Rams, 49ers both missing key players going into NFC West matchup

San Francisco (1-1) at Los Angeles Rams (0-2) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, FOX BetMGM NFL odds: 49ers by 7 1/2. Against the spread: 49ers 1-1; Rams 0-2. Series record: 49ers lead 78-69-3. Last meeting: Rams beat 49ers 21-20 in...

Sales of previously occupied US homes hit slowest annual pace in nearly a year last month despite falling mortgage rates

Ohtani steals 49th base in Dodgers' 8-4 win over Marlins

MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani stole his 49th base and moved closer to becoming the first player in major league history with 50 homers and 50 steals in a season as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins 8-4 Wednesday night. Ohtani, who began the day two shy of each mark,...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs will stay in jail after bail is denied for a second time

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is staying locked up after a judge Wednesday rejected the hip-hop mogul’s proposal that he await his sex trafficking trial in the luxury of his Florida mansion instead of a grim Brooklyn federal jail. U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter...

Diddy admits beating ex-girlfriend Cassie, says he's sorry, calls his actions 'inexcusable'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016 after CNN released video of the attack, saying in a video apology he was “truly sorry” and his actions were “inexcusable.” “I take full responsibility for...

Video appears to show Sean 'Diddy' Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway in 2016

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Security video aired by CNN appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016, the latest in a monthslong series of public allegations and revelations of physical and sexual violence from the hip-hop mogul. The...

Los Angeles area sees more dengue fever in people bitten by local mosquitoes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Health officials warned Wednesday that the Los Angeles area is seeing more dengue fever cases in people who have not traveled outside the U.S. mainland, a year after the first such case was reported in California. Public health officials said at least three...

Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and pay

Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation's cargo from ships. The International Longshoremen's Union is...

'Fake heiress' Anna Sorokin debuts on 'Dancing with the Stars' — with a sparkly ankle monitor

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Convicted con artist Anna Sorokin has hit the dancefloor on “Dancing With the Stars” with a featherweight — and very sparkly — ankle monitor. The so-called ‘fake heiress,' who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely...

Bowden Francis rolling along nicely for the Toronto Blue Jays

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When the Toronto Blue Jays traded Yusei Kikuchi to Houston, it created an opening for Bowden Francis. The right-hander certainly has made the most of the opportunity. Francis is 4-1 with a 1.50 ERA in his last seven starts. He has allowed just...