LANSING, Mich. — Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has secured the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan and will face Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in the November election. Slotkin and Rogers, long considered the front-runners for their respective party nominations, will now shift focus to the general...
Raiders QB Competition Is Tight Entering Preseason Game at Minnesota
Raiders coach Antonio Pierce hopes to finally take a major step forward Saturday in picking the starting quarterback when Las Vegas opens its preseason at Minnesota. Pierce said a decision will be made later this week whether incumbent Aidan O'Connell or free agent signee Gardner Minshew would start, but each...
49ers Coach Kyle Shanahan Says ‘Nothing Has Changed’ Regarding a Trade or a New Contract for Aiyuk
SANTA CLARA — With San Francisco unable to reach a long-term deal with Brandon Aiyuk, the 49ers have given the star receiver permission to talk to other potential suitors. Now the question is whether there's a team that Aiyuk wants to play for that is willing both to give him...
Boxer Imane Khelif Advances to Gold-Medal Bout With Another Victory Amid Gender Misconceptions
PARIS — Boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women's welterweight division at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday night, moving one win away from what she calls the best response to the worldwide scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender. With one more...
Billy Bean, Second Openly Gay Ex-MLB Player Who Later Worked in Commissioner’s Office, Dies at 60
NEW YORK — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, has died. He was 60. MLB released a statement confirming his death. Bean died at home on...
US Rolls Into Semifinals of Paris Olympic Basketball Tournament, Eases Past Brazil 122-87
PARIS — All the favored teams in the first three men's basketball quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics had problems. Canada lost to France. Serbia erased a 24-point deficit to beat Australia. Germany had to shake off a double-digit deficit before beating Greece. So, going into the fourth and final game...
Sophia Smith’s Extra-Time Goal Sends USWNT Into the Olympic Final With a 1-0 Win Over Germany
LYON, France — Glimpsing a sliver of the net, Sophia Smith's aim was true. Smith's extra-time goal earned the United States a spot in the gold medal match at the Paris Olympics with a 1-0 semifinal victory over Germany on Tuesday. The Americans, undefeated in France under new coach Emma...
CHP-Bakersfield PD Partnership Yields 1,000 Arrests Since April
A crime suppression partnership between the California Highway Patrol and the Bakersfield Police Department has resulted in more than 1,000 arrests since April, according to a statement from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office. The joint effort has led to 1,026 arrests, the recovery of 448 stolen vehicles, and the seizure of...
Trump’s Plan for Attacking Tim Walz: Paint Him as a Bernie Sanders Liberal
The Trump team was all set for Josh Shapiro. Former President Donald Trump’s political operation spent much of the past two weeks digging up potential attacks on Shapiro, the popular Pennsylvania governor, whom they saw as nearly certain to be chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, according to...
Dan Walters: California Risks ‘an Abrupt and Economically Devastating Fuel Shortage’
The war between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s once-immense oil industry entered a new phase a few days ago when Chevron, California’s oldest and best-known producer of gasoline and other petroleum products, announced it was moving its corporate headquarters to Texas. Chevron, which dates its origins to the California Star...