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US appeals court to hear arguments over 2010 hush-money settlement of Ronaldo rape case in Vegas

Oct. 04, 2023 00:15 AM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A U.S. appeals court planned to hear Wednesday from lawyers trying to revive a woman’s bid to force international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions more than the $375,000 in hush money he paid her after she claimed he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009. ...

San Francisco will say goodbye to Dianne Feinstein as her body lies in state at City Hall

Oct. 04, 2023 00:11 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mourners will pay their respects Wednesday to the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in San Francisco City Hall, where she launched her groundbreaking political career and where she spent a decade as the city's first female mayor. Feinstein's body will lie in...

California's new mental health court rolls out to high expectations and uncertainty

Oct. 02, 2023 12:53 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into housing and medical care — potentially without their consent — kicked off in seven California counties, including San Francisco, on...

Issues in the red zone are a broken record for Cowboys heading into 49ers showdown

Oct. 02, 2023 12:41 PM EDT

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott and Tony Pollard collided in the backfield on a botched handoff that forced yet another field-goal try for the Dallas Cowboys inside the opponent's 20-yard line. Not even the worst loss of New England coach Bill Belichick's storied career could...

Analysis: Few surprises among NFL's top teams a quarter into the season

Oct. 02, 2023 09:50 AM EDT

On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here. ___ The NFL’s top preseason contenders played like it in the first quarter of the season. Defending champion Kansas City (3-1), Philadelphia...

McCaffrey scores 4 TDs to lead the 49ers past the Cardinals 35-16

Oct. 01, 2023 20:52 PM EDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The only person who could stop Christian McCaffrey from tying a San Francisco franchise record with a fifth touchdown was his own coach. McCaffrey scored a career-high four touchdowns and the 49ers won their 14th straight regular season game, beating the...

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's body returns to San Francisco on military flight

Sep. 30, 2023 22:14 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned Saturday to her hometown for the final time when a military jet carrying the late Democratic senator's body landed at San Francisco International Airport. The long-serving senator and political trailblazer died Thursday at...

The Seahawks will try to remain perfect at MetLife Stadium when they face the Giants on Monday night

Sep. 30, 2023 18:23 PM EDT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants are searching for answers and they face the task of playing Seattle on a day of the week the Seahawks own and in a stadium where they have never lost. The puzzling Giants (1-2), who were overmatched by both Dallas and San Francisco,...

Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She's being lauded as an evolving ally

Sep. 30, 2023 10:16 AM EDT

Dianne Feinstein once stood at the center of a pivotal moment in LGBTQ+ history. Decades later, in death, she's being lauded by LGBTQ+ leaders as a longtime ally who, if she didn't always initially do the right thing, was able to learn and evolve. Feinstein was president of the San...

The Dianne Feinstein they knew: Women of the Senate remember a tireless fighter and a true friend

Sep. 30, 2023 09:43 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Washington Sen. Patty Murray received a call early Friday morning that Sen. Dianne Feinstein had died, she immediately started calling her fellow female senators. The Democrat’s first call was to Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who had worked with Feinstein...