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AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — It was fitting that Samuel Aldegheri came out to the theme song from “Rocky III” when he made his major league debut for the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night against the Seattle Mariners. The 22-year-old left hander, who became the first Italian born and raised player to

PHOENIX (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw left his start against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night after suffering pain in his left big toe. Kershaw allowed two runs in the first and was pulled with no outs in the second after giving up a homer to Corbin Carroll to start the inning.

AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brent Rooker homered twice to give him 33 this season, JJ Bleday and Shea Langeliers also went deep and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 9-2 on Friday night for their first consecutive winning months in more than three years. Oakland is 14-11 in August with one

Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Manny Machado hit a three-run homer in the second inning and singled twice to help the San Diego Padres beat the Tampa Bay Rays 13-5 on Friday night. “He’s definitely locked in,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said. “One thing about Manny, why he’s driven in over a 1,000

AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pitcher Johnny Cueto was designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Angels on Friday after two rough outings. The 38-year-old right-hander gave up nine runs in 11 1/3 innings in his two starts for the Angels, both losses. He allowed six runs in five innings in Tuesday night’s

AP Sports Writer Kicker Cameron Dicker signed a four-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Chargers, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Friday. The deal is worth $22.04 million, including $12.5 million in guaranteed money, according to the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the terms had not

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles will pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit by relatives of a woman fatally shot by LA police during a shootout with a gunman at a Trader Joe’s store six years ago, the family’s attorneys said Friday. The father and brother of 27-year-old Melyda Corado sued

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The state of California has agreed to pay a former employee $350,000 to settle her claims that Democratic state Treasurer Fiona Ma sexually harassed her. The agreement filed Friday in Sacramento County Superior Court stems from a 2021 lawsuit filed by a former employee of the treasurer’s office — Judith Blackwell

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just about everybody involved with Southern California’s defense last season still seems embarrassed about it. The Trojans turned in one of the worst overall defensive performances in this school’s proud football history in 2023. Coordinator Alex Grinch was fired and head coach Lincoln Riley became a national punch

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police used a tanklike vehicle with a battering ram to smash into a Southern California home and arrest the next-door neighbor of a couple living in a nudist community who were reported missing earlier this week, officials said Friday. Officials believe the bodies of Stephanie Menard, 73, and her

YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — “Dancing With the Stars” pro Artem Chigvintsev was arrested Thursday and booked on a domestic violence charge in northern California, according to the local sheriff’s office. When Napa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic violence call in Yountville, it was apparent that there was potential abuse and Chigvintsev was arrested,

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Decades ago, back when he was a political science major at the University of Southern California, and later in law school, Timothy Walker would vote. Everyone in his family voted for Democrats, so he did, too. Then his path took a different turn. Cocaine addiction took hold of him

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s been a decade since she released her debut album, but FKA Twigs is busier than ever. Although the 36-year-old singer, songwriter and dancer is still creating music — she promises her third LP “Eusexua” will be released “very, very, very soon” — she has also recently found creative

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nick Nash accounted for three touchdowns, Emmett Brown threw three touchdown passes and San Jose State defeated Sacramento State 42-24 on Thursday night in the debut of Ken Niumatalolo as coach of the Spartans. Nash caught 10 passes for 170 yards with two touchdowns. The former quarterback also threw one

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bobby Miller gave up two hits in five strong innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers survived an 0-for-5 outing by Shohei Ohtani to beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Thursday night, taking two of three in the interleague matchup between two of baseball’s best teams. Every Dodger except

Associated Press Racial differences in how schools discipline students received new attention 10 years ago, during a national reckoning with racial injustice. A decade later, change has been slow to materialize. In many schools around the country, Black students have been more likely to receive punishments that remove them from the classroom, including suspensions, expulsions

Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A flash flood that transformed a series of idyllic, azure waterfalls into a monstrous brown froth was ferocious but not unusual for the summer rainy season on the Havasupai reservation, one of the most remote reaches of the continental U.S. that attracts visitors worldwide. But this time the

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death made his first appearance in a federal court in Los Angeles on Friday after reaching a deal to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors. Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego, stood in court with his lawyer

Associated Press Before he was suspended, Zaire Byrd was thriving. He acted in school plays, played on the football team and trained with other athletes. He had never been suspended before — he’d never even received detention. But when Byrd got involved in a fight after school one day, none of that seemed to matter

AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — For an offensive line with so many questions, left tackle Kolton Miller is one of the few uncertainties even though he missed nearly all of the offseason and preseason while recovering from shoulder surgery. That’s how well Miller has performed for the Raiders and how much leadership the