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NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has pleaded guilty to forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Clayton Kershaw took a perfect game through the sixth inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers in his season debut. He dominated the Minnesota Twins with 12 strikeouts in 18 batters. Kershaw is starting his 15th year in the major leagues, all with the Dodgers. He needed only 69 pitches to breeze through

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave has been extended yet again, this time by six additional days through April 22. Bauer was placed on seven days’ paid leave last July 2 under the union and MLB’s joint domestic violence and sexual assault policy

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Members of California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force are convening in a historic African American church in San Francisco, making their own history as they work to educate the public and develop a restitution proposal for the people harmed by the institution of slavery. The two-day meeting

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Police say a Southern California shoe store owner opened fire at two shoplifters but mistakenly shot and wounded a 9-year-old girl about to have her picture taken with a mall Easter bunny. The suspect fled the state and was arrested in Nevada. Authorities say Marquel Cockrell was chasing the shoplifters from

PHOENIX (AP) — In a story published April 10, 2022, about the overcount of the U.S. Asian population in the 2020 census, The Associated Press erroneously named an advocacy group. It is Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC, not Asian Americans Advancing Justice.

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California wants electric vehicle sales to triple in the next four years to 35% of all new car purchases. That’s part of proposed rules released Tuesday by the California Air Resources Board that aim to reduce planet-warming emissions. It puts the state on a roadmap to

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California plan would require sales of electric vehicles to triple in next four years to 35% of all new car purchases.

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Attorneys for Amber Heard are zeroing in on Johnny Depp’s drug and alcohol use as they defend her against Depp’s libel allegations. A lawyer for Heard resumed his cross-examination of Depp’s sister, Christi Dembrowski, on Wednesday. He brought up a 2014 text exchange between Heard and Dembrowski in which Heard

BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Last year, Congress pledged $3.5 billion to carbon capture and sequestration projects around the United States, which has been called the largest federal investment ever by advocates for the technology. Advocates say that the technology is much needed if the world hopes to transition away from fossil fuels, and

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a store owner who mistakenly shot a 9-year-old girl while chasing shoplifters at a Southern California mall has been arrested in Nevada. San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies responded around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Mall of Victor Valley in Victorville. They found the girl suffering from at least one

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a suspect in a shooting at a Southern California shopping mall that wounded a 9-year-old girl. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department says gunfire erupted around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Mall of Victor Valley in Victorville. The department says the girl was shot and taken to

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Protests over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest border security measure are slowing down the flow of trade on the U.S.-Mexico border. Since Monday, Mexican truckers have blocked the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in protest after the Republican governor last week directed state troopers to pull over

BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Last year, Congress pledged $3.5 billion to carbon capture and sequestration projects around the United States, which has been called the largest federal investment ever by advocates for the technology. Advocates say that the technology is much needed if the world hopes to transition away from fossil fuels, and

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Family law attorneys warn that sounding off against an estranged partner digitally in divorce cases can have lasting consequences when texts, posts, photos and other wrongs are hauled into court. That’s especially true when child custody arrangements are on the table. Kanye West, now legally known

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say seven Southern California men were arrested on suspicion of firearms and drug offenses as part of a federal investigation that recovered automatic weapons including so-called ghost guns. The suspects, ages 22 to 40, face a multitude of charges including engaging in the business of dealing in firearms without a

By WILSON RING and MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press VICTORY, Vt. (AP) — Tens of billions of dollars in federal money to improve broadband internet service in rural areas across the country are starting to reach the groups that will help provide the service, but experts say supply chain issues, labor shortages and geographic constraints will