And just like that, it’s next season in the NBA. The New York Knicks were feted with a championship parade through the streets of Manhattan after a postseason in which they successfully rallied from six double-digit deficits to win games in the playoffs, including all four of their victories in the NBA Finals against the […]
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New Zealand’s Tyler Bindon and mom Jenny are the first mother-son duo to play in the World Cup
When Tyler Bindon came in off the bench for New Zealand in its World Cup opener against Iran, he made a bit of history with his mom. Jenny Bindon and Tyler are the first mother and son to play in the World Cup. Jenny, a goalkeeper for New Zealand from 2004-14, played in the Women’s […]
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NWSL’s Angel City fires coach Alex Straus, names assistant Leif Gunnar Smerud interim coach
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angel City fired coach Alex Straus on June 17 after a little more than a year on the job. Angel City opened the season 4-6-1 and is in 12th place in the National Women’s Soccer League standings. The NWSL is on a summer break for the men’s World Cup and resumes […]
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Military officials identify all 8 victims of fiery B-52 crash at California Air Force base
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The eight men killed in the fiery crash of a B-52 during a test flight at California’s Edwards Air Force Base included four active duty airmen, a reservist and three civilians who were on a team devoted to keeping the bomber flying for decades to come, military officials said on June […]
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Chargers’ Justin Herbert adjusting footwork during offseason program
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — New Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel wanted to change Justin Herbert’s footwork, so he has taken the football out of his star quarterback’s hands for parts of the offseason program. While it might seem counterintuitive, McDaniel believes Herbert can better focus on learning those adjustments when not throwing. […]
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California billionaire tax proposal has enough support to get on the November ballot, official says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A proposal to temporarily increase taxes on billionaires in California to counter federal cuts to healthcare for low-income people has sufficient public support to qualify for the November ballot, the state’s top elections official said. Secretary of State Shirley Weber, a Democrat, said on June 17 that petitioners have collected more […]
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Fees for public records? A bill could kneecap California transparency laws
A bill winding its way through Sacramento right now would make some of the biggest changes in decades to the California Public Records Act — the 58-year-old state law that guarantees everyone has access to government documents and data. Proponents argue AB 1821 is necessary to help local governments weather a deluge of burdensome requests […]
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One Extraordinary Photo: Alex Freeman’s leap over Paraguay
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Jayne Kamin-Oncea been an Associated Press freelance photographer in Los Angeles for the past 10 years. She began her photo career as an AP stringer in Miami in 1978 while at the University of Miami. She also spent 27 years working with the Los Angeles Times. Why this photo? The US-Paraguay […]
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A diamond, a whale bone and lots of letters: What’s inside the America 250 time capsule
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Paper, the traditional gift for marking a couple’s first year of marriage, also is a great choice for 250th anniversaries — especially when filling a time capsule celebrating American independence. The 2016 law creating the nonpartisan America250 commission mandated that a time capsule be buried in Philadelphia on July 4, 2026, […]
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Law firms cheated in filing claims with NFL’s $1 billion concussion settlement fund, report says
The court officials overseeing the NFL’s $1 billion-plus settlement fund for concussion-related injuries have barred five law firms from handling any more claims from former players, after finding that they fraudulently steered clients toward doctors willing to give them a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis whether they exhibited symptoms or not. The five firms represented or performed […]
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Newsom announces $46 million of voter-approved funding to help address Tijuana River pollution
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on June 12 he is deploying $46 million in voter-approved funding to help clean up the chronically contaminated Tijuana River at the California-Mexico border. Since 2018, more than 100 billion gallons (378 billion liters) of raw sewage filled with industrial chemicals and trash have poured into the Tijuana River, according to […]
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MLB’s hitters are struggling to thrive after 35 in the age of analytics and increased velocity
PHOENIX (AP) — Nolan Arenado was slugging his way through the month of May when the Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman woke up one morning with an ailment that’s familiar to those who felt invincible in their 20s but have advanced to their mid-to-late 30s. His back hurt. Not bad. Not enough to keep him out […]
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Miles Russell qualifies for the US Open at age 17 with Tiger Woods’ son on the bag
Miles Russell was among two 17-year-olds who earned a spot in the U.S. Open on June 8. Still to be determined was whether Russell brings his caddie from the 36-hole qualifier — the son of three-time champion Tiger Woods — to Shinnecock Hills next week. Russell, the No. 10 amateur in the world, survived a […]
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US team settles into World Cup training base with optimism and gratitude for fan support
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. national team already knew it was in for a once-in-a-lifetime experience this month as the home team in a World Cup. But when the 26 players took the field at Orange County’s Great Park on June 8 to the cheers of several thousand fans who had turned out just […]
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Iran’s soccer team arrives in Mexico for training ahead of the World Cup
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Iran defender Ehsan Hajsafi criticized soccer’s governing body after the team arrived in Mexico on June 7 with some members of their entourage still lacking U.S. visas, before three World Cup group matches in the United States later this month. The team’s participation in the World Cup, jointly hosted by the […]
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Nelly Korda wins U.S. Women’s Open title with perilous final putt, claiming her 2nd straight major
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Although Nelly Korda is deep in one of the most dominant seasons in recent golf history, her first U.S. Women’s Open title still hung on the rim of the 18th hole at Riviera for one heart-stopping moment. Her 2 1/2-foot putt to win caught the left edge, and it toured half […]