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By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Xander Schauffele has been a mainstay near the top of the leaderboard most of the year. Now…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has a huge budget problem that could force thorny decisions from Democratic…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes thought he was ready for the majors months ago. Turns out, life doesn’t work…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer James “Jim” Simons, a renowned mathematician and pioneering investor who built a fortune on Wall Street and then…

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Police made dozens of arrests as pro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled Friday at…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants acquired minor league outfielder Rodolfo Nolasco from the Pirates on Friday in a trade that sent…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Jayden Daniels feels his biggest challenge after being drafted second by the Washington…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge put Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson under a court conservatorship…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Grand Canyon University and Seattle University will join the West Coast Conference beginning with the…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes slashing 10,000 vacant state jobs and other cuts to close $27.6 billion…

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer Maggie Steffens asked for more support for the U.S. women’s water polo team, and the captain received one…

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Jon Urbanchek, an International Swimming Hall of Famer who was an assistant for several United States Olympic teams and…

ROME (AP) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a $500 million fundraising campaign Friday to ensure long-term, global…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A long stretch of Los Angeles coastal waters was under a closure order Friday after a large spill of untreated sewage into a…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Dairon Blanco had three hits, including a two-run homer in the third inning, Michael Wacha…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s budget deficit is at least $45 billion, a shortfall so large it prompted…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Generative artificial intelligence tools will soon be used by California’s…

By EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Scores of sick and starving pelicans have been found in coastal California…

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford will now play on Tara VanDerveer Court. The school is naming the court inside Maples Pavilion for the Hall of Fame…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California Board of Regents is expected to accept a recommendation that UCLA pay…

INDEPENDENCE, Calif. (AP) — Two climbers reported missing this week on California’s towering Mount Whitney have been found dead, officials…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout decided that having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee was a better…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders signed first-round draft pick Brock Bowers, a tight end taken 13th…

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — When two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang came out of Stanford and became the first woman to win…

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams have traded receiver Ben Skowronek to the Houston Texans in a swap of late-round draft picks.…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers reliever Josh Sborz was placed on the 15-day injured list for the second time this season on Thursday because…

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves acquired utility infielder Zack Short from the Boston Red Sox on Thursday after dealing infielder Luis Guillorme…

By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar had a triple, double and single and Brenton Doyle hit a three-run homer in a…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers want to change the legal standard Harvey Weinstein used to get his…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cue up his 2010 megahit “Baby.” Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber (nee Baldwin) are expecting…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge found Thursday that Beach Boys founder and music luminary Brian Wilson should…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Southern California will be a prime spot for NFL training camps this year. With the Costa Mesa City Council unanimously…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration will seek to partially end the 27-year-old court supervision of how the…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A newly released ad promoting Apple’s new iPad Pro has struck quite a nerve…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has been charged with lying to federal authorities about a foreign billionaire’s illegal…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Treehouse entertainment space way out in left-center field bustled between games of…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Selleck starts his memoir in the middle of a car crash. He is 17 and in the passenger…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York as a court works out whether he should stay…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer Simone Biles is bringing back her Gold Over America Tour this fall, with a twist. This time, the guys are invited…

By The Associated Press Lynn Williams scored an early goal and Gotham FC hung on for a 1-0 victory over the Houston Dash on Wednesday night in the…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators on Thursday voted to make it cheaper for people to charge electric…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press In a meeting room at a hotel in California’s crop-rich Central Valley, a fight is taking place that could help…

DENVER (AP) — Michael Conforto homered and singled in a six-run second inning that sent the San Francisco Giants past the struggling Colorado…

DENVER (AP) — The San Francisco Giants on Wednesday placed outfielder-designated hitter Jorge Soler on the 10-day injured list with a right…

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer When catcher Willson Contreras of the St. Louis Cardinals was struck on his left arm by a swing Tuesday night, it was…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Shea Langeliers has been pounding his hometown Texas Rangers. Langeliers hit a two-run…

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded…