RIO DE JANEIRO >> Sam Mikulak isn’t a scoreboard watcher. Yet if the U.S. gymnast had allowed himself a glimpse of the giant video screens high above Rio Olympic Arena after the first four of six rotations in the second sub-division of the Olympic Games men’s team qualifying round Saturday, he would...

Do a Nickerson spent her last working years as the activity and social services director at a Turlock nursing home. But when she developed Alzheimer’s disease and needed that kind of care herself, she and her husband couldn’t afford it: A bed at a nearby home cost several thousand dollars a month. “...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Kevin Durant looks ready to lead a new group of Americans to the gold-medal podium. Durant picked up right where he left off in the 2012 Olympics with 25 points, and the U.S. men’s basketball team routed China 119-62 on Saturday night in its opening game. The new Golden State Warri...

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil >> Love her or hate her, Hope Solo’s dominance as a goalkeeper is undeniable. Solo came up big in her historic 200th inte ational appearance as the United States fought off France 1-0 on Saturday in an Olympic group match at Mineirao Stadium. And she did it while facing boos f...

On July 25, friends and supporters of local Long Beach icon Phil Trani raised over $53,500 in the second a ual Charity Golf Tou ament to benefit the youth of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach. The tou ament has netted nearly $100,000 in the past two years and half of the proceeds will be invested...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Saturday that the results of November’s U.S. presidential election could weigh heavily on his city’s chances of hosting the 2024 Olympics, saying that a victory by Donald Trump could tu off IOC voters. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Garcetti...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> One of the South Korean archers had a perfect response for a nearly flawless show. “We shoot always like this,” Lee Seungyun said through a translator. “It’s Korea.” Even for the archery powerhouse, though, this was some kind of shooting display. The South Koreans captured gold by ...

The recent deaths of three people at the HARD Summer Music Festival in Fontana reignited a push by San Be ardino County Supervisor Janice Rutherford to ban raves at the San Manual Amphitheater in Devore. Officials at Auto Club Speedway, in unincorporated Fontana, and Live Nation have remained silent...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Brazilian military and police say the bullet which flew through the roof of a media tent at the Olympic Equestrian Center was simply “an unfortunate incident.” There was a scare during the lunch break at the dressage event Saturday as a military-looking bullet pierced the roof of t...

Someone punched her grandmother in the face, broke her ribs and ruptured her spleen. Someone strangled her grandmother with such force that they crushed her larynx. Someone shot her grandmother in the back of the head. Then, in the opinion of Janelle Frese of La Palma, someone slipped out of her gra...

Do a Nickerson spent her last working years as the activity and social services director at a Turlock, Calif., nursing home. But when she developed Alzheimer’s disease and needed that kind of care herself, she and her husband couldn’t afford it: A bed at a nearby home cost several thousand dollars a...

BIG SUR >> As fires continue to bu across Big Sur, flames and heavy smoke are threatening not just homes and businesses, but also some of the area’s most famous residents: dozens of endangered Califo ia condors. Biologists who have spent years painstakingly nurturing North America’s largest bird bac...

CHICAGO >> LaShun Roy supports a ban on semi-automatic weapons and more comprehensive background checks. But the 21-year-old gun owner from rural Texas doesn’t consider gun-control measures a top priority in this year’s elections. For Keio a Cottrell, a 24-year-old who lives on Chicago’s South Side ...

Differences in proposed federal and state criteria for intervening in the lowest-performing schools could lead to what Califo ia education officials have insisted they want to avoid: two conflicting school-improvement systems. The Legislature required and the Califo ia State Board of Education is de...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Virginia Thrasher went through a three-week spring whirlwind, wi ing three NCAA titles and a spot on the U.S. Olympic Shooting team. The precocious 19-year-old closed out the summer with her biggest surprise yet. Keeping her nerve on sport’s biggest stage, Thrasher on Saturday ea e...

TOKYO >> Japan summoned Chinese diplomats Saturday to protest after six Chinese coast guard vessels approached disputed East China Sea islands accompanying a fleet of hundreds of Chinese fishing boats. Japan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it filed the protest after the Japanese coast gu...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> American shooter Virginia Thrasher has won the first gold medal of the Rio Olympics, capturing the women’s 10-meter air rifle. The 19-year-old capped a strong year. She became the first freshman to win both individual NCAA rifle titles and helped West Virginia win the team title. S...

DES MOINES, Iowa >> Hillary Clinton doesn’t appear all that interested in making scenic stops on her state-to-state quest to become president. The Democratic nominee is instead programming her GPS to take her on the quickest route to collect the 270 Electoral College votes she needs to win the White...

COMPTON >> A man was shot and killed in an unincorporated area bordering Compton, authorities said Saturday. The shooting was reported at 9:08 p.m. Friday in the 2600 block of East 129th Street, near Alameda Street, according to Deputy Lisa Jansen of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bure...

PARIS >> A fast-moving fire swept through a birthday party in the basement of a bar in the northwest French city of Rouen, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others, authorities said Saturday. More than 80 firefighters battled the early Saturday blaze at the downtown bar in the city in Norm...