Jessada Brown homered twice and drove in four runs as UCSB beat Fresno State 9-6 on the first day of the Santa Barbara Regional. UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - It was not a work of art but it was still beautiful. Jessada Brown, Aaron Parker and the Gauchos slugged their way past Fresno State 9-6 in the first NCAA Regional Baseball game that UCSB has played on campus. A Caesar Uyesaka Stadium record crowd of 2,110 fans saw the Gauchos improve to 26-0 at home this year and 43-12 on the season. "Great night," said an appreciative UCSB head coach Andrew Checketts. "Really cool with the crowd here, th ..read more

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — The next time former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally will be his first as a convicted felon. When that will be remains to be seen – one of countless unknowns heading into an unprecedented election made more extraordinary by the events of the past week. The 34-count guilty verdict reached Thursday by a Manhattan jury – the first criminal conviction of a former president – landed like a bomb on the American political landscape. Trump’s campaign had long braced for this outcome, readying their candidate and his supporters for an unfavorable conclusion ..read more

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez has canceled her 2024 North American tour. Representatives for Live Nation confirmed the cancellation to The Associated Press. “Jennifer is taking time off to be with her children, family and close friends,” they say in a statement. The tour was scheduled to be her first in five years, in support of her first solo album in a decade, “This Is Me… Now” and its companion film. It was scheduled to start June 26 in Orlando, Florida, and conclude in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 31. Live Nation says that attendees who purchased tickets throug ..read more

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A top United Nations official says even though climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and striking more places, fewer people are dying from those catastrophes globally. Thats because of better warning, planning and resilience.  New United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Kamal Kishore says climate and other disasters are still hurting people, often pushing them into abject poverty. The loss of livelihoods need to be reduced, but the world hasn’t really noticed how the type of storms that once ..read more

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Moving somewhere new when you retire isn’t uncommon. But deciding whether to take out a new mortgage to buy a home is a big deal. Much of your financial life is changing as you transition from a steady paycheck to a mix of fixed and variable income and a new lifestyle. So adding a large debt to the picture isn’t an easy call. That’s especially true now that mortgage rates hover around 7% and home prices keep rising. “Any time you take on debt, you increase risk in your situation,” said Illinois-based certified financial planner Jim Stork. More than a thir ..read more

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Gavin Turley hit his fifth grand slam of the season and host Oregon State beat Tulane 10-4 on Friday night in front of a record crowd at the Corvallis Regional. Oregon State (43-14) will play UC Irvine (44-12) in the winners’ bracket game on Saturday. Tulane (35-25) faces Nichols (38-21) in an elimination game. Turley’s home run in the fifth gave the Beavers a 6-3 lead. Turley hit the first pitch he saw from Tulane starter Chandler Welch over the left field fence. Micah McDowell was 4 for 5 with two RBIs to pace Oregon State. Travis Bazzana hit a home run in the eighth f ..read more

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Patients lying shackled and blindfolded on more than a dozen beds inside a white tent in the desert. Surgeries performed without adequate painkillers. Doctors who remain anonymous. These are some of the conditions at Israel’s only hospital dedicated to treating Palestinians detained by the military in the Gaza Strip, three people who have worked there told The Associated Press, confirming similar accounts from human rights groups. While Israel says it detains only suspected militants, many patients have turned out to be non-combatants taken du ..read more

By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Ty France hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 on Friday night. The homer put some buzz back into the crowd of 40,001, after Jo Adell erased Seattle’s four-run lead with a pinch-hit grand slam for the Angels in the seventh inning off reliever Tayler Saucedo. Trent Thornton started the inning and gave up two walks, a fielder’s choice and a double in relief of starter Bryan Woo, who gave up just three hits on 66 pitches over six innings. After Thornton loaded the bases by walking ..read more

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Jessada Brown hit two home runs and drove in four runs and Aaron Parker went 5-for-5, leading regional host UC Santa Barbara to a 9-6 victory over Fresno State on Friday night at the NCAA Tournament. Brown hit a solo home run in the first inning and added a three-run blast in the Gauchos’ four-run fourth. Parker hit a solo home run in the sixth for his only RBI and only run scored. Justin Trimble added three RBIs for the Gauchos (43-12), who will play Oregon in the winners’ bracket on Saturday. Fresno State (33-28) will play San Diego in an elimination game. Traili ..read more

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar homered and had three hits, Dakota Hudson allowed only one run and four hits in seven-plus innings and the Colorado Rockies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 on Friday night. Hudson (2-7) entered the game with only 17 runs of support, the fifth-fewest runs in the majors among pitchers with at least 10 starts. The Rockies, though, jumped out to the lead with three runs in the fourth followed by Tover’s solo shot in the fourth off Walker Buehler (1-3). It was his fifth homer in May. Hudson — who struck out three and walked one ..read more