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Washington Nationals' Trea Turner drives in two runs with a single against the San Francisco Giants during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Trea Turner, Matt Adams power Nats over Giants 15-2, end 4-game skid

By Michael Wagaman - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 23, 2018, file photo, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch speaks to reporters at the team's football facility in Santa Clara, Calif.Lynch felt like he had filled a hole at middle linebacker when he drafted Reuben Foster in the first round a year ago. Now with Foster facing legal trouble and possible league punishment following three felony charges in a domestic violence case, Lynch heads into this year's draft knowing he can't count on Foster to play this season. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Foster’s troubles leave hole for 49ers heading into draft

By JOSH DUBOW - Associated Press

Washington Nationals' Trea Turner scores past San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey on a sacrifice fly ball by Howie Kendrick during the third inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 23, 2018, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Mac Williamson’s 2-run homer highlights Giants’ win over Nats

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch speaks to reporters at the team's football facility in Santa Clara, Calif., Monday, April 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

49ers GM Lynch: Foster will be cut if proven he hit woman

By JOSH DUBOW - Associated Press

Washington Nationals relief pitcher Brandon Kintzler (21) throws a pitch against the Atlanta Braves during the ninth inning of a baseball game at Nationals Park, Wednesday, April 11, 2018 in Washington. Atlanta won 5-3. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Nationals’ middle relief opens gap from starter to closer

By David Driver — Special to The Washington Times

Kenny Boynton smokes a joint San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 20, 2018. Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts flocked to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for the annual April 20 celebration of cannabis that culminated with the crowd sparking up precisely at 4:20 p.m. The gathering was the first since California enacted broad legalization of marijuana Jan. 1. The festival is a celebration of the number 420, stoner’s code for smoking marijuana. A small, informal gathering that began several years ago has blossomed into a full-blown festival of corporate sponsors and commercial booths selling smoking devices, t-shirts and food. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)

High holiday: Pot fans join 420 smoke-out in San Francisco

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San Francisco board votes to keep controversial statue

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

San Francisco Giants' Brandon Belt (9) celebrates his two-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks with Hunter Pence, left, and other teammates during the 10th inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Belt homers as Giants beat Diamondbacks 4-3

By JOSE M. ROMERO - Associated Press

In this Friday, April 13, 2018, photo, the Waldos, from left, Mark Gravitch, Larry Schwartz, Dave Reddix, Steve Capper and Jeffrey Noel, pose below a statue of Louis Pasteur at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, Calif. Friday is April 20, or 4/20. That’s the numerical code for marijuana’s high holiday, a celebration and homage to pot’s enduring and universal slang for smoking. And the five Northern California high school stoner buddies widely credited with creating the shorthand slang for getting high nearly 50 years ago now serve as the day's unofficial grand masters. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Marijuana holiday traces roots to California high school stoners

By Paul Elias - Associated Press

Jack Handlery rides a motorized scooter in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. San Francisco is ordering three companies that rent out motorized scooters to stop operating until they can ensure riders are following state law and the dockless devices are not a hazard to the public. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco to require permits for rental scooters

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

San Francisco Giants' Andrew McCutchen, right, celebrates with Brandon Belt after making the game-winning hit in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in San Francisco. The Giants won 5-4. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

2 for 22: McCutchen walks off SF again, this time vs D-backs

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

California Editorial Rdp

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New York Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton stands in front of the scoreboard during the sixth inning of the team's baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Betts hits slam, Red Sox rout Yanks 14-1 for 9th win in row

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Jun. 9, 2017 file photo, people stand on the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. More than two years of civil war have led to continually compounding disasters in Yemen. Fighting rages on in a deadly stalemate, the economy has been bombed into ruins, hunger is widespread, and a new misery has been added: Cholera, the world’s biggest current outbreak with more than 200,000 cases. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Mohammed Al Samawi recounts escape from Yemen civil war in ‘The Fox Hunt’ memoir

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

The San Francisco skyline rises behind a row of Victorian homes. (Associated Press)

Security vulnerability detected in citywide emergency-alert systems: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Burglary suspect sought over San Francisco death threat

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This undated photo provided by the San Bruno Police Department shows Nasim Aghdam. Law enforcement officials have identified Aghdam as the person who opened fire with a handgun, Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., wounding several people before fatally shooting herself in what is being investigated as a domestic dispute, according to authorities. (Courtesy of San Bruno Police Department via AP)

Nasim Aghdam, YouTube shooter, told family members she ‘hated’ the company

By Michael Balsamo and Ryan Nakashima - Associated Press

San Francisco Giants' Evan Longoria hits a two-run home run off Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Marco Gonzales in the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Mariners come out swinging, spoil Giants home opener, 6-4

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

San Francisco Giants' Joe Panik, second from left, hits a solo home run as Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Kenley Jansen, left, pitches and catcher Yasmani Grandal, right, watches along with home plate umpire Jim Reynolds during the ninth inning of a baseball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Panik’s homer in 9th lifts Giants to 1-0 win over Dodgers

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

Smart scores 25, North Texas beats USF 88-77 for CBI title

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