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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Spring training Sho-time starts Tuesday with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Shohei Ohtani will make his exhibition debut with the Dodgers when he serves as the designated hitter for Los Angeles on Tuesday against the Chicago White Sox. Los Angeles has been taking it slowly with the two-way star, who signed a

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Technology is so pervasive and invasive that it’s polarizing people, producing feelings of love and loathing for its devices, online services and the would-be visionaries behind them, according to a longtime Silicon Valley reporter. Kara Swisher unwraps how we got to this point in her incendiary memoir, “Burn Book,”

EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Vigils took place across the nation for an Oklahoma teenager who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student said they were a target of bullying. Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old who identified as nonbinary and used they/them pronouns, got into an altercation with

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 33 points, Domantas Sabonis had his NBA-leading 20th triple-double and the Sacramento Kings defeated the Clippers 123-107 on Sunday night, sending Los Angeles to its second loss in a row for the first time since late December. Norman Powell led the Clippers

By AMY TAXIN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family will appear in a California federal court on Monday as a judge considers whether he must remain behind bars while he awaits trial. Special counsel David

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Anyone who thought Lionel Messi and Inter Miami would steamroll over the rest of Major League Soccer this year has already been proven wrong by the upstart LA Galaxy. Messi was still brilliant enough to keep Miami unbeaten after an early-season test from another marquee

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Filip Forsberg broke a tie early in the third period and also had an assist to help the Nashville Predators beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Sunday night for their fifth straight victory. It is the first time in Nashville’s 25 seasons that it has

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nikola Jokic insists he’s not changing anything during his latest run of triple-double dominance, just finding the flow of the game as it comes. Doing it all for Denver on both ends yet again, Jokic has the defending champions off to a 3-0 start after

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George sat out the Los Angeles Clippers’ game against the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night. He missed his fourth game of the season with left knee soreness. George is averaging 22.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists. Norman Powell was set to make his first start of the season in

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Celine Song’s quiet romance “Past Lives” won two of the biggest awards at the Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday afternoon, including best feature and best director. Other big winners were Cord Jefferson’s comedic satire “ American Fiction,” with Jeffrey Wright winning for lead performer; and Alexander Payne’s “ The

VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — PGA Tour rookie Jake Knapp lost a four-shot lead in seven holes and then held it together with a remarkable short game Sunday, closing with an even-par 71 to win the Mexico Open at Vidanta and earn a trip to the Masters. Knapp said he still sends a text after each

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — It’s no surprise that the Phoenix Suns were led by a Big Three on Sunday. The twist is that those three players were Grayson Allen, Royce O’Neale and Jusuf Nurkic. Allen scored 24 points, Kevin Durant added 22 and the Suns pulled away late in the

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Manuel Feller of Austria overcame a first-run deficit to win a World Cup slalom on Sunday, his fourth victory of the season. Trailing by nearly a half-second entering the final run, Feller smoothly navigated the tricky course. He finished in a combined time of 1 minute, 42.08 seconds to edge

By ERIC HE Associated Press STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Kiki Iriafen had 22 points and 20 rebounds, Cameron Brink added 14 points and No. 3 Stanford beat Arizona State 81-67 on Sunday, responding after an upset loss to Arizona without Brink to wrap up at least a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title. Brink, who

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — After three seasons at Southern California, including being Pac-12 freshman of the year, Alissa Pili left for Utah. “I needed to step out of my comfort zone a little bit to really push me to get to where I knew I could be,” the Alaska

By ERIC HE Associated Press STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Kiki Iriafen had 22 points and 20 rebounds, Cameron Brink added 14 points and No. 3 Stanford beat Arizona State 81-67 on Sunday, responding after an upset loss to Arizona at home two days earlier without Brink. Brink, who also had nine rebounds, seven assists and

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday announced an advertising campaign to combat proposals in several Republican-controlled states to prohibit out-of-state travel for abortions and other reproductive care. The multistate ad campaign and an online petition effort will launch Monday, beginning with a TV commercial about a measure under consideration in Tennessee.

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s Senate race was expected to be a three-way Democratic prizefight, but the possibility of a record-low turnout is elevating the chances of Republican Steve Garvey, a former baseball star, and could derail the congressional careers of two prominent progressives. In a year headlined

The Associated Press EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Vigils took place across the nation for an Oklahoma teenager who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student said they were a target of bullying. Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old who identified as nonbinary and used they/them pronouns, got into

HONOLULU (AP) — Justin McKoy finished with 26 points to guide Hawaii to a 73-65 victory over Long Beach State on Saturday night. McKoy made 10 of 14 shots with four 3-pointers for the Rainbow Warriors (16-12, 8-8 Big West Conference). He added six rebounds. Noel Coleman buried three 3-pointers and scored 18. AJ George