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By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 24 points and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Los Angeles Clippers 113-89 on Thursday night. Jonas Valanciunas added 18 points and 16 rebounds for the Pelicans. They never trailed and led by 28 points en route to their third victory in

The crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced Thursday that it has signed a deal to acquire the nonprofit fundraising company Classy. The move will help the largest crowdfunding site in the world further increase its influence in the philanthropic sector. A news release from GoFundMe says under the agreement, Classy will become a subsidiary of GoFundMe and

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged four people in connection with the robbery and killing of an off-duty Los Angeles police officer and allege the suspects are tied to a street gang. Officer Fernando Arroyos, 27, was fatally shot at about 9:15 p.m. Monday in an unincorporated area

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 24 points and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Los Angeles Clippers 113-89 on Thursday night. Jonas Valanciunas added 18 points and 16 rebounds for the Pelicans. They led throughout and by as many as 28 points en route to their third

ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have arrested two people in connection with a large fire at an illegal Southern California drug lab. The blaze was reported around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at a commercial building in the city of Adelanto, about 85 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and had his third triple-double of the season to help Milwaukee rout the Golden State Warriors 118-99 on Thursday night in Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer’s return from the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols. Antetokounmpo had 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his 28th

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers are expected to get a big boost for their playoff opener with the return of injured star left tackle Trent Williams. Williams returned to practice after missing the season finale with an elbow injury and is on target to

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor has commuted the sentence of an inmate who has drawn national attention as co-host of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast Ear Hustle. The program is produced inside San Quentin State Prison. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision will allow 51-year-old Rahsaan “New York” Thomas to immediately go

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cam Akers called his mother immediately after he tore his Achilles tendon last July, and he spent much of the next two days crying. The Los Angeles Rams running back then dried his eyes and made a plan. Akers returned from the injury this month

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California says it is expanding awareness training and creating a new committee of Jewish students, faculty and staff as the school works to combat anti-Semitism on campus. President Carol Folt says in a letter Thursday that USC is taking steps to support the Jewish community after concerns

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Brandon Angel and Spencer Jones each scored 16 points and Stanford used a 23-0 second-half run to beat Washington State 62-57 in a game delayed 75 minutes due to COVID testing. Moments before the scheduled start, it was announced the teams were awaiting COVID test results and the game would start

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The family of a San Diego police detective who was killed, along with her husband, in a wrong-way crash last year has filed a $10 million legal claim against the city. Detective Jamie Huntley-Park and her husband and fellow detective, Ryan Park, were killed June 4 on Interstate 5. The wrong-way

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California says scammers are stealing doctors’ credentials to file fake disability claims. The Employment Development Department said Thursday they has suspended 345,000 disability claims associated with 27,000 doctors. The department said most of those claims are likely fraudulent. But some of them are legitimate claims from

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor has rejected releasing Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan from prison more than a half-century after the slaying shook the world in 1968. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday rejected a recommendation from a two-person panel of parole commissioners. Newsom said Sirhan, now 77, poses

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County says it is suing tenants and property owners of a warehouse where a fire released illegally-stored chemicals into a drainage channel and caused a stench that lasted for weeks. The lawsuit claims the hydrogen sulfide gas odor caused a public nuisance affecting thousands of residents in the city

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities investigating the fatal shootings of three teenagers in central California say they have arrested three men suspected in the killings, and two dozen other gang members connected to a drugs and weapons trafficking operation. Jose Carlos Hernandez Pena, Isaiah Rule and Blake Madeiros were found dead in the parking lot

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Virgin Orbit rocket released from a jet flying off the California coast has carried seven small satellites into space. The launch Thursday kicks off a year in which the company plans a total of six missions, including two originating from Britain. Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing

TWIN PEAKS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say deputies have arrested a 70-year-old woman in connection with a cold case homicide in Twin Peaks, California, where a man was fatally shot in 1993. Detectives re-opened the case of 35-year-old Rick Hafty’s slaying in June. Investigators took Diane Cook, 70, into custody on Wednesday. The San Bernardino

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer The Green Bay Packers are the only NFL team that didn’t lose a game at home in the 2021 season. They’re counting on their frenzied fanbase and frigid climes to help them get to the Super Bowl for the first time in 11 years. “I’m really looking forward