Bob Myers departing as Warriors president, GM after 4 NBA titles, 11 seasons
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bob Myers can no longer put all of his energy into running the Golden State Warriors, and…
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Las Vegas Aces celebrate title and are dominating WNBA once again
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The Las Vegas Aces celebrated last season’s championship over the weekend and are looking once again like…
Continue Reading Woman who threatened Nancy Pelosi with hanging during Capitol riot gets over 2 years in prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A Pennsylvania restaurant owner who screamed death threats directed at then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while…
Continue Reading Passenger rail service restored a month after Southern California coastal landslide
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Passenger rail service has been restored along a section of the Southern California coast a month after a landslide…
Continue Reading PGA Tour goes to Memorial, LPGA Tour has new event at Liberty National
By The Associated Press PGA TOUR MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Site: Dublin, Ohio. Course: Muirfield Village GC. Yardage: 7,533. Par: 72. Prize money: $20…
Continue Reading No kidding: California overtime law threatens use of grazing goats to prevent wildfires
By TERRY CHEA Associated Press WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of goats munch on long blades of yellow grass on a hillside next to a…
Continue Reading Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried’s arguments to dismiss cryptocurrency charges are meritless
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers made meritless arguments in a bid to convince a judge to toss…
Continue Reading Martinez, Freeman power Dodgers’ big inning in 6-1 win over Nationals
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Although Bobby Miller had already pitched at Dodger Stadium during preseason exhibitions, the…
Continue Reading Noda hits 3-run HR, A’s spoil Soroka’s return with 7-2 win over Braves to stop 11-game skid
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Gathered in the indoor batting cage hours before the game, manager Mark Kotsay talked…
Continue Reading Drury, Angels spoil Hendriks’ return with 6-4 victory over White Sox
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Thaiss and the Los Angeles Angels spoiled Liam Hendriks’ party. In the most polite way.…
Continue Reading Braves pitcher Michael Soroka goes 6 innings, loses to A’s in long-awaited return to mound
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — During the dark days of his long rehabilitation while recovering from two separate…
Continue Reading Padres claim 2-time All-Star catcher Gary Sánchez off waivers from Mets
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The scuffling San Diego Padres claimed catcher Gary Sánchez off waivers from the New York Mets on Monday night. The two-time…
Continue Reading Pirates’ Suwinski joins Bonds with 2 McCovey Cove homers in game
By HENRY SCHULMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Jack Suwinski hit two home runs into San Francisco Bay on Monday during…
Continue Reading Bailey’s 4 RBIs on 24th birthday lead Giants to 14-4 rout, drop Pirates under .500
By HENRY SCHULMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rookie Patrick Bailey had four RBIs on his 24th birthday, boosting the San Francisco Giants…
Continue Reading Hendriks pitches 8th inning for White Sox in return from non-Hodgkin lymphoma
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Not long after Liam Hendriks was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the All-Star closer…
Continue Reading Economic boost or big business hand-out? Nevada lawmakers consider A’s stadium financing
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers questioned whether a proposal to subsidize a new MLB…
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Site of Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36 sold to community group
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A converted artists’ warehouse in Oakland that burned down in 2016, killing 36 people, was quietly razed this month in…
Continue Reading Pregnancy and sports a challenging combination for female professional athletes
By ANNA FURMAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pro soccer player Jess McDonald was traded across six teams in her first five years as a single…
Continue Reading Wake Forest tabbed No. 1 overall seed for NCAA baseball tournament
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Wake Forest, which leads the nation in wins and has not lost consecutive games, was named the No.…
Continue Reading Horse racing authority calls for emergency summit with Churchill Downs in wake of 12 deaths
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Horse racing’s oversight authority will hold an emergency summit Tuesday with Churchill Downs, Kentucky’s racing…
Continue Reading Alcaraz, Djokovic ‘not otherworldly’ in French Open wins over foes making Slam debuts
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — You might assume that the opponents for Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic in the French…
Continue Reading Insider Q&A: Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity in military tech
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer Josh Lospinoso’s first cybersecurity startup was acquired in 2017 by Raytheon/Forcepoint.. His second, Shift5,…
Continue Reading What California’s Ravidassia community believes and why they want caste bias outlawed
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press In California, members of an under-the-radar, minority religious community are stepping into the public eye to…
Continue Reading Casteless utopia: California religious group backs bill to ban caste discrimination
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press FRESNO, California (AP) — For decades, worshipping in temples, Ram Asra has sung spiritual songs known as…
Continue Reading As May ends, even some weaker teams have reasons for hope in baseball’s playoff chase
