WASHINGTON — House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris's role in the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job. Resolution Echoes Attack Line From Donald Trump The resolution, which is purely symbolic, echoes...
A Man Got Third-Degree Burns Walking on Blazing Hot Sand in Death Valley, Rangers Say
PHOENIX — A European visitor got third-degree burns on his feet while briefly walking barefoot on the sand dunes in California's Death Valley National Park over the weekend, park rangers said Thursday. The rangers said the visitor was rushed to a hospital in nearby Nevada. Because of language issues, the...
Southwest Airlines Plans to Start Assigning Seats, Breaking With a 50-Year Tradition
DALLAS — Goodbye, cattle call. Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it plans to drop the open-boarding system it has used for more than 50 years and will start assigning passengers to seats, just like all the other big airlines. The airline said it has been studying seating options, running tests...
Church Sues Colorado Town to Be Able to Shelter Homeless in Trailers, Work ‘Mandated by God’
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Behind a church surrounded by rolling prairie on the outskirts of this Colorado town sits a donated RV that Joe Ridenour called home for a year after he lost his job during the pandemic. Being able to live in the RV, he said, allowed him to...
Coco Gauff Chosen as US Female Flag Bearer at Olympic Opening Ceremony
PARIS — Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday's opening ceremony. Gauff, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is set to make her Olympic debut at the Paris Games and will be the first tennis athlete to carry the...
WNBA Earns Landmark 11-Year Media Deal With Disney, Amazon Prime, NBC
More than 100 WNBA regular-season games will be broadcast each season through an 11-year media rights deal with Disney, Amazon Prime and NBC that the league announced Wednesday. While the league didn't reveal the value, a person familiar with the deal confirmed to The Associated Press that the WNBA would...
Ray Pitches 5 Hitless Innings in First Start Since Surgery as Giants Beat Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Robbie Ray pitched five hitless innings in his San Francisco debut, Matt Chapman homered, and the Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 on Wednesday night. The Giants held the Dodgers without a hit until Chris Taylor doubled to right off reliever Tyler Rogers with two outs...
Publisher Plans Massive ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Reprints to Meet Demand for VP Candidate JD Vance’s Book
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump's selection of JD Vance as his running mate has led to a surge in sales for "Hillbilly Elegy," his best-selling memoir that came out in 2016. A spokesperson for HarperCollins told The Associated Press that more than 650,000 copies have been sold since...
Raiders Star Wide Receiver Davante Adams Isn’t Going Anywhere — for Now, at Least
COSTA MESA — Raiders general manager Tom Telesco moved to end speculation at the NFL scouting combine in February that star wide receiver Davante Adams might be on the trade block. "He's a Raider," Telesco said. But the talk has continued about Adams' future in Las Vegas — and it...
Clayton Kershaw Excited to Be Returning to Dodgers’ Rotation at a Pivotal Time
LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw's return to the rotation was once expected to be an added bonus as the Los Angeles Dodgers geared up for a postseason run. Longtime Ace Coming Back at Crucial Juncture It turns out, the longtime ace is coming back at a pivotal time. When Kershaw...