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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi asked Brown University graduates Sunday to “hold on to your hope,” even when…

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Texas won the first eights final on Sunday by more than five seconds to win a tie-breaker over Stanford and claim the…

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Evan Longoria was unhappy when plate umpire Shane Livensparger called him out on full-count…

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler, who has been avoiding the field during the national…

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays scratched slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. from their starting lineup Sunday. Guerrero was in the Blue…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A suspect on the run since a mass shooting left six people dead during an alleged gang dispute in California’s capital…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland told Harvard graduates Sunday that their generation has been asked to show “an…

By DAVID CRARY Associated Press Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego, one of Pope Francis’ ideological allies who has often sparred with more…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Forget breaking the sound barrier: Tom Cruise just flew past a major career milestone. The 59-year-old superstar just…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press As a worsening drought forces millions of Californians to face mandatory water restrictions, one corner of…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Matt Chapman hit a go-ahead two-run double during Toronto’s three-run eighth inning and…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego gave the Pittsburgh Pirates several chances to stick around, and Ke’Bryan Hayes…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press The last week of April was a whirlwind for San Francisco’s Chinatown. The storied neighborhood debuted the…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tommy Beres hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give third-seeded UCLA a wild 25-22 victory over…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Mookie Betts led off Saturday night’s game with a homer. Dave Roberts — sarcastically —…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brian Rodriguez scored the deciding goal in a 3-2 win for Los Angeles FC over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday.…

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon was placed on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to right wrist…

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Semien hit a grand slam for his first home run after signing with Texas in the…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California school district has been unable to identify who subjected a Black assistant principal to racist graffiti and…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carter Graham hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third to give top-seeded Stanford the lead for good and the…

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham was suspended by Major League Baseball for three games Saturday after he slapped San…

LONDON (AP) — The sale of Premier League club Chelsea is expected to be completed Monday after a “final and definitive” agreement was…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ethan Gourson and Kyle Karros had back-to-back RBI singles in the 10th inning and third-seeded UCLA stayed alive in the…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Mookie Betts was almost apologetic about a lack of offense for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Luke Voit was one strike away from his third straight strikeout when he got a slider from Wil…

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Pinch-hitter Andy Ibañez drove in a pair of runs with a two-out single off Athletics…

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Rookie right-hander Graham Ashcraft earned his first victory with six strong innings and the…

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Crews have sealed 13 oil wells in California’s San Joaquin Valley that leaked methane, some reportedly at levels that…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police shot and killed two men in a confrontation last week after being called to help a man who was being…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California man pleaded guilty Friday to plotting to blow up the state Democratic…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 22 points, Danielle Robinson had 10 points and 11 assists and the Indiana Fever held off the Los Angeles…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A person with knowledge of the decision says Darvin Ham has accepted an offer to be the next…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani was out of the lineup Friday night against the…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — AP source: Los Angeles Lakers choose Milwaukee Bucks assistant Darvin Ham as next head…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were…

RAYMOND, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi State University Extension Service researcher is hoping to help expand the niche for passionfruit growers.…

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler said Friday he will refuse to take the field for the…