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Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Max Scherzer strikes out 14 in Nationals’ win over Dodgers

By Steve Dilbeck - Associated Press

In this Monday, June 5, 2017 image made from cellphone video provided by Rani Ghanem, bottles tumble as an animal control officer attempts to net a female peacock that wound up inside the Royal Oaks Liquor Store in Arcadia, Calif. Store manager and college senior Rani Ghanem says he tried to guide the sharp-clawed bird outside but that she spooked, at one point flying directly toward him and then up onto a top shelf of the store. (Rani Ghanem via AP)

Feathered frenzy: Peacock breaks bottles inside liquor store

By AMANDA LEE MYERS - Associated Press

Washington Nationals' Anthony Rendon, right, celebrates his home run with Jose Lobaton during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Monday, June 5, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Anthony Rendon, Gio Gonzalez lead surging Nationals past Dodgers

By Steve Dilbeck - Associated Press

The Latest: California legislator Gomez wins US House seat

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This undated photo provided by the Colton Police Department shows Nicole Darrington Clark, 43. Clark is a fugitive, being sought by authorities who say a 6-month-old girl was slain and her sister and mother were critically wounded in a stabbing they suspect was carried out by Clark, the little girls' grandmother, in an attack Monday morning, June 5, 2017, in the family's Colton, Calif., home. (Colton Police Department via AP)

Woman jailed in granddaughter’s slaying ruled sane in 2015

By AMY TAXIN and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this May 23, 2017, photo, an official watches security cameras at the Southern Nevada Counterterrorism Center in Las Vegas. As law enforcement authorities in Las Vegas try to calm concerns after the city was targeted in an Islamic State propaganda video, officials are learning that millions of dollars in federal anti-terrorism finding could be lost under President Trump's proposed budget. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Trump’s spending plan targets cities’ anti-terrorism funding

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

Authorities investigate the scene of an accident after a Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter was critically injured after falling from a ladder during a training exercise on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles Saturday, June 3, 2017. Authorities say the man fell from the aerial ladder of a fire engine. He was taken transported to a local trauma center in critical condition. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The Latest: LA firefighter critically injured in ladder fall

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The Latest: Tammy Duckworth speaks out against Trump

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FILE - In this April 25, 2016, file photo, Tokyo 2020 Emblems Selection Committee Chairperson Ryohei Miyata, right, and its member and Japanese baseball great Sadaharu Oh hold new official logos of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, left, and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games during the unveiling ceremony in Tokyo. The cost of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is nearly twice the initial estimate despite a major cost-cutting effort. A major reason is that cities exclude large amounts of associated costs when they bid to host the Olympics. Tokyo Olympic organizers announced this week that the estimated cost is now 1.4 trillion yen ($12.6 billion). The bid estimate was 730 billion yen ($6.6 billion). (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

IOC to set Tokyo Olympics program, add street basketball

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a gigantic tunnel boring machine achieves a historic breakthrough to a subway station site 110 feet beneath downtown Los Angeles, Thursday, June 1, 2017. The machine is boring twin tunnels that will link three subway lines. The $2 billion project is scheduled for completion in 2021. It allow commuters to go from points east all the way to ocean communities without switching trains. (Juan Ocampo/LA Metro via AP)

Huge boring machine makes LA subway tunnel breakthrough

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LA mayor ponders 2028 Games in exchange for youth funding

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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, speaks during a news conference in Los Angeles. More than a million Facebook users &quot;like&quot; the idea of hosting the 2024 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.Los Angeles and Paris await their Olympic inspectors this week already seen as winning options for the 2024 Summer Games. Both cities host three-day visits by an International Olympic Committee panel, whose chairman does not doubt their sports staging skills. “Either way, we will have fantastic Olympic Games,” IOC evaluation commission chairman Patrick Baumann told The Associated Press.on Monday May 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles mayor, in talks to lock down Olympics in 2028: Report

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

Baseball Capsules

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FILE - In this May 25, 2017, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) soars to the basket over Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder, left, and center Kelly Olynyk (41) during the second half of Game 5 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals in Boston. As James and the Cavaliers prepare to face the Golden State Warriors and their collection of All-Stars in the NBA Finals, he is leaning on the experience he has had in previous postseason matchups against great San Antonio and Boston teams. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

LeBron James’ Los Angeles home vandalized with slur

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

A cyclists rides past a homeless encampment alongside a street in downtown Los Angles on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. The number of homeless people counted in Los Angeles County has jumped 23 percent, quadrupling the percentage increase from a year earlier. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority said Wednesday that its annual count in January found 57,794 homeless in the county with a population of 10 million. That's up from about 46,800 in January 2016 and 44,300 in 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Number of homeless counted in Los Angeles County up sharply

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California lawmakers OK bill prompted by slaying of officer

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This undated booking photo provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows Geovanni Borjas, 32, a suspect in the 2011 kidnapping and murders to two young women, on display during a news conference at Los Angeles police headquarters in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Borjas was charged with two counts each of murder and forcible rape, and one count of kidnapping in the deaths of 17-year-old Michelle Lozano and 22-year-old Bree'Anna Guzman, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said. (Los Angeles Police Department via AP)

LAPD uses spit from sidewalk to tie suspect to 2 killings

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

The Latest: Man pleads not guilty to killing woman, girl

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ahn For Congress campaign shows Robert Lee Ahn. Two Democrats, Ahn a Korean-American, and Jimmy Gomez a Hispanic, are in a runoff for a U.S. House seat that is testing the boundaries of racial politics. (Ahn For Congress Campaign via AP, File)

California House race is a test of Latino, Korean influence

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

A helicopter makes a water drop on a hillside after a wildfire broke out in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, Sunday, May 28, 2017. A dark plume of smoke was visible for miles as the fire consumed moderate to thick brush near Mandeville Canyon Road, a dead end road that snakes up a deep canyon lined by expensive view homes. A few residents voluntarily left but no homes were damaged. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

Brush fire on Los Angeles hillside sparked by weed whacker

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