By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Anderson pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning, Matt Olson hit three doubles and the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0. Travis d’Arnaud and Michael Harris II homered for the defending World Series champion Braves, who avoided their first three-game losing streak of the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Navy Department says a marine stationed at a base on the Baja California peninsula opened fire, killing two fellow marines and a female civilian. It was unclear whether the civilian was an employee or visitor at the base in the town of Mulege. The navy called the killings Sunday “an
Continue ReadingBy DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Robbie Grossman homered and drove in four runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 to split the four-game series. The Tigers and their league-worst offense scored five or more runs in consecutive games for the first time this season. Detroit had lost six straight
Continue ReadingBy MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Victor Caratini and Hunter Renfroe hit two-run homers as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-3. The Brewers swept the three-game series and have won seven of their last nine. Cincinnati has lost four straight. Milwaukee took a 4-3 lead into the seventh inning before
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Mookie Betts is hoping that his latest stint of the injured list only lasts a couple weeks. The Dodgers star outfielder is sidelined due to a cracked right rib. It his his third stint on the IL the past two seasons. Betts was injured during the first inning of
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — A veces la nostalgia tiene un gran precio. Una cinta VHS de Volver al futuro de 1986, sellada y casi en perfecto estado, se vendió recientemente en una subasta por US$ 75.000, con lo que se estableció un nuevo récord para una cinta de video. La copia en VHS era propiedad del actor
Continue ReadingBy KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Nick Pivetta pitched seven dominant innings with 10 strikeouts, Christian Vázquez hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox held off the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 to win their fifth straight series. Trevor Story added a solo shot and Jackie Bradley Jr. had a go-ahead single
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jerar Encarnación made a spectacular major league debut with a go-ahead, seventh-inning grand slam for his first hit and also threw out a runner at third base from right field, lifting the Miami Marlins over the New York Mets 6-2. A 24-year-old who started with
Continue ReadingBy TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Santander homered and pointed to his dad sitting in front of the press box as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1. Santander’s home run on Father’s Day helped Baltimore win back-to-back series against Tampa Bay for the first time since 2017. Orioles starter
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s traditional conservatives have scored a huge win in southern Andalusia by claiming an absolute majority for the European nation’s most populous region. The commanding victory Sunday will ensure that the Popular Party does not have to rely on the far-right Vox party. With 99% of
Continue ReadingBy WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jack Suwinski hit his third homer of the game in the ninth inning, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4-3, walk-off victory over the San Francisco Giants to avoid a three-game sweep. Suwinski is the first rookie to cap a three-homer game with a game-ending shot, according to
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By WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story BLACK MOUNTAIN, North Carolina (WLOS) — People headed to Black Mountain Saturday, June 18 to witness thousands of pollinators visiting a mountain garden during the Asheville GreenWorks Pollination Celebration. The half-acre of wildflowers was planted in 2020 at the Monarch Waystations in the back 9
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Occidente debe prepararse para una larga guerra en Ucrania mientras Rusia logra avances graduales en una furiosa batalla por controlar el este del país, dijeron el secretario general de la OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg, y el primer ministro británico, Boris Johnson. En comentarios separados publicados este domingo, Stoltenberg y Johnson también reiteraron
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a lightning-caused wildfire that led to an evacuation of the a national observatory southwest of Tucson is 40% contained. More than 300 firefighters are working to suppress the wildfire Saturday. If all goes as planned, authorities say the blaze could be fully contained by next Sunday. The wind-whipped fire
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Elena Delle Donne scored all 15 of her points in the first half and the Washington Mystics beat the Connecticut Sun 71-63. Ariel Atkins and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough each scored 10 points for Washington (11-7). Connecticut scored six consecutive points to trim its deficit to eight nearly-2 minutes later but Alysha Clark scored
Continue ReadingGAIBA, Italy (AP) — Top-seeded Alison Van Uytvanck beat Italian veteran Sara Errani 6-4, 6-3 to win the inaugural Veneto Open. The 47th-ranked Van Uytvanck completed the first WTA tournament played on natural grass in Italy without dropping a set. The 35-year-old Errani was a French Open finalist a decade ago and is ranked No.
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — San Diego Padres star Manny Machado has sprained his left ankle while taking a tumble at first base trying to beat out a grounder. Machado, in the midst of a stellar season, stretched his left leg toward the base trying to beat the throw from pitcher Antonio
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, California (AP) — The price of a bitcoin has inched above $20,000 after the broader crypto selloff dragged it below the psychological threshold a day earlier. The price of the most popular cryptocurrency was $20,129.70 as of Sunday afternoon. According to the cryptocurrency news site CoinDesk, bitcoin had plunged Saturday as much as 9.7%
Continue ReadingHOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — Officials say one of four inmates who escaped from a federal prison’s satellite camp in Virginia over the weekend has turned himself in. The Richmond Times-Dispatch quotes a supervisor with the U.S. Marshals Service as saying that Tavaraes Lajuane Graham showed up at the satellite camp of the Federal Correctional Complex
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — Max Verstappen cruised to his sixth Formula One win of the season by holding off a late challenge from Carlos Sainz Jr. and pulling away in a fairly easy Sunday drive in the Canadian Grand Prix. Verstappen started from the pole at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and wasn’t challenged until the final 10
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