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PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities trying to determine whether drugs were involved in a fatal hot air ballon crash in Arizona released an amended autopsy report Friday stating an anesthetic was administered to the pilot by an air ambulance company while he was being transported to a hospital. The Pinal County Medical Examiner’s Office said earlier

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story left Boston’s game against the Angels in the fourth inning Friday night after apparently injuring his arm or shoulder on a backhand dive to stop a hit by Mike Trout. Story got his glove on Trout’s hard grounder, but he was left writhing in pain after

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — P.J. Washington capped his best game in Dallas with a tiebreaking layup with 4.5 seconds remaining as Luka Doncic watched because of a sore knee, and the Mavericks beat Golden State 108-106 on Friday night to end the Warriors’ six-game winning streak. Washington finished with 32

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Payton Pritchard had 21 points, including five 3-pointers and the Boston Celtics held off a late charge to beat the Sacramento Kings 101-100 on Friday night. Kristaps Porzingis added 20 points and 11 rebounds – his second straight double-double – to help the NBA’s top team

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout broke into the majors as a true five-tool player who stole 49 bases during his first full season with the Los Angeles Angels in 2012. Trout stole 24 bases as recently as 2018, but the three-time AL MVP didn’t steal that many in

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawsuit that names Sean “Diddy” Combs as a co-defendant alleges that his son Christian “King” Combs sexually assaulted a woman working on a yacht chartered by his father. The suit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court says Sean Combs created the circumstances that

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. But when he reported his concerns to the branch manager of a bank, he wound up spending nearly two years locked up, accused of identity theft himself. As he

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alyssa Nakken stole a quick moment to make an important pregame stop ahead of San Francisco’s home opener: The assistant coach ducked into the family room not far from the Giants clubhouse to check on her baby daughter and husband. Already dressed in her cream-colored

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bob Melvin allowed himself to become nostalgic ever so briefly during his first home game managing the San Francisco Giants. A former player for the franchise who grew up in the Bay Area, he had longed to one day wear the orange and black once

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is out for a key game in the Western Conference playoff race, sitting the second night of a back-to-back Friday because of right knee soreness. Doncic will miss the second meeting with Golden State in four days as the MVP candidate

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California-based 99 Cents Only Stores said Friday it will close all 371 of its outlets, ending the chain’s 42-year run of selling an assortment of bargain-basement merchandise. The company has stores across California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas that will begin will selling off their merchandise,

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was wracking up debt using his name. But when he reported his concerns to the branch manager of a bank, he wound up spending nearly two years locked up, accused of identity theft himself. As he

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A migrant farmworker who survived a mass shooting last year at a Northern California mushroom farm has filed a lawsuit against the farm and one of its owners, saying they failed to keep him safe from the colleague who authorities

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Seiya Suzuki had three RBIs and Michael Busch homered against his former team, helping the Chicago Cubs beat Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7 on Friday. Dansby Swanson also connected as Chicago earned its fifth consecutive win after dropping its first two games of

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alyssa Nakken stole a quick moment to make an important pregame stop ahead of San Francisco’s home opener: the assistant coach ducked into the family room not far from the Giants clubhouse to check on her new baby daughter and husband. Already dressed in her

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eric Musselman finally had a chance to catch his breath. Sitting next to athletic director Jen Cohen, he calmly surveyed the crowd at his introduction as Southern California men’s basketball coach on Friday. It was the culmination of a hurried courtship. Andy Enfield left the

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Busch engaged in some friendly banter with some of his former teammates before the Chicago Cubs kicked off their series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Then he really had some fun. Busch hit his first homer with Chicago and made a terrific defensive play for

By SEAN MURPHY A brazen Los Angeles cash heist on Easter weekend in which thieves cracked a safe and got away with as much as $30 million is believed to be one of the largest such heists in U.S. history. The heist has triggered rampant speculation among a public long infatuated with daring burglaries and

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Norby Williamson, ESPN’s head of event and studio production, is leaving the network after nearly 40 years. The move was announced in a memo on Friday by Burke Magnus, the network’s president for content. The move was first reported by the New York Post. Williamson had overseen ESPN’s studio content —

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Gio Urshela’s two-out double in the eighth inning brought in the go-ahead run and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics 5-4 in their home opener on Friday. Matt Vierling and Mark Canha hit solo homers for Detroit. Spencer Torkelson doubled twice, scored two runs and drove