PHOENIX (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ third straight 100-win season led to a third consecutive postseason flop. A three-game Division Series sweep by the Arizona Diamondbacks that ended with a 4-2 defeat Wednesday night highlighted how much expanded playoffs have devalued the regular season. “There’s some things with the format that people can dissect
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the investigation into the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur ramped up, prosecutors dug into the past and took the grand jury back to some of the most pivotal moments in the East-West Coast rap rivalry. The animosity began when Shakur was ambushed and
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the investigation into the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur ramped up, prosecutors dug into the past and took the grand jury back to some of the most pivotal moments in the East-West Coast rap rivalry. The animosity began when Shakur was ambushed and
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Within hours of the horrific attack by Hamas, the U.S. began moving warships and aircraft to the region to be ready to provide Israel with whatever it needs to respond. A second U.S. carrier strike group departs from Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday. Scores of aircraft are heading
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Geraldo Perdomo got the Arizona Diamondbacks started with an unexpected homer, then Ketel Marte made the 48,000-plus at Chase Field giddy with another blast. Christian Walker followed with a line-drive shot into the left-field seats and then Gabriel Moreno polished off the onslaught with a 420-foot
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Geraldo Perdomo got the Arizona Diamondbacks started with an unexpected homer, then Ketel Marte made the 48,000-plus at Chase Field giddy with another blast. Christian Walker followed with a line-drive shot into the left-field seats and then Gabriel Moreno polished off the onslaught with a 420-foot
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With his walker positioned on the mound, Rep. Steve Scalise threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Washington Nationals ballpark, a breathtaking comeback for the Republican congressman who just months earlier was fighting for his life after a gunman had opened fire on lawmakers
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The Coachella Valley Economic Partnership is focusing on some big issues like affordability and health care in preparing for the future. CVEP presented its 19th annual economic report today in Indian Wells. “A 50-Year Plan is how you transform a valley from something that it is into something that would be clearly better and more
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Lauren Izso, CNN Dead Sea, Israel (CNN) — People from Be’eri sometimes used to say the reason the Israeli kibbutz was so close to the Gaza Strip was because otherwise, it would be too perfect. “It was a joke, something we used to say because Be’eri is so beautiful. It’s the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit’s big three carmakers, although approval of the workers’ other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll found that 36% of Americans
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States likely eased again last month, though the decline might have slowed since summer, a reminder that the outsize price pressures of the past two years will take more time to cool. Thursday’s consumer inflation data could bolster — or undercut —
Continue ReadingBy INDRAJIT SINGH Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — A passenger train has derailed in eastern India, killed at least four passengers and injuring dozens. All 21 coaches of the North-East Express Train derailed near a railroad station in Bihar state late Wednesday. Two of the coaches overturned. Local residents rushed to the scene and
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A 21-year-old man who broke into the Cabazon Outlets Mall, stealing thousands of dollars worth of goods with several associates, pleaded guilty today to burglary, as well as a charge in a separate case, and was immediately sentenced to two years in state prison. Reginald Bernard Mitchell admitted the burglary count, along with firearm
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Houston Astros gathered in the clubhouse with their bottles and goggles to toast another postseason victory, when manager Dusty Baker called Justin Verlander forward to lead the celebration. “I’m doing the World Series!” Baker said. “You do this one!” Verlander, after a profanity-punctuated speech that
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The numbers were drawn Wednesday night for an estimated $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot that ranks as the world’s second-largest lottery prize. The winning numbers announced were: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10. The largest lottery jackpot ever was a $2.04 billion Powerball won
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno left Game 3 of the NL Division Series in the fifth inning because of a bruised right hand on Wednesday night. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor fouled off a bunt attempt while batting against Joe Mantiply. Moreno took the foul
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his record governing the nation for four years without any new wars, and criticized President Joe Biden’s foreign policy as the world watches a war that has already claimed 2,300 lives unfold in Gaza, ignited by Hamas’ attack on
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Nets coach Jacque Vaughn says their opponent from Israel still wants to play an exhibition game Thursday night in Brooklyn, days after the country was attacked by Hamas militants. Maccabi Ra’anana will be opening a three-game tour against NBA teams. Nets center Nic Claxton questioned Wednesday after practice whether the game
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A seventh person has been arrested on murder charges in the death of a South Korean woman whose body was found decaying in a car trunk in suburban Atlanta. Police arrested Mihee Lee, 54, on Wednesday. She’s the mother of three others already accused of murder in
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea in a demonstration of strength against North Korea. South Korea’s Defense Ministry says the USS Ronald Reagan and its battle group came on Thursday, after participating in a trilateral South Korean-U.S.-Japanese maritime exercise earlier this
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