By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julio Urías earned his major league-leading 18th victory, Gavin Lux singled in the go-ahead run in the fourth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3. The Dodgers won their sixth straight overall and ninth in a row at home, where they are
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prominent South Carolina lawyer has surrendered to face insurance fraud and other charges in what’s described as a failed plot to arrange his own death. Alex Murdaugh was issued a $20,000 bond and released Thursday on his own recognizance to return to drug rehab after
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE and ROBERT F. BUKATY Associated Press ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — More than 90 years after starting, Maine’s oldest lobster harvester is still doing it at age 101. Virginia Oliver is the oldest lobster fisher in the state and possibly the oldest one in the world, Oliver still faithfully tends to her 200
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN A major sports broadcasting barrier has been broken. Lisa Byington has been hired by the defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks as the team’s television play-by-play announcer for games on Bally Sports Wisconsin, the Bucks announced Wednesday. The move makes Byington the first woman hired as a full-time TV play-by-play announcer for
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Dos menores, una niña de dos años y un bebé de solo tres meses de edad, fueron encontrados solos en la orilla del Río Grande cerca de Eagle Pass en Texas, informó el martes en un comunicado la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos. Los menores son hermanos, originarios de
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A month before it was set to go to trial, a $527,000 settlement was announced late Wednesday of a federal lawsuit filed four years ago by a Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy against the county and Sheriff Shane Nelson, alleging sex discrimination and other illegal job practices.
Continue ReadingCARSON, Calif. (AP) — Javier “Chicharito” Hernández Balcázar scored his 12th goal of the season to help the LA Galaxy tie the Houston Dynamo 1-1 on Wednesday night. Chicharito pulled the Galaxy even in the 61st minute, heading home Dejan Joveljic’s entry for his fourth goal in four games. Fabrice-Jean Picault scored for Houston in
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN and STEVE HELBER Associated Press GRUNDY, Va. (AP) — Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin clashed over abortion and vaccination policies in Virginia’s first gubernatorial debate of the general election season. Each sought to cast the other as extreme on major issues Thursday. The race is being closely watched as a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Kabul, Afganistán (CNN) — Para los militares de Estados Unidos, era un facilitador de ISIS-K que temían que estuviera implicado en un complot para atacar el aeropuerto internacional de Kabul. Para su familia y sus colegas de una organización estadounidense sin ánimo de lucro, Zamarai Ahmadi, de 43 años, era un trabajador humanitario
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Rubio Rubín scored two goals, Albert Rusnák added a goal and two assists and Real Salt Lake beat San Jose 4-3 on Wednesday night, spoiling a hat trick by the Earthquakes’ Javier “Chofis” López. Justin Meram tied it at 3 for Real Salt Lake in the 71st minute, and Rubín
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FBI agents, assisted by Albany police, arrested a 64-year-old Albany man Wednesday on charges of interstate transmission of a threat and stalking. The arrest, based on a criminal complaint, involved threats allegedly made to an Oregon public official.
Continue ReadingBy Laura Smith-Spark, CNN More than 18 months into the coronavirus pandemic, a number of countries have decided it’s time to open up and adopt a “living with Covid” model. Some have enviable vaccination rates; others have decided that the costs of continued economic and social restrictions outweigh the benefits. Here are five nations to
Continue ReadingBy DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom handily survived this week’s recall election that could have removed him from office. But his Democratic allies in the Legislature already are seeking changes that could make it harder to mount such a challenge in the future. Those reforms could include raising
Continue ReadingBy HAU DINH Associated Press VUNG TAU, Vietnam (AP) — The AP’s Hau Dinh set off from Hanoi for the seaside resort of Vung Tau in southern Vietnam for a long weekend in mid-July. The trip came just as the delta variant of the coronavirus began sweeping through Vietnam in the pandemic’s worst wave yet,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s long-suffering Republicans endured another embarrassing loss when Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom easily defeated an attempt to drive him from office. Returns from Tuesday’s recall election continued a troubling trend for the GOP. Republicans haven’t won a statewide election in California since 2006. In
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Matt Olson hit a two-run homer, Josh Harrison drove in three runs and Elvis Andrus had four hits as the Oakland Athletics held on through a nervy ninth inning to beat the Kansas City Royals 12-10 on Wednesday night. The A’s ended a three-game
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Sebastian Blanco scored in stoppage time to give the Portland Timbers a 2-2 draw with the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday night. Michael Barrios and Jonathan Lewis scored to help the Rapids extend their unbeaten streak to nine straight games, the longest current streak in
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Las gimnastas olímpicas McKayla Maroney y Simone Biles arremetieron contra el FBI y el Departamento de Justicia en un testimonio en el Senado el miércoles por cómo los agentes del FBI manejaron mal las acusaciones de abuso presentadas contra Larry Nassar y luego hicieron declaraciones falsas en las secuelas de la
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Williams and Jeremy Herb, CNN The defense of the top US military official kicked into gear across Washington Wednesday in response to claims that Gen. Mark Milley overstepped his authority during the waning days of the Trump administration. The Joint Chiefs chairman came under attack Tuesday over new reporting in “Peril,” a
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Hawaii’s famous Haiku Stairs, sometimes called the Stairway to Heaven, are likely to be removed next year following a Honolulu City Council meeting to discuss ongoing issues with the site. The stairs, whose 3,922 steps wind through a 2,800 foot mountain trail in Kaneohe, on the eastern side of Oahu, were
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