Month: August 2024

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gavin Stone struck out a career-high 10 over seven innings, Gavin Lux and Max Muncy homered in the seventh, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners 3-0 on Monday night. The Dodgers have won seven in a row overall and eight straight at home against the

Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — JJ Bleday hit a two-run homer, Joe Boyle pitched six effective innings and the Oakland A’s beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Monday night. Bleday got his 16th home run in the first inning and Lawrence Butler added a sacrifice fly in the fifth to account for all

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Chapman hit his 20th home run, Kyle Harrison pitched six strong innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Monday night. Harrison (7-5) allowed one run and five hits, striking out five and walking two as the Giants limited their opponent to three

Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jackson Merrill hit a three-run double, Michael King pitched six effective innings and the San Diego Padres beat the Minnesota Twins 5-3 on Monday night in an interleague matchup of playoff contenders. San Diego (71-55) bounced back nicely after dropping two of three at Colorado over the weekend. The

AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Paul DeJong hit a two-run homer, Seth Lugo once again looked like the pitcher whose brilliant first half made him an All-Star, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Monday night to extend their winning streak to five games. Lugo (14-7), who

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday denied Hunter Biden’s latest bid to dismiss the tax charges against him, setting the stage for his trial to begin next month in California. Citing a ruling in Florida that threw out a separate prosecution of former President Donald Trump, Hunter Biden’s lawyers had urged

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Turner returned to Dodger Stadium on Monday night for the first time since leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2022 after a nine-year run that included a World Series championship as their gritty third baseman. “It was one of the best things that ever happened to my

AP Technology Writer A group of authors is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging it committed “large-scale theft” in training its popular chatbot Claude on pirated copies of copyrighted books. While similar lawsuits have piled up for more than a year against competitor OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, this is the first from writers to target

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miller Moss has been named the starting quarterback at No. 23 Southern California, succeeding 2022 Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams. Moss, a redshirt junior from Los Angeles, had been competing with UNLV transfer Jayden Maiava in training camp to replace Williams, now the

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert practiced on Monday for the first time since July 31. Herbert was in a walking boot for two weeks because of an injury to the plantar fascia in his right foot. The fifth-year quarterback did not do any work in full-team situations, but got