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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning to attend the men’s singles final at the U.S. Open on Sunday as a client guest and will watch the match from that client’s suite, a spokesperson for the U.S. Tennis Association said Friday. The USTA did not identify which client Trump will be a guest of. It’s set to be Trump’s first appearance at the Grand Slam tournament in New York since 2015. Trump frequently attended in the years before that when he lived in New York and before he launched his political career. He now primarily lives at his…
Time to split? A new California secession proposal is making the rounds again. Here’s a look at the proposal and other notable failed attempts to carve up the state. There have been at least 220 attempts to break up California. After the state government’s Democratic push to get a redistricting proposal on the ballot for a special election, James Gallagher, the Republican leader of the California Assembly pitched the idea of splitting California into two states. See the map below. How statehood is granted The Constitution says statehood requires the approval of the U.S. Congress and the state’s Legislature. The…
ANAHEIM — Rio Foster, a 22-year-old Angels minor-leaguer, is in critical condition following a “serious car accident,” the team announced on Friday. The Angels revealed only that Foster was a passenger in the accident and he remains hospitalized in Richland, Washington. “Obviously it’s way more important than anything we’re doing here today,” Angels interim manager Ray Montgomery said. “Just thinking about him and his family. He’s a great kid.” Foster was the Angels’ 16th-round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, out of Florence Darlington Technical College in Florence, South Carolina. An outfielder, Foster was playing at Class-A Tri-Cities. Foster had…
They are more than 65 feet long, with a wingspan of roughly 93 feet; inside, only a pilot and co-pilot sit. The power and purpose of these planes come from their tanks, which hold 1,600 gallons of water. They are the CL-415 Super Scoopers, on loan from Quebec, as part of an ongoing partnership between the Canadian province and Los Angeles. The two planes are sent to assist the Los Angeles County Fire Department with aerial firefighting efforts each year. “We carry out 1,600 gallons of water and we scoop that 1,600 gallons in about 10 to 15 seconds depending…
By PHILIP MARCELO NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration said Friday that it is exploring whether the federal government can take control of the 9/11 memorial and museum in New York City. The site in lower Manhattan, where the World Trade Center’s twin towers were destroyed by hijacked jetliners on Sept. 11, 2001, features two memorial pools ringed by waterfalls and parapets with the names of the dead, and an underground museum. Since opening to the public in 2014, the memorial plaza and museum have been run by a public charity, now chaired by former New York City…
BALTIMORE — The Dodgers’ starting rotation has had a lot of moving parts this week. Tyler Glasnow was scheduled to start Friday in Baltimore, but he was scratched early in the afternoon due to back stiffness. Originally scheduled to start Wednesday in Pittsburgh then pushed back to this weekend then pushed back to Monday – Shohei Ohtani took the ball and started in Glasnow’s place on Friday night against the Orioles. “Coming into today, early this afternoon, Tyler reported having back tightness,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “To not kind of tempt fate we just figured with back tightness and with…
By MATT O’BRIEN and THALIA BEATY The attorneys general of California and Delaware on Friday warned OpenAI they have “serious concerns” about the safety of its flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, especially for children and teens. The two state officials, who have unique powers to regulate nonprofits such as OpenAI, sent the letter to the company after a meeting with its legal team earlier this week in Wilmington, Delaware. California AG Rob Bonta and Delaware AG Kathleen Jennings have spent months reviewing OpenAI’s plans to restructure its business, with an eye on “ensuring rigorous and robust oversight of OpenAI’s safety mission.” But…
A fiery, deadly crash on Santiago Canyon Road north of Silverado Canyon Road on Thursday afternoon was caused by a gardening truck that crossed into oncoming traffic, the California Highway Patrol said Friday. The crash, around 1 p.m., led to a roughly seven-hour closure of part of Santiago Canyon Road. On Thursday, the gardener was credited by witnesses at the scene who said they saw him reach into a burning car and pluck a young boy to safety. A man in that car had been killed, the CHP said. On Friday, CHP Officer Fernando Perez said a preliminary investigation showed…
By SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. will host next year’s Group of 20 summit at his golf club in Doral, Florida, arguing it was “the best location” for the high-stakes international gathering but insisting his family’s business “will not make any money on it.” In his first term, Trump tried to host a separate global summit at the club, but backed down after criticism from his own party about the propriety of doing so. Now, though, Trump rarely travels domestically without golfing at or staying in properties bearing…
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz used his youth, athleticism and creativity to assert himself against the much more accomplished, but also much older, Novak Djokovic and beat the 24-time major champion, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2, at the U.S. Open on Friday for a berth in his third consecutive Grand Slam final. By the end, Djokovic seemed resigned to the result. The 38-year-old from Serbia reached the semifinals at all four Slams this season but exited in that round each time. The second-seeded Alcaraz’s victory means he will face either No. 1 Jannik Sinner or…