By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle will undergo an internal brace procedure on his left elbow, ending his season. The left-hander, who has been on the injured list since April 20 with an elbow sprain, is expected to be out between five and six months. Doolittle underwent platelet-rich
Continue ReadingBy POPPY CARTLEDGE Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — After a turbulent 15-year NFL career, guard Richie Incognito has retired. He announced the decision Friday at the headquarters of the Las Vegas Raiders. Cognito played his final three seasons with the Raiders. He also had two stints with the Buffalo Bills and spent time with
Continue ReadingMIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas shot a 6-under 64 in alternate-shot play Friday to take a four-stroke lead in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. Kupcho and Salas had a 17-under 193 total with a better-ball round left at Midland Country Club in the LPGA Tour’s lone team event. The U.S.
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — All four former British Open champions who won their titles on the Old Course have missed the cut at St. Andrews. Tiger Woods, John Daly, Louis Oosthuizen and Zach Johnson all finished over par after two rounds on the 150th anniversary of golf’s oldest
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Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee moved another step closer to hosting the 2024 Republican National Convention when a site selection committee unanimously recommended the event be held there rather than Nashville. The Republican National Committee would still need to approve the location at its meeting Aug. 2-5 in Chicago. Nashville
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, the Kremlin is expanding its information war throughout Eastern Europe, spreading propaganda and disinformation blaming NATO and the West for its Ukraine invasion. In Bulgaria, a senior official says Russia was paying influential journalists and political analysts for posting pro-Russian
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Corey LaJoie won more races in a NASCAR regional series season than Chase Elliott just 10 years ago. LaJoie won more races than Kyle Larson the same year, too. LaJoie even finished as runner-up to Larson in the season points standings. LaJoie spent most of
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Bill Kirkos, CNN A small-town library in Iowa is scrambling to reopen after community complaints about its book selection prompted full-time staff members to resign. The controversy started over complaints about books on display for children with information on the LGBTQ community, according to Jimmy Kelly, board chair of the Vinton
Continue ReadingST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Key hole at the British Open on Friday
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Javelin competitor Yiselena Ballar Rojas has defected from the Cuban team for the 2022 world championships, according to official media on the island. Play Off and Swing Completo, two portals which publish information on Latin American athletes in the United States, reported this week that Ballar Rojas left the delegation in
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Javelin competitor Yiselena Ballar Rojas has defected from the Cuban team for the 2022 world championships, according to official media on the island. Play Off and Swing Completo, two portals which publish information on Latin American athletes in the United States, reported this week that Ballar Rojas left the delegation in
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Esta semana miles de maletas quedaron varadas en el aeropuerto Heathrow, en Londres, en momentos en que se implantó un tope de pasajeros a las aerolíneas ante el alza en la demanda de viajeros. Por eso Delta Air Lines tomó lo que llamó un paso “creativo” para resolver un problema
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Austria set up a Women’s European Championship meeting with Germany by eliminating star-studded Norway 1-0. Nicole Billa’s header in Brighton clinched the win that sealed second place in Group A. Norway was left in third place despite the two-time European champion being able to deploy 2018 Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg. The
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Tiger Woods made an early and emotional departure from the British Open at St. Andrews, perhaps for the last time. Cameron Smith of Australia can only hope this Open might mark his arrival among the truly elite. Already The Players Championship winner. the Aussie
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Rafael Caro Quintero, considerado como el “narco de narcos” y quien estaba fugitivo desde 2013, fue arrestado el 15 de julio por la Marina de México. Caro Quintero, nacido en 1952, fundó el ahora desintegrado Cartel de Guadalajara con Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo y otros narcotraficantes en la década de
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of deadly robberies at Southern California 7-Eleven stores. They also linked the men to additional crimes in the region. Two people were killed and three wounded during a five-hour spate of armed robberies
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to throw out Roe v. Wade last month and an Ohio 10-year-old who was forced to leave the state in order to obtain an abortion after police say a man raped her are focusing new attention on state abortion restrictions that
Continue ReadingBy E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, was captured Friday by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking, Mexico’s navy said.
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — A former Southwest Airlines flight attendant has won a $5.1 million verdict against the airline and the union for its flight attendants. Charlene Carter alleged that Southwest unlawfully fired her in 2017 at the union’s urging over anti-abortion messages she sent to the union president. A jury in federal district court in
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