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See Lake Shasta and Diamond Valley Lake grow

Following an extraordinarily wet winter, the water is once again roaring into some of California’s largest reservoirs and lakes for the first time in nearly three years.

Southern California’s largest reservoir marked an incredible turnaround Monday when officials from the Metropolitan Water District turned on the taps once again — releasing water transported from Northern California that gushed from valves at 600 cubic feet per second into the 4.5-mile-long Diamond Valley Lake.

The reservoir near Hemet, about 40 miles west of Palm Springs, was built nearly three decades ago and holds twice as much water as all of the region’s

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Inside Anthony Joshua’s long-running feud with ‘clown’ Lennox Lewis and why the pair refuse to speak to each other

HEAVYWEIGHT giants Anthony Joshua and Lennox Lewis have been feuding for years.

Joshua, 33, is preparing to return to the ring on Saturday night when he takes on Jermaine Franklin at the O2 Arena.

Anthony Joshua flew out to see Lennox Lewis after winning gold at the Olympics

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Anthony Joshua flew out to see Lennox Lewis after winning gold at the OlympicsCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
He ended up snubbing Lewis' coaching offer when he turned professional

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He ended up snubbing Lewis’ coaching offer when he turned professionalcredit: Getty

The Olympic gold medallist is attempting to bounce back from successive defeats to Oleksandr Usyk.

But irrespective of the outcome against Franklin, one man AJ is unlikely to impress British legend Lewis.

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Who keeps the engagement ring after a breakup? 2 law professors explain why you might want a prenup for your diamond

When Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got engaged the first time, in 2002, he gave her a very valuable ring. That engagement ring was reportedly worth as much as $2.5 million, made by luxury jeweler Harry Winston and adorned with a 6.1-carat pink diamond.

After the movie stars broke up in 2004 without getting married, J. Lo said she intended to return the ring “quietly” to Affleck. Whether or she ever did that or not, was Lopez entitled to keep the that rock or any of the others she got from her numerous ex-husbands and former fiancés?

The answer can

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MLB’s base size changes, explained: Why the bases are bigger in 2023 and get ‘pizza box’ comparisons

For those on an MLB diamond this year, there’s going to be a notable difference in the infield besides a restriction on the shift. MLB increased the base size to 18 square inches from the previous size of 15 square inches this offseason, giving the bases more coverage on the dirt.

This change is being made as more of an installation of safety than to affect gameplay. The idea is to avoid collisions, particularly between players covering first base and players running through it.

There may be some small impacts on the field, eg it being slightly easier to steal

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Video of Mysterious Black Circle Flying Over Russia Viewed 2 Million Times

A video of a strange black ring of smoke hovering over the Russian capital has gone viral on social media, sparking a range of questions on Twitter.

Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, shared a clip on his Twitter page on Monday that has so far been viewed by more than 2.2 million people. It shows the thick black ring over Moscow, which gradually gets fainter by the end of the clip.

Gersashchenko captioned the video: “Residents of Moscow publish videos of a black circle in the city’s sky. What do you think happened here?”

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4 men were sentenced for armed robbery of a Glendale jewelry store last year

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Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced Monday that a judge has sentenced four defendants in the 2022 armed robbery of a Glendale jewelry store.

In March of 2022, four men walked into a Glendale jewelry store wearing ski masks and brandishing a weapon with the intent to commit robbery.

Nine employees and customers had their wallets and phones taken and were held hostage while the robbers put $1.5 million in jewelry and cash into pillowcases. The hostages had been threatened with a weapon and some were zip-tied.

When the police arrived, all four suspects were still in the act

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