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Review: A boarding school whodunit fueled by feminist rage

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:02 GMT

“Commitment,” by Mona Simpson (Alfred A. Knopf)Mona Simpson’s latest novel “Commitment” is a minimalist masterpiece, exploring the large and small ways that a diagnosis of mental illness affects a family. In a story utterly devoid of car crashes, murders, abductions and explosions, Simpson bears down on the truly important questions about life — home, work, love and family.At the center of the novel is Diane Aziz, a single mother struggling to raise three kids on a nurse’s salary in Los Angeles in the 1970s. She has lied to get them into an exclusive public high school in the Pacific Palisades, and it has paid off big for her two older children, Walter and Lina. When the novel begins, it is 1972, and Walter has just enrolled at UC-Berkeley. Soon after that, Diane spirals into a deep depression and is admitted to a state mental hospital. At that point, her best friend, Julie, a colleague at work, steps up to take care of Lina and younger brother Donnie.Lina, who is still in high scho...

Grains mostly lower, Livestock mixed

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:02 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly lower Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May lost 8 cents at $6.9725 a bushel; May corn was off 2.50 cents at $6.3050 a bushel; May oats was up 3.75 cents at $3.51 a bushel; while May soybeans fell 6.75 cents at 14.7375 a bushel.Beef higher and pork lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.Apr. live cattle was up .43 cent at $1.6215 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle rose .58 cent at $1.8890 a pound; Apr. lean hogs was off .88 cent at $.7817 a pound.Source

Sports on TV for Tuesday, March 21

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:02 GMT

(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsTuesday, March 21BASEBALL7 p.m.FS1 — World Baseball Classic: TBD vs. U.S., Final, MiamiBASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE12 p.m.NBATV — ABC Fighters vs. Stade Malien, Dakar, SenegalCOLLEGE BASEBALL7 p.m.ACCN — Florida at Florida St.8 p.m.PAC-12N — N. Colorado at UtahCOLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)7 p.m.ESPN — NIT Tournament: N. Texas at Oklahoma St., QuarterfinalESPN2 — CBI Tournament: TBD, Semifinal, Daytona Beach, Fla.9 p.m.ESPN — NIT Tournament: Wisconsin at Oregon, Quarterfinal9:30 p.m.ESPN2 — CBI Tournament: TBD, Semifinal, Daytona Beach, Fla.COLLEGE SOFTBALL7 p.m.SECN — McNeese St. at LSUFIGURE SKATING6 a.m. (Wednesday)USA — ISU: The World Figure Skating Championships, Women’s Short, Saitama, JapanNBA BASKETBALL7:30 p.m.NBATV — Cleveland at Brooklyn10 p.m.NBATV — Boston at SacramentoTENNIS11 a.m.TENNIS — Miami Open-WTA Early Rounds —Source

Man United forward Rashford pulls out of England squad

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:02 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford, Mason Mount and Nick Pope have withdrawn from the England squad for the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Italy and Ukraine, the Football Association said Monday. Manchester United forward Rashford suffered a knock during the 3-1 win against Fulham in the FA Cup on Sunday. Mount is recovering from a pelvic injury and the FA said Pope was hurt after Newcastle’s 2-1 win against Nottingham Forest on Friday. Tottenham goalkeeper Fraser Forster has been called up as a replacement for Pope, but no other players have been added to Gareth Southgate’s squad. England plays European champions Italy in Naples on Thursday and Ukraine at Wembley on Sunday in the Three Lions’ first games since the World Cup. The squad met at England’s St. George’s Park training headquarters on Monday, with 23 players reporting for duty. ___James Robson is at https://twitter.com/jamesalanrobson___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https:/...

Injured Netherlands midfielder De Jong out for France match

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:02 GMT

ZEIST, Netherlands (AP) — Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong and winger Steven Bergwijn dropped out of the national squad for the team’s opening European Championship qualifier against France, coach Ronald Koeman said Monday.De Jong injured his thigh late in Barcelona’s 2-1 victory over Real Madrid on Sunday. Bergwijn picked up a knee injury in Ajax’s 3-2 loss to Feyenoord.“Of course that is a big loss because he’s an important player for this team,” Koeman said of De Jong. “Because of the way he plays, it will be different if others play in his position. He brings things that not many other players can.”Koeman called up PSV Eindhoven midfielder Joey Veerman to replace De Jong and Borussia Dortmund winger Donyell Malen as a replacement for Bergwijn.Friday’s match at the Stade de France is the first for Koeman in his second stint in charge of the Netherlands. Predecessor Louis van Gaal’s contract ended after the World Cup in Qatar, where the Du...

