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By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer LAUREL, Md. — With the Triple Crown off the table, there’s another bit of history that could be made in horse racing this week: Is this the most wide open Preakness ever? The morning …

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The video began to resurface a couple of years ago when Scottie Scheffler was a two-time Masters champion entrenched at No. 1 in the world and Jordan Spieth was sliding out of the top …

“Landmark Trees: Oaks” featured a guided tour and discussion of some of the most significant oak trees on The Huntington’s campus. About 100 people stood under varying sizes of the national tree, and later heard from a panel that discussed …

By Marianne Love After being in the pet industry for nearly a decade, Alex Tonner founded her own nonprofit in 2018, the Paws For Life K9 Rescue based in Mission Hill. So far this year, 720 dogs were  groomed and …

Few offices on California ballots attract less attention than Superior Court judgeships. Yet courts often affect people during some of the most traumatic moments of their lives, whether through a small-claims dispute, a criminal case or a family law matter. …

LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts is back in the Dodgers’ lineup playing shortstop – not hero. “No. Because I know I’m not the hero. It’s going to take us all,” Betts said before Monday’s game when asked if he could …

A televised Los Angeles mayoral debate scheduled for Wednesday was canceled after Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman withdrew from participating, drawing criticism from other candidates and concern from organizers about voter access ahead of the June 2 primary. …

An easy, satisfying choice for Los Angeles County voters as they decide their picks for the Superior Court bench in the June 2 primary election is Ben Forer, a 20-year deputy district attorney and USC adjunct professor of law who …

CLEVELAND — By the time Alek Manoah took the mound, there was nothing left for him to do but consider it an audition. The Angels’ plan of having Manoah pitch behind an opener failed, as the relievers who preceded him …

A limited public tour experience opened on Monday at the iconic Brady Bunch house in Studio City, offering fans an immersive opportunity to walk through one of television’s most recognizable homes. The self-guided attraction allows visitors to explore the restored …

Dodgers’ Max Muncy (13) has sunflower seeds thrown on him by Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernandez (37) after hitting a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. …

LOS ANGELES — Sparks guard Kelsey Plum played with a vengeance and scored a game-high 27 points against her former Las Vegas Aces team. “Coming out of halftime, they just punched us in the face,” Plum said. “We didn’t respond.” …

Two local nonprofits are raising allegations of severe animal abuse in Los Angeles’ Skid Row, and calling on the federal government to intervene due to what they call the inadequate response of local officials. The legal nonprofit Advancing Law for …

LAFC midfielder Mathieu Choinière (66) kicks the ball against the Houston Dynamo during the second half of an MLS match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, on Sunday, May 10, 2026. Houston Dynamo FC won 4-1. (Photo by Raul Romero …

The Ducks’ Mikael Granlund (64) celebrates his first period goal during Game 4 of the NHL Western Conference second-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday, May 10, 2026, at the Honda Center in Anaheim. (Photo by Jeff …

By MIKE CORDER THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A French woman and an American tested positive for the hantavirus, as nations around the world scrambled Monday to repatriate passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak and quarantine …

By JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States reached an impasse again Monday over how to end their war while their ceasefire grew increasingly shaky, with the two sides exchanging fire …

By JOHN HANNA and JACK BROOK BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Thousands of Louisiana voters have already cast early ballots for congressional candidates in what soon could be the wrong districts. Alabama’s primaries are a week away, but the state …

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Sunday, with both sides claiming to have suffered casualties in drone and artillery strikes over the past 24 hours. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that …

By IAIN SULLIVAN and SUMAN NAISHADHAM TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — The first passengers to be evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship now anchored off Spain’s Canary Islands arrived Sunday afternoon in Madrid, where they were being taken to a …

By JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Iran’s state-run media said …

ANAHEIM — The status quo wouldn’t cut it for Game 4 of the Ducks’ second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday at Honda Center. Adjustments needed to be made to the lineup after the Golden …

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers will welcome Mookie Betts back on Monday. But Betts’ return from an oblique injury will recreate the spring competition among Hyeseong Kim, Alex Freeland and utilityman Santiago Espinal. One of the three will likely have …

TORONTO — That was the José Soriano the Angels got used to seeing in the first month of the season. After Soriano had a pair of disappointing games, his performance in the Angels’ 6-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays …

The Clippers emerged from their most significant NBA draft lottery in eight years on Sunday with their highest pick in 17 years when they landed the No. 5 overall selection via their trade with the Indiana Pacers. The Clippers took …

News of the death of a 13-year-old boy killed in an e-motorcycle crash in Garden Grove on Thursday, May 7, spread quickly among his friends. His riding buddies keep tabs on one another using a GPS location-sharing app that provides …

EL SEGUNDO — When JJ Redick was an analyst at ESPN, in his short post-playing stint as a from-the-court perspective on the NBA, he heard the same word over and over again during production meetings. It’s why, Redick said, he …

Each UC Irvine men’s volleyball player gripped a white, plastic mini volleyball while waiting to hear their name ring through Pauley Pavilion on Saturday afternoon. One by one, the Anteaters jogged toward their fans and hurled the NCAA tournament semifinals …

Angel City FC forward Claire Emslie looks on against the San Diego Wave FC during the second half of an NWSL match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, on Saturday, May 9, 2026. San Diego Wave FC won 2-1. (Photo …

Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) scores in front of Lakers forwards Rui Hachimura, right, and LeBron James, left, during the first half of Game 3 of their second-round playoff series on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena. …

SUN VALLEY — A dynamic outside attack powered the Royal boys volleyball team to a victory over Village Christian in the CIF Southern Section playoffs Saturday night. Royal defeated the Crusaders in four sets, 25-17, 29-27, 20-25, 25-22, to clinch …

Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) hits a single during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Saturday, May 9, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman) Dodgers starting pitcher Blake Snell pitches during the second …

Two people were shot, one fatally and one critically injured, when gunfire erupted at Red West Pizza in Wilmington on Saturday evening, May 9, according to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Harbor Division. It happened just before 6 p.m. at …

CAMARILLO — In a back-and-forth match, the Camarillo and Edison boys volleyball teams each gave it everything they had, trying to come out on top in the CIF-SS Division 2 semifinals Saturday night. Both teams had hot and slow stretches, …

Redondo Union outside hitter JR Boice smashes the ball during the Seahawks’ game against Loyola on May 9th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer) Redondo Union outside hitter Carter Mirabal performs a dig during the Seahawks’ game against Loyola …

LOS ANGELES — The Lakers are just about done. At this rate, the wake will be Monday. When JJ Redick said the Oklahoma City Thunder might be one of the great NBA teams of all time, turns out it wasn’t …

NEWARK, N.J. — Sean Strickland won UFC’s 185-pound championship for the second time in his career on Saturday night, defeating Khamzat Chimaev via split decision in a bout that never rose to the level of vitriol and threats of violence …

Dozens of local athletes hit the track Saturday at CIF Southern Section preliminaries. The Division 1 races kicked off at Trabuco Hills High School, with Division 2 at Ontario High School, Division 3 at Yorba Linda High School and Division …

California’s fastest-growing economies so far this century are in the Bay Area or inland. My trusty spreadsheet compared county-level gross domestic product stats for 2024, the latest available, and 2001, the oldest numbers in the dataset, to identify the Golden …

A Frontier Airlines flight accelerating for takeoff struck and killed a person who had jumped a perimeter fence and walked onto the runway at Denver International Airport late Friday night, causing an engine fire and evacuation that injured 12 people. Emergency …