RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Football Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes, ran for another score and capped one of the greatest seasons in college football history by leading No. 1 LSU to a 42-25 victory against No. 3 Clemson on Monday night to win the national championship.
The small-town Ohio kid turned Louisiana legend delivered...
GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hemp growers and entrepreneurs who were joyous a year ago after U.S. lawmakers reclassified the plant as a legal agricultural crop now are worried their businesses could be crippled if federal policymakers move ahead with draft regulations.
Licenses for hemp cultivation topped a half-million acres (200,000 hectares) last year, more than 450% above...
JAKE BLEIBERG and STEFANIE DAZIO
Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — A subtle design feature of the AR-15 rifle has raised a technical legal question that is derailing cases against people who are charged with illegally buying and selling the gun's parts or building the weapon.
At issue is whether a key piece of one of America's most popular firearms meets the...
MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is dropping its designation of China as a currency manipulator in advance of the signing Wednesday of a Phase 1 U.S.-China trade agreement.
The preliminary pact that the two sides are set to sign this week includes a section that's intended to prevent China from manipulating its currency to gain...
SAN JACINTO (CNS) - A fire caused major damage to the upper floor of a San Jacinto home Monday and displaced seven people, including three children, but no injuries were reported.The blaze was reported about 1:55 p.m. in the 1600 block of Park Meadows Drive, near Lyon Avenue, on the north side of San Jacinto, according to the Riverside...
RONALD BLUM and KRISTIE RIEKEN
AP Sports Writers
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal cost manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow their jobs, and Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora could be next.
Hinch and Luhnow were fired Monday after being suspended by Major League Baseball for the team's illicit use of electronics to steal signs during...
ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California lawmakers have rejected what would have been a first-of-its-kind ban on medically unnecessary treatment for infants born with ambiguous or conflicting genitalia.
The measure would have banned all procedures on intersex children 6 and under unless they were deemed medically necessary by the Medical Board of California.
State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from...
DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom began a week-long statewide tour Monday promoting his $1 billion effort to address one of California's most pressing and politically fraught problems — its growing homeless crisis.
The Democratic governor started at Nevada County's Homeless Outreach and Medical Engagement (HOME) project with a Republican state lawmaker.
Newsom has faced criticism from GOP...
JOEAL CALUPITAN and JIM GOMEZ
Associated Press
TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) — Red-hot lava spewed from a volcano near the Philippine capital of Manila on Monday as tens of thousands of people fled through heavy ash and frightening tremors, and authorities made plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands more for fear of a bigger eruption.
Clouds of ash from the Taal volcano...