‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’: How violence, drugs and football made a monster

FX’s “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” stars Josh Rivera as the troubled football player, whose life is portrayed in the miniseries premiering Tuesday. (Michael Parmelee / FX) In 2009, superstar tight end Aaron Hernandez helped the Florida Gators win a national championship. In 2012, Hernandez played in a Super Bowl for the New England Patriots … Read more

Hope Solo act may be wearing thin with U.S. Soccer

U.S. women’s soccer star Hope Solo, left, and her husband, former Seattle Seahawks football player Jerramy Stevens, leave court in Kirkland, Wash., in November. (Jordan Stead / Associated Press) The U.S. women’s soccer team is in Europe this week for a pair of friendlies, readying for the start of the World Cup in four months. … Read more

New poll shows Liberals blasted to fourth place in future House of Commons

This would represent a historically unprecedented defeat for the Liberals, surpassing the 2011 drubbing they suffered under leader Michael Ignatieff If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau oversees his party winning just 32 seats in the next election, that would represent the loss of more than 120 ridings currently in Liberal hands.Photo by Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press/File … Read more

‘Grief into action.’ Philanthropists give historic $150 million donation to City of Hope for pancreatic cancer research

Emmet Stephenson Jr. and his daughter Tessa Stephenson Brand donate $150 million to fund pancreatic cancer research. (City of Hope) For entrepreneur and philanthropist Emmet Stephenson Jr., seeing his wife and friends die from pancreatic cancer served as a wake-up call. His wife, Toni, a patient at Duarte, Calif.-based cancer center City of Hope, died … Read more

Tooth decay still plagues California kids nearly a decade after Medi-Cal promised change

Dental Hygienist Elizabeth Valdivia, right, cleans the teeth of Armani Allen, 2, as his mom, Nicole Nelson, of Long Beach, holds him at the Oral Health Education Center in October. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Eight years after an independent state watchdog agency harshly criticized the state for failing to provide dental care … Read more

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