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September 19, 2017

US veterans awarded France's highest honor for WWII service

Ten California men who fought overseas with U.S. forces have been awarded the French government's highest honor for their ...

September 19, 2017

Man sentenced for trying to sell satellite secrets to Russia

A California engineer who worked for a defense contractor was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for selling sensitive ...

September 18, 2017

Newgarden gives Team Penske a 15th IndyCar championship

Josef Newgarden rushed through the doors on to the championship stage with an American flag draped around his shoulders.

September 17, 2017

Josef Newgarden in control of title race at Sonoma

Josef Newgarden moved a step closer to his first IndyCar title by leading a Penske parade into the IndyCar season finale.

September 15, 2017

ShowBiz Minute: Fergie, Lady Gaga, Rihanna

Fergie and Josh Duhamel separate after eight years of marriage; Gaga pulls out of Rock in Rio, posts photo of IV in her arm; ...

September 15, 2017

IndyCar has a 5-driver battle for season championship

On the same day NASCAR opens its playoffs, the IndyCar Series will crown its champion. Without gimmicks, elimination rounds, ...

September 14, 2017

Nestle buys into high-end coffee buzz with Blue Bottle

Nestle says it bought a majority stake in Blue Bottle Coffee, a high-end coffee company. Big companies have been hot for ...

September 14, 2017

American ballers find their Dream Teams in Africa

Reggie Moore rarely gets through a day without stopping for an autograph or selfie in the basketball-mad African country of ...

September 14, 2017

ShowBiz Minute: Vincent, Gentry, King

"Sopranos" mobster, veteran actor Frank Vincent dies at 80; Stars to honor country singer Troy Gentry at Opry memorial; Larry ...

September 14, 2017

Goodbye Cassini: Saturn spacecraft gets funny opera send-off

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is getting a grand but hilarious opera send-off before it plunges through Saturn's atmosphere and ...

September 14, 2017

UFC strips Jones, reinstates Cormier as 205-pound champion

The UFC has stripped its light heavyweight title from Jon Jones for a third time and reinstated Daniel Cormier as the ...

Anne Hidalgo, Eric Garrett, Anita DeFrantz

September 14, 2017

Win-win: Paris awarded '24 Olympics, LA gets '28

The tears welling in the Paris mayor's eyes told the story one way. The words the Los Angeles mayor spoke told it another.

September 14, 2017

The wait is on: Los Angeles wins 2028 Olympics

The Olympic cauldron blazing above the Coliseum gave it away: Los Angeles will host a third Olympics — in 2028. The news on ...

September 14, 2017

Tavecchio sticks with NFL dream and kicks way to history

Giorgio Tavecchio was ready to give up his dreams of kicking in the NFL and take a business job in London. The pain of being ...

September 13, 2017

Baby's birth doesn't stop Golovkin training for big fight

Not even a baby could interfere with Gennady Golovkin's training for his middleweight showdown with Canelo Alvarez.

September 13, 2017

The Latest: Macron offers congratulations to Paris for 2024

The Latest on the Olympic bid votes (all times local): ___ 2:20 p.m. President Emmanuel Macron says the award of the 2024 ...

September 13, 2017

Documents: Polish rock band members raped woman on tour bus

Four members of a Polish death metal band arrested on charges of kidnapping a Washington state woman are also suspected of ...

September 13, 2017

The Latest: Polish band members appear in court after arrest

The Latest on the arrest of four members of the Polish death metal band Decapitated (all times local): 6:20 p.m. Four members ...

September 13, 2017

San Francisco cites Russian diplomats over mystery smoke

San Francisco's air board has cited Russian diplomats after smoke from fires wafted out of a consulate that was ordered shut ...