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By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press Alex Pearlman shut the door on dreams of a standup comedy career almost a decade ago, pivoting from the stage to an office cubicle where he worked a customer service job. Then he started posting random jokes and commentary about pop culture and politics on TikTok. Just over 2.5 million

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ plan to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is on hold while the Supreme Court considers a challenge to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest move over immigration. The nation’s highest court put the law on pause over a lawsuit led by the Justice

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the far-left independent from Vermont, this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount of

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Anze Kopitar scored two of Los Angeles’ four goals in the first period, and the Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Friday night. Pierre-Luc Dubois, Alex Laferriere and Jordan Spence each had a goal and an assist to help Los Angeles rebound from a 3-1 loss

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Michael Hayes stood in the drizzle outside of the gym about 30 minutes after his final college basketball game, contemplating one of the weirder seasons for any team in recent memory. The journey for the Antelope Valley Pioneers — college basketball’s team that lost its

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Tyler Toffoli scored his first two goals with Winnipeg and Laurent Brossoit stopped 21 shots for his second shutout of the season in the Jets’ 6-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night. Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo snapped a 63-game goal-scoring drought and added an assist, and Kyle Connor, Nate

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson snagged an inbound pass in the back court with just less than 4 seconds remaining in the third quarter, embarked on a sprinting end-to-end dribble and sank a driving floater just as the horn sounded. The crowd roared wildly, and so did Williamson,

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Barely a minute into Friday night’s Pac-12 Tournament semifinal, Oregon watched its two-time all-conference center hit the floor hard and leave the game. The Ducks then trailed by 14 points as No. 6 Arizona appeared well on its way to another conference title game. But

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Alex Morgan scored in the 88th minute and the San Diego Wave won the Challenge Cup with a 1-0 victory over Gotham FC on Friday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. Morgan started the second half as a substitute. She broke the stalemate on a header off a corner kick

By CLAIRE RUSH and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on an older Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, officials said, the latest in a series of recent incidents involving aircraft manufactured by

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer Third baseman J.D. Davis has agreed to a $2.5 million, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics just days after he was released by San Francisco. Davis can earn an additional $1 million in performance bonuses, according to a person who spoke to The Associated Press on Friday night on

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers added their second tight end during free agency with the signing of Hayden Hurst on Friday. Hurst was released by Carolina in a salary-cap move on Wednesday. He had 18 receptions for 184 yards and a touchdown last season, but missed the final eight games after

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek routed Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-1 on Friday night to reach the BNP Paribas Open final. Swiatek improved to 19-2 this year, with her match wins leading the WTA Tour. She’ll face the winner of the other semifinal between third-seeded Coco Gauff and No. 9 seed Maria Sakkari

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Jennifer Tran advances to the general election for U.S. House in California’s 12th Congressional District.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A special master will be appointed to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, a judge ordered Friday, marking the first time the federal Bureau of Prisons has been subject to such oversight. A 2021 Associated Press investigation that found a culture of

By CLAIRE RUSH and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on a Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, officials said, the latest in a series of recent incidents involving aircraft manufactured by the

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A Boeing 737-800 that flew from San Francisco to Medford, Oregon, lost an exterior panel, airport official says.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit said Friday that the Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry into the social media platform’s sale, licensing or sharing of its users’ posts and other content to outside organizations for use in training artificial intelligence models. The company disclosed the inquiry Friday in a filing with the Securities and

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday appointed a special master to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, marking the first time the Bureau of Prisons has been subject to such oversight. A 2021 Associated Press investigation that found a culture of abuse and cover-ups

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Judge appoints special master to oversee California federal women’s prison following rampant sexual abuse of inmates.