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Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Without a healthy Joel Embiid, the 76ers were never expected to contend for an NBA title. But get taken to the final seconds before narrowly knocking off lowly Washington ? Or worse, lose to the eight-win Pelicans only hours after star forward Zion Willamson was […]

By STEVE STEIN Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Desmond Claude scored a season-high 31 points to lead Southern California to an 82-72 win over No. 13 Illinois on Saturday. Wesley Yates III had 15 points — shooting 7 of 8 from the field — while Rashaun Agee had 13 […]

One in four older adults in the U.S. will fall each year, putting them at risk of injury, broken bones and even death . Falls are a growing public health concern as the country’s population sees record numbers of people turn 65 — now and in the future. But common as falls may be, they […]

By TAMMY WEBBER Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Things are about to heat up in much of the U.S. with dangerously hot temperatures in the Midwest and Northeast next week, prompting health officials to urge people to make plans now to stay safe. The heat wave follows an earlier-than-usual one in the Southwest […]

The mailings promised “Life Without Pain!” via stem cell injections or IVs administered in a patient’s own home. The allure was obvious: more than 20% of U.S. adults endure chronic pain. The flyers invited Iowans to free dinners across the state. Afterward, sales people traveled to potential customers’ homes for high-pressure pitches disguised as pre-screenings […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With retail theft increasing, California Democratic leadership is clashing with a coalition of law enforcement and business groups in a fierce political fight over how to crack down on the problem. State lawmakers are trying to preserve progressive policies and stay away from putting […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office confirmed the death toll from the wildfires ravaging the area has risen to 16. The total of confirmed fatalities stands at 16 victims, and the cases remain under investigation. Five of the deaths were attributed to the Palisades Fire, and 11 resulted from the […]

Follow the AP’s live coverage of Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case. NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment in his historic hush money case a judgment that lets him return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine. […]

By DAVID KOENIG Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] A Boeing 737 Max suffered damage to parts of the plane’s structure after it went into a “Dutch roll” during a Southwest Airlines flight last month, U.S. investigators said Friday. The incident happened as the jet cruised at 34,000 feet from Phoenix to Oakland, California […]

ABOARD THE USS LABOON IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The U.S. Navy prepared for decades to potentially fight the Soviet Union, then later Russia and China, on the world’s waterways. But instead of a global power, the Navy finds itself locked in combat with a shadowy, Iran-backed rebel group based in Yemen. The U.S.-led […]