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The television actor Allison Mack, who pleaded guilty for her role in a sex-trafficking case tied to the cult-like group NXIVM, has been released from a California prison, according to a government website. Mack, best known for her role as a young Superman’s close friend on “Smallville,” was sentenced to three years behind bars in

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani left the Los Angeles Angels’ game Tuesday against the San Diego Padres with a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand. The two-way star exited after giving up consecutive home runs to Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth with none out in the sixth inning. The right-hander’s start

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The USGA doesn’t hold an annual dinner for past champions like at the Masters or PGA Championship, just on special occasions. Being at Pebble Beach is a special occasion, and the “Reunion of Champions” attracted quite the crowd. The USGA said 39 former Women’s

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — One person was killed and three others were injured when a single-engine plane crashed Tuesday in Southern California, authorities said. The Cessna 172 with four people aboard crashed shortly after taking off from French Valley Airport in Murrieta around 2:45 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said. Televised news footage showed the

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Rose Zhang set the women’s course record at Pebble Beach and hardly anyone noticed outside of her local caddie, Stanford teammates and college golf enthusiasts. Ten months later, Zhang walked toward the 17th green at Pebble Beach with three amateurs in the U.S. Women’s

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The struggling San Diego Padres designated Nelson Cruz for assignment and placed right-hander Michael Wacha on the 15-day injured list with shoulder inflammation on Tuesday. The 43-year-old Cruz, playing on a $1 million, one-year contract, was batting .245 with a .283 on-base percentage. He had five homers and 23 RBIs. The

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The sun tried to poke through thick marine layer in the late afternoon, which would have illuminated Pebble Beach on what already had been a special occasion. The “Reunion of Champions” was for all past U.S. Women’s Open winners. They gathered for a group

DELANO, Calif. (AP) — The death of a 25-year-old inmate at California’s North Kern State Prison is being investigated as a homicide, corrections officials said Tuesday. An officer conducting a security check discovered Ricardo Saldivar unresponsive in a cell Monday afternoon, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement. Saldivar was taken

SAN DIEGO (AP) — All-Star outfielder Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels has a broken left wrist and was placed on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday. The Angels announced that Trout has a broken hamate suffered Monday night. The slugger fouled off a 0-1 pitch from Nick Martinez leading off the eighth inning

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Her night’s work on the pitch finished, Alex Morgan walks into the post-match news conference in her San Diego Wave uniform, barefoot and with her left ankle still taped up, with 3-year-old daughter Charlie in tow. Morgan veers from soccer superstar to mom and back

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Candace Parker sees a lot of similarities between the Las Vegas Aces and the 2016 Los Angeles Sparks team she played for that won a WNBA title. A lot of it has to do with the friendships the players share off the court. “Our team was really, really close,”

By The Associated Press UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN Site: Pebble Beach, California. Course: Pebble Beach GL. Yardage: 6,509. Par: 72. Prize money: TBA (Last year: $10 million). Winner’s share: TBA (Last year: $1.8 million). Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-6 p.m. (Peacock), 6-11 p.m. (USA Network); Saturday-Sunday, 3-9 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Minjee Lee. Last