The top commander of Ukraine’s military says his forces are pushing back against Russian troops in the long and grinding battle for the town of Bakhmut.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Rolly Crump, Disney designer who helped define the look of Disneyland, dies at 93
Animator-turned-theme park designer Rolly Crump, who was instrumental in the design of early Disneyland, died Sunday in his Carlsbad home, where he had been in hospice care, said his son Christopher. Crump was 93. Crump received his big break at the Walt Disney Co. in 1952, when he was 22. Those at the animation studio […]
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3D-printed rocket remains grounded after more launch aborts
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A rocket made almost completely of 3D-printed parts came within a half-second of blasting off Saturday on its debut flight, but remained grounded after back-to-back launch aborts. The engines ignited, but abruptly shut down, leaving Relativity Space’s rocket, named Terran, standing on its pad. Launch controllers reset the countdown clocks and […]
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Japan marks 12 years since tsunami and nuclear disaster
Meanwhile, concerns grow ahead of the planned release of the treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.
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Police: Stalker kills woman, husband in Seattle-area home
The suspect, who also killed himself, began communicating with one of the victims after listening to her podcasts, police say.
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U.K.: Russian advance in Bakhmut could come with heavy losses
Ukraine’s ground forces on Saturday signaled their intention to hold out in the city illegally annexed by Putin last year.
Posted inBusiness
From wine country to London, bank’s failure shakes worldwide
It was called Silicon Valley Bank, but its collapse is causing shock waves around the world.
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Records in Fox defamation case show pressures on reporters
The revelations have bolstered critics who say Fox News Channel should be considered a propaganda network rather than a news outlet.
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Storm breaches California river’s levee, thousands evacuate
The atmospheric river known as a ‘Pineapple Express’ is melting lower parts of the huge snowpack built in California’s mountains.
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A major bank failed. Here’s why it’s not 2008 again
Fancy tech-focused Silicon Valley Bank was brought down Friday by the oldest issue in banking: a good ol’ run on the bank.