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By TIM REYNOLDS MIAMI (AP) — As a new NBA season opened this week, coach Rick Carlisle and the Indiana Pacers received their annual briefing on the do’s and don’ts of gambling. Related Articles UCLA football gets another tall task …

Goliath doesn’t appear as big as it once was for the Bruins. Three weeks into its at-once incomprehensible three-game winning streak — defeating Maryland, Michigan State and then-No. 7 Penn State — UCLA is back on the road, looking to …

NEW YORK (AP) — The stunning indictment that led to the arrest of more than 30 people, including Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and other NBA figures, on charges of illegal sports betting has drawn new scrutiny of the booming business of professional …

The Chargers went into their long weekend break with a 37-10 bounce-back victory Thursday night over the Minnesota Vikings at SoFi Stadium that represented their most complete game of the season. They weren’t flawless, but they were much improved in …

Judges now have the power to impose longer jail terms for two new statutory aggravating factors – murders that involve strangulation or those that can be linked to the end of a relationship (Picture: Getty Images) Abusers who murder their …

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page An asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman has been freed from prison …

A Russian MIG-31 fighter jet flying above the Baltic Sea after violating Estonian airspace, triggering provocation from Nato and the EU (Picture: AFP) Two Russian jets have entered Nato airspace in Lithuania, marking yet another violation in recent months. The …

Isabelle Adora Tate, an aspiring actress and songwriter who finally got her big break on the series premiere of “9-1-1: Nashville” earlier this month, has died at age 23. The McCray Agency confirmed the news of Tate’s death in a …

Five cops have been suspended after a prisoner allegedly smuggled a gun in his buttocks and shot another prisoner in the back of a police transport van in Westchester County, authorities said Thursday. Louis Soto, 32, pulled the gun while …

Florence + the Machine is heading to San Francisco. The acclaimed pop-rock act performs May 15 at Chase Center as part of The Everybody Scream Tour. Florence + the Machine Chase Center tickets go on sale to the general public …

Brooklyn actor Jeremy Allen White, who can be seen this weekend playing Bruce Springsteen on the big screen, finally got his high school diploma at the age of 34. RELATED: Review: ‘Springsteen’ isn’t really a biopic — that’s 1 reason why …

Musician Dave Ball, who made up half the British synth-pop band Soft Cell, is dead at 66. Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.”  Almond announced his musical partner’s death …

HAYWARD — An alleged North Oakland gang member with 13 prior felony convictions has been charged in a robbery where the victim was shot in the leg but survived, court records show. Demaria Adger, 30, has racked up 13 felony …

The Upside Down is heading to theaters this New Year’s Eve, giving “Stranger Things” fans the chance to see the Netflix series finale on the big screen. The hotly anticipated two-hour capstone to the hit sci-fi show’s fifth and final …

Taylor Swift is up for another major honor with the pop superstar being named among the 2026 nominees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Fifteen years after receiving the institution’s Hal David Starlight Award — for a young songwriter making …

Kim Kardashian is certain she’s going to be a “qualified” lawyer when the California bar results come out next month and hopes to eventually trade in celebrity for the courtroom. The 45-year-old reality star, who’s promoting Ryan Murphy’s legal show …

Tony Vitello will arrive in the Bay Area next week with a clear conscience. That doesn’t mean the Giants’ new manager didn’t agonize over his decision to leave the University of Tennessee. “It was selfish,” Vitello told a handful of …

KISS co-founder Ace Frehley was buried in the Bronx on Wednesday following a private memorial Tuesday, with both events being attended by his former bandmates. RELATED: Dave Ball, one half of synth pop band Soft Cell, dies at 66 Rock-and-roll historian …