CHICAGO (AP) — Houston Astros star Jose Altuve was set to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sugar Land on Friday. The eight-time All-Star and 2017 AL MVP broke his right thumb when he was hit by a pitch playing for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic. He had surgery March 22, and general manager
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The spectators were mostly Black kids, ranging from elementary school to high school. The teams — all from historically Black colleges and universities — had names that won’t resonate with the average baseball fan. Wiley College. Bluefield State. Rust College. The Black College World Series,
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s secretary of state has won bipartisan praise during his first term in office for expanding voter access during the COVID-19 pandemic and overseeing elections that have been free of widespread problems. That record still hasn’t paved a clear path to reelection
Continue ReadingBy CALEB JONES Associated Press Renowned Associated Press photojournalist Elise Amendola — a determined, joyous and patient journalist who masterfully photographed pivotal global news and sporting events spanning decades — has died. She was 70. Amendola, who recently retired from the AP, died Thursday at her home in North Andover, Massachusetts, after a 13-year battle
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, CNN The driver who police say crashed his car into a group of migrants outside a Brownsville, Texas, shelter on Sunday, killing eight, was “obviously intoxicated” when officers arrived and said in Spanish, “They got in my way,” according to the arrest report obtained by CNN. George Alvarez, 34, has been charged
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — What’s an ocean without a beach? One Atlantic City casino that takes its name from the sea doesn’t want to find out, and so it’s spending up to $700,000 of its own money to rebuild a badly eroded beach in front of it. The Ocean
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The Crook County Sheriff’s Office and the Prineville Police Department as well as agencies throughout Oregon are urging drivers to buckle up during the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s national Click It or Ticket high-visibility enforcement effort.
Continue ReadingBy Wilson Walker Click here for updates on this story WEAVERVILLE, California (KPIX) — There has been a lot of attention on the parts of California that saw a huge winter. One example is the Tulare Lake basin, which has flooded again as the southern Sierra snowpack melts. Just about all of the state’s reservoirs
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Inflation-fatigued shoppers are heading to Walmart for groceries while they’re pulling back on nonessential purchases at other chains. Walmart (WMT), America’s largest retailer, posted strong sales last quarter and raised its outlook for 2023. The company said Thursday that sales at stores open for
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Leaders in Washington are running out of time to avoid an unprecedented default on US debt. The top consumer watchdog in the federal government is warning of dire consequences for American families. “It’s a big worry. Every family should be concerned,” Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told
Continue ReadingBy MARLÓN GONZALEZ and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The mother of a 17-year-old boy who died this week in U.S. immigration custody is demanding answers from American officials, saying her son had no known illnesses and had not shown any signs of being sick before his death. The teenager, Ángel Eduardo
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has denied reports that linked one of Syria’s most well-known drug dealers who was killed earlier this week to the Iran-backed group. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called on Friday such accusations as “baseless lies.” Western governments estimate that Captagon has generated billions of dollars in revenue
Continue ReadingBy KCAL-NEWS STAFF Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — UCLA has opted to shut down the long-running Bruin Woods camp this summer after two students filed a lawsuit alleging sexual assault and hazing. Dating back to 1985, Bruin Woods is a 10-week camp that hosts up to 80 alumni
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former University of Utah diver has been arrested and charged with raping a young woman last fall. Prosecutors Ben Smyth, a Canadian diver in his second year at Utah, went to the woman’s dorm room and allegedly raped her even as she resisted. In
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former University of Utah diver has been arrested and charged with raping a young woman last fall. Prosecutors Ben Smyth, a Canadian diver in his second year at Utah, went to the woman’s dorm room and allegedly raped her even as she resisted. In
Continue ReadingBy JACK LOWENSTEIN Click here for updates on this story BUENA VISTA, Colorado (KCNC) — A young, female mountain lion was euthanized after it swatted an 11-year-old girl in rural southeast Buena Vista on Wednesday evening, Colorado Parks & Wildlife confirmed in a press release on Thursday. The girl is OK after the mountain lion
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers hope long-time television analyst Keith Jones can turn the franchise into a winner now that he’s team president of hockey operations. General manager Danny Briere also has the stamp of approval from ownership to make the important decisions that will shape the organization.
Continue ReadingBy Tori Apodaca Click here for updates on this story PLUMAS COUNTY, California (KOVR) — A moderate earthquake rocked Northern California Thursday afternoon, causing some businesses to close down for the night due to the damage. CBS13 spoke with the Plumas Pines Resort that’s near Lake Almanor about the quake that broke glass, dishes and
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A group of families has won a key court victory in an effort to pin some responsibility on a Michigan school district for a shooting that left four students dead in 2021. A judge says the families can pursue claims that the Oxford district may have pushed
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Un juez penal especializado de Colombia condenó a 17 años y tres meses de prisión a Wilson Arévalo Hernández, alias “Chaco” o el “Quesero”, por haber constituido una empresa de productos lácteos que “sirvió para transformar dineros producto del cobro de extorsiones y secuestros en el oriente del país, y
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