By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pavin Smith homered and drove in three runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied against Washington’s beleaguered bullpen to beat the Nationals 10-5 on Tuesday night. Josh Rojas also had three RBIs for Arizona, which moved ahead of Los Angeles for the NL West lead soon after the
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji’s leader indicated his nation is reconsidering its security ties with China at a time that geopolitical tensions in the Pacific are rising. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said Fiji was reviewing a contentious police cooperation agreement it signed with China in 2011 which has allowed
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Rob Refsnyder had the go-ahead RBI single in a four-run eighth inning and James Paxton tied his season high with nine strikeouts, giving the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Kiké Hernández drove in two runs and Masataka Yoshida had three hits for
Continue ReadingBy LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Liam Hendriks earned his first save since returning from cancer, Lucas Giolito pitched six hitless innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 3-2 for their season-high fourth straight victory. Isiah Kiner-Falefa ended Chicago’s combined no-hit bid with a two-out RBI double in
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Coenjaerts, CNN (CNN) — Every child under the age of five in California is now qualified to receive a free book in the mail every month, thanks to the state’s expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The newly expanded book-giving program will bestow California with the most extensive Imagination Library nationwide, also making
Continue ReadingBy WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jace Peterson homered twice on a five-hit night and drove in five runs, and the Oakland Athletics ended a 15-game road losing streak with an 11-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The major league-worst A’s broke open the game late behind Peterson, whose RBI single off Pirates
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A’Ja Wilson scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and the defending champion Las Vegas Aces remained undefeated, holding off Connecticut 90-84 in a rematch of the teams in last year’s WNBA Finals. Jackie Young added 22 points for Vegas, which led by as many
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Pasaron 25 años desde que se estrenó por primera vez “Sex and the City” y el impacto de la excitante serie perdura. Basada en la columna del periódico de Candace Bushnell con el mismo nombre, la serie se estrenó en las pantallas de televisión en junio de 1998 vestida, por supuesto,
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos, Tara John, Michael Conte and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — An Air India flight sent to the remote Russian city of Magadan to pick up its stranded passengers has landed safely in San Francisco, the airline said Thursday. “All our passengers are being extended maximum on-ground assistance with clearance formalities and provided
Continue ReadingBy IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Kevin Gausman matched his career high by striking out 13 over seven innings, George Springer, Bo Bichette and Daulton Varsho all homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Houston Astros 5-1. Gausman gave up a leadoff homer to Mauricio Dubón on his second pitch but recovered
Continue ReadingJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An attorney for a Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl more than half a century ago wants statements he made at a police station suppressed. The Arlington Heights Daily Herald reported Tuesday that attorney Terry Ekl argued in a recent defense motion that statements
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Mike Johnston is on his way to becoming Denver’s new mayor. The former state senator had nearly 11,000 more votes than opponent Kelly Brough in unofficial results of Tuesday’s runoff election. Brough conceded and said she’d call to wish Johnston “godspeed in the work ahead.” The two moderate candidates were seeking to
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie kicked off his second presidential campaign on Tuesday with a lacerating indictment of former President Donald Trump, calling his ally-turned-rival a “lonely, self-consumed mirror hog” who, by force of personality alone, represents a threat to the republic. At a
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales and Jaide Garcia, CNN (CNN) — Three dozen migrants who were flown to Sacramento in recent days did so voluntarily, Florida officials said Tuesday, countering accusations from California authorities who said the asylum seekers were misled into taking trips. “Florida’s voluntary relocation is precisely that – voluntary,” Florida Division of Emergency Management
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien has extended his major league-leading hitting streak to 25 games. He hit a two-run double in the fourth inning against St. Louis on Tuesday night. The 25-game hitting streak is the longest in the majors this season and the longest in Semien’s career. It matched
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Es raro encontrar una nueva tecnología que se sienta innovadora. Pero anoche, mientras estaba sentada en un sofá en una sala de demostración privada en el campus de Apple usando sus gafas de realidad mixta Vision Pro recientemente anunciadas, sentí que había visto el futuro, o al menos un prototipo temprano
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Luego de una fría despedida, Messi y el club París Saint Germain (PSG) bifurcaron sus caminos. El destino personal y futbolístico del icónico jugador es por ahora una incógnita. El contrato de Messi con el equipo parisino termina a finales de junio, y hasta el momento no hay nada concreto
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Luis Arraez had two hits to raise his major league-leading batting average to .401 and help the Miami Marlins beat the Kansas City Royals 6-1 on Tuesday night. Second in the NL East, the Marlins have won five straight to improve to 34-28 — the first time they’ve been six games over
Continue ReadingBy AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit a leadoff homer, Taijuan Walker threw seven scoreless innings and the Philadelphia Phillies won their fourth straight, 1-0 over the Detroit Tigers. Walker allowed two hits, Seranthony Dominguez worked the eighth and Craig Kimbrel completed the three-hitter, striking out the side in order for
Continue ReadingREDMOND, Ore. (AP) — Someone left a dead raccoon and a sign with “intimidating language” that mentioned a Black city councilor outside the law office of an Oregon mayor, police said. Redmond Mayor Ed Fitch found the raccoon and the sign on Monday, the Redmond Police Department said in a news release. The sign mentioned
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