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LOS ANGELES — Evaluating Los Angeles’ readiness to host the 2024 Olympic Games takes some imagination. That’s because a lot of the pitch still relies on images on a computer screen, or a blueprint of what’s to come on a dusty construction site. Los Angeles Olympic organizers often say their plan for two weeks of

INDIANAPOLIS — Marsh Supermarkets says it has filed to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company announced Thursday it is seeking a buyer for all or part of the chain and its remaining 44 stores. It says the stores will remain open during the reorganization. Marsh has retained New York City-based investment banking firm Peter

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday: Snap Inc., down $4.93 to $18.05 The parent company of the Snapchat app posted a huge loss in its first earnings report as a public company. Macy’s Inc., down $4.99 to $24.35 Lower sales dragged down profits at the struggling department store operator as

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The near-misses that have plagued Kyle Busch all season would have eaten away at him earlier in his career, when he was less secure not only of his driving ability but of himself. He would stew and rage and carry the angst from track to track. But a lot has happened

MANAMA, Bahrain — Israeli and Palestinian soccer leaders clashed verbally on Thursday as a resolution to their dispute over the presence of Israeli teams in the West Bank stalled again at the FIFA Congress. A motion to delay a ruling on the dispute was passed by the Congress, effectively postponing any decision on the matter

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A victim of Jerry Sandusky, one of his former defense lawyers and a psychology professor testified Thursday as the former Penn State assistant football coach sought a new trial in his child sexual abuse case. Sandusky, 73, argued his former defense lawyers did not properly represent him, and he wants a do-over

APEX, N.C. — A North Carolina middle-school teacher captured on video comparing a student to a slave has been suspended. Local media outlets report the teacher at Apex Middle School, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Raleigh, is heard on video telling the student he was being controlled by kids just as slaves were

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Major league ERA leader Jason Vargas went seven more scoreless innings, Salvador Perez had a two-run double during a five-run eighth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-0 on Thursday. Vargas (5-1) scattered three hits and dropped his ERA from 1.19 to 1.01. Jorge Bonifacio hit

ATLANTA — Lawyers for a Georgia inmate scheduled for execution next week are asking the state parole board to spare his life, citing a rough childhood, substance abuse from an early age and his intellectual disability. J.W. Ledford Jr., 45, is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday. He was convicted of murder in the

TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman who doused another woman in gasoline during an argument about her smoking while she fueled up is headed to prison. Police say Meshoppen resident Kimberly Brinton was pumping gas with a lit cigarette at Mehoopany Dandy Mart when Tami Donovan told her to put it out. The women argued

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Two days after their season ended with a loss to Ottawa in the second round of the playoffs, the New York Rangers are still dealing with the defeat. “We all believe we should still be playing,” coach Alain Vigneault said Thursday. “We’re not. It’s very, very disappointing. It is going to take

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins looked like they needed a day off. Maybe more than one. And yet there the defending Stanley Cup champions were on Tuesday morning, dressed and skating barely 12 hours removed from a listless Game 6 loss to Washington that put Pittsburgh’s bid for a repeat in serious peril. The Penguins

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Authorities say a 33-year-old roofer has died after falling 20 feet from atop a two-story apartment building. The Lafayette Journal & Courier (http://on.jconline.com/2q6tOj8 ) reports Tippecanoe County Coroner Donna Avolt identified the man as Alberto Dominguez of Indianapolis. Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Sgt. Matthew Couch said Dominguez was pronounced dead at the

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons have signed first-rounder Takk McKinley and three more draft picks — linebacker Duke Riley, running back Brian Hill and tight end Eric Saubert. The Falcons have signed all six draft picks before Friday’s start of their rookie minicamp. The team previously signed offensive guard Sean Harlow of Oregon

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A mother who spent years searching for her missing daughter in northern Mexico and organized others to look for their disappeared relatives was shot to death in her home, authorities said Thursday. The group Citizen Community in Search of the Disappeared in Tamaulipas, to which Miriam Rodriguez belonged, said she was

WASHINGTON — Conservative senators are pushing to diminish insurance coverage requirements imposed by President Barack Obama’s health care law as Senate Republicans try fashioning legislation overhauling the nation’s health care system. Their ideas include erasing Obama consumer protections, such as barring higher premiums for people with pre-existing medical conditions, but allowing states to opt into

WASHINGTON — Robert Lighthizer has long complained that the United States dithered in the face of abusive Chinese trade policies, allowing its trade gap with Beijing to explode and American factories to close. Now, the veteran trade lawyer will get a chance to do something about it. The Senate voted 82-14 Thursday to confirm the

LeBron James and Kevin Durant have squared off 23 times, with James holding an 18-5 edge. With the basketball world anticipating a LeBron-KD, Cavaliers-Warriors NBA Finals rematch, here’s a look at how the All-Stars have fared against each other: REGULAR SEASON: Jan. 8, 2008 James’ line: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists: Durant’s line: 24

Kevin Durant admires LeBron James from afar, marveling at how Cleveland’s main man finds ways to elevate his game at age 32 — year after year, title after title. Kobe Bryant was much the same. Ten years into his NBA journey, the unassuming, scoring machine everyone calls “KD”, strives to emulate those superstars. Soon, he

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Residents of a New Jersey town insist that their opposition to a proposed mosque is about the location and not religious intolerance. Bernards Township homeowners asked officials at a town meeting Wednesday not to settle a lawsuit that the Justice Department filed against the town last year after it denied the

FRASER, Mich. — A suburban Detroit high school has been evacuated and about a dozen students were taken to hospitals as a precaution after they reported feeling ill. Emergency crews were called to the Arts Academy in the Woods on Thursday afternoon. The charter school is in Fraser, just north of Detroit. Principal Michael Mitchell

HAGATNA, Guam — The Latest on military exercises in Guam (all times local): 10 a.m. Amphibious landing exercises at the U.S. Pacific island of Guam are delayed after a French landing craft ran aground just offshore. U.S. Naval Base Guam spokesman Jeff Landis says a French catamaran landing craft ran aground as the drills were

NEW YORK — Jay Z has signed a $200 million, 10-year deal with tour promoter Live Nation. The rap icon announced the deal Thursday that continues his relationship with the company, a connection which began in 2008. A person close to the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not

WASHINGTON — The White House is finalizing a budget blueprint that promises a balanced federal budget within 10 years, doubling down on cuts to domestic agencies and adding a new round of cuts to the Medicaid program for the poor. Details are sketchy and remain subject to change. But Republican officials on Capitol Hill say

Cancer-causing radon has been found in some Pennsylvania water wells, adding slightly to the much bigger threat faced by homeowners from airborne sources of the radioactive gas. Radon primarily enters a home through rock and soil surrounding the foundation. But a federal government study released Thursday found high levels of radon in 14 percent of