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8-year-old para-swimmer breaking, setting records nationally
The third-grade student spends a few hours a week at his local YMCA. His happy place is in the water.
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Photos: San Francisco Giants Brandon Crawford receives multiple ovations from fans during last game of the season
Today’s game may have been San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford’s farewell not only to his team, but to professional baseball. “The main thing will be if I want to come back and play baseball next year,” Crawford, 36, said of his looming decision. “There were a lot of parts I didn’t enjoy, unfortunately. But…
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Instant analysis: Undefeated 49ers top Cardinals behind McCaffrey, Purdy
SANTA CLARA — Three touchdowns by Christian McCaffrey put the undefeated 49ers’ fourth win in motion Sunday. But 35 minutes remained. Things stalled. The Arizona Cardinals rallied. The 49ers needed more. Sure enough, McCaffrey delivered with his fourth touchdown, and that fourth-quarter score vaulted the 49ers toward an eventual 35-16 win that secured a 4-0…
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Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. ‘Bring it on,’ McCarthy says
No speaker has ever been removed from office through such a move.
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SF Giants celebrate Brandon Crawford in emotional season finale
SAN FRANCISCO — Officially, it was Fan Appreciation Day. But for the 38,359 who gathered under blue skies at the Giants’ waterfront ballpark one last time this season, it was Brandon Crawford appreciation day. Before his name was announced, the crowd rose to their feet in anticipation. Crawford, batting leadoff for only the second time…
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Rookies give glimpse into future as Giants celebrate Brandon Crawford’s past
SAN FRANCISCO — The crowd at Oracle Park rose to their feet to celebrate Brandon Crawford, the last player standing from a bygone championship era. Kyle Harrison and Casey Schmitt made cases to be the Giants’ future. Good vibes couldn’t overcome bad offense and the Giants lost the final game of the season to the…
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Powerball jackpot rises to $1.04 billion after another drawing without a big winner
The largest jackpot was a $2.04 billion Powerball prize hit by a player in California in November 2022.
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Biden says there’s ‘not much time’ to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must ‘stop the games’
“The vast majority of both parties — Democrats and Republicans, Senate and House — support helping Ukraine and the brutal aggression that is being thrust upon them by Russia,” President Joe Biden said. “Stop playing games, get this done.’’
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Local books: Portraying beloved Big Sur in pictures and parables
The sky, softened to a shadowy slate blue, set a subtle background for a dark silhouette of foliage against the horizon, the sea a silver shimmer through the spaces. The light was low, the colors, limited, mostly monochromatic tones offset by a cluster of reeds singed by the waning sun. When he shot the scene,…
