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TRACY, Calif. (AP) — A fire destroyed a medical equipment warehouse in Northern California and sent thick black smoke pouring into the sky Thursday and prompted evacuations of other nearby facilities as authorities fought to get the blaze under control. …

By TIM REYNOLDS and By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writers SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama surely knew he was overstating the obvious, when he pointed out that there are two possible outcomes for Game 5 of the NBA Finals on …

By BERENICE BAUTISTA MEXICO CITY (AP) — Shakira, Maná, Andrea Bocelli and a surprise appearance by Salma Hayek lit up the World Cup opening ceremony ahead of Mexico’s 2-0 victory over South Africa on Thursday. Shakira performed “Dai Dai,” the …

Amid the radiant costumes, face paint and thunderous cheers, soccer fans across the globe turned their eyes toward Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on Thursday for the 2026 World Cup’s opening ceremony and the tournament’s inaugural match, where Mexico’s El …

Biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The haul — 177 snakes in total — beats their previous record of 6,500 pounds last year. …

When Irving Park neighborhood resident Alice Rowland heard that a second round of potentially severe weather was forecasted for Thursday evening, she put her hands over her face and let out a worried laugh.”I guess I’m not going to that …

When the 2026 Summer Smash lineup was announced, Cole Bennett posted an Instagram video of the flyer being delicately assembled, by hand, from cardboard and paper. Organizing the festival also requires a deft touch. “There’s so much that goes into …

Most people hope for a moment that changes their life. Even better if it impacts the culture around them. By the summer of 2016, Cole Bennett had at least three such moments. Barely out of his teens, the burgeoning director …

U.S. Representative George Whitesides (D-CA) blasted President Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright while discussing energy costs. Whitesides, former chief of staff at NASA and CEO of Virgin Galactic, said, “Daylight sunshine is the cheapest form of energy available to humans…and …

An extra-alarm fire in the Back of the Yards neighborhood tore through a building, leaving four people including two firefighters hurt and more than a dozen people displaced Thursday morning. The fire, which started near the 4500 block of South …

Someone plunged a sharp object into a man’s neck late Wednesday at the Jefferson Park CTA terminal on the Northwest Side. Around 10:30 p.m., the 24-year-old man was found with a stab wound to the neck in the 4900 block …

Even if President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project is illegal, the Justice Department argued last week, federal courts are powerless to stop it. That assertion was consistent with Trump’s general attitude toward judicial review, which he considers legitimate only …

Twisting the words of a racial justice hero in defense of racial injustice is nothing new. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of a nation where his children “will not be judged by the color of their skin” has been invoked …

Another object has disappeared from public view at Riverside’s Mission Inn — but no one is shedding tears. Hours after the departure of the two paintings that caused such outrage, a statue of Duane and Kelly Roberts, the hotel’s owners, …

When the then-4-year-old horse Nysos scored a thrilling victory in a big race on opening day at Santa Anita last December, optimists in the crowd of more than 41,000 hoped it was the first of several chances to watch one …

By DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government on Thursday announced sanctions against Cuba’s state-owned oil and gas company in a move some experts say will only deepen the island’s crises and hit vulnerable Cubans the …

Entrepreneurs did not come to California for an easy life. They came to build something – a corner restaurant, a neighborhood grocery, a trucking company, a hair salon, a construction crew. They hire their neighbors and reinvest in their blocks. …

By WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — It looks from afar more UFO than UFC. Maybe it’s the kind of contraption that has carried space aliens to the White House to force a meeting with America’s leader. But come closer and …

As part of our twice-monthly In-House Opinions feature on the editorial page, we poll Southern California members of the House of Representatives for their opinions on matters of interest to their constituents. We go through their press representatives, who then …

By JOSH FUNK A fiery North Dakota derailment that happened two years ago demonstrated yet again why the National Transportation Safety Board has been urging the rail industry for decades to replace flawed tank cars that tend to rupture in …