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By VALERIE GONZALEZ and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LAREDO, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration has stopped taking mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers at a Texas border crossing that connects to a notoriously dangerous Mexican city after advocates warned U.S. authorities that migrants were being targeted there for extortion. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A person with a gunshot wound was found on the steps of the California Capitol early Monday, Sacramento police said. Officer Cody Tapley told The Sacramento Bee that officers responded to a report of a shooting on a street near the Capitol shortly after 4 a.m. and found the victim two

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer One small step for an intrepid crew of 24th century space explorers could be a giant leap — or flop — for Microsoft when the Xbox-maker launches its long-awaited video game Starfield. Players must fend off pirates, navigate strange moons, build outposts and fix their own starships in a

ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — A shooting broke out at a birthday party crashed by uninvited guests, leaving an 18-year-old woman dead and six wounded in Northern California, police said. The shooting happened early Sunday during a birthday party for a 19-year-old man at a home in Antioch, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northeast of San

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Quinn Mathews threw 156 pitches and had 16 strikeouts — both career highs — in a complete game, Drew Bowser hit a two-run home run and Stanford beat Texas 8-3 Sunday night to avoid elimination at best-of-3 Stanford Super Regional. The Cardinal (43-18) forced a decisive Game 3 on Monday with

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At almost every stop last year, Jill Biden delivered a clear message to supporters as she campaigned for Democrats in the run-up to the 2022 midterm elections: Put voting on your “to-do” list, she’d say. “Like a lot of educators, to stay organized, I use to-do lists,”

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — As guests filed into Sunday’s music-filled memorial for Cynthia Weil, they smiled in recognition and sang along to a string of hit songs she co-wrote that were played on speakers in a lush courtyard of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Weil, the Grammy-winning lyricist who enjoyed

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As Brandon Crawford built his Gold Glove resume, the San Francisco Giants shortstop had the desire to pitch. He repeatedly joked about the possibility. One day after becoming the fourth player in the franchise’s San Francisco era to play in 1,600 games, Crawford — the brother-in-law

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. shows up at Sonoma Raceway each year brimming with the confidence only acquired by repeated success on a track. Last summer, team owner Joe Gibbs admits he didn’t give Truex a car capable of demonstrating his driver’s mastery of this hilly road

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Wake Forest is headed to the College World Series for the first time since it won the national championship in 1955, and the Demon Deacons will bring the hottest offense in the country. Virginia also clinched a spot in the CWS on Sunday, and the two Atlantic Coast Conference

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — If only the Oakland Athletics played in the NL Central, they might not be on pace to have one of the worst seasons in modern history. Seth Brown and Brent Rooker hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning to help the Athletics complete their first series

By MICHAEL R. SISAK AND MIKE BALSAMO AND JAKE OFFENHARTZ Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Kaczynski, who was 81 and suffering from late-stage cancer, was found