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By VALERIE GONZALEZ and PAUL J. WEBER McALLEN, Texas U.S. authorities temporarily shut down two railroad border crossings in Texas on Monday to shift officers to helping process migrants, drawing warnings from rail operators that the temporary closures would hamper trade ahead of Christmas. The decision by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend operations

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco prosecutors on Monday began charging 80 protesters who last month blocked traffic for hours on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. The protest came as San Francisco was hosting President Joe Biden and other world leaders for the

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA released its schedule on Monday with its usual month-long break for the Olympics. There will be no regular season contests from July 18-Aug. 14 because of the Paris Games. The league’s 28th season will begin on May 14 with eight teams in action,

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is recovering from surgery for a broken hip after he fell at a concert in Los Angeles. The basketball Hall of Famer had surgery Sunday “with no complications,” his business partner and spokeswoman, Deborah Morales, told The Associated Press on Monday. “He will

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has already notched a win for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The two-time AL MVP’s video pitch helped recruit pitcher Tyler Glasnow to reach a $136,562,500, five-year deal with the team. Ohtani agreed to his own record-breaking $700 million, 10-year contract last week. “It

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A player with the Sacramento Kings’ G League affiliate and his girlfriend have been arrested in the killing of a woman whose remains were found earlier this month near Las Vegas, authorities said. Chance Comanche, 27, and Sakari Harnden, 19, face charges of murder and kidnapping in the killing of 23-year-old

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA is changing its Commissioner’s Cup format, playing half as many games and contesting them all during a two-week period in early June. Teams now will play only five games — once against every other team in the conference — which is down from

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll on Monday, while Washington was ranked for the first time since 2017. The Gamecocks received all 36 votes from a national media panel after winning their only game last week in a rout. Many teams

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For Nicole Plauché and her family, Christmas is the time of the year where they can use their preferred love language: gift giving. This year, however, Plauché is worried about how much she can afford to spend on gifts. Her main struggle? Student loan payments. “It

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Larry Kramer, longtime president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, doesn’t think it’s healthy for an executive to lead the same organization for more than 15 years. The problem, he says, is that it takes 10 years for a leader to get anything done. Nevertheless, Kramer, known for his

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union on Monday made Elon Musk’s online platform X the first tech company to face an investigation under Europe’s tough new regulations designed to clean up social media and protect people from toxic online content. “Today we open formal infringement proceedings against @X” under

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephen Curry’s NBA-record 3-pointer streak ended at 268 games Sunday night in the Golden State Warriors’ 118-114 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. Curry was 0 for 8 from 3-point range, 2 for 12 overall and scored seven points. He began the streak Dec. 1, 2018, at Detroit. Curry, the NBA

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Jeff Zients recently heard from a powerful Democratic senator that steep levels of migration at the U.S.-Mexico border had become, in a word, untenable. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, had signed onto a statement denouncing “reports of harmful

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 28 points on a night Stephen Curry’s NBA-record 3-pointer streak ended at 268 games and the Golden State Warriors held off the Portland Trail Blazers 118-114 on Sunday for their second straight victory. Curry was 0 for 8 from 3-point range, 2 for 12 overall and scored seven

By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and two assists to extend his point streak to 15 games, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 6-2 on Sunday night. Mikko Rantanen, Ryan Johansen, Valeri Nichushkin and Miles Wood also had goals for Colorado, which played its third

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Jacoby Brissett provided a spark that the Washington Commanders’ offense has been lacking the past few weeks. Despite that, coach Ron Rivera said after Sunday’s 28-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams that Sam Howell will remain the starting quarterback. The Commanders (4-10) have dropped

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Adam Henrique scored three goals for his first career hat trick and the Anaheim Ducks beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 Sunday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Alex Killorn had a goal and two assists, Troy Terry had a goal and an assist, and

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jake Moody missed an extra-point attempt in sixth grade and it bothered him even after a photo showed the ball teed up sideways. San Francisco’s kicker hasn’t missed since. By hitting all six of his extra point kicks in the 49ers’ 45-29 win over the

By The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Aanen Moody’s 21 points helped Montana defeat San Jose State 86-75 on Sunday night. Moody added eight rebounds for the Grizzlies (6-4). Laolu Oke added 16 points while going 5 of 8 and 6 of 7 from the free throw line, and they also had 15

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Deebo Samuel was stunned to be so wide open for San Francisco’s first touchdown of the game. A few quarters later, Christian McCaffrey had enough time to catch a deep pass, fall to the turf, then scramble to his feet and run for a 41-yard