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Players cycled through warm-ups, worked at individual position drills and scrimmaged under the watchful eyes of coaches and gathered media Wednesday at Chicago State University. It was a lot like any other media day for a lot of Division I …

Sierra Canyon has added another major name to its football coaching staff. Former NFL wide receiver TJ Houshmandzadeh is joining the Trailblazers’ staff in an advisory role, according to sources within the school. Houshmandzadeh will be tasked with developing the …

This week, Freddie Mac reported the 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose to 6.69%, the highest since July 2025. Compare that with Freddie’s lowest rate of the year at 5.98% on Feb. 26. On a loan amount of $800,000, today’s Freddie …

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT An offshore wind company said Thursday that it reached a $1.2 billion deal with the Trump administration to walk away from projects under development off New York, California and Louisiana. RWE U.S. Offshore said its leases represented …

By Gabrielle Coppola | Bloomberg Ford Motor Co.’s new budget-conscious electric pickup — dubbed the Fathom — will start at just under $30,000 when it arrives next year, the company’s opening bid to become competitive with low-cost electric vehicles from …

Growing up, Nina LaCour loved listening to her family tell stories about their past. Her grandparents had migrated from New Orleans to Long Beach to escape Jim Crow, and New Orleans felt like a “mythical place.” But she also was …

In southeastern Riverside County lies the massive Salton Sea, extending well into Imperial County. Many know the massive inland sea was formed in 1905 when an irrigation scheme caused the Colorado River to break out of its normal course and …

When left-hander Blake Weiman makes his big-league debut, it will have a special meaning for him and his Colorado hometown. Weiman is a product of Columbine High in Littleton. No one from that school has reached the majors since the …

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Sometimes inventions save countless lives. Sometimes they end just as many. Sometimes, they do both. The United States dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare on Aug. 6, 1945. The olive-green steel cylinder called “Little …

Several campaigns opposing a November ballot measure that would place an additional tax on billionaire wealth have raised more than three-and-a-half times as much as the healthcare union backing it, setting up an expensive fight this fall over the initiative …

By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci is sitting before Congress, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on TV debating COVID lockdowns and Americans can’t agree on what science to trust. If you squint, you might think it’s …

BOSTON — Chris Getz had been through two trade deadlines as the White Sox’ general manager, but neither compared to the one he just went through with a first-place team. “It is very grueling,” he said Wednesday from a makeshift …

President Trump’s senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro, who served four months in prison for not complying with a congressional subpoena related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, is piling on criticism of …

The Trump administration is being criticized after granting a permit to Trilogy Metals Inc. to build a 211-mile gravel road through the Alaskan wilderness. Trilogy has plans to develop copper, zinc, and mineral deposits in the region, part of a …

There’s plenty of speed to go around between Pete Crow-Armstrong and Shohei Ohtani, a couple of baseball’s elite base-stealers. But their race for the NL MVP is looking less like a race and more like a heavyweight fight. The duo …

Daniel Palencia is nearing a return from the injured list. But that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be stepping right back into his role as the Cubs’ closer. Righty Jacob Webb has been terrific as the team’s closer/go-to reliever in games’ …

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires and in turn angered U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a study released Thursday. And fire and …

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has issued an injunction against the city of Pasadena preventing it from enforcing stop work orders and the tree protection ordinance against Pasadena Unified School District’s ongoing soil remediation and tree removal work. …

By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer Millions of people will get to experience — and film or photograph — a rare total solar eclipse set to sweep over parts of Europe next week. The event is expected to boost tourism …

By PETER SMITH KIRTLAND. Ohio (AP) — Elder Brian Garner led a small group of visitors through the sturdy wooden door of what looked like an ordinary colonial church. But nearly two centuries ago, it was where a radical departure …