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Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway makes a jump during men's downhill training at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Olympic downhill favorite Kilde is skiing's muscle man

By Andrew Dampf Feb. 04, 2022 06:41 AM EST

FILE - In this June 15, 2021 file photo California Governor Gavin Newsom gestures after a news conference at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif. On Thursday, June 17, 2021, Newsom released his first ads in the recall campaign against him, with one highlighting recent positive news including cash payments to Californians. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
Cash payments take center stage in Newsom's 1st recall ad

By Kathleen Ronayne Jun. 17, 2021 07:31 PM EDT

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces a massive jackpot as the nation's most populous state looks to encourage millions of people who are still unvaccinated to get their shots at a news conference at the Esteban E. Torres High School in Los Angeles, Thursday, May 27, 2021. California is giving away the country's largest pot of vaccine prize money — $116.5 million — in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous U.S. state fully reopens next month. Newsom announced the prizes, which also include the nation's highest single vaccine prize: $1.5 million. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
California giving $116 million to people who get virus shots

By Brian Melley And Kathleen Ronayne May. 27, 2021 05:04 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2017, file photo, Service Employees International Union members gather for a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles. The president of California's largest state employees union has been ousted from the post she held for 13 years and replaced by a candidate who promises to end the organization's political involvement while bolstering its membership, according to results from a low-turnout election posted by the union. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
New head of largest state worker union won't back Newsom

By Don Thompson May. 25, 2021 03:59 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press May. 24, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Austin American-Statesman. May 21, 2021. Editorial: Want more Texans back at work? Help them get child care Chuck Cohn...

Sam Richardson arrives at "The Big Screen is Back" media event, including 10 studios convening to showcase a sampling of their summer movie releases, on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at AMC Century City 15 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Schwarzenegger, Abrams make pitch for movie theater return

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. May. 19, 2021 09:04 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2020, file photo, Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the fourth Women's March in Los Angeles. Jenner, a Republican candidate for California governor, is offering mixed messages about her voting record as she told CNN that she did not vote in the 2020 election, but Los Angeles County records show she did. A fading coronavirus crisis and an astounding windfall of tax dollars have reshuffled California's emerging recall election, allowing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to talk of a mask-free future and propose billions in new spending for schools and businesses as he looks to fend off Republicans who depict him as a foppish failure. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Cash windfall helps Newsom shake California recall election

By Michael R. Blood May. 15, 2021 01:06 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference about the newly reopened Highway 1 at Rat Creek near Big Sur, Calif. Organizers of the recall effort against Gov. Newsom collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. The California secretary of state’s office announced Monday, April 26, 2021 that more than 1.6 million signatures had been verified, about 100,000 more than needed to force a vote on the first-term Democrat. (AP Photo/Nic Coury, File)
California recall has enough signatures to make ballot

By Kathleen Ronayne Apr. 27, 2021 11:37 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference about the newly reopened Highway 1 at Rat Creek near Big Sur, Calif. Organizers of the recall effort against Gov. Newsom collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. The California secretary of state’s office announced Monday, April 26, 2021 that more than 1.6 million signatures had been verified, about 100,000 more than needed to force a vote on the first-term Democrat. (AP Photo/Nic Coury, File)
California recall has enough signatures to make ballot

By Kathleen Ronayne Apr. 26, 2021 06:36 PM EDT

EXPLAINER: How California could recall its governor

By Michael R. Blood Apr. 23, 2021 06:23 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caitlyn Jenner joined a growing list of candidates seeking to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom should voters remove him in a recall...

FILE - Caitlyn Jenner attends the Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Sept. 7, 2019. Jenner says she will run for governor of California. Jenner says in statement posted Friday, April 23, on Twitter that she has filed initial paperwork to run. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a likely recall election this year. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Caitlyn Jenner adds celebrity to run for California governor

By Michael R. Blood Apr. 23, 2021 10:58 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2021, file photo, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer speaks during a news conference in the San Pedro section of Los Angeles. Faulconer is one of the Republican candidates running to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, of California, in a likely recall election in fall 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
As California recall looks likely, hard work begins for GOP

By Kathleen Ronayne Apr. 20, 2021 08:47 AM EDT

In this image from NASA, NASA's experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity lands on the surface of Mars Monday, April 19, 2021. The little 4-pound helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the thin Martian air Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. (NASA via AP)
NASA's Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet

By Marcia Dunn Apr. 19, 2021 11:26 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2020, file photo Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the 4th Women's March in Los Angeles. Jenner has been an Olympic hero, a reality TV personality and a transgender rights activist. Jenner has been consulting privately with Republican advisers as she considers joining the field of candidates seeking to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in a likely recall election later this year. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Caitlyn Jenner considers run for California governor

By Michael R. Blood And Kathleen Ronayne Apr. 09, 2021 03:13 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2020, file photo, demonstrators shout slogans while carrying a sign calling for a recall on Gov. Gavin Newsom during a protest against a stay-at-home order amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Huntington Beach, Calif. Newsom is facing the possibility that he could be removed by voters in a recall election later this year, in the midst of his four-year term. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
EXPLAINER: Why is California Gov. Newsom facing a recall?

By Michael R. Blood Mar. 17, 2021 03:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2014, file photo Republican Doug Ose speaks during a debate in Sacramento, Calif. Ose says he's entering the recall election aimed at ousting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. He becomes the third established Republican to enter the race, joining former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and businessman John Cox. Ose served in Congress from 1999 to January 2005. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Former GOP Rep. Doug Ose enters California recall election

Michael R. Blood Mar. 16, 2021 06:45 PM EDT

California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers his State of the State address from Dodger Stadium as his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom listens Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
California governor lays groundwork to fight expected recall

By Kathleen Ronayne Mar. 11, 2021 12:28 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2021 file photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference after visiting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for farmworkers at the Dr. Sharon Stanley-Rea Community Center in Fresno, Calif. The annual State of the State address Newsom will deliver on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, will be one of the most important speeches of his political career. It comes about a year after his first coronavirus stay-at-home order and as he faces a potential recall election. (John Walker/The Fresno Bee via AP, Pool, File)
EXPLAINER: How can California voters recall Gov. Newsom?

By Michael R. Blood Mar. 09, 2021 11:03 PM EST

FILE - In this March 26, 2020, file photo Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, left, and Dr. Amy Acton, director of the Ohio Department of Health, leave the State Room before their daily update on the states response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. DeWine is ready to mark one year of fighting the coronavirus pandemic. It was 12 months ago Wednesday, March 3, 2021, that he laid down strict attendance limits on the annual Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, which brings thousands of people to the capital city. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
DeWine faces choppy political waters 1 year into pandemic

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins And Julie Carr Smyth Mar. 03, 2021 07:53 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, Governor Gavin Newsom addresses a press conference held at the launch of a mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. California could become the next testing ground for the nation's roiled, unpredictable politics: It's possible the state known as a Democratic stronghold and beacon for progressive ideals could dump Newsom. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)
Nation's stormy politics could unsettle California recall

By Michael R. Blood Feb. 07, 2021 11:03 AM EST