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By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Fifteen years ago, Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics wearing a high-tech swimsuit with a catchy name, the Speedo LZR Racer. The super suit era lasted just one more year, thwarted by a ludicrous assault on the record books. But it still matters
Continue ReadingBy FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana have resolved to set up a Global Reparation Fund to push for overdue compensation for millions of Africans enslaved centuries ago during the transatlantic slave trade. The resolution was announced Thursday at the Accra Reparations Conference, which featured senior
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS CASTANEDA Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Pro-Palestinian protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza blocked all westbound lanes of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for hours during the Thursday morning commute. Dozens were arrested and multiple vehicles used to block the lanes were towed, authorities said. The California
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Right-hander Ricky Vanasco and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed Thursday to a one-year contract that pays the pitcher $900,000 while in the major leagues and $250,000 while in the minors. The 25-year-old was acquired from Texas Rangers on June 1 for left-hander Luis Valdez. Vanasco spent a month on the 40-man
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Valeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Un jurado declaró culpable a David DePape de dos cargos por el violento ataque contra Paul Pelosi, el marido de la expresidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, el año pasado en la casa de la pareja en San Francisco. DePape fue condenado en un tribunal federal por un cargo
Continue ReadingBy CRISTINA MENDEZ, ADAM THOMPSON Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A Johns Hopkins doctor who came under fire for negative comments that were allegedly posted on X, the social media platform formerly Twitter, about Palestinians amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict has been placed on leave. Johns Hopkins said that doctor,
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By RALPH D. RUSSO and LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writers ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan announced Thursday that coach Jim Harbaugh will serve a three-game suspension from the Big Ten and the conference will end its investigation into a sign-stealing scheme as part of an agreement to resolve the school’s lawsuit against the league.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California college professor was arrested Thursday in the death of a Jewish protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war. Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, was booked into jail on suspicion of of involuntary manslaughter — the unintentional killing of another person, the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California college professor was arrested Thursday in the death of a Jewish protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war. Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, was booked into jail on suspicion of of involuntary manslaughter — the unintentional killing of another person, the
Continue ReadingBy MADELINE BARTOS Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Another dog was abandoned at the Pittsburgh International Airport, Allegheny County police said Thursday. Police said around 1:16 p.m., county police were called about a dog that was tied to a pole and appeared to be abandoned in the short-term parking garage.
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has convicted a 35-year-old woman of murder in the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search for the killer. Kaitlin Armstrong was convicted Thursday and faces a sentence
Continue Reading Karen Esquivel (CNN) — La temporada de huracanes 2023 en el Atlántico finaliza técnicamente dentro de dos semanas, pero algunas zonas del océano Atlántico siguen agitándose. Es posible que a principios del fin de semana se forme una depresión tropical o una tormenta en el mar Caribe, la zona que los meteorólogos señalan como la
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Demonstrators seeking a cease-fire in Gaza blocked bridges on both sides of the U.S. on Thursday, including a major span into San Francisco during a global trade summit involving President Joe Biden and other world leaders. Eighty protesters were arrested on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Demonstrators seeking a cease-fire in Gaza blocked bridges on both sides of the U.S. on Thursday, including a major span into San Francisco during a global trade summit involving President Joe Biden and other world leaders. Eighty protesters were arrested on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A photographer who worked for a newspaper in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has been found shot to death. Officials said the body of news photographer Ismael Villagómez was found in the driver’s seat of a car just after midnight Thursday. Villagómez’s newspaper, the Heraldo de Juarez, said he
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Eric Kutsenda has taken over as the San Diego Padres temporary control person following the death of owner Peter Seidler. Seidler, who died Tuesday at 63, had been controlling owner since November 2020 when he replaced Ron Fowler, who took over in 2012. Kutsenda is a co-founder and managing partner of
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday made America’s case to national leaders and CEOs attending the Asia-Pacific summit that the United States is committed to high standards in trade and to partnerships that will benefit economies across the Pacific. “We’re not going anywhere,” he
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