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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has signed with the Los Angeles Rams as the backup to Matthew Stafford. Safety Kamren Curl also agreed to terms on a two-year contract with the Rams on Friday. Garoppolo was released Wednesday by the Las Vegas Raiders after one disappointing season.

By MARK VANCLEAVE and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lyft and Uber have said they will halt operations in Minneapolis because of a new city ordinance that increase wages for app-based drivers, the latest salvo in a longtime fight between gig economy workers and the tech giants. The city’s council vote Thursday overrode

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles home of model and actor Cara Delevingne was destroyed in a fire Friday. One firefighter was taken to a hospital in fair condition with unspecified injuries, and one unidentified person from the house suffered minor smoke inhalation, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman

SELLERSBURG, Ind. (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found in a suitcase in southern Indiana in 2022 has been arrested in California after nearly two years on the run, Indiana State Police said Friday. U.S. Marshals located and arrested Dejaune Anderson in Arcadia, California, a suburb of Los Angeles,

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California fertility doctor was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of his wife in an incident authorities said was made to look like an accident. Eric Scott Sills, 58, was sentenced for one count of second-degree murder in the death of his

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California man who was part of the loosely organized anti-government “ boogaloo movement ” was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role in the shooting death of a federal security guard and wounding of another. Robert Allen Justus was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers,

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles home that appears to belong to model and actor Cara Delevingne was destroyed in a fire Friday. One firefighter was taken to a hospital in fair condition with unspecified injuries, and one unidentified person from the house suffered minor smoke inhalation, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers found their help at linebacker, agreeing to a one-year deal with free agent De’Vondre Campbell. A person familiar with the move said on Friday that Campbell will sign with San Francisco as soon as he passes a physical. The

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s orchestration of one of history’s largest financial frauds in his quest to dominate the cryptocurrency world deserves a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years, federal prosecutors on Friday told a federal judge. Prosecutors made the recommendation in papers filed in Manhattan

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A coroner’s investigation into the death of a man in Los Angeles last month revealed that he was a suspect in a 2008 Washington state child rape who was believed to have jumped to his death from a bridge on Puget Sound years ago, authorities said. Christian Robert Basham was living

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple has agreed to pay $490 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging CEO Tim Cook misled investors about a steep downturn in iPhone’s sales in China that culminated in a jarring revision to the company’s revenue forecast. The preliminary settlement filed Friday in Oakland, California, federal court stems

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Safety Kamren Curl agreed to terms on a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams on Friday. Curl’s deal is worth $8.75 million and could be worth up to $12.75 million. Curl spent his first four NFL seasons with the Washington Commanders, who drafted him

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cable car recently dedicated to the late Tony Bennett rolls past the landmark Fairmont hotel where the singer in 1961 first performed the song that would forever tie him to San Francisco. San Francisco officials on Valentine’s Day dedicated one of the city’s iconic cable

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Donald announces his retirement after a standout career with the Los Angeles Rams.

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking their critics on social media, an issue that first arose for the high court in a case involving then-President Donald Trump. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing for the court, said that officials

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press In the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a massive solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it’s not. Combining batteries with green energy is a fast-growing climate solution. “Solar farms only produce when the

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting in the races for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations happens again Tuesday, a week after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump secured enough delegate support to become their parties’ presumptive nominees. Three states also will hold primaries for other offices as this November’s

By MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first — and maybe only — step toward filling the seat vacated by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy kicks off Tuesday with a special primary in California’s 20th Congressional District. McCarthy, whose brief tenure as speaker was marked by infighting and gridlock, announced his resignation in