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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Automaker Stellantis has reached a deal to have Controlled Thermal Resources Ltd. supply battery-grade lithium…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti will be sentenced Thursday for cheating client Stormy…

By DEEPA BHARATH of The Associated Press and ADELLE BANKS of Religion News Service Associated Press About two years ago, when coronavirus cases began…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is saying thank you to the people…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It’s an annual occurrence in the NBA. Teams change head coaches and the roster of…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jaylen Brown is starting the NBA Finals on the road. Except it might seem like a…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s primary on Tuesday will set the stage for a November election where a…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nothing like sweeping one of the most feared lineups in baseball to give the young Pittsburgh…

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury’s finding that both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were defamed during their…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning, Rodolfo Castro drove in four runs in…

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Before Jalen Green joined the Houston Rockets, becoming the highest-drafted Asian American…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s legislative leaders on Wednesday said they want to return nearly $10…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Highway Patrol has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle a lawsuit that said the agency was…

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber and Nick Maton homered to help the Philadelphia Phillies snap a five-game losing…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Sixteen-year-old Judy Huth was deeply distraught minutes after Bill Cosby is…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The presiding justice of the California appeals court in Sacramento has retired as part of a…

NEW YORK (AP) — The game between the Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees scheduled for Wednesday night was rained out. The teams will play a…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 44-year-old man was in custody Wednesday on suspicion of phoning in bomb threats to five Los Angeles schools earlier this…

RIALTO, Calif. (AP) — One person was shot and another wounded when a gun battle broke out in a Southern California park where elementary school…