Job searching? Here are some opportunities at Casa Bonita

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you are looking for work, an iconic Colorado restaurant is looking for enthusiastic, hard-working people to be a part of the team.Casa Bonita will open sometime in May. The restaurant is now hiring for cooks and dishwashers, as well as a few other positions. Are people already waiting in line for Casa Bonita to reopen? Casa Bonita said you can apply and interview on Tuesday from 12-4 p.m. at 2500 Larimer Street in Denver.What jobs are open?Here is a look at the jobs Casa Bonita is hiring for, according to its website:Assistant General ManagerCookCook assistant/Prep Line AttendantEntertainer (Dancer Dry)Event Sales ConsultantSecurity Surveillance Technician Table Assistant (Busser/Runner/Expo/Soda Fountain)Table AttendantCasa Bonita says its business hours will be 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week.

Street named in honor of fallen MDPD officer in Southwest Miami-Dade

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:02 GMT

There was a sign of respect for a fallen South Florida officer who was killed in the line of duty. The street where he grow up in will now bear his name.The location, 162nd Avenue near 56th Street, holds a big meaning for the officer’s family. It is not where Miami-Dade Police officer Cesar Echaverry was killed, but instead, it’s where he lived his life. “Today’s dedication will never ease the pain of his passing,” said Stephanie Vargas, his fiance. “We’ll remember him every single day, and we’ll do everything we can to honor his memory.”A hometown hero was honored in special way. Echaverry was killed in August while chasing an armed robbery suspect. On Monday, 162nd Avenue by his high school, Ferguson High, and also near the neighborhood where he grow up, was named after him. “The street itself is extremely meaningful as it was the main way to his daily routines; gym, church, my house,” Vargas said. MDPD Director Alf...

2 students injured in high school shooting outside of Dallas

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:02 GMT

(CNN) — Two students were injured in a shooting at Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas, according to a statement from local police.“At around 6:55 this morning, we received multiple reports of shots fired on campus, outside of the school building,” police spokesperson Tim Ciesco said. “Two students were injured and are now receiving medical care.”The conditions of the injured students are unknown, he said.The suspected shooter was taken into custody, according to the statement. Police do not believe the suspect entered the building.Information about the suspect’s identity, age, and whether the individual was a student at the school has not yet been released, nor has a possible motive.Lamar High School remained on lockdown Monday morning, according to Ciesco and school district spokesperson Anita Foster.Foster told CNN the school will remain on lockdown while police investigate, and then students and staff will be dismissed for the day.Arlington ...

Biden issues first veto, defending Labor Dept. ‘ESG’ rule

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:02 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday issued the first veto of his presidency as he sought to block Republican-led efforts in Congress to overturn a Labor Department rule allowing retirement plans to consider environmental, social and governance factors when making investment decisions.The Labor Department rule ended a Trump-era ban on managers of retirement plans considering factors such as climate change or pending lawsuits when making investment choices. Because suits and climate change have financial repercussions, administration officials argue that their predecessors were courting possible disaster.Critics say ESG investments allocate money based on political agendas, such as a drive against climate change, rather than on earning the best returns for savers. Republicans in Congress who pushed the measure to overturn the Labor Department’s action argue ESG is just the latest example of the world trying to get “woke.”Only two Democrats in the Senate voted for the...

Macron survives crucial no-confidence vote in parliament

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:02 GMT

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron’s government survived a no-confidence vote in the French parliament Monday, after it pushed through a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul without a vote last week, sparking outrage and spontaneous protests across the country.In a high-stakes vote in France’s lower house of parliament, 277 MPs, mostly from the left and the far right, voted in favor of a cross-party motion of no confidence, falling short of the 287 votes needed to topple the government. A second motion, backed only by the far-right National Rally, is not expected to garner enough votes.Speaking ahead of the votes, the centrist MP Charles de Courson, one of the authors of the cross-party motion, accused Macron’s government of lacking “courage” during the parliamentary debates. “You could have submitted [your reform] to a vote, and you probably would have lost it, but that’s the game when you are in a democracy,” he told MPs. The leader of Macron’s R...