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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge is being asked to decide Tuesday if a former Los Angeles-area gang leader will be freed from jail to house arrest ahead of his murder trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Duane “Keffe D” Davis,

By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Taylor Ward hit a two-run homer, Griffin Canning pitched seven strong innings and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Monday night. Ward gave the Angels a 2-0 lead with his drive to right field in the first inning and he had

By DASHA LITVINOVA and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — One was a journalist on a reporting trip. Another was attending a wedding. Yet another was a dual national returning to visit family. All are U.S. citizens now behind bars in Russia on various charges. Arrests of Americans in Russia are increasingly common

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark joined her idol Maya Moore as a two-time winner of the Honda Cup, earning the prestigious award for the second straight year Monday night. The former Iowa star, who finished her career as the all-time Division I scoring leader, joined Moore (2010, 2011),

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — NHRA great John Force remained hospitalized in intensive care Monday, one day after a fiery, 300-mph crash in the Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. John Force Racing said in a statement Monday night that the 75-year-old Force was still in a Virginia hospital and that doctors “were moving slowly in

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The jury in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL is expected to begin deliberations on Wednesday after both sides wrapped up their cases on Monday. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez will have a conference with attorneys for both sides Tuesday

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — James Paxton combined with four relievers on a five-hitter, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-0 on Monday night. Los Angeles was shut down by Garrett Crochet, but it got to Chicago’s shaky bullpen for three runs. The NL West leaders won

By MARGERY A. BECK, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JOHN HANNA Associated Press NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. killed at least two, collapsed a railroad bridge and sent water surging around a dam Monday after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be rescued from

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels left-hander Patrick Sandoval has a torn UCL in his pitching elbow and needs season-ending surgery after getting hurt on a pitch to former teammate Shohei Ohtani. Los Angeles said Monday that Sandoval also has a high-grade flexor tear. The 27-year-old was the Angels’ opening-day starter and was 2-8

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres star right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday with a stress reaction in his right thigh bone. Tatis has been dealing with what had been described as a quadriceps injury for some time. Manager Mike Shildt said the team discovered the stress

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday abandoned their attempt to repeal the nation’s only law requiring voter approval for publicly funded affordable housing projects, a provision added to the state Constitution more than half a century ago that aimed to keep people of color out of white neighborhoods.

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has been shut down for a week after experiencing lingering soreness in his comeback from left shoulder surgery. Kershaw, 36, had an MRI that “showed no new incidents,” manager Dave Roberts said before Monday night’s 3-0 victory at the Chicago

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — JJ Redick says his extraordinary hiring as the Los Angeles Lakers’ head coach means the end of his podcast with LeBron James. Redick hopes they’ll be able to produce much more compelling content next season in a new incarnation of their partnership, chasing a

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer The San Diego Wave have dismissed coach Casey Stoney amid a seven-game winless streak. Paul Buckle, who served as an assistant coach for the Wave in 2022, will serve in the interim while the team searches for a new head coach, San Diego announced on Monday. The Wave

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer After seven years in the NBA, Chase Budinger still had some goals left on his dream board. The former Rockets and Timberwolves forward has wanted to compete in the Olympics ever since he was a child, when his family would pore over the TV schedule to decide which events

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack while surfing off Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits to his name, including a role in one of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies. Tamayo Perry, 49, was killed Sunday near Goat Island, Shayne

By MARGERY A. BECK, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JOHN HANNA Associated Press NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. collapsed a railroad bridge and sent water surging around a dam Monday after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be rescued from rising waters. The flooding

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In her first public remarks since federal authorities raided her home last week, a defiant and furious mayor of Oakland, California, said she did not do anything wrong and she has no plans to resign from office. Mayor Sheng Thao read from a prepared statement and took no questions Monday, four

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Earthquakes have fired coach Luchi Gonzalez after the team won only three of its first 19 games this season. Assistant coach Ian Russell was promoted to interim head coach on Monday, with assistants Steve Ralston, Luciano Fusco and Adin Brown remaining in their current roles. “We want