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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The National Women’s Soccer League Players Association said Monday night that it has agreed to its first-ever collective bargaining agreement. The CBA must still be approved by the NWSL’s Board of Governors, but it comes as players are expected to report to team training camps on Tuesday. The

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have entered a fast-paced final stretch of their head coach search. Vikings officials flew to California on Monday to conduct a second interview with both Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell and Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris. According to a person with knowledge

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police said a 37-year-old unarmed man they fatally shot earlier this month told officers to shoot him and that he had another handgun in his jacket. But the two guns police thought he had turned out to be airsoft replicas, which are not firearms. Multiple agencies are investigating the

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars are rebooting their coaching search. And they’re broadening its scope. The Jaguars interviewed former Las Vegas Raiders interim coach Rich Bisaccia on Monday and lined up a second interview Tuesday with former Philadelphia coach Doug Pederson. That’s according to a person

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer When Josh McDaniels was hired for his first head coaching job in Denver as a precocious 32-year-old, he flamed out almost immediately because he realizes now that he didn’t really know what the job entailed. The experience with the Broncos that ended with his firing before the end

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill that would have created the nation’s only universal health care system has failed to pass the California Legislature. The bill had to pass by midnight on Monday to have a chance at becoming law this year. But the bill never came up for a

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Bill to create universal health care system in California fails, with Democrats unable to muster enough votes.

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti has wavered on whether he plans to take the witness stand in his own defense at a fraud trial in which he is accused of stealing $300,000 in book proceeds from porn actor Stormy Daniels. Avenatti is acting as his own attorney. He first

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is moving to require police officers to keep their handguns separate from stun guns to prevent accidental shootings. Assemblyman Tom Lackey says that would help deter shootings like those that killed Oscar Grant in Oakland and more recently Daunte Wright in Minnesota. In both high-profile slayings, officers said they thought

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers managed to turn around a season that looked lost halfway through the season. After going from 3-5 to the NFC title game, the Niners fell one quarter short of a return to the Super Bowl when they failed to

BY DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are moving to strengthen the state’s oversight of nursing homes, barring anyone from operating a skilled nursing facility without a license. Democratic Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi said his bill would give the California Department of Public Health stronger authority to block unqualified and unethical owners

ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Police say a man found dead near a San Francisco Bay Area high school Monday likely died from injuries caused by a homemade bomb. Antioch Police Department spokesman Officer Darryl Saffold says wires were found near the body of the man. The man’s name wasn’t released, but Saffold described him as

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Esteban Torres, who emerged from the Chicano civil rights movement in California and went on to serve eight terms in Congress pushing for social and economic change to help empower Latinos, has died. He was 91. Torres died Jan. 25 of natural causes, according to a family statement obtained by the

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti has wavered on whether he plans to take the witness stand in his own defense at a fraud trial where he’s accused of stealing $300,000 in book proceeds from porn star Stormy Daniels. Avenatti, who’s acting as his own attorney, first told a judge

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing fresh criticism for his decision to shed his face mask. The latest scrutiny came after Earvin “Magic” Johnson tweeted a photo of himself with Newsom at the NFC championship game at SoFi Stadium. Both had beaming smiles without masks.