By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — DeWanna Bonner and Courtney Williams each scored 19 points to help the Connecticut Sun rout the Chicago Sky 104-80 and force a decisive Game 5 in their WNBA playoffs semifinal series. Alyssa Thomas added 17 for Connecticut, which will travel to the second-seeded Sky for
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities say a shark has attacked and killed a U.S. cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling in waters around the Bahamas. Tuesday’s attack involved a 58-year-old woman from Pennsylvania and occurred at a popular snorkeling spot near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas, police
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief predicted Tuesday that at least $1 billion will be needed urgently to avert famine in Somalia in the coming months and early next year when two more dry seasons are expected to compound the historic drought that has hit the Horn
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Karen Khachanov has advanced to the first Grand Slam semifinal of his career by edging Nick Kyrgios 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4 at the U.S. Open. Kyrgios could not quite follow up his victory over defending champion Daniil Medvedev. The match began Tuesday night
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN Two officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety who were at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre have been suspended with pay and referred for formal investigation amid an internal review of law enforcement actions that day, the agency said Tuesday as students in the shaken community returned to
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Asspociated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister has urged China to allow detained Chinese-born Australian journalist Cheng Lei to make her first contact with her children in more than two years. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday renewed his government’s call for Cheng to have access to her family after
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mitch Keller scattered five hits over six shutout innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the suddenly listless New York Mets to an 8-2 loss. The Mets are now tied with Atlanta for the NL East lead. The Mets failed to get a runner to third base
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — ¿Quieres reducir el riesgo de padecer demencia? Ponte un contador de pasos y empieza a contarlos: necesitarás entre 3.800 y 9.800 cada día para reducir el riesgo de deterioro mental, según un nuevo estudio. Según el estudio, las personas de entre 40 y 79 años que caminaron 9.826 pasos al día
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Odesa, Ucrania (CNN) — En el primer día de la contraofensiva en el sur de Ucrania, Mark Ayres disparó más de 2.000 balas de su ametralladora PK de diseño soviético durante los feroces tiroteos con las fuerzas rusas. El exsoldado británico trabaja con una unidad de reconocimiento del Ejército de Ucrania en la
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer in the first, Christian Bethancourt and Yu Chang went deep back-to-back during the sixth, and the surging Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4. The Rays are an AL-best 22-10 since August 4, and moved within 4½
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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A woman in southern Oregon was attacked by a bear Monday night while she was in her back yard, police said. Police in Medford, Oregon, said Tuesday that officers responded to a bear attack report at about 8:40 p.m. Monday. The woman told them that a bear rushed her and attacked
Continue ReadingMEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A woman in southern Oregon was attacked by a bear Monday night while she was in her back yard, police said. Police in Medford, Oregon, said Tuesday that officers responded to a bear attack report at about 8:40 p.m. Monday. The woman told them that a bear rushed her and attacked
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN GOP senators are privately alarmed at the cash problems facing Sen. Rick Scott’s National Republican Senatorial Committee, uneasy over his feud with Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and worried that their internal issues could undercut their already difficult road back to the majority this fall. Behind the scenes,
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La jueza que investiga el presunto intento de asesinato contra la vicepresidenta de Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, tomará este martes declaración indagatoria a Brenda Elizabeth Uliarte, la novia de Fernando Sabag Montiel, el acusado de apuntar y gatillar un arma, que no se disparó, a la expresidenta del país,
Continue ReadingBy MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo is headed to the 10-day injured list, the latest health-related setback for a banged-up team trying to hang onto first place in the AL East. Rizzo is hampered by headaches the Yankees think are related to an epidural
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Suspended San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. had surgery to repair the torn labrum in his left shoulder. The surgery was performed in Los Angeles by Dr. Neal ElAttache, the team physician for the Dodgers and the NFL’s Rams. The surgery originally had been scheduled for last week but was
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La tormenta tropical Earl se ha convertido en huracán, según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes. El huracán Earl, apenas el segundo de esta temporada en el Atlántico, tiene vientos sostenidos de 130 km/h (80 mph) con ráfagas aún mayores. El huracán se mueve hacia el norte a 9 km/h (6 mph).
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Representatives for the men’s and women’s U.S. national teams signed their historic collective bargaining agreements with U.S. Soccer, formally closing a long and acrimonious fight over equal pay. The federation announced in May that it had struck separate agreements with the players’ unions on contracts that run through
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense minister says he has ordered a ministry-wide special investigation into growing reports of sexual assault after allegations of harassment were brought by a former soldier. Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada’s order came after a female former soldier requested a reinvestigation of an alleged assault by former
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Otis, a gimpy, geriatric Jack Russell terrier, is no worse for wear after surviving four days in the Whisky Creek drainage while the Rum Creek Fire made its way down to the south shore of the Rogue River, fire officials said Tuesday.
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