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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The goal was enormous: Return to the NBA’s mountaintop. And now with that monumental task complete, the NBA…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man pointed a gun at Los Angeles construction workers and was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with responding police…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics made an NBA Finals run nobody saw coming, rising from a team that was three games…

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Crews were working Friday to restore electricity to more than 6,000 customers in Santa Cruz after a metallic balloon…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California posted another strong jobs report on Friday as the unemployment rate fell to its…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trial has begun for a man on charges alleging he was responsible for a blast at a Southern California spa that killed an…

By The Associated Press American winger Ulysses Llanez was loaned Friday from Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga to St. Pölten in Austria’s…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press The fast-growing legal sports betting industry is extending its reach to the middle of the ocean. BetMGM and Carnival…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have accused a Las Vegas man of committing a hate crime by killing one person and wounding five in a mass…

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL in partnership with the Black College Football Hall of Fame will hold its second annual Ozzie Newsome General Manager Forum…

MARYSVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A man found dead at a Northern California cardboard recycling center likely suffocated in a recycling truck, authorities…

By JAY REEVES and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — The 70-year-old visitor had previously attended some services at St.…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Trout doesn’t have — or perhaps doesn’t want to share — the reason for why he has…

BOSTON (AP) — Golden State Warriors win seventh NBA title and fourth in eight years, beating Boston Celtics 103-90 in Game…

NEW YORK (AP) — A look at the 16 venues hosting soccer matches at the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada: ___ ARLINGTON, TEXAS…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Cheers and sighs met FIFA’s announcement of the host cities for the 2026 World Cup. There were a number of…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 16 cities of the first World Cup spread across three nations were revealed, and FIFA President…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would be the first state to require gun owners to buy liability insurance to…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A California man accused of breaking into thousands of Apple iCloud accounts and stealing private photos and videos of nude…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ripley’s Believe It or Not! on Thursday denied claims that Kim Kardashian’s wearing of the…

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Joe Musgrove pitched seven effective innings in his third straight win, and the San Diego Padres…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California regional passenger rail service announced Thursday that is testing technology that will use the West…

NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle, Santa Clara and Inglewood, California, picked to host 2026 World Cup…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Look for pinstripes in Paris. The New York Yankees have told Major League Baseball they want to…

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Paul Blackburn continued his road success by pitching sharply into the sixth inning, Christian…

By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh are both military veterans from Alabama, so it was natural that…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti pleads guilty to wire fraud and tax charges in…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics need to reach new…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A California doctor who is a leading figure in the anti-vaccine movement was sentenced on Thursday to two…

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. is delaying by more than three years the opening of a campus in central Florida to which 2,000…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer In an unusual move for what’s been an unusual takeover bid for Twitter by the world’s richest man, Tesla…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With runners reaching on an error, a walk and a hit batter, Tyler Anderson wasn’t aware he…

By HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is working on an ambitious project to bury thousands of…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) — The wife of a man who killed two Southern California police…

MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Manny Machado lined a single for his 1,500th hit and hit a two-run homer in a four-RBI night to help…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Anderson of the Los Angeles Dodgers lost his bid for a no-hitter when Los Angeles Angels star Shoehi Ohtani tripled with…

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man was found dead in Death Valley National Park after apparently running out of…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Decades before Chinese immigrant Yao Pan Ma was attacked while collecting cans in New York and…

By MAUREEN MULLEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Rafael Devers homered in his fourth straight game and Alex Verdugo hit his first home run in…