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A look at the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland after Week 1. High school basketball: City Section playoff results. The Lancers and their star center fielder lost to Garden Grove ...

The Public Security Intelligence Agency launched a special website Friday to preserve public memory of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.

I would like to introduce you to Tara Hackley who is sharing her story about her son’s cancer. The story is heart-wrenching and meaningful. There is more to this story since Tara Hackley also ...

Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom introduced us to talent like Paul Mecurio, Sonia Kruger and the star of the show, Tara Morice. But it’s been 28 years since Scott and Fran danced those non-federation ...