By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout homered for the eighth time in 10 games and the Los Angeles Angels tripped up the Seattle Mariners’ AL wild-card run with an 8-7 victory Friday night that ended a four-game losing streak. Trout homered in seven straight games, one shy of the big
Continue ReadingCNN, ITN By Max Foster, Luke McGee and Toyin Owoseje, CNN When Queen Elizabeth II receives a state funeral at London’s Westminster Abbey on Monday, it will be one of the largest diplomatic occasions of the century. World leaders, politicians, public figures and European royals, as well as more than 500 dignitaries from around the
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s state-run news agency reports that an Israeli strike has hit Damascus International Airport and other areas south of the Syrian capital, killing five soldiers. The SANA News Agency said Saturday the strike hit around 12:45 a.m. It said there had been some “material losses,” without elaborating. Israel hasn’t directly acknowledged the
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Geelong Cats are back in the Australian Football League grand final and looking for their first Australian rules football title since 2011. The Cats advanced to the Sept. 24 grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a 71-point win over the Brisbane Lions — 8.12 (120) to 7.7 (49)
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Four times Connecticut has faced elimination during this year’s WNBA playoffs and four times the Sun have responded with a convincing win to stay alive. The most convincing came Thursday night, when Connecticut bounced back from two losses in Las Vegas to rout the Aces
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Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq and Heather Chen, CNN Five Syrian soldiers were killed in Israeli airstrikes that targeted Damascus International Airport and other areas near the capital, the Syrian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said Israel had fired “bursts of missiles” from northeast of Lake Tiberias in Israel, targeting the airport and several security
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dustin May pitched five no-hit innings and outdueled Logan Webb, and the newly crowned NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-0. May (2-2) struck out four and walked one, dazzling in his fifth start since returning from Tommy John elbow
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Spurred by conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, activists around the country are using laws that allow people to challenge a voter’s right to cast a ballot to contest the registrations of thousands of voters at a time. In Iowa, Linn County Auditor Joel Miller had handled three voter
Continue ReadingBy STEVE BITTENBENDER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Quarterback Tate Rodemaker came off the bench to lead Florida State to a come-from-behind 35-31 victory over Louisville. The sophomore came in after Jordan Travis suffered a lower left leg injury with a little more than four minutes left in the second quarter and Florida State
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Brandon Drury hit a pair of homers, Blake Snell threw a season-high seven innings and the San Diego Padres cruised to a 12-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. San Diego stayed 1 1/2 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers for the final NL wild card playoff
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By exchanging letters with someone you’ve never met PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The challenges of recent years have left many Oregonians feeling disconnected and alone: COVID, strident partisanship, and deepening social divides all make it harder to connect with others. Dear Stranger, a letter-exchange project from Oregon Humanities, offers a chance for connection by inviting
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Stacey Abrams, Georgia Democrats’ nominee for governor, is launching an intensive effort to get out the vote by urging potential supporters to cast in-person ballots the first week of early voting as she tries to navigate the state’s new election laws. The strategy, outlined to The
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Garrett Mitchell hit a two-out RBI single in the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied from a five-run deficit to beat Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees 7-6 on Friday. Judge went 2 of 4 and scored two runs but didn’t homer. That kept
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez homered in his first three at-bats, Justin Verlander threw five hitless innings in his return from the injured list and the Houston Astros clinched a postseason berth with a 5-0 win over the Oakland Athletics. The Astros (won their sixth straight game to join
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden met Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American detained in Russia, Paul Whelan, the first face-to-face encounter that the president has had with the relatives. In a statement after the meetings, which were held separately,
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Justice Department on Friday asked an appeals court to put on hold parts of a judge’s order requiring a third-party review of the materials seized last month at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. In its request with the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals, the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols hit his 698th home run, a tying two-run drive in the sixth inning that sparked the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds 6-5. Pujols hit a first-pitch slider Raynel Espinal 427 feet into the left-field stands for his 19th home run this season,
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Tropical Storm Fiona headed for Puerto Rico on Saturday night, with forecasters warning it likely would grow into a hurricane before hitting on Sunday with extremely heavy rains with the potential to cause landslides, severe flooding and power outages. The storm already lashed several eastern Caribbean islands,
Continue ReadingBy DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe hit his 25th home run in a four-run inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3. Lowe’s two-run homer was the fourth of five straight hits in the third inning off Corey Kluber, who gave up seven straight hits in
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