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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the first few minutes on the phone with The Associated Press, Chappell Roan shared a revealing fact about herself. “I have a ‘princess’ tramp stamp, that was my first tattoo,” the 25-year-old pop singer laughed. “And it was kind of a ‘f—- you’ to
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to force a vote Tuesday on the far-right effort to oust him from his leadership position and insists he will not cut a deal with Democrats to remain in power, setting the stage for an extraordinary and unpredictable showdown on
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST, CLAUDIA LAUER and RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three federal firearms charges filed after his earlier deal imploded, setting the case on a track toward a possible trial in 2024 while his father is campaigning for reelection. President Joe Biden’s son
Continue ReadingWILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden pleads not guilty in Delaware to three federal gun charges filed after his plea deal imploded.
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden on Tuesday is back in a Delaware courtroom, where he’s expected to plead not guilty to federal firearms charges that emerged after his earlier deal collapsed. The president’s son is facing charges that he lied about his drug use in October
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer With new policies and penalties, the NBA has made it clear that healthy players should be on the court. No argument from the players, who insist they aren’t interested in sitting. Some don’t like load management any more than the fans who wonder why some of the best athletes
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden is due back Tuesday in a Delaware courtroom, where he’s expected to plead not guilty to federal firearms charges that emerged after his earlier deal collapsed. The president’s son is facing charges that he lied about his drug use in October
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Phil Nevin will not return as the Los Angeles Angels’ manager next season. The Angels announced Monday that they are declining their contract option for 2024 on Nevin, who ran the dugout for the last 1 1/2 seasons. Los Angeles will have its fourth manager
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Caif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels have fired manager Phil Nevin.
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By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into housing and medical care — potentially without their consent — kicked off in seven California counties, including San Francisco, on Monday. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom created the new
Continue ReadingLAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Former NFL tight end Russ Francis, a three-time Pro Bowl selection with the New England Patriots who won a Super Bowl with the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, was killed along with another aviation enthusiast when their small plane crashed after takeoff from an upstate New York airport, authorities said Monday.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD and ADAM BEAM Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When California Gov. Gavin Newsom needed to fill the U.S. Senate seat of his late mentor Dianne Feinstein, he could have turned to a big-city mayor, a member of Congress or a powerful legislator. Instead, he chose Laphonza Butler, a former union
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Justin Herbert is not expected to miss any playing time despite having a broken middle finger on his non-throwing hand. The Los Angeles Chargers quarterback fractured the middle finger on his left hand late in the third quarter after it got caught in the helmet of Las Vegas Raiders
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors star Klay Thompson would seriously consider playing for his father’s native country of the Bahamas in the Paris Olympics next year. “That’d be cool,” Thompson, 33, said at Monday’s media day, “because my dad never got the opportunity.” The Golden State guard won a
Continue ReadingPOINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities searched a remote section of California’s Point Reyes National Seashore on Monday for a swimmer missing since a possible shark attack during the weekend. The swimmer was reported missing late Sunday morning near Point Reyes, northwest of San Francisco Bay, said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Hunter
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James is dedicating his 21st NBA season to his son, and Bronny James’ encouraging recovery from sudden cardiac arrest is foremost in his mind while the top scorer in NBA history gets back to work this week. “Nothing else matters besides my family,”
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government has joined more than a dozen former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train. The
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday that unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine, tactics that in turn have thwarted his company’s rival program, Bing. Nadella testified in a packed Washington, D.C., courtroom as part of the government’s landmark antitrust trial
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James says his son, Bronny, is progressing in his rehabilitation from cardiac arrest in hopes of playing for the University of Southern California this season. James gave the update on his 18-year-old son Monday when the Los Angeles Lakers held their annual media
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Draymond Green is healthy again, he’s eager to keep getting to know Chris Paul as a Warriors teammate — no longer as a fierce nemesis. Green acknowledged there has been some serious dislike of Paul in the past strictly based on both of them
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