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WNBA playoffs: Wings win in OT to force deciding game with Valkyries
Arike Ogunbowale scored a WNBA playoff-record 45 points, including a tying 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation, and the Dallas Wings beat the Golden State Valkyries 108-100 in an overtime thriller Wednesday night, forcing a deciding Game 3 in their first-round series....
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Xavier Becerra, Steve Hilton clash over key issues in California gubernatorial debate
With 34 days remaining before California's November midterm election, Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra and Republican candidate Steve Hilton squared off in a CNN debate Wednesday night, presenting sharply different visions for the state's future....
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Lawmakers question California's legal protections as alleged squatters occupy $4M SF home
Families who live next door to the $4 million Sea Cliff home say they reported this problem for a year. But in states like Georgia, the people accused would have had to prove they belong there within 72 business hours....
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Oakland's Skyline High cancels remainder of its football season
Oakland's Skyline High confirmed on Wednesday that the remainder of the 2026 varsity football season is canceled. School officials say the lack of players, injuries and transfers were contributing factors in their decision....
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Dallas Wings top Golden State Valkyries 108-100 in overtime, tying playoff series
The series now moves to a decisive, do-or-die Game 3 at Chase Center on Friday.
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Diesel and gas prices expected to stay high for another year, executive survey says
High diesel prices affecting consumers and businesses across the nation will take at least another year to return to 2025 levels, according to an anonymous survey of 100 oil and gas company executives conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas....
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Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt
Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts considered a last-minute appeal. Authorities appeared to give Pike two doses of pentobar...
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2 Dallas men arrested in alleged cryptocurrency-targeted robbery attempt in San Jose
Two Dallas men have been arrested in connection with an attempted armed robbery dressed as delivery workers at a South San Jose home that investigators say may be tied to a broader scheme targeting people believed to have significant cryptocurrency wealth. "Considering that these...