For some, there’s nothing more romantic than cozying up with a book on Valentine’s Day. Or maybe you’re going out and need something to read while you and your date wait for your table to open up when out for a fabulous …
9 romance novel recommendations to spice up your Valentine’s Day Read MoreQ: Greetings Honk: I am suspicious this new lane will actually be a tolled lane. Do you have any information? – Andy O’Connor, Lake Forest A: Andy kindly sent Honk a website link to the Orange County Transportation Authority’s project …
More express lanes likely for Orange County — eventually Read MoreBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans grappling with …
Inflation measure falls to nearly five-year low as gas prices fall and housing costs cool Read MoreThis essay and interview appear in this week’s The Book Pages newsletter. For more information and book coverage, sign up for the free newsletter. Terms like “artificial” and “robotic” aren’t words associated with satisfying romance, which seems to prefer the …
Southern California romance bookstores do not want AI for Valentine’s Day Read MoreJohn Harbaugh hasn’t been shy about shaking up the coaching staff for the New York Giants, but he knows the value of one key assistant, so much so, Harbs changed the young coach’s job title and increased his responsibilities to …
John Harbaugh Changes Title to Keep Key Giants Assistant: Report Read MoreThe Buffalo Bills suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Denver Broncos to dash their Super Bowl hopes, and now the team is headed for more pain in the offseason. The Bills are facing a tight salary cap situation, one that …
Bills Facing ‘Pressure’ to Make Decision on Veteran Wide Receiver Read MoreIn the NFL, you don’t hear about teams trading away elite left offensive tackles very often. The Baltimore Ravens might not be doing things in a typical fashion with a new head coach in Jesse Minter, which is why Bleacher …
‘Biggest Star’ Leaves Ravens in Blockbuster Trade Prediction Read MoreThe Dallas Cowboys have 3 defensive tackles on the roster who could start for essentially all 32 teams with Quinnen Williams, Osa Odighizuwa and Kenny Clark. All 3 also have massive contracts. Williams isn’t going anywhere, so it makes sense …
Pair of Cowboys Defensive Stars Called ‘Top Trade Assets’ Read MoreOn Feb. 12, LeBron James became the oldest player to record a triple-double in the NBA. The Los Angeles Lakers‘ aging superstar ended the night with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists as his team defeated the Dallas Mavericks …
Lakers’ Austin Reaves Reacts to LeBron James’ Historic Night Read MoreThe Cleveland Browns have been heavily linked to picking a wide receiver and offensive line help with their two first-round picks, but that may change. Cleveland needs to address its offense in the draft, but the team could also look …
Browns Urged to Draft Defensive Player Compared to Troy Polamalu Read MoreThe Seattle Seahawks are still celebrating the team’s Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots. Soon, the confetti will eventually settle and general manager John Schneider faces plenty of decisions about how to keep the team’s championship roster intact. …
Seahawks Issued Warning on ‘Mass Exodus’ After Super Bowl Read MoreModel and actress Bijou Phillips is racing against the clock to find a new kidney — with little success so far. Those close to Phillips, including friends and family members, “have gone through the process” of determining if they’re a …
Bijou Phillips has ‘no prospective donors’ amid desperate search for kidney Read MoreThe Backstreet Boys made waves on Sunday with a viral Super Bowl commercial for Coinbase and now they’re aiming to be the next Super Bowl halftime performers. The boy band popped up during the big game in an ad for …
Backstreet Boys push for 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show after viral Coinbase ad Read MoreA Slovak fugitive on the run for 16 years was arrested at the Winter Olympics in Milan while hoping to watch the Slovakia men’s hockey team. Related Articles Chloe Kim falls short of Olympic three-peat, but passes the torch to …
Fugitive wanted for 16 years busted at Olympics trying to watch hockey Read MoreA Filipino food vlogger, known for posting content related to fishing with her husband and cooking the catch for their kids, has died in the wake of posting a viral video of herself eating a toxic “devil crab,” believed to …
Food vlogger dies 2 days after eating poisonous ‘devil crab’ Read MoreHGTV has pulled the plug on “Rehab Addict” after video resurfaced with star Nicole Curtis using the n-word. The epithet was dropped during a filming of the reality series in which Curtis rehabilitates homes in several U.S. cities, including in …
HGTV’s ‘Rehab Addict’ canceled after Nicole Curtis ‘fart n-word’ clip resurfaces Read MoreWindsor residents and visitors will soon face steeper consequences for what the town considers a range of troublesome public conduct, including playing excessively loud music, fighting and even using foul language that could incite violence. The town’s revised disturbing the …
Bay Area town seeks to curb loud music, inciteful language and fighting with revised rules Read MoreThe FBI has released new details regarding the suspect in the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, while doubling its reward for information leading to her recovery or the conviction of her captor. Officials in the department’s Phoenix bureau said a forensic …
FBI shares new suspect description, doubles reward in Nancy Guthrie case Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO – Less than half an hour after the shorthanded Warriors lost to the visiting San Antonio Spurs at Chase Center on Wednesday night, what is usually a bustling postgame locker room was uncharacteristically quiet. Among the first to …
How Steph Curry, Warriors can benefit from All-Star break Read MoreBy DEREK GATOPOULOS and BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press TESERO, Italy (AP) — Friday the 13th will be remembered as a lucky day for Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. Norway’s cross-country skiing star won an eighth gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics …
Norway’s Klaebo makes history on skis, ties all-time Winter Olympics gold record Read MoreBy DAVE SKRETTA, Associated Press Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — The International Skating Union says it stands by the judging of ice dance at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, where the scores from the French judge earlier this week played …
ISU defends Olympic ice dance scoring after French judge’s margin swings gold to French team over US Read MoreRegional Transportation District chief executive and general manager Debra Johnson recently tackled critics of metro Denver public transit, declaring that “RTD is not the ‘Agency of No.’” Instead, she said, RTD is “the agency of what can be.” But possibilities …
RTD ridership is down 40%, its budget has holes, and lawmakers are fed up Read MoreA gas station chain has bought land in north Denver where a gas station can’t be built. QuikTrip, which is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, paid $3 million for the 1.37-acre lot at 1595 W. 48th Ave., according to public records. …
QuikTrip buys Denver property despite gas station restrictions Read MoreThe woman Colorado restaurateur Kimbal Musk admitted to dating after his name appeared in the recently released Jeffrey Epstein files appears to be the same woman who was sexually abused and trafficked by the disgraced financier for nearly a decade, …
Kimbal Musk dated woman who was likely sexually abused, trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, records show Read MoreA 53-year-old alliance between Denver Public Schools and Kaiser Permanente Colorado may be coming to an end, a split that has pitted two of the metro area’s largest employers against each other, left one district administrator on leave and, if …
DPS moves to drop Kaiser health insurance after 50 years, prompting internal investigation and union pushback Read MoreDenver officials have started proceedings to take away a southwest Denver sports bar’s liquor and dance cabaret licenses after employees were found working as prostitutes in the bar, according to court records. Women working at Mecca Sports Bar, 2915 W. …
Denver sports bar accused of prostitution may lose its liquor, cabaret license Read MoreTwo officers were among three people hospitalized after a Chicago police squad car collided with a CTA bus early Friday in Ukrainian Village on the Northwest Side, according to Chicago police. The officers were traveling south on Hoyne Avenue when …
CPD squad car collides with CTA bus in Ukrainian Village; 2 officers among 3 hospitalized Read MoreA man was stabbed on a CTA Green Line train Thursday night on the South Side, according to Chicago police. The man, 44, was riding the train about 10:45 p.m. when someone swung a sharp object at him, police said …
Man stabbed on CTA Green Line train near 47th Street Read MoreThe quick escape of a stereotypically slow reptile from a shed fire is getting attention on social media. Leo, a female tortoise, tapped into her speedy side to flee flames that engulfed her backyard habitat in Fullerton after a heat …
Tortoise’s relatively quick escape from California shed fire caught on camera Read MoreOAKLAND — Ex-East Bay parks general manager Sabrina Landreth filed a scathing legal claim against her former employer this week, accusing her bosses of gender discrimination, nepotism and a pattern of illegal behavior that included wrongfully awarded contracts and secretly …
‘This culture came from the top’: Ex-East Bay parks director files legal claim alleging retaliation, gender discrimination Read MoreGiants co-owner Steve Tisch claimed his association with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was “brief,” but reporting in The Athletic and the Wall Street Journal on the email exchanges between Epstein and Tisch, 76 dating back to 2013 shed …
Reports shed new light on ties between NY Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and Jeffrey Epstein Read MoreModel and actress Bijou Phillips is racing against the clock to find a new kidney — with little success so far. Those close to Phillips, including friends and family members, “have gone through the process” of determining if they’re a …
Bijou Phillips has ‘no prospective donors’ amid desperate search for kidney Read MoreA Slovak fugitive on the run for 16 years was arrested at the Winter Olympics in Milan while hoping to watch the Slovakia men’s hockey team. Related Articles Chloe Kim falls short of Olympic three-peat, but passes the torch to …
Fugitive wanted for 16 years busted at Olympics trying to watch hockey Read MoreA Filipino food vlogger, known for posting content related to fishing with her husband and cooking the catch for their kids, has died in the wake of posting a viral video of herself eating a toxic “devil crab,” believed to …
Food vlogger dies 2 days after eating poisonous ‘devil crab’ Read MoreHGTV has pulled the plug on “Rehab Addict” after video resurfaced with star Nicole Curtis using the n-word. The epithet was dropped during a filming of the reality series in which Curtis rehabilitates homes in several U.S. cities, including in …
HGTV’s ‘Rehab Addict’ canceled after Nicole Curtis ‘fart n-word’ clip resurfaces Read MoreWindsor residents and visitors will soon face steeper consequences for what the town considers a range of troublesome public conduct, including playing excessively loud music, fighting and even using foul language that could incite violence. The town’s revised disturbing the …
Bay Area town seeks to curb loud music, inciteful language and fighting with revised rules Read MoreThe FBI has released new details regarding the suspect in the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, while doubling its reward for information leading to her recovery or the conviction of her captor. Officials in the department’s Phoenix bureau said a forensic …
FBI shares new suspect description, doubles reward in Nancy Guthrie case Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO – Less than half an hour after the shorthanded Warriors lost to the visiting San Antonio Spurs at Chase Center on Wednesday night, what is usually a bustling postgame locker room was uncharacteristically quiet. Among the first to …
How Steph Curry, Warriors can benefit from All-Star break Read MoreORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Two people are dead and one person wounded after a shooting at a South Carolina State University residential complex, the university said, prompting a nearly eight-hour lockdown that was lifted early Friday. Related Articles Anthropic hits …
Shooting at a South Carolina State University residence complex kills 2 and wounds 1 Read MoreBy MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA’s first medical evacuation. SpaceX launched the …
New astronauts launch to the International Space Station after medical evacuation Read More