LOS ANGELES — For years, many residents in the working-class, mostly Latino communities of Sun Valley and Pacoima thought they were going crazy as doctors were unable to figure out why they were plagued with frequent headaches, nausea and nosebleeds. It turns out they were being gaslighted. Staff at the L.A. Department of Water and Power hid their knowledge of a long-standing methane gas lea...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Jordan Morris scored in the 109th minute and Stefan Frei made nine saves to lead Seattle to a stunning 2-1 overtime victory over top-seeded Los Angeles FC in a Western Conference semifinal at BMO Stadium, earning the fourth-seeded Sounders a trip to the conference final. Seattle advances to play the winner of Sundays semifinal matchup between the second-seeded Los Angele...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Nikola Jokic scored 34 points and Michael Porter Jr. added 24 as the Denver Nuggets used a strong second half to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 127-102 on Saturday night.Russell Westbrook had 14 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds for Denver against his former team. Austin Reaves scored 19 points and LeBron James added 18 for the Lakers, who lost consecuti...

COLLEGE PARK, MD A golf cart. An ambulance. An entire marching band of Maryland students. The parade of distractions for the Iowa football team continued even after the final whistle of its victory over Maryland. Standing in a concrete path behind the east end zone of SECU Stadium, Hawkeye left tackle Mason Richman, running...The post

COLLEGE PARK, MD Iowa football has a Next Man In Award for a reason. On Saturday in the Hawkeyes 29-13 victory over Maryland, the hardware might as well have been a blanket draped over the visiting team. On both ends of the football, substitutes were more than just fill-ins, but key contributors to success....The post

LOS ANGELES (AP) Snoop Dogg strolled in wearing a jacket with JuJu Watkins name and number on the front and back. Michael B. Jordan thrilled a USC woman fan with an impromptu autograph during a timeout.The ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Adrian Kempe and Quinton Byfield scored in the second period, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Seattle Kraken 2-1 on Saturday.David Rittich made 19 saves for the Kings, who improved to 6-2-1 at home.Kempe and Byfield scored 1:44 apart in the second period. Byfield buried a sharp-angle slap shot on a power play while dropping to a knee. It was his 98th c...

COLLEGE PARK, MD After a trio of poor performances on the road, the Iowa football team found victory away from Kinnick Stadium, defeating Maryland, 29-13, on Saturday afternoon. With walk-on transfer quarterback Jackson Stratton under center, the Hawkeyes avoided costly mistakes and stuck with a dominant ground game on the way to 344 total...The post

LOS ANGELES (AP) Southern California starting guard Kennedy Smith will be sidelined indefinitely after having a surgical procedure. Her status was announced shortly before the third-ranked Trojans hosted No. 6 Notre Dame on Saturday. USC says Smith is expected to return to competition this season. The freshman from nearby Chino was averaging 10.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in four...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Kaleb Johnson rushed for 164 yards and a touchdown on a career-high 35 carries, and Kamari Moulton scored on a 68-yard run in the fourth quarter to help Iowa outlast Maryland 29-13 on Saturday.Johnson scored from 2 yards out in the second quarter for his 21st rushing touchdown of the season, and the Hawkeyes (7-4, 5-3 Big Ten) rebounded from their loss to U...

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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are leaning on the conservative Supreme Court to support their ambitious plans to slash federal regulations and increase government efficiency. Tapped by President-elect Trump, Musk and Ramaswamy will head the newly minted "Department of Government Efficiency," or DOGE, a nongovernmental commission to dismantle government bureaucracy and cut costs. With...

LOS ANGELES (AP) James Harden had 22 points and nine assists to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 104-88 win over the Sacramento Kings in an NBA Cup game on Friday night. Derrick Jones Jr. added 17, and Los Angeles has now won seven straight home games after dropping its first four at the new Intuit Dome. DeAaron Fox had 25 of his 29 points in the second half for the Kings, who put up a...