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The Associated Press A daughter of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt filed paperwork to legally remove “Pitt” from her name on the day she turned 18. Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt submitted a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 27 to change her name to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie, the Los Angeles Times reported.

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Gavin Turley hit his fifth grand slam of the season and host Oregon State beat Tulane 10-4 on Friday night in front of a record crowd at the Corvallis Regional. Oregon State (43-14) will play UC Irvine (44-12) in the winners’ bracket game on Saturday. Tulane (35-25) faces Nichols (38-21) in

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Aaron Judge grew up watching San Francisco Giants games on television and in person, imagining himself launching long balls like Barry Bonds. In his first game here, he did his best Bonds impression. Judge capped a spectacular May by homering twice in his first game

By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Ty France hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 on Friday night. The homer put some buzz back into the crowd of 40,001, after Jo Adell erased Seattle’s four-run lead with a pinch-hit grand

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Jessada Brown hit two home runs and drove in four runs and Aaron Parker went 5-for-5, leading regional host UC Santa Barbara to a 9-6 victory over Fresno State on Friday night at the NCAA Tournament. Brown hit a solo home run in the first inning and added a three-run

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With the season on the line, Stanford’s NiJaree Canady delivered the kind of performance one might expect from the best player in college softball. The sophomore threw a three-hitter and the Cardinal defeated Oklahoma State 8-0 in six innings on Friday night in an elimination

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer The Sacramento Kings have agreed to a extension with coach Mike Brown to keep him under contract through the 2026-27 season, a person familiar with the deal said. The Kings and the 2022-23 NBA Coach of the Year reached agreement on the extension Friday night, the person told The

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar homered and had three hits, Dakota Hudson allowed only one run and four hits in seven-plus innings and the Colorado Rockies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 on Friday night. Hudson (2-7) entered the game with only 17 runs of support, the fifth-fewest

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Pride Month, the worldwide celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights, kicks off Saturday with events around the globe. But this year’s festivities in the U.S. will unfold against a backdrop of dozens of new state laws targeting LGBTQ+ rights, particularly transgender young people. Here are things to know about the

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Aaron Judge capped off one of the best months of his nine-year career in fitting fashion in the perfect spot. The Northern California kid who grew up watching and attending San Francisco Giants games and dreaming of donning the orange and black, showed just why

By CODY FRIESEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jake Cronenworth drove in three runs in a nine-run eighth inning, Luis Arraez had four hits and the San Diego Padres beat the Kansas City Royals 11-8 on Friday night. Cronenworth hit a two-run single in the eighth to give the Padres a 4-3 lead

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Bryce Boettcher homered leading off the top of the 11th inning and Logan Mercado worked out of trouble in the bottom half to give Oregon a 5-4 win over San Diego on Friday in the NCAA Santa Barbara Regional. Boettcher, the Ducks’ No. 9 batter, had gone hitless in his

NEW YORK (AP) — Santiago Rodríguez scored the go-ahead goal in the 80th minute and substitute Alonso Martínez added a hat trick from there as New York City FC pulled away for a 5-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes at Yankee Stadium on Friday night, matching a club record with its fifth straight win.

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Reynaldo López set a season high with eight strikeouts, Jarred Kelenic hit a two-run double and the Atlanta Braves beat Oakland 4-2 on Friday night, giving the Athletics their third straight loss. López (3-2) raised both arms as he walked off the mound after closing the

CORVALLIS, Oregon (AP) — Caden Kendle’s two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth lifted second-seeded UC Irvine to a wild, 13-12 victory after Nicholls State wiped out a 9-1 deficit and led 12-11 in the top of the inning at the Corvallis Regional in the NCAA Tournament on Friday.

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Staff members for the Illinois House speaker on Friday filed a lawsuit demanding the right to negotiate working conditions as a union, something the speaker has said he supports. The action by members of the Illinois Legislative Staff Association in Cook County Circuit Court seeks

NEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco Giants shortstop Anthony Tandron was suspended for 56 games Friday following a positive test under Major League Baseball’s new drug program for minor league players assigned outside the United States and Canada. Tandron tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Boldenone. An 18-year-old signed for a $77,500 bonus in February

By DEBORAH BRENNAN/CalMatters CalMatters FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — The war over abortion is raging in statehouses around the country, but in California, a bastion of reproductive rights, the fight has shifted to local battlegrounds. In the Inland Empire region, Planned Parenthood is suing the city of Fontana, alleging its officials are illegally blocking its plans

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press Police in riot gear surrounded arm-in-arm protesters Friday at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to remove an encampment and barricades where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have blocked the main entrance to the campus this week. Dozens were arrested, the university said. Campus, local and state police swarmed the protesters, and video

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California judge on Friday denied a petition to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from her bedroom at knifepoint in a crime that shocked the nation. Jurors in 1996 found Davis