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Nelly Korda took the Chevron Championship by two strokes on Sunday to tie the LPGA record of five consecutive wins and claim her second major title.
Amy Swan · April 21, 2024
South Carolina beat Iowa in the NCAA women's final to finish unbeaten and give coach Dawn Staley her third national championship, in what was the last college game for Caitlin Clark.
Amy Swan · April 8, 2024
The Brooklyn-born singer and actor, who built a decades-long career with his wife Eydie Gormé and on his own, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Amy Swan · March 7, 2024
A new study says the Wagner mercenary group has laundered gold mined in Sudan, Mali and the Central African Republic to help finance Russia's war on Ukraine.
Amy Swan · December 27, 2023
A new state law orders a feasibility study of ocean-movement energy, even as experts say the technology is still about a decade from commercial readiness.
Amy Swan · December 4, 2023
The blockbuster has been banned in Kuwait and Oman, pulled in Algeria, and left in limbo in Lebanon and Qatar, amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric across the region.
Amy Swan · August 31, 2023
The federal government has released its initial list of ten medications whose prices Medicare will negotiate with drugmakers, a process that is expected to yield lower prices starting in 2026.
Amy Swan · August 29, 2023
As Netflix prepares to end its 25-year-old DVD-by-mail service on Sept. 29, an email promising up to 10 bonus discs has sparked debate over whether customers must send them back.
Amy Swan · August 19, 2023
The UN-backed Science Based Targets initiative has removed Amazon's climate commitment from its list after the company did not submit a verifiable emissions-reduction target.
Amy Swan · August 14, 2023
With defending Division 2 champion Sierra Canyon aiming for league and state titles, the Mission League opens the 2023 season with a new coach at Notre Dame, a young Alemany squad and a standout kicker at Chaminade.
Amy Swan · August 10, 2023
Special counsel Jack Smith's team has asked a federal judge in Washington to start Donald Trump's trial on Jan. 2, a date that falls just ahead of the first votes in the 2024 Republican primary.
Amy Swan · August 10, 2023
More than 100 air force reservists signed a letter vowing not to report for service if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government passes any part of its judicial overhaul.
Amy Swan · June 28, 2023
Trailing 4-1 and down to their last out, the Angels tied the game in the ninth and won 5-4 on a 10th-inning wild pitch, extending their season-best winning streak to five games.
Amy Swan · May 5, 2023
County officials are encouraging students, not just school staff, to report concerning peer behavior to the School Threat Assessment Response Team, which has expanded from 10 to 42 clinicians.
Amy Swan · May 5, 2023
Less than a month after 11 people died at a Monterey Park dance studio, the fatal shooting of a beloved Catholic bishop in Hacienda Heights has left the region mourning again.
Amy Swan · February 21, 2023
The Dallas-based discount home goods chain filed for Chapter 11 protection, its second bankruptcy in three years, and plans to close 263 underperforming locations nationwide.
Amy Swan · February 21, 2023
Brazil's president-elect named the veteran rainforest advocate to head a renamed Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, signaling a tougher stance on illegal deforestation.
Amy Swan · December 29, 2022
United Teachers Los Angeles held rallies across the district on Monday, arguing that educators are overworked and priced out of the city, while Los Angeles Unified warns of leaner budget years ahead.
Amy Swan · December 6, 2022
In the closing episode of the On Point series "Essential trust," the political scientist argues the problem is a decline in trustworthiness rather than trust alone, and points to the early 1900s as a period the country has recovered from before.
Amy Swan · December 2, 2022
Rep. Karen Bass widened her advantage over developer Rick Caruso to 52.55% to 47.45% in the latest county vote update, one week after election day.
Amy Swan · November 15, 2022
Cleveland's defense sacked Joe Burrow five times and Nick Chubb ran for two touchdowns as the Browns won their fifth straight meeting with Cincinnati on Monday night.
Amy Swan · October 31, 2022
The best-selling comedy recording artist of all time has stepped back from albums to tour his originals and bring a spoof biopic to the Roku Channel.
Amy Swan · October 26, 2022
Post-tropical cyclone Fiona struck Nova Scotia with record-setting winds, cutting electricity to more than 500,000 people, and one woman is missing in Newfoundland.
Amy Swan · September 24, 2022
Apple, Amazon and Google are vying for the out-of-market football package as DirecTV's long-running hold on it nears its end.
Amy Swan · September 4, 2022
