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Mimi Pond sat at the Drawn & Quarterly booth, a vision in blue at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 24. Blue hair, blue eyeglasses, blue tones on the pages of “Do Admit! The Mitford Sisters and Me,” her Eisner-nominated …

As someone with dietary restrictions, I know the struggle of trying to find something to eat when you’re out and about. Its not as simple as just going up and placing your order for whichever blown-up image of bacon wrapped …

NEW YORK – Shohei Ohtani is getting closer to returning to the Dodgers’ pitching rotation – but only he might know how close. Ohtani threw a bullpen session in Philadelphia on Wednesday and is expected to throw another one on …

DEL MAR — After nearly 50 years in charge, Joe Harper will step down as the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club’s chief executive officer at the end of this year. Harper, 83, made the announcement Friday morning. Josh Rubinstein will succeed …

SAN FRANCISCO — The encouraging stretch of Logan O’Hoppe’s season seems like a distant memory. The Angels’ catcher hit .354 with a 1.013 OPS over a 15-game span in June, which he said was because he resumed doing a pregame …

Dodgers’ Kyle Tucker (23) celebrates with Freddie Freeman (5) after they scored on two-run home run by Tucker during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Friday, July 24, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank …

New numbers from economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis suggest far fewer Californians – and Americans, too – own a home. The recalculation of ownership is more tied to the people who are tracked than any key economic …

Used car salesman Nicholas Beiza got a call earlier this month at Fullerton Ford from a theology professor looking to buy a new car. The Biola University academic was car shopping after his house-sitter totaled his Ford Escape SUV. Instead …

By GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — As FIFA investigates Argentina’s conduct after the World Cup final, Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has described the incidents as “intolerable and unacceptable.” FIFA asked one of its disciplinary prosecutors …

By PATRICK WHITTLE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Democrats who have been scrambling to tap a new nominee for a pivotal U.S. Senate race against Republican Susan Collins are expected to nominate Troy Jackson at a last-minute …

By KIM TONG-HYUNG SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A United Nations committee voted Friday to inscribe a major archaeological site in the West Bank and a set of castles in southern Lebanon as World Heritage sites, despite objections from Israel, …

By DIDI TANG WASHINGTON (AP) — Ezra Jin Mingri was inside a detention center in southern China on the morning of July 3, worrying that he would likely spend at least 15 years behind bars. The 57-year-old Chinese Christian pastor …

By DEVI SHASTRI, AP Health Writer The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Paloma Muniz-Ochoa climbs a tree during a tree climbing meet up at John Muir High School in Pasadena on Jul.18, 2026. (Photo by Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer) After weeks of building tension, the Pasadena Unified School District has sued to …

By PETER SMITH PITTSBURGH (AP) — After surviving the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, after presiding over multiple funerals for his slain congregants, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers struggled to pray. “There was this emptiness to it,” recalls Myers, of Tree …

By SCOTT BAUER MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters in swing state Wisconsin whose absentee ballots don’t arrive by Election Day should be allowed to cast provisional ballots at the polls to ensure their votes are counted, a lawsuit filed Friday …

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani as he hosted the 2025 World Series champions in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday, July 23, 2026, in Washington. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune/SCNG) …

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready didn’t really plan to write a graphic novel based on his experiences and those of his friends as the grunge music scene washed over Seattle in the early 1990s. But sometimes when you’re making an …

What some have called a “no brainer,” LA Metro’s 13-member governing board soon will have — a voting seat for a dedicated transit user. On Thursday, July 23, the board unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Janice Hahn who also …

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 150,000 California voters had their mail-in ballots rejected for the state’s June primary, a spike from recent elections even as the state attempts to make voting easier with the goal of …

By HOLLY RAMER and ROBERT F. BUKATY OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) — Giant metal roosters are popping up on lawns in and around a community in southern Maine and as far away as New Zealand in support of a 6-year-old autistic …

It’s been just over 10 years since the first episode of “My Hero Academia” dubbed in English premiered for U.S. audiences. On Thursday at Comic-Con International in San Diego, the voice actors for the main characters celebrated the end of …

All morning long, an electric blue Porsche 911 with pink accents and, well, the eyes and fangs of a big cat, drew fans to a small patch of grass opposite Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center on Thursday, …

Medical care continues for the celebrated and adored Big Bear bald eagle, Jackie, who recently underwent a late-night blood transfusion, announced Thursday afternoon by the Ojai Raptor Center, a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center in Ventura County. Over the weekend, …

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System just reported an impressive, well-above-average 14.8% return on its investments for the last year. It’s the highest annual return the nation’s largest pension system has achieved in a decade and great news for taxpayers …

A Disneyland employee who stripped off his shirt and jumped into the Rivers of America on a hot summer day surprised and amused visitors strolling along the manmade waterway normally bustling with sailing ships, riverboats, rafts and canoes. A Disneyland …

Graffiti removal has been launched at a downtown Los Angeles apartment tower where construction has been stalled for years, following a U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the new owners’ plan to move the project forward. Cleanup began Thursday at Oceanwide …

By MARK BANCHEREAU DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 1,000 people in eastern Congo as health officials race to contain a virus with no approved vaccine or treatment. An update from Congo’s …

By GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s role in clearing Folarin Balogun from a mandatory one-game ban at the World Cup is set to provoke a formal complaint to FIFA ethics investigators. The Norway …

By MARC LEVY AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — When Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, began her campaign last year, candidates weren’t talking about — or hearing about — data centers that power artificial intelligence. But with barely three …

By NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto received a collection of cultural artifacts from the country’s Papua region that had been illegally taken to the United States, officials said Thursday. The handover took place late Wednesday …

By MUNIR AHMED ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Thursday rejected Amnesty International’s call for an investigation into a March airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center in the Afghan capital that the rights group said could amount to a war crime, …

SAN FRANCISCO — Two facts about Grayson Rodriguez were well known when the Angels acquired him. When healthy, he was one of the best young pitchers in the majors. Also, he hadn’t been healthy in a while. If the Angels …

By SCOTT BAUER MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The police shooting death of a man who injured an officer with a knife while resisting arrest has roiled the city of Madison, Wisconsin, with Gov. Tony Evers calling for “transparency and accountability” …

Extreme snow droughts like the one that plagued the West last winter will become more frequent — and eventually the norm — across much of the Western U.S. as climate change fuels warmer temperatures, according to a new study led …

This story was funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. The Associated Press is responsible for all content. By KRISTEN GELINEAU HETAUDA, Nepal (AP) — She paces the side of the darkened highway in central Nepal, just enough light …

By Jessica Nix and Kristina Peterson, Bloomberg News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had apologized, Taylor Farms said in a post on X. An agency lab test linking its produce to the country’s worst cyclosporiasis outbreak in decades was …

By Andrew Seidman, The Philadelphia Inquirer Billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s company is selling Pep Boys, the Philadelphia-founded auto service chain, to private equity-backed Mavis Tire Express Services for $700 million in cash, the parties said Tuesday. Icahn’s publicly traded company, …

An 18-year-old man was charged with murdering 15-year-old Aziel Zacapala, a Rosemead High football player, authorities said on Wednesday, July 22. The boy was fatally stabbed at around 1 p.m. on July 10 on the 9700 block of Fern Street, …

By Alan Halaly, Las Vegas Review-Journal LAS VEGAS — As Lake Mead begins its nosedive toward historic lows, a bipartisan group of 12 Western representatives in Congress is calling for emergency funding to help fund solutions. One of the officials …