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[ad_1] By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – California may experience its worst year for wildfires in decades, climate experts say, pointing out that it has already battled two of the three largest blazes in its recorded history during an intense heatwave this month – even before the peak season begins. Record ...

[ad_1] LPGA commissioner Mike Whan on Friday responded to social-media criticism regarding the status of new major champion Sophia Popov. Popov had only Symetra Tour status when she shocked the golf world by winning the AIG Women’s Open last Sunday at Royal Troon. Had she been a full-time LPGA member, she ...

[ad_1] The Republican Party has apparently become the party of free speech, which is more than a little strange. The party is headed, after all, by a man who had peaceful protestors violently evicted from a public park so he could march to a church with a bible. This is ...

[ad_1] Japanese fourth seed Naomi Osaka won the semi-final match she once vowed not to play, defeating Belgium’s Elise Mertens on Friday to reach the ATP and WTA Western & Southern Open final. Osaka’s 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) victory advanced her into Saturday’s championship match against two-time Australian Open winner Victoria ...

[ad_1] A man was taken to the hospital after police said he was shot near a Dollar General store in Miami-Dade early Friday. He was shot near the groin area and was taken in critical condition to Jackson Memorial Hospital Ryder Trauma Center, according to Miami-Dade police. The shooting happened ...

[ad_1] LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — NBA players want change that makes their communities safer. They want people to vote – hopefully in their home arenas. And they want to keep playing basketball. Teams returned to the court Friday after the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association agreed ...

[ad_1] Federal prosecutors are urging a recently indicted border-security advocate to clam up or face the possibility of a gag order limiting his ability to speak out publicly about the criminal case he is facing. Lawyers from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan wrote to a federal judge Friday to ...

[ad_1] DETROIT (AP) — Friday’s doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins was postponed because of bad weather. The teams now have a doubleheader scheduled for Saturday that allows them to make up one of Friday’s two games. A makeup date for the other postponed game has not been ...

[ad_1] Boeing has found manufacturing defects on some of its 787 long-range airliners in areas where parts of the fuselage are joined together, the latest setback for the aircraft maker whose 737 Max is still grounded after two deadly crashes. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The White House has summarily dismissed the NBA’s calls for social justice. There is no other way to say it. Protesting racial injustice in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, NBA players did not participate in playoff games scheduled for Wednesday. The league postponed play. Blake, ...