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By BOB SMIETANA, Religion News Service (RNS) — On Easter Sunday, the worship band at Bethel Community Church in Redding, California, opened the…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “The Neighborhood” might be a hit sitcom now, but needed some careful planning before…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Jason Kelce has excelled as one of the NFL’s best offensive linemen for his ability to…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Dan Snyder has an agreement in principle to sell the Washington Commanders to a group led by Josh Harris and…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The tech consultant charged with the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Dallas Eakins was the Anaheim Ducks’ coach during the worst four-year stretch in…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Community matters so much to Logan Webb that he realizes staying with the San Francisco…

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Quinn Ewers’ mullet is gone. The big arm is still there. So is the competition that…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration floated two ideas this week to reduce water usage from the…

By DEEPA BHARATH The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. Edward Siebert’s journey with “The Pope’s Exorcist,” a film about…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Home plate used to be a place where the sociable Brandon Crawford would touch base with catchers and…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Adrian Kempe had three goals and an assist and the Los Angeles Kings clinched third place…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rowdy Tellez hit a two-run homer in the first inning and a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 10th…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — On a breezy spring day, scientists and conservationists methodically conducted…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres third base coach Matt Williams already had baseball on his mind when the…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California church that defied safety regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic by holding large, unmasked religious…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A pilot and his wife were identified Thursday as the two people killed earlier this week when a small private…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Red Bulls forward Dante Vanzeir was suspended Thursday for six games and fined by Major League Soccer for using racist…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Six people are accused in a federal indictment of conspiring to use a drone to fly contraband such as cell phones and…

CLAREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Water has been gushing out of the ground in a Southern California neighborhood for days, forcing residents to use pumps,…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are accused of violating the civil rights…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amari Bailey has joined the exodus of UCLA players to the NBA draft. He announced his plans Thursday on his Instagram account.…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant has filed a countersuit against the Memphis teenager suing the two-time…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press A California man who made violent anti-LGBTQ-related threats against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster Inc. over…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal officials said Thursday they have referred more than 250 unruly airline passengers to the FBI for possible…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A startup business that places small turbines in irrigation canals to generate electricity has raised…

NEW YORK (AP) — Anne Perry, the best-selling crime novelist known for her Thomas Pitt and William Monk detective series and for her own murderous…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s monthslong absence from the Senate to recover in California…

EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — An old, live artillery round found buried in the sand on a Northern California beach was rendered safe, authorities said…

By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — “In every man, of course, a demon lies hidden — the demon of rage,” says the…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A tech consultant was arrested and charged with murder Thursday in the…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man suspected of making “credible threats” against California’s Capitol…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Peter Skoronski looks like a custom-built NFL offensive lineman. He stands 6-foot-4, weighs…

By KRISTINA LINNEA GARCIA Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — This winter’s been a hard one in Southern California. Highways flood…

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Defenseman Nikita Zadorov had his first career hat trick and the Calgary Flames ended a disappointing season with a 3-1…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCSICO (AP) — Freddie Freeman provided the plate appearance of the year so far for a Los Angeles…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Chad Smith’s first major league win came courtesy of a rarely applied official scoring…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who has faced calls to resign from fellow…