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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have signed wide receiver Mohamed Sanu for a second stint with the team. The Niners said Tuesday they reached a one-year deal with Sanu. Sanu played three games for San Francisco last season with one catch for nine yards. Sanu was originally drafted by Cincinnati in…

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills added experienced starting depth to their offensive line by signing Bobby Hart to a one-year contract on Tuesday. Hart is a sixth-year player who spent the previous three seasons starting at right tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals. He was part of a Bengals’ offensive line that helped…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rougned Odor, the Texas Rangers’ starting second baseman the past seven seasons, has been told he won’t be on the opening day roster after switching to third base this spring, the team said Monday. President of baseball operations Jon Daniels said the Rangers don’t have an everyday role for Odor. The…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd ‘s death is being conducted under special circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic. The biggest single difference is that the trial is televised, which is common in many states but not in Minnesota. But there many other changes, ranging from…

A group of alternative bidders is emerging for newspaper chain Tribune Publishing, which had agreed to a $630 million acquisition by hedge fund Alden Global Capital. Over the weekend, The New York Times reported that a billionaire who lives in Wyoming, Hansjörg Wyss, was joining a bid for Tribune with Maryland hotel mogul Stewart Bainum.…

DALLAS (AP) — Officials have renamed a portion of a Dallas street for Botham Jean, an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot in his apartment by a white former police officer who mistook his apartment for her own. During a ceremony on Saturday, Jean’s family and city officials unveiled new street signs for Botham…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Devin Booker scored 35 points and Chris Paul added 16 in the Phoenix Suns’ 101-97 overtime victory against the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday. Deandre Ayton finished with 14 points and Mikal Bridges had 13 for the Suns, who won three of four on their swing through the Southeast. Devonte Graham led…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Nancy Mulkey had 19 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks, Lauren Schwartz also scored 19 points and added five assists, and Rice beat Mississippi 71-58 on Sunday in the championship game of the WNIT. Rice (23-4), which won the 2017 WBI, won its first WNIT title. Mulkey, the back-to-back-to-back Conference USA…

MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Tyler Hoosman ran for 82 yards and two touchdowns to lead Northern Iowa to a 34-20 victory over Western Illinois on Saturday. Hoosman had a 6-yard scoring run midway through the third quarter, and his 29-yard touchdown run stretched the Panthers’ lead to 34-13 with 6:35 remaining. Northern Iowa (3-3, 3-3…

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Cole Johnson passed for 220 yards with a touchdown, Kaelon Black gained 141 with a score on the ground, and top-ranked James Madison defeated William & Mary 38-10 on Saturday, playing for the first time since March 6. The Dukes (4-0, 2-0 Colonial Athletic Association) were forced to suspend football operations…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belarus twice came from behind to kick off its World Cup qualification campaign with a 4-2 win over 10-man Estonia on Saturday. Estonia slumped to a second consecutive loss following a 6-2 rout at the hands of Czech Republic midweek in Group E. Henri Anier slotted home past Aleksandr Gutor in the…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday reversed a ruling by a lower court judge who denied a same-sex couple’s petition to adopt a child, based not on state law but on the legal definition of “wife” that he pulled from a law dictionary. The reversal came in the case of two…

As chair of the Wild Olympics Campaign and a resident of the Olympic Peninsula, I was heartened to read The Times’ editorial in support of preserving the Wild Olympics for future generations. As noted, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act last month, with support from…

MIAMI (AP) — No. 2-ranked Naomi Osaka won her 22nd match in a row Friday, beating Ajla Tomljanović 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the second round at the Miami Open. Osaka shanked a serve over her opponent’s head in the final game but also hit 13 aces. She has historically made early exits in Miami, and…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials on Thursday raised the death toll from February’s winter storm and blackouts to at least 111 people — nearly doubling the state’s initial tally following one of the worst power outages in U.S. history. The majority of the deaths are associated with hypothermia, according to the Texas Department of…

CHICAGO (AP) — From a makeshift recording booth in a closet in his room, surrounded by hanging shirts and Nike boxes stacked high on a shelf, Lucas Williamson stands in front of a microphone. There’s a laptop off to the side. A picture shows him wearing headphones and reading a voiceover from a script in…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California has agreed to an $852 million settlement with more than 700 women who have accused the college’s longtime campus gynecologist of sexual abuse, the victims’ lawyers announced Thursday. It’s believed to be a record amount for such a lawsuit. When combined with an earlier settlement of…

Christian Pulisic is confident of regaining a regular role with Chelsea and would like to play for the U.S. at the Olympics while realizing he may not be released for them. Pulisic is with the U.S. national team for the first time since October 2019 ahead of exhibitions against Jamaica on Thursday at Wiener Neustadt,…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The odds are against Villanova making a run to the Elite Eight. Well, at least among the bettors: Las Vegas has No. 1 seed Baylor a healthy 6 1/2-point favorite to beat the Wildcats on Saturday in a regional semifinal game. Inside Villanova’s locker room — or even outside, where the fifth-seeded…

MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Norway’s national team used its opening qualifying game for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to make an apparent statement about human rights abuses in the Gulf nation. Players lined up before kickoff against Gibraltar wearing T-shirts over their national-team jerseys that had the message “HUMAN RIGHTS” followed by “Respect on…

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday signed free agent cornerback Eli Apple to a one-year contract. Apple, a former Ohio State star, was a first-round pick by the New York Giants in 2016 and went to the New Orleans Saints via trade in 2018. He played for the Carolina Panthers on a one-year…

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — A fugitive wanted in an Arizona shooting incident and a parole violation in Oregon has been killed, authorities said Tuesday. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials said 42-year-old Edward Kayer was fatally shot by deputies Monday night following a chase in Prescott Valley. Kayer, of Carefree, was wanted by Sedona police for…