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By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. is back with the San Diego Padres, bringing his trademark flair to the game of baseball. He’s also returning with a little humility. The 24-year-old played in a regular season game on Thursday night for the first time since an 80-game PED suspension

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada legislative leaders said Thursday that they had little information about the Oakland Athletics’ plans to move to Las Vegas, beyond that a land purchase deal in place, a funding bill is coming and there is no timeline for action. The Major League

By ADAM BEAM and TOM KRISHER Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys general in 17 states on Thursday urged the federal government to recall millions of Kia and Hyundai cars because they are too easy to steal, a response to a sharp increase in thefts fueled by a viral social media challenge. Some Kia

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Thibodaux arrived in the Bay Area in 1995 from Texas and instantly became a fan of the Oakland Athletics. The onetime Astros fan cheered slugger Mark McGwire, who hit 52 home runs the following year. He saw the glory days of Dave Stewart and

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard won’t play for the Los Angeles Clippers against the Phoenix Suns in Game 3 of their Western Conference playoff series Thursday night. He has a sprained right knee that he aggravated at the end of Game 1 last Sunday, according to Lawrence Frank,

CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men who served nearly 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of attempted murder after a 2004 shooting were declared innocent Thursday by a California judge. Under a new law, the state is required to pay them each $140 for every day they spent behind

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — When the San Francisco 49ers finally get around to making their first draft pick, they’ll be on the clock for much of the rest of the draft. The Niners traded away most of their premium picks in next week’s draft in deals that

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers voted Thursday to protect sexual assault survivors from retaliatory lawsuits, years after a former state lawmaker sued a woman over her sexual misconduct allegations against him. Supporters of the legislation hope it will counteract efforts to silence victims. The bill, which passed

By JOHN ANTCZAK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Riordan, a wealthy Republican businessman who served two terms as Los Angeles mayor and steered the city through the Northridge earthquake and the recovery from the deadly 1992 riots, has died. He was 92. “Mayor Richard Riordan loved Los Angeles, and

NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Angels manager Phil Nevin had never been ejected twice from the same game. Until Wednesday. “That’s a first,” he said before Thursday’s series finale against the New York Yankees. In the ninth inning with the score tied at 2 on Wednesday, Mike Trout was called out on a full-count

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration has identified more than 175,000 square miles (453,000 square kilometers) of old growth and mature forests on U.S. government land and plans to craft a new rule to better protect the nation’s woodlands from fires, insects and other side effects of climate change,

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Thursday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when cannabis fans gather in clouds of smoke at music festivals, celebrate with all-you-can deals on chicken wings and other munchies, and take advantage of pot shop discounts in legal weed states. This year’s edition provides an occasion for activists

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and Scripps have signed a multiyear deal to televise Friday night regular-season games on ION. The plan, announced Thursday, is to show 44 games over 15 weeks — starting on May 26 and running to Sept. 8. There will be national games that