By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Andrew Bailey and Craig Breslow used to sit in the the bullpen joking about a future in which Breslow was running a major league team and Bailey would be a member of the coaching staff. Now, that’s exactly what has happened. Bailey was hired Tuesday as
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The governor of Mexico’s northern state of Sonora has acknowledged that a secrecy-shrouded train project was an army undertaking that has not yet submitted any environmental impact statement, even though it is already being built. The rail link to the border city of Nogales threatens to
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have given Mike Shildt another chance to manage in the big leagues, just two years after his run with St. Louis ended abruptly despite him leading the Cardinals to three straight playoff appearances and winning the 2019 NL Manager of the
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Geno Smith is leaving the decision about whether he’ll play Thursday night in the hands of Pete Carroll and the rest of the Seattle Seahawks coaching staff. “We’ll see how it goes. That’s up to coach,” Smith said on Tuesday, two days before the Seahawks
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Any doubts raised about Brock Purdy during the first little slump of his brief NFL career have been emphatically answered by his record-setting performance the past two games. The five interceptions that contributed to a three-game losing streak for the San Francisco 49ers
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH and MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press The founder of a far-right, unofficial Catholic media group has resigned for an unspecified violation of the organization’s morality clause, the group said in a statement Tuesday. Michael Voris stepped down as president of St. Michael’s Media and Church Militant, a Michigan-based enterprise established to address what
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A Yucca Valley teacher was arrested on Monday on suspicion of possessing child pornography, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced. Joseph Anthony Borges III, 48, of Yucca Valley was arrested on Monday. The arrest came about after authorities received a CyberTip on Nov. 7 from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Continue ReadingTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams have waived running back Darrell Henderson for the second time in two seasons. The Rams dropped Henderson on Tuesday after a four-game return to the team with which he won the Super Bowl two seasons ago. Kyren Williams, the Rams’ starting running back this season, is
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A mysterious respiratory disease that has been detected in hundreds of dogs across the country has been reported in 10 canines in Los Angeles County, health officials said today, prompting an investigation into the origin of the illness and the extent to which it may have spread locally. The unknown illness has been dubbed Atypical
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution, a judge ruled Tuesday, continuing to block it from taking effect and casting fresh doubt over the future of the embattled measure. The law, one of the toughest in the nation, was among the
Continue ReadingPINNACLE, N.C. (AP) — Heavy rain and lower temperatures have helped slow down wildfires in North Carolina, including blazes that had prompted evacuations of homes and campgrounds. But an official from the U.S. Forest Service says the reprieve for crews on Tuesday may only last through the Thanksgiving weekend, since rain isn’t expected again for
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Martha’s Village & Kitchen Thanksgiving Day 5k is an annual, family-friendly run/walk fundraiser on El Paseo in Palm Desert. The goal is to raise awareness about the organization’s services, and to provide funds to support its mission to end hunger and homelessness in the Coachella Valley. About 5,000 people are expected to attend this year’s
Continue ReadingBY KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawyers for the first inmate scheduled to be put to death using nitrogen gas said Monday that Alabama is seeking to make him the “test case” for an experimental execution method. Attorneys for Kenneth Eugene Smith filed an amended lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the proposed
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge has ruled that a voter-approved gun control law violates the state constitution. The decision on Tuesday continues to block it from taking effect and casts fresh doubt over the future of the embattled measure. The law is one of the toughest in the nation. It requires people to
Continue ReadingUPLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies in Southern California shot and killed a man who fired a gun at them during an hours-long standoff that ended with him fleeing a burning home, authorities said Tuesday. The man died at the scene Monday night. His name wasn’t immediately released. The shooting began after investigators with the
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Police arrested a suspect accused of causing a crash that killed three people in Palm Springs this past September. Shawn Michael Kirkpatrick, 52, was arrested on Thursday. He was charged with three felony counts of DUI gross vehicular manslaughter and one felony count each of DUI alcohol causing great bodily injury and DUI alcohol of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A federal judge says mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania should still count even if they’re not dated correctly, as long as they are received in time. The judge ruled Tuesday that county boards of election may no longer reject mail ballots that lack accurate, handwritten dates on their return envelopes. The
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Taylor Romine and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN (CNN) — Three people have been found dead, including a young girl, and others are still missing after a large landslide covered a highway near a remote community in southeast Alaska on Monday, according to the state’s Department of Public Safety. The landslide was reported Monday around 9 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Unlike Google, Facebook and countless other tech giants, the company behind ChatGPT was not created to be a business. Rather, its creators set it up as a nonprofit, hoping it wouldn’t be beholden to commercial interests — like Google and Facebook. While OpenAI later transitioned
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British police say the bodies of four teenage boys who had been missing since they left for a weekend camping trip have been found inside their overturned car. Police in Wales said the vehicle was found partially submerged in water and the deaths appeared to be the result of an accident. A
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