By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — The Philadelphia Phillies’ 9-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays descended into chaos on Tuesday night after reliever Edwin Uceta hit Nick Castellanos with a 96mph fastball. With the game tied going into the bottom of the eighth, Uceta gave up five runs before apparently taking out his frustrations
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. consumer watchdog has found that low-income families typically pay as much as 60 cents per dollar in fees when paying for school lunches electronically. As more schools turn to cashless payment systems, more school districts have contracted with payment processing companies that charge fees of as much
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s transgender community now has its first ride-sharing service. It’s the latest effort to protect trans people from discrimination and harassment. The business’s founder said on Wednesday that the service was launched over the weekend in the city of Lahore. It’s called SheDrives and will service only trans people and women. Ammaz
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The first general election ballots for the presidential race are going out as Alabama officials begin mailing them to absentee voters with the Nov. 5 contest less than two months away. Wednesday’s milestone is a sign of how quickly Election Day is approaching. North Carolina had been scheduled to
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Today’s highs will drop much cooler, into the upper 50s to mid 60s. Lows tonight in the 30s and 40s. Mostly cloudy skies with showers throughout the day. Lows over the next couple of nights will be near or below freezing in La Pine, Sunriver, and Sisters– prep your plants early. Grab your raincoat and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate has voted to overhaul the country’s judiciary, clearing the biggest hurdle for a controversial constitutional revision that will make all judges stand for election. Critics fear the changes will politicize the judicial branch and threaten Mexico’s democracy. The vote early Wednesday came after hundreds of protesters pushed
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — On this day 23 years ago, the US suffered a tremendous loss of loved ones in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijackers crashed planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. It is with our deepest admiration and
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s counterterrorism prosecutor says authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted events this summer. Olivier Christen said the plots included plans to attack “Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel in Paris” during the July 26-Aug. 11 Olympics. The prosecutor told broadcaster France Info
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-three years after the deadliest attack on US soil in its history, the mantra “Never Forget” endures in the American consciousness as a solemn reminder of that day. For the thousands of families who believe key facts have been withheld around the attack that stole their loved ones,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Relatives of 12 Polish inmates of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps have received precious belongings seized from their kin during captivity. The items were returned by a German archive in a ceremony late Tuesday. The Arolsen Archives and its volunteers have spared no effort to reach the families of inmates
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Wednesday that he is pulling a short-term GOP government funding bill from the House floor amid significant defections on his right flank. “No vote today,” Johnson told reporters just hours ahead of the scheduled vote on the bill,
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Footage of NFL star Tyreek Hill being detained by Miami-Dade officers earlier this week has again highlighted the sometimes contentious and fraught nature of what is a routine and everyday procedure in policing: the traffic stop. Many traffic stops end without making headlines. But thanks to the ubiquity of
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Brazil and Argentina both suffered defeats in their qualifying matches ahead of the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday. For the Seleção, the 1-0 defeat against Paraguay was particularly concerning as it marked the team’s fourth defeat in the past five qualifiers. The result leaves the five-time World Cup winner
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Mary Gilbert, Robert Shackelford and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Francine has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and is forecast to keep strengthening – possibly to a Category 2 storm – ahead of landfall along the Louisiana coast Wednesday. Francine was about 245 miles from Morgan City,
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance are commemorating the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, appearing to put political hostilities on the back burner for a moment as the nation remembers the tragedy. All four were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States and Britain pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional aid to Ukraine on Wednesday during a visit to Kyiv by their top diplomats as Ukrainian officials renewed their pleas to use Western-provided missiles against targets deeper inside Russia. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced more than
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — When Tadej Pogačar surged ahead of great rival Jonas Vingegaard at the top of the Col de la Couillole, clapping his chest and stretching out his arms as he crossed the finish line, it all but confirmed his return to the pinnacle of cycling in thrilling fashion. Pogačar hadn’t
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Officials are investigating why part of a bridge in eastern Germany has collapsed. No one has been injured but the partial collapse of the Carola Bridge on Wednesday disrupted a major traffic artery in Dresden. The bridge spans the Elbe River. Motorists, pedestrians and cyclists who use the bridge to
Continue ReadingBy Isaac Yee and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested and charged a man for allegedly stealing four Olympic medals belonging to Australian rower Drew Ginn. But the medals – three gold and a silver – are still missing. The 47-year-old man, who was wanted on a warrant over the alleged theft, was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s collapsed cryptocurrency empire, is seeking no prison time at her sentencing later this month. Lawyers for Ellison made the request shortly before midnight Tuesday in a filing in Manhattan federal court. The lawyers cited her immediate and extensive
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