Babe Ruth’s ‘called shot’ jersey could get as much as $30 million at auction
Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The jersey worn by New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth during his famous “called shot” home run in 1932 could…
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Oklahoma teachers were told to use the Bible. There’s resistance from schools as students return
Associated Press BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s Bixby school district has lots to show off for a fast-growing Tulsa suburb, including a…
Continue ReadingA rare orchid survives on a few tracts of prairie. Researchers want to learn its secrets
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — On a remote tallgrass prairie in North Dakota, a secretive orchid pokes up from the ground. You’ll…
Continue Reading‘It’s our time’: As Harris accepts the nomination, many women say a female president is long overdue
AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful…
Continue ReadingHeavy rainstorms killed 11 people and left 14 others missing in northeastern Chinese city
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say heavy rainstorms that swept a city in northeast China this week killed 11 people and left 14 others missing,…
Continue ReadingMexico’s governing coalition gets 73% of seats in Congress after winning just 60% of votes
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s electoral institute has voted to give the governing Morena party and its allies about 73% of seats in the lower house…
Continue ReadingIranian hackers targeted WhatsApp accounts of staffers in Biden, Trump administrations, Meta says
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The same Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted both the Democratic and Republican presidential…
Continue ReadingSuspect charged with murder and animal cruelty in fatal carjacking of 80-year-old dog walker
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A man accused of carjacking a beloved 80-year-old Seattle dog walker, running her over and later stabbing her dog…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ohio…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina’s highest court won’t fast-track appeals in governor’s lawsuits
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has decided it won’t fast-track appeals of results in two lawsuits…
Continue ReadingUS military says drone strike in Syria kills a Saudi militant from an al-Qaida-linked group
Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — The U.S. military and a war monitor say a drone strike in northwest Syria has killed a Saudi extremist from an…
Continue ReadingJudge declines to order New York to include ‘abortion’ in description of ballot measure
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge says he won’t force state election officials to tell voters that a proposed…
Continue ReadingAlabama man pleads guilty to detonating makeshift bomb outside state attorney general’s office
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man plead guilty to detonating an explosive device outside of the state attorney general’s office in February,…
Continue ReadingNew York temporarily barred from taking action against groups for promoting abortion pill ‘reversal’
Associated Press A federal judge has temporarily blocked New York’s attorney general from taking enforcement action against certain pregnancy…
Continue Reading3 Detroit-area mall guards not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in man’s death in 2014
Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury swiftly acquitted three security guards of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the death of a man who…
Continue ReadingWhite House insists it is making progress on Gaza cease-fire as talks continue over the weekend
Associated Press BUELLTON, Calif. (AP) — The White House says that ongoing cease-fire talks in Cairo have been constructive and will continue over…
Continue ReadingAn attack at a festival in a German city kills 3 people and seriously wounds at least 5
Associated Press SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late Friday at a…
Continue ReadingSales tax revenue, full costs unclear if North Dakota voters legalize recreational marijuana
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers on Friday struggled to estimate the full financial impact of legalizing recreational…
Continue ReadingArchaeologists in Virginia unearth colonial-era garden with clues about its enslaved gardeners
Associated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering an ornamental garden from the 1700s where a wealthy politician…
Continue ReadingUN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar’s Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N.’s human rights chief has joined a chorus of concern for members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic…
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