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Letβs offer a preseason top-10 rankings in high school football for the City Section: 1. BIRMINGHAM: The Patriots have weaknesses (lack of a passing game), but a big offensive line, two transfer running backs and a big-play weapon in receiver Paul Turner make them the team to beat. They have a 49-game winning streak against…
We know from headlines that small-scale technologies such as drones have transformed war, most urgently affecting Ukraineβs ability to stay in a bruising battle for its existence against Russia. But itβs done the same for covering war too, especially the kind of fleet, up-close dispatch of which we can now say Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov…
TAMPA, Fla.Β βΒ The Dodgers didnβt go shopping at the top of the market ahead of Thursdayβs trade deadline. But what they came away with β right-handed relievers Brock Stewart and Paul Gervase to bolster the bullpen, and versatile outfielder Alex Call to round out the lineup β are the kind of moves that βjust raises the…
Keenan Allen achieved quite a bit in his career with the Chargers β and thatβs probably one of the reasons why theyβd like to give him another chance. The veteran wide receiver, who was a salary-cap casualty when the Chargers traded him last year, was scheduled to meet with the team Thursday to discuss a…
Robert Wilson, a leader in avant-garde theater who collaborated with Philip Glass, David Byrne and Lady Gaga over his six-decade career, has died. He was 83. The βEinstein on the Beachβ director died Thursday at his home in Water Mill, N.Y., after a βbrief but acute illness,β according to his website. βWhile facing his diagnosis…
The Corp. for Public Broadcasting said Friday it was shutting down, about one week after President Trump signed legislation stripping its funding. The group, which administers funds for PBS TV affiliates and NPR radio stations, said it would βbegin an orderly wind-down of its operations.β A majority of staff positions will be cut Sept. 30,…
Walt Disney Co. is expected to announce the NFL is taking an equity stake in its sports media property ESPN, according to people familiar with the plan. Disney may reveal the deal during its earnings call Wednesday. Representatives at the NFL and ESPN declined comment Friday. In return for the equity stake, ESPN is expected…
What do Dead Kennedysβ Jello Biafra, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Motley CrΓΌe bassist Nikki Sixx have in common? They all dig Frankie and the Witch Fingers, an L.A.-based band whose irresistible garagey-psychedelic rock sometimes even invokes shades of Oingo Boingo and Devo thanks to a staccato freneticism and pointed lyrics. The diversity of…
Donald Trump’s trade war has been difficult to keep up with, to put it mildly. For all the threats and bluster of the US election campaign last year to the on-off implementation of trade tariffs – and more threats – since he returned to the White House in January, the president‘s protectionist agenda has been…
The crowd inside the Untold Story in Anaheim was ready for open mic night to begin last week, but there was no way it would start on time. Whenever owner Lizzette Barrios GraciΓ‘n tried to approach the podium, someone pulled her away for a hug. A congrats. A recommendation. A thanks. The bookstore opened last…
