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The Supreme Court will hear a case with a lot of 'buts' & 'ifs' over the meaning of 'and'

Sep. 24, 2023 07:48 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's hard to imagine a less contentious or more innocent word than “and.” But how to interpret that simple conjunction has prompted a complicated legal fight that lands in the Supreme Court on Oct. 2, the first day of its new term. What the justices decide...

Kershaw tosses 2-hit ball over 5 innings and Dodgers beat Giants 7-0

Sep. 24, 2023 01:00 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pitching on six days' rest with a velocity no longer matching his prime years, Clayton Kershaw still is finding ways to win for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 35-year-old left-hander tossed two-hit ball over five innings, Mookie Betts hit a two-run double that set...

Today in History: September 24, Dodgers play final game in Brooklyn

Sep. 24, 2023 00:08 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 24, the 267th day of 2022. There are 98 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 24, 1957, the Los Angeles-bound Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field, defeating the...

49ers are focused on fixing flaws after rolling to their third straight win to open the season

Sep. 22, 2023 17:40 PM EDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Three straight wins with 30 points scored in each game is just the kind of start the San Francisco 49ers wanted to get off to this year after being forced to climb out of early holes the past two years. Despite the relatively easy wins and gaudy numbers,...

49ers give contract extensions to coach Kyle Shanahan and GM John Lynch

Sep. 22, 2023 16:41 PM EDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers gave coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch multi-year contract extensions on Friday. The duo joined the 49ers together in 2017 and by their third season built up a team that had won just two games the year before they...

Governments and individuals debate: Are mandates needed to reach climate change targets?

Sep. 21, 2023 15:48 PM EDT

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) — Governments, organizations and businesses have set ambitious goals to combat climate change. But it is far from clear that those goals can be met without forcing people to do -- or not do -- certain things. And that is causing some consternation, even among...

Airbnb says it's cracking down on fake listings and has removed 59,000 of them this year

Sep. 20, 2023 18:10 PM EDT

Fake listings have emerged as a major problem for Airbnb, threatening to scare off consumers and prompting the short-term rental service to use AI in an effort to crack down on fraudsters. Airbnb says it has removed 59,000 fake listings and prevented another 157,000 from joining the...

Supporters of reparations for Black residents urge San Francisco to push forward

Sep. 19, 2023 21:00 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reparations advocates urged San Francisco supervisors Tuesday to adopt recommendations aimed at shrinking the racial wealth gap and otherwise improving the lives of Black residents as atonement for decades of discriminatory city policies, including the granting of a lump-sum...

Instacart's IPO surges as the grocery delivery company goes from the supermarket to the stock market

Sep. 19, 2023 16:31 PM EDT

Instacart delivered in its stock market debut. The grocery delivery company's shares __ priced at $30 per share ahead of the IPO __ hit a peak of $42.95 Tuesday in the first few minutes of trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange. They finished the day up 12.3% at $33.70, giving the...

Instacart sets IPO price at $30 a share, valuing the company at about $10 billion

Sep. 18, 2023 19:21 PM EDT

Instacart on Monday priced its initial public offering of stock at $30 a share, raising $660 million for the grocery delivery company. San Francisco-based Instacart sold 22 million shares in the IPO. Trading of the company's stock is set to begin Tuesday on the Nasdaq stock exchange...