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Detroit Tigers are 25-26 and haven’t spent a day above .500 all season. They’re also one game out…
Continue Reading Pay per wave: Native Hawaiians divided over artificial surf lagoon in the birthplace of surfing
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii (AP) — Brian Keaulana is the quintessential Native Hawaiian waterman, well-known in…
Continue Reading As rising oceans threaten NYC, study documents another risk: The city is sinking
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If rising oceans aren’t worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The…
Continue Reading SEC lands 8 of 16 regional host sites for NCAA baseball tournament
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Eight of the 16 regional hosts selected for the NCAA Tournament are from the Southeastern…
Continue Reading Oklahoma softball takes Division I record 48-game win streak into Women’s College World Series
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma will seek its third straight national softball title and seventh championship overall…
Continue Reading George Maharis, star of TV’s ‘Route 66’ in the 1960s, dies at 94
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Maharis, a stage-trained actor with rough-hewn good looks who became an icon to…
Continue Reading Nick Fortes, Eury Pérez lead Marlins past Angels 2-0 for series sweep
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Eury Pérez struck out Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout early in his fourth major league start.…
Continue Reading Alvarez hits 2 of Astros’ 7 HRs in 10-1 win over A’s, who fall to 10-45
MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit two of Houston’s seven home runs, and the surging Astros beat Oakland…
Continue Reading Dayton, Morris have key hits as Utah makes WCWS with 7-2 win over San Diego State
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Abby Dayton had an RBI triple to highlight a four-run second inning and pinch-hitter Hallie Morris wrapped it up with a…
Continue Reading William Contreras homers as Brewers beat Alex Cobb, Giants 7-5
By TOM KERTSCHER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — William Contreras homered and drove in three runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers held off the San…
Continue Reading Man in police custody falls to death after breaking California hospital window with oxygen tank
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A man in police custody died Thursday in Northern California after he broke a hospital’s window with a metal oxygen…
Continue Reading Rizzo delivers go-ahead hit, injures neck as Yanks chase Darvish early in 10-7 win over Padres
By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Rizzo hit a go-ahead RBI single in New York’s seven-run third inning before injuring…
Continue Reading Isaac Paredes homers as Tampa Bay Rays beat Los Angeles Dodgers 11-10
By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Isaac Paredes homered and drove in four runs as the MLB-best Tampa Bay Rays took two…
Continue Reading ‘The Little Mermaid’ makes box office splash with $95.5 million opening
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “ The Little Mermaid ” made moviegoers want to be under the sea on Memorial Day…
Continue Reading Padres left fielder Soto scratched late vs. Yankees because of back tightness
By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Padres left fielder Juan Soto was a late scratch from San Diego’s game against the New…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the US is coming after their haul
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Less than two months after he pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol, Texas resident Daniel Goodwyn…
Continue Reading Debt ceiling tests Speaker McCarthy as he rides breezily through high-wire act of his career
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — One morning during the debt ceiling crisis, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy climbed…
Continue Reading Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules
By JULIE WATSON and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The day that President Joe Biden’s administration ended a public…
Continue Reading Soler homers in 5th straight game, Marlins beat Angels 8-5 in 10 innings
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Although the Miami Marlins survived Shohei Ohtani’s latest start and traded the lead…
Continue Reading Tafari scores in stoppage time to help Dallas tie Earthquakes 1-1
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nkosi Tafari scored in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time to rally FC Dallas to a 1-1 draw with the San Jose…
Continue Reading ‘Succession’ finale: Fans react to end of Emmy-winning hit drama
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM, ANDREW DALTON and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With the end of the critically acclaimed drama’s…
Continue Reading Charlotte rides Swiderski’s goal to 1-0 victory over Galaxy
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Karol Swiderski scored a second-half goal, Justin Meram added to his club record with an assist and Charlotte FC kept the Los…
Continue Reading Hansen, Jennings homers help No. 1 seed Oklahoma set record, claim Women’s College World Series spot
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kinzie Hansen and the Oklahoma Sooners were down to their last strike. Oklahoma needed a win…
Continue Reading Aces receive championship rings, pummel Sparks 93-65
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — While the Vegas Golden Knights had a playoff game less than 2 miles down Frank Sinatra Drive at…
Continue Reading Utes hit three home runs, stay alive with 10-1 super regional win over San Diego State
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Julia Jimenez blasted a grand slam, Ellessa Bonstrom and Shelbi Ortiz also homered, and No. 15 seed Utah routed San Diego…
Continue Reading Freeman extends hitting streak to 16 games, Dodgers beat Rays 6-5
By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — In a tense and tight matchup of division leaders, Freddie Freeman and the Los Angeles…
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