in 2020
ANAHEIM — A 21-year-old Fullerton man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting an Anaheim man in August 2020. Miguel Urbina Pelaez is the fourth person arrested in the Aug. 15, 2020, killing of 28-year-old Edwin Richard Ramirez Hernandez, Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer said. A second man was shot in the gang-related…
Equipment tax is hobbling state’s manufacturers
California, which leads the nation in innovation, attracts no more than 1% of new manufacturing investment in the United States. Why? Because it double-taxes production. By that we mean our state taxes both the production equipment and the product. California can attract new production investment if the state removes the tax that burdens manufacturers trying…
When you don’t know what to plant in your garden, try this
1. If you have bare earth around your house and do not yet know what to do with it, plant red or pink clover, whose seeds are widely available through Internet vendors, until you make a decision. The symbiotic bacteria that live in symbiosis with clover roots manufacture nitrate that enhances soil fertility. Meanwhile, clover…
Try these strategies to help picky eaters get better nutrition
It’s not unusual for children to be selective or “picky” eaters and go through challenging eating phases that they eventually outgrow. Selective eating can be a risk for nutritional deficits and weight concerns. So what happens when kids don’t outgrow selective eating? Is it possible for adults to overcome the challenges of selective eating? The…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and MATT O’BRIEN Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, saying the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company. Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that Musk, currently the company’s biggest shareholder,…
Villa Park baseball clinches CIF-SS playoff spot with victory over El Dorado
PLACENTIA >> The Villa Park baseball team clinched a spot in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs with a 5-0 victory over El Dorado on Wednesday in a Crestview League game at El Dorado High School. The Spartans (19-2, 5-1), who are ranked No. 4 in Division 1 and No. 3 in Orange County,…
Murder, blackmail and a missing woman in 1950s Hollywood fuel David Baldacci’s ‘Dream Town’
When David Baldacci introduced private eye Aloysius Archer two books ago, the best-selling writer of crime thrillers says he did so in part to scare himself a little bit. “I’ve written a lot of books over the years, and this is a way for me to get out of my comfort zone and try something…
Eloy Jiménez leaves with a bruised left ankle after hitting 1 of 3 Chicago White Sox homers in a 6-4 win
The Chicago White Sox poured on multiple runs in multiple innings in the pouring rain Wednesday against 2021 American League Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray. Eloy Jiménez, Tim Anderson and Luis Robert hit solo home runs against the lefty in a 6-4 victory in front of 12,291 soaked fans at Guaranteed Rate Field. Jiménez’s…
Tylor Megill dazzles in second-straight shutout start, Mets even series in Philly
PHILADELPHIA — If Tylor Megill’s first terrific start of the season was just a trial-run against a rebuilding Nationals team, then his second outing of the year against a loaded Phillies lineup was a big test. Megill, again unflappable, passed with flying colors. The young right-hander picked up where he left off on Opening Day,…