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By GENE JOHNSON and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman who escaped her kidnapper by punching her way out of a homemade cinder block cell at a home in southern Oregon likely saved other women from a similar fate, authorities said, by alerting them to a man they now suspect in
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Logan Webb loves seeing shortstop Brandon Crawford healthy and helping lead the charge behind him with sparkling defense. Crawford’s troublesome knee sure looked better when he legged out an RBI triple, too. J.D. Davis hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning to back
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The United States’ 0-0 draw against Portugal in the Women’s World Cup was the most-watched overnight program in Fox history. The game on Monday in Auckland, New Zealand, which kicked off at 3 a.m. EDT, averaged 1,354,000 viewers. Fox and Nielsen said the audience peaked at 1.73 million for the final
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Austin Adams will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a fractured right ankle in Tuesday’s loss to San Francisco. He was placed on the 60-day injured list Wednesday. Adams entered to start the eighth inning, but threw just two pitches when he took a comebacker by
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police shot and killed a gunman on a community college campus Wednesday after he fatally wounded a police dog, authorities said. The man was pronounced dead at a hospital after the confrontation at San Diego Mesa College, police said. His name wasn’t immediately released. Police were investigating a report
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG Associated Press The weather was quickly worsening before a plane crashed in Southern California last month, killing all six people on board, federal investigators said Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary report on the July 8 crash near Murrieta, with new details that added to questions about whether the
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer DoorDash set records for total orders and revenue in the second quarter as its grocery and convenience deliveries accelerated and it improved driver efficiency. The San Francisco-based delivery company said Wednesday that its total orders rose 25% to 532 million for the April-June period. That was ahead of Wall
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Gary Sánchez homered twice and drove in four runs, Juan Soto went deep for the third time in two days and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 11-1 on Wednesday. Sánchez had two of his three hits in San Diego’s seven-run ninth inning. Ha-Seong Kim
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet (about 4 meters) tall is becoming more common off California’s coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years. Oceanographer Peter
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge restricted WNBA player Riquna Williams on Wednesday from leaving the Las Vegas area and told her she must adhere to personal restrictions to remain free from jail pending court action in a felony domestic violence case. Williams, 33, a member of last year’s championship
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers certainly expected to win a lot of games this season after bolstering their rotation with some proven veterans and hiring three-time championship manager Bruce Bochy last winter, a year after they committed a half-billion dollars for an All-Star middle infield. Now there
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Lawyers for former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza will be allowed to ask about the sexual history of the woman who accused him and other men of raping her at a house party near San Diego State University, a judge ruled this week. Superior Court Judge Matthew Braner said Monday he
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer A group of Big Ten presidents has begun discussing the possibility of adding more West Coast schools to the conference if the Pac-12 continues to crumble, two people familiar with the conversations told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The people spoke to the AP on condition of
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer DoorDash set new records for total orders and revenue in the second quarter as its grocery and convenience deliveries accelerated and it improved driver efficiency. The San Francisco-based delivery company said its total orders rose 25% to 532 million for the April-June period. That was ahead of Wall Street’s
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who posed as an undercover police officer kidnapped a woman in Seattle, drove her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon and locked her in a cinder block cell until she bloodied her hands breaking the door to escape, the
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Lawyers for former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza will be allowed to ask about the sexual history of the woman who accused him and other men of raping her at a house party near San Diego State University, a judge ruled this week. Superior Court Judge Matthew Braner said Monday he
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who posed as an undercover police officer kidnapped a woman in Seattle, drove her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon and locked her in a cinder block cell until she bloodied her hands breaking the door to escape, the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The San Diego Padres scratched Joe Musgrove from his scheduled start Wednesday with lingering shoulder stiffness, one day after recommitting to a playoff push with several trade deadine acquisitions. Musgrove (10-3, 3.05 ERA) was an All-Star in 2022 and has been nearly as good this year despite
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The homers just keep coming for the Atlanta Braves, who have their sights set on being the most prolific power team in baseball history. Ronald Acuña Jr., Austin Riley and Matt Olson went deep for the MLB-leading Braves, who cruised to a 12-5 victory over the
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. man accused of being the leader of a white supremacist group has been extradited from Romania to face charges of inciting violence at California political rallies in 2017. Robert Paul Rundo of Huntington Beach was flown back to the country Tuesday and pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of
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