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By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL did not give officials a directive to emphasize roughing-the-passer penalties following Dolphins…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is weighing a California animal cruelty law that pork producers say could…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Where does the Los Angeles City Council go from here? Three of its…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The San Diego Padres knocked off the 101-win New York Mets in the National League wild-card…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Art Laboe, the pioneering radio DJ who read heartfelt song dedications to generations of…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Art Laboe, pioneering ‘oldies, but goodies’ DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Billy Beane still firmly believes the Athletics will secure a new ballpark in Oakland,…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams have the least productive rushing offense in the NFL. No quarterback in…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and actor who is married to California…

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A horticulture teacher from Minnesota set a new U.S. record Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after raising a giant…

By The Associated Press Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies hoped to be in this position. Alex Bregman and the Houston Astros probably…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government filed another U.S. gun lawsuit Monday, this time against five U.S. gun shops and distributors it claims…

MERCED, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors on Monday charged a California man in the kidnapping and killings of an 8-month-old baby, her parents and uncle.…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers quarterback Baker Mayfield has been diagnosed with a high left ankle sprain…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The president of the Los Angeles City Council resigned from the post Monday after she was heard…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President of the Los Angeles City Council resigns that post after revelation of racist comments in recorded…

By PAUL J. WEBER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Just weeks before Election Day in Texas, once again there is big money,…