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Dylan Cease happy to remain part of a ‘stacked team’

Admittedly, Padres right-hander Dylan Cease could breathe a bit easier after Thursday’s trade deadline passed. But the deadline did not consume the 29-year-old right-hander. At least not in the way…

‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ review: A pummeling dispatch from Ukraine’s frontline

We know from headlines that small-scale technologies such as drones have transformed war, most urgently affecting Ukraine’s ability to stay in a bruising battle for its existence against Russia. But…

Trump digs in on trade war, fires official after brutal jobs report

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is doubling down on its trade war against much of the world despite increasingly harrowing economic numbers emerging at home, with stock markets and Treasury…

Colombia’s ex-president, Álvaro Uribe, sentenced to 12 years of house arrest

Colombian former President Álvaro Uribe has been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and a fraud charge. The 73-year-old is the first former president in the…

Burglars steal $100K, other valuables from Downey home – NBC Los Angeles

A Downey homeowner was shaken up Friday after a group of burglaries broke into his house, making away with some $100,000 in cash. The burglar, wearing masks and dark clothing,…

Dodgers welcome deadline additions, hopeful arrival ‘raises the floor for our ballclub’

TAMPA, Fla. — The Dodgers didn’t go shopping at the top of the market ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline. But what they came away with — right-handed relievers Brock Stewart…

Jeannie Seely, soulful country singer, dies at 85

By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jeannie Seely, the soulful country music singer behind such standards like “Don’t Touch Me,” has died. She was 85. Her publicist,…

Frankie and the Witch Fingers casts a spell on L.A.’s rock scene

What do Dead Kennedys’ Jello Biafra, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Motley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx have in common? They all dig Frankie and the Witch Fingers, an L.A.-based…

Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russian president’s comments

Getty Images Donald Trump did not say where the two submarines were being deployed US President Donald Trump says he has ordered two nuclear submarines to “be positioned in the…

Founder of Punjabi Devils motorcycle club with ties to Hells Angels indicted in California, feds say

The founder of the Punjabi Devils, a Bay Area motorcycle club with ties to the Hells Angels, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on a slew of weapons-related…