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NEW YORK (AP) — Judge revokes bail for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses in his fraud case.
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Wildlife authorities have detected avian botulism at California’s resurgent Tulare Lake, raising concerns about potential die-offs during fall bird migrations. Testing confirmed the disease in a mallard duck and a wading bird called a white-faced ibis collected at the lake in the southern Central Valley, the California Department of Fish and
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Melissa Crick was heartbroken this week while watching videos on her phone of people fleeing from a fast-moving wildfire in Hawaii. “Sending love and support from Paradise, California,” Crick commented on one woman’s social media post. To Crick’s surprise, the woman wrote back. She knew Paradise
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams limped off the practice field Friday with what appeared to be a leg injury, but coach Josh McDaniels said he didn’t “think it was crazy serious.” Adams, who has made first-team All-Pro each of the past three seasons,
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Pac-4 schools are in limbo. The Mountain West is open for additions. The American Athletic Conference is interested in growing and on-guard for being poached. The Atlantic Coast Conference can’t reach a consensus on expansion, and the Big Ten seems to be done adding West Coast
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge accused of killing his wife during an argument while drunk texted his court clerk and bailiff afterward to say he had shot her, prosecutors said Friday as they charged him with murder. A court filing from prosecutors says Orange County Superior
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge was charged Friday with murder in the shooting death of his wife and 47 weapons were seized from the house, authorities said. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, 72, was arrested last week after his adult son called 911 to
Continue ReadingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors say 47 weapons, 26,000 rounds of ammunition seized from home of California judge charged in wife’s killing.
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer With the Paris Olympics coming up next year, U.S. women’s water polo coach Adam Krikorian is feeling the pressure of time. As in not enough of it. There is history at stake, too. No water polo team — men or women — has won four straight gold medals at
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Film, television, fashion: You name it and Kim Kimble has done it in her 30-plus years as a hair stylist in Hollywood — but even through the good times, she never gave up her backup plan. Until the pandemic. “I had a salon where I
Continue ReadingBy JACQUELYN MARTIN Associated Press PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — One camper, from Oakland, California, has a white Jewish mother and a father who is Black and Muslim. Another was adopted in Uganda by a white Jewish woman; they now live in Montana. Like many of the young people who shared challenges and adventures with them
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw didn’t get the win in his return to the mound. The Los Angeles Dodgers are just glad to have him back. “He’s not the most enjoyable guy when he’s not healthy,” manager Dave Roberts said. Kershaw was activated Thursday to make his first
Continue ReadingBy BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. Parents were no longer allowed in the building without appointments, she said, and punishments were more severe. Everyone seemed less tolerant, more angry.
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is returning to New York City for a court hearing Friday that could decide whether the fallen cryptocurrency wiz must go to jail while he awaits trial. Prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke Bankman-Fried’s bail, claiming he tried to harass a
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Thousands of hospitality workers rallied Thursday evening beneath the glittery lights of the Las Vegas Strip to call attention to ongoing union contract negotiations for higher pay and better benefits for food service workers at one of the largest arenas on the famed tourist corridor. The
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators on Thursday approved an expansion that will allow two rival robotaxi services to operate throughout San Francisco at all hours, despite safety worries spurred by recurring problems with unexpected stops and other erratic behavior that resulted in unmanned vehicles blocking traffic, including emergency
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators approve expansion of robotaxi services in San Francisco despite safety concerns.
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Food service workers at a Las Vegas Strip arena demanding higher pay and better benefits rallied Thursday evening beneath the glittery lights of the famed tourist corridor to bring attention to their ongoing negotiations for a union contract. The Culinary Workers Union, a political powerhouse in
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Fred Warner was begging Jimmy Garoppolo to throw a pass at him, which in previous years wouldn’t have been an unusual sight at practice when they were San Francisco 49ers teammates. But they were on opposite sides Thursday with Warner at linebacker for the Niners
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said he apologized to Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby for the way he was treated during the process leading up to the NFL draft. That acknowledgement by Shanahan came Thursday when San Francisco and Las Vegas had
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