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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are getting a national television audience on Saturday. Just in case. With James closing in on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career scoring record, the NBA has moved the Lakers’ game at New Orleans up two hours to a 6 p.m. Eastern start. The Lakers-Pelicans

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Apple made its biggest entry into the sports streaming marketplace Wednesday when Major League Soccer’s “Season Pass” debuted on Apple TV+. Here’s what we know about the service: HOW DO I FIND THE MLS GAMES BEING STREAMED BY APPLE TV+? The app can be accessed on Apple devices, smart

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Bobby Beathard, the architect of four Super Bowl-winning teams with two different organizations during his lengthy tenure in football, has died. He was 86. A spokesperson for the Washington Commanders said Beathard’s family told the team he died Monday at his home in Franklin, Tennessee, less than a week

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mountain snowpack that supplies a significant amount of California’s water got an incredible boost from recent powerful storms and is outpacing the state’s wettest season on record, state water officials said Wednesday. But its too soon to know if the winter will be a drought-buster,

OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 5-year-old boy who was attacked by a mountain lion while hiking in rural Northern California with his mother and grandfather has been released from a hospital, authorities said Wednesday. The boy had raced ahead of the adults on a trail in San Mateo County, south of San

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco building inspectors have given Twitter’s construction contractor two weeks to submit a corrected building use permit if the social media company wants to keep using two conference rooms as bedrooms at its headquarters. The correction notice issued Monday from San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection to Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook parent company Meta posted lower fourth-quarter profit and revenue on Wednesday, hurt by a downturn in the online advertising market and competition from rivals such as TikTok. But the company’s stock soared in extended trading, as its revenue beat Wall Street’s muted expectations and

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Kellen Moore worked with Justin Herbert on a commercial last year. The two will now try to see if they can get the Los Angeles Chargers’ offense to the next level. Moore was introduced as the Chargers offensive coordinator Wednesday after the two sides agreed to a deal on

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin’s first court appearance has been set as he confronts accusations of firearm safety failures and involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. A New Mexico court on Wednesday scheduled Baldwin and film-set weapons supervisor Hannah

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin’s first court appearance has been set as he confronts accusations of firearm safety failures and involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. A New Mexico court on Wednesday scheduled Baldwin and film-set weapons supervisor Hannah

SELMA, Calif. (AP) — A 24-year-old California police officer shot and killed this week had been on the force less than two years and was preparing to become a parent, authorities said Wednesday. Officer Gonzalo Carrasco Jr. with the Selma Police Department was patrolling in the small Central Valley city around noon Tuesday when a

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The Washington Commanders are interviewing Anthony Lynn for their offensive coordinator vacancy. The team confirmed the interview Wednesday. Lynn, the San Francisco 49ers assistant head coach/running backs coach, is the sixth candidate the Commanders have spoken to about the job. Coach Ron Rivera interviewed Lynn in person in California