By Stella Chan and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A Team USA Olympic medal winner says a man attacked her outside a Los Angeles restaurant, hurling a metal object at her and fracturing her eye socket. Kim Glass, a 2008 volleyball silver medalist, posted a video to social media describing her ordeal. The footage shows her right
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Tucker delivered a tiebreaking RBI double in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros blew a four-run lead before rallying for a 6-5 victory over the spiraling Los Angeles Angels. José Altuve led off the ninth with a walk from Angels closer Raisel Iglesias.
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced a veteran activist to nine months in jail under a colonial-era sedition law for planning to protest against the Beijing Winter Olympics earlier this year. Koo Sze-yiu, 75, had planned to carry a homemade wooden coffin to China’s Liaison Office in the city on
Continue Reading By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei congratulated the national team on reaching the Volleyball Nations League finals on the weekend with a social media post that was titled: “Happy success with an Iranian coach.” A day later the Iranian football federation dismissed Dragan Skocic, the Croatian coach who has guided
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN A growing chorus of voices is urging Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to drop a murder charge against a bodega clerk who fatally stabbed a man who had gone behind the counter and pushed him. The bodega clerk, Jose Alba, 61, was working at the Blue Moon Convenient Store in Upper
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Shawn Deng, CNN A heat wave is sweeping through China, with residents resorting to air raid shelters and public fountains to stay cool, as 84 cities across the country on Wednesday issued their highest-level red alert warnings. A red alert means temperatures are expected to reach over 40 degrees Celsius (104
Continue Reading By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Miguel Cabrera drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, matching Ted Williams for 14th place on the career RBI list, and the Detroit Tigers rallied past the Kansas City Royals 7-5 to snap a four-game skid. Cabrera’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning made it
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell and Aya Elamroussi, CNN 7-Eleven recommended that its Los Angeles-area stores close for a second night Tuesday as police investigate a string of robberies that left two people dead and three people wounded. Authorities are still working to determine whether the robberies that happened Monday at six 7-Eleven locations are connected, police
Continue Reading By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thairo Estrada hit two of San Francisco’s four home runs, Logan Webb struck out eight in six scoreless innings and the Giants routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-0. Joey Bart and Yermín Mercedes also connected off Dallas Keuchel, sending the former AL Cy Young winner to his
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Oscar Holland, CNN Amid the thousands of treasures in the Cincinnati Art Museum’s East Asian art collection, a small bronze mirror dating back to the 15th or 16th century always seemed rather unremarkable. Last exhibited in 2017, it had spent much of the preceding decades in storage, where it sat on a backroom shelf alongside
Continue Reading By LARY BUMP