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Republicans across the state came together over the weekend for the California Republican Party’s annual convention with one issue top of mind for many: to defeat Proposition 50, the Democrat-led redistricting measure that’s appearing on the Nov. 4 ballot. With only about a month left before ballots land in voters’ mailboxes, it’s a sprint for both supporters and opponents of Prop. 50 to get their messages out about why California should or should not redraw its congressional maps mid-cycle. Read more: California Republicans get a momentum gift with redistricting — but what will they do with it? Republicans, who oppose…
ANAHEIM — José Ureña tied a record that most players would want no part of Friday night, the new Angels pitcher joining relievers Oliver Drake (2018) and Mike Baumann (2024) as the only players in major league history to play for five teams in one season. The glass-half-full crowd would view such a flurry of transactions as evidence that five teams wanted Ureña enough to sign him. The glass-half-empty crowd would see four teams that discarded Ureña like a bubble-gum wrapper, the 34-year-old right-hander getting designated for assignment four times in a span of four months. Ureña? He just wants…
BALTIMORE – It was one of the harder balls Dalton Rushing has hit all season. “Yeah, 103 (mph),” Rushing said Saturday. “I barreled it right into my leg.” The foul ball during his sixth-inning at-bat Friday night left Rushing on the ground in pain. But X-rays that night and a CT scan Saturday revealed no fracture, just a significant “bone contusion to my tib-fib,” Rushing said. The rookie catcher was prepared to be told more bad news than that. “Watching the video, I’m surprised. The initial feeling – yeah, I’m surprised,” he said. “It numbed up pretty quick. Couldn’t really…
NEW YORK — Aryna Sabalenka did not make many mistakes – well, until near the end – despite not sacrificing any power, and outplayed Amanda Anisimova for a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory in the U.S. Open final Saturday, making her the first woman to win the tournament in consecutive years since Serena Williams more than a decade ago. The No. 1-ranked Sabalenka picked up the fourth Grand Slam title of her career, all on hard courts. This was not all smooth sailing, though. Sabalenka twice led by a break in the second set, and served for the win at 5-4.…
By Mike Pesoli and Farnoush Amiri | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Thousands of protesters marched across Washington, D.C., on Saturday in one of the largest demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital. Behind a bright red banner reading “END THE D.C. OCCUPATION” in English and Spanish, protesters marched over two miles from Meridian Hill Park to Freedom Plaza near the White House to rail against the fourth week of National Guard troops and federal agents patrolling D.C.’s streets. The “We Are All D.C.” protest — put together by local advocates of Home Rule and…
HOUSTON TEXANS at RAMS When: 1:25 p.m. Sunday Where: SoFi Stadum TV/Radio: CBS/710 AM; 93.1 FM; 1330 AM (Spanish); Sirius 227, 382 Line: Rams by 3.5 Notable injury designations Texans: OUT: WR Christian Kirk (hamstring), WR Braxton Berrios (hamstring); QUESTIONABLE: OL Ed Ingram (abdomen). Rams: None. What’s at stake? Both teams have playoff aspirations, so both teams want to start their season off on a positive note. But with more road games than home this year and a difficult schedule to end the year, the Rams need to win early in the season to take pressure off themselves in the home stretch. Who’s better? With Texans running…
Associated Press WASHINGTON — Members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s family are calling for him to step down as health secretary following a contentious congressional hearing this past week, during which the Trump Cabinet official faced bipartisan questioning about his tumultuous leadership of federal health agencies. Kennedy’s sister, Kerry Kennedy, and his nephew, Joseph P. Kennedy III, issued scathing statements Friday, calling for him to resign as head of the Health and Human Services Department. The calls from the prominent Democratic family came a day after Kennedy had to defend his recent efforts to pull back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and…
WOODLAND HILLS – Hey, did ya know? Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw grew up together. Oh, you’d heard? Obviously you’ve heard. Probably only about as many times as Kershaw has struck someone out. Nevertheless, I’m thinking again of this well-documented friendship between the two 37-year-old pals, pro’s pros from Highland Park, Texas, ahead of the Rams’ season opener Sunday against the Houston Texans. I’m thinking about their connection because of how admirably Kershaw got up off the mat and threw himself back into the fire this season. And how, despite years of back problems and recent…
LOS ANGELES — It is now or never for the Sparks, who must win their final three games if they want a chance to avoid missing the playoffs for a fifth straight season. The Sparks, who are in ninth place and two games behind the Seattle Storm for the league’s eighth and final playoff spot, will be eliminated from playoff contention with a loss to Dallas Sunday at home. They must also defeat the Mercury in Phoenix on Sept. 9 and the Las Vegas Aces on Sept. 11 at Crypto.com Arena. They are 3-0 against the Wings this season, but…
NEW YORK — Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have played so often, and with so much at stake lately, that they both know the other’s game so well. So is the No. 1-seeded Sinner, a 24-year-old from Italy, happy to be facing No. 2 Alcaraz, a 22-year-old from Spain, on Sunday at the U.S. Open for the championship, the first time in tennis history the same two men will meet in three consecutive Grand Slam finals within one season? Well, yes and no. “We are aware of maybe more things, because him or me, we try to prepare the match…