By SAM McNEIL and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Authorities in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank announced that a truce has been reached to end violent clashes between militants and Palestinian security forces. The violence highlights deep disenchantment with the internationally backed Palestinian leadership. Wednesday’s deal to
Continue ReadingHOBART, Australia (AP) — A day after 230 whales were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia’s island state of Tasmania, only 35 were still alive despite rescue efforts that were to continue Thursday. Half the pod of pilot whales stranded in Macquarie Harbour were presumed to still be alive on
Continue ReadingBy DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drey Jameson pitched six strong innings in his second big league game and Ketel Marte homered as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 to split a doubleheader. The Dodgers won the opener 6-5 as rookie Miguel Vargas drove in the go-ahead run with
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — In Roger Federer’s case, the farewell news conference will come before the beginning of what he’s said will be the last competitive tennis event of his career. Federer is in London and has been practicing ahead of the Laver Cup, an event founded by his management
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Rob Picheta, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the immediate “partial mobilization” of Russian citizens on Wednesday, a move that threatens to escalate his faltering invasion of Ukraine following a string of defeats that caused recriminations in Moscow. Putin said in a speech that he would use “all the means at
Continue ReadingBy TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A close ally of Donald Trump is in court fighting charges he secretly worked as an agent for the United Arab Emirates. A jury heard opening statements at the trial of billionaire Tom Barrack are Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn. The 75-year-old Barrack has known
Continue ReadingBy MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Myles Straw had a tiebreaking two-run double in Cleveland’s five-run 11th inning, and the Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 10-7 to move closer to the American League Central title. The Guardians won for the 12th time in 16 extra-inning games this season and expanded their lead
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Seattle Mariners are hardly hitting the way they’d like to be in late September chasing a long-overdue, elusive playoff berth. Luis Castillo got knocked out in the fifth inning and the contending Mariners managed just one hit, falling to the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on
Continue ReadingCNN, WFTS, WEAR, WHDH By Amir Vera, Rob Frehse and Zenebou Sylla, CNN Lawyers for Civil Rights, a non-profit immigrant advocacy group that represents more than 30 of the nearly 50 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard, filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Alianza Americas and other migrants, according to a news release from
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kim Ha-seong homered and Mike Clevinger had a strong outing for the San Diego Padres, who shut down Albert Pujols and the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 to clinch their first winning record in a full season since 2010. The Padres improved to 82-66
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press MACON, Ga. (AP) — When Tracie Revis climbs the Great Temple Mound, rising nine stories above the Ocmulgee River in the center of present-day Georgia, she walks in the steps of her Muscogean ancestors who were forcibly removed to Oklahoma 200 years ago. “This is lush, gorgeous land. The rivers
Continue ReadingBy AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd was sentenced Wednesday to three years. Thomas Lane is already serving a 2 1/2-year federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights. When it
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A military exercise in Fiji involving the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand ends this week as the traditional allies counter China’s growing influence in the region. The U.S. Embassy in Fiji says the 11-day Exercise Cartwheel began on Sept. 12 and ends on Friday. U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday declared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a violation of the global order, sharpening his rebukes of President Vladimir Putin as the war entered a tense new moment. Biden’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly came hours after Putin announced an expansion of his war effort, lending
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday declared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a violation of the global order, sharpening his rebukes of President Vladimir Putin as the war entered a tense new moment. Biden’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly came hours after Putin announced an expansion of his war effort,
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The trial of a longtime San Francisco Bay Area sheriff on public corruption allegations involving her office’s granting of concealed-carry weapons permits and costly jail mismanagement is set to begin. Jury selection begins Wednesday in the case of Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith. It’s a civil process to seek removal
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Brice Lâiné and Konstantin Gak, CNN In the ruins of an apartment block tarred with soot and clouded in dust amid constant shelling, a small group of Ukrainian soldiers are face to face with a new type of Russian enemy: mercenaries, some of whom may be convicts sent
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Mexico has four center forwards in training for its World Cup warmup matches this week, but El Tri will take only three strikers to Qatar. And Chicharito will not be in either group, coach Tata Martino confirmed Tuesday night. Martino ruled out Javier Hernández from
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Austin Slater doubled twice, David Villar homered, and the San Francisco Giants used six relievers to beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3. San Francisco lefty Carlos Rodón was originally scheduled to start Tuesday but was pushed back to Friday at Arizona because of a blister on his pitching
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations on Wednesday that Russia has “shamelessly violated the core tenets” of the international body with its war in Ukraine as he summoned nations around the globe to stand firm in backing the Ukrainian resistance. Delivering
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