OAKLAND, California: Sam Altman took the witness stand Tuesday in a federal trial in Oakland to defend his leadership of OpenAI against a lawsuit filed by co-founder Elon Musk seeking Altman's removal. Altman testified about concerns over Musk's attempts to gain control as OpenAI transitioned from a nonprofit to a...
LOS ANGELES. Eric Haase homered twice and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Tuesday, a night that produced several rare milestones. Haase’s two long balls, both off Yoshinobu Yamamoto, made him the first Giants catcher to hit two homers in a game at Dodger Stadium...
Ashland and surrounding central Missouri towns saw multiple high school baseball results this week as teams closed regular seasons and opened district play. On Tuesday Southern Boone routed California 11-1; Wednesday New Franklin beat Jamestown 4-2; Thursday Southern Boone edged Father Tolton 1-0 while Eugene and Linn recorded district wins. Those...
BATON ROUGE — Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee members met beginning Tuesday evening and into the early hours of Wednesday as they considered competing congressional redistricting proposals; just before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday May 13, the committee voted 4-3 to reject Senate Bill 407, the map authored by Sen. Ed Price...
Los Angeles. A licensed drug addiction counselor, Erik Fleming, who delivered ketamine doses to actor Matthew Perry that led to his 2023 death, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court; Fleming pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death, court records...
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — JJ Wetherholt hit a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Oakland Athletics 6-4 on Tuesday night. St. Louis scored four runs in the first inning: Jordan Walker drove in the first run with a single, José Fermín's double brought in two, and Yohel...
Omaha — Tuesday night, Nebraska Democratic nominee Cindy Burbank won the party primary, while Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts easily secured the GOP nomination. Local outlets and the Associated Press called races shortly after polls closed, and vote tallies published that evening showed Burbank leading decisively in the Democratic contest. This week...
HOUSTON — The Seattle Mariners routed the Houston Astros 10-2 on Tuesday night when Dominic Canzone hit his first career grand slam and Randy Arozarena collected four hits, including a home run, while Cal Raleigh snapped a 0-for-38 slump with a seventh-inning single, extending Seattle's streak over Houston. On Wednesday in...
Atlanta — On Tuesday night at Truist Park, the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 when Grant Holmes and three relievers combined on a one-hitter and Austin Riley and Mike Yastrzemski hit homers that fueled a four-run fifth inning; two days later in Atlanta the Cubs responded with a...
Park City, Utah. A Utah mother, Kouri Richins, was convicted in March of aggravated murder after prosecutors say she laced her husband Eric Richins’ cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl at their Park City-area home in 2022; she faces sentencing Wednesday and a jury also convicted her...
