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BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) — Bob Tasca III topped Funny Car qualifying Friday in the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. Tasca…

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers put safety Nasir Adderly and cornerback Ryan Smith on the COVID-19 list Friday. Adderly missed…

CAL-NEV-ARI, Nev. (AP) — A mining company that serves the agricultural industry has acquired most of a tiny desert highway town with a landing…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Skipper Tom Slingsby and his defending champion Team Australia had two seconds and a fifth in the first three fleet…

By MARTHA MENDOZA and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Some Capitol Hill Democrats and civil rights advocates are concerned about how…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is averaging more than 111,000 new jobs per month even as unemployment claims…

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have agreed to an $8 million contract extension with catcher Travis d’Arnaud…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A killer whale has died unexpectedly at SeaWorld San Diego and the reason is not yet known. The aquarium and theme park says in a…

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California athletic director Mike Bohn had the chance to defend his embattled…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Scott Smith, a correspondent for The Associated Press who traveled across Venezuela to document…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A felon from California has been charged with opening fire on Albuquerque police officers after they responded to a…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — K-pop isn’t the only entertainment export from South Korea that’s earned fans…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man charged in the beating and stabbing death of his grandmother in Tennessee has been arrested in…

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders are coming out of two joint practices with the Los Angeles…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trea Turner went 2 for 4 and drove in a run to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers past the New York…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike had a putback of a missed 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds left to help the Los Angeles Sparks edge the Atlanta Dream…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is giving new urgency to Vice President Kamala Harris’…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s wildfires have already made plenty of news this summer, and the worst may be yet…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leading Republican candidate is California’s recall election…

By ETHAN SWOPE and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Millions of acres of national forest in Northern California are being…