Tag: Recreation and leisure
Report: Confusion hindered California bar massacre response
<p>THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — An overwhelmed 911 system, chaos and delays hampered the law enforcement response to a Southern California bar during a 2018...
Zoos, scientists aim to curb people giving virus to animals
SAN DIEGO — The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in January was the first warning sign....
HBCU Legacy Bowl to be played next February in New Orleans
<p>NEW ORLEANS — The Black College Football Hall of Fame has established the HBCU Legacy Bowl, a postseason all-star game that will showcase NFL...
L.L. Bean sees sales boom amid pandemic’s push to outdoors
FREEPORT, Maine — With Americans hunkering down and hankering to get outdoors during the pandemic, L.L. Bean recorded its best annual sales growth in...
Spa shooting victims ID’d as Biden, Harris head to Atlanta
ATLANTA — The names of four additional victims in the Atlanta-area massage businesses shootings have been released, hours before President Joe Biden and Vice...
Illinois residents must travel to bet on Illini, Loyola
<p>SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — </p>
<p>A state law on sports gambling law...
Slain spa worker toiled tirelessly to support her family
ATLANTA — Hyun Jung Grant loved disco and club music, often strutting or moonwalking while doing household chores and jamming with her sons to...
Pride program: Rangers offer front-office look for students
<p>ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers have established a fellowship program named after the late Charley Pride that will offer 10-week paid internships for...
EXPLAINER: Why Georgia attack spurs fears in Asian Americans
Chicago — The shootings at three Georgia massage parlors and spas that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent, come...
Famed Tiffany jewelry designer Elsa Peretti dead at age 80
NEW YORK — Elsa Peretti, who went from Halston model and Studio 54 regular in the 1960s and '70s to one of the world's...