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Brandon Drury's 2 homers send Angels past Athletics 7-3 in season finale

Oct. 01, 2023 18:57 PM EDT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani navigated through the bags and boxes strewn across the Los Angeles Angels' clubhouse after their season finale, exchanging hugs and memorabilia signatures with his teammates while they all packed up for the winter. Everybody in the building knew...

Kim has 4 hits, Padres beat White Sox 6-1 to hand Chicago 100th loss

Sep. 30, 2023 23:09 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox lost 100 games for the first time since 2018 as Ha-Seong Kim had four hits to lead the San Diego Padres to a 6-1 win on Saturday night. Michael Wacha (14-4) struck out seven, walked one and allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings as the...

Shohei Ohtani rejoins the Angels amid cheers for the final weekend before an uncertain offseason

Sep. 30, 2023 21:44 PM EDT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has returned to cheer on his Los Angeles Angels teammates and to receive some cheers of his own in the final weekend of the regular season. Ohtani has been away from the Angels since surgery on his pitching elbow Sept. 19, but he was back in the...

An arrest has been made in Tupac Shakur's killing. Here's what we know about the case and the rapper

Sep. 30, 2023 00:57 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An arrest has been made in Tupac Shakur's killing, the latest twist in one of the biggest unsolved cases in hip-hop history. Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested on suspicion of murder early Friday morning and has been indicted on a murder charge in Las Vegas....

Rights watchdog accuses the World Bank of complicity in rights abuses around Tanzanian national park

Sep. 28, 2023 06:10 AM EDT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A rights watchdog is accusing the World Bank of enabling the Tanzanian government's violent expansion of a national park through financing from the global lender. The World Bank has failed to hold Tanzanian authorities accountable for serious rights...

Rodriguez, Detroit relievers combine to blank Oakland 2-0 in A's last home game

Sep. 24, 2023 19:55 PM EDT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Eduardo Rodriguez threw seven scoreless innings to end Detroit’s two-game losing streak, and the Tigers beat the last-placed Athletics 2-0 in Oakland’s last home game on Sunday. Spencer Torkelson had two hits and drove in the only runs in the game with a...

California sues anti-abortion organizations for unproven treatment to reverse medication abortions

Sep. 21, 2023 19:49 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday sued an anti-abortion group and a chain of anti-abortion counseling centers, saying the organizations misled women when they offered them unproven treatments to reverse medication abortions. Heartbeat...

California law restricting companies' use of information from kids online is halted by federal judge

Sep. 19, 2023 16:56 PM EDT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has halted implementation of a California law intended to restrict companies’ use of information gathered from young internet users in order to protect the privacy of minors. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman on Monday granted a...

Woo wins homecoming as Mariners blank A's 5-0 to move closer in AL West and tie for final wild card

Sep. 19, 2023 01:34 AM EDT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mariners rookie Bryan Woo had six strikeouts over five spotless innings in a successful homecoming, and Seattle pulled even for the third AL wild card by beating the last-place Oakland Athletics 5-0 on Monday night. José Caballero homered for the first time...

Juan Soto drives in pair of runs as Padres give Bob Melvin series win against former Oakland club

Sep. 16, 2023 20:21 PM EDT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Now that San Diego has a series victory against Bob Melvin's old Oakland club, the manager hopes his Padres can finally pull off their first four-game winning streak of the season. They're the only team in baseball without one in 2023. “It...