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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon said Thursday it is providing $23 million to help minority-led organizations build or…

OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police in San Francisco were searching Thursday for a man who shot and killed one person and wounded another…

By MELISSA MURPHY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King admired a portrait of Patsy Mink, considered the “Mother of Title IX,” at…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco school board has voted to rescind a previous decision to cover up a George Washington campus mural from the…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that law enforcement officers can’t be sued when they…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has agreed to destroy more than 3 million dried blood spots taken from babies and…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major expansion of gun rights after a series of mass shootings, the Supreme Court said…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani adheres to strict routine in nearly every aspect of his life. When his latest…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Heat waves and drought gripping California highlight the urgency to slash fossil…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — There was a pivotal moment in Queen Pangke Tabora’s life that eclipsed all others: It was the…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — There was a pivotal moment in Queen Pangke Tabora’s life that eclipsed all others: It was the…

By The Associated Press A Black former Tesla worker who said he was harassed and faced with “daily racist epithets,” including the “N-word,”…

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Adam Duvall was targeted by his Atlanta teammates for the obligatory postgame dousing with a cooler…

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Freddie Freeman homered and drove in two runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A driver who struck and killed a 6-year-old girl as she played on a Southern California sidewalk was convicted Wednesday…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The head of a trust established to pay billions of dollars to victims of wildfires caused by Pacific Gas & Electric…

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A chiropractor in Northern California was sentenced to 10 years in state prison after being convicted of sexually abusing…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels have optioned Reid Detmers to the minors just six starts after the…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — After a car chase and standoff, police shot and killed a man suspected in a pair of fatal shootings in San Jose and Modesto…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — This week’s gripping testimony to Congress about threats to local election officials…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A man who was arrested near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home in…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin returned Wednesday after being sidelined by COVID-19 protocols for 11 games. “I might be the…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets have two picks in the first round of Thursday night’s NBA draft —…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisor says 1 person killed, 1 wounded in shooting on subway train; suspect at…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The widow of a Vermont man killed in 2018 in what federal prosecutors say was a murder-for-hire is suing the…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman and two dogs were killed by a lightning strike Wednesday as thunderstorms pounded…

By ANNIE MA and CLIFF BRUNT Associated Press Once Tina Sloan Green took over the lacrosse program at Temple University in the years after the passage…

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A 55-year-old California man and his 10-year-old son were identified as the victims who died in last week’s fatal…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit two three-run homers, including a dramatic tying drive in the bottom of…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Firefighter groups are applauding the Biden administration’s steps to raise pay but warn…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike scored 21 points, Katie Lou Samuelson added 13 points and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Washington Mystics…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Julio Rodríguez and his teammates were amazed watching from the dugout as baseballs…

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Tony Gonsolin said he hasn’t done anything extraordinary on the way to becoming the first…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer During a break between Golden State’s Western Conference finals games against Dallas, then-Warriors top…

CONCORD, Calif. (AP) — A Bay Area Rapid Transit train derailed during the evening rush hour on Tuesday, injuring one person and causing delays on…

ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) — State officials are investigating after a Southern California sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an unarmed person…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Seventeen people were arrested and nearly 500,000 counterfeit pills were seized during a federal crackdown on drug traffickers…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — About $1.1 billion in unused unemployment benefits returned to California on Tuesday, money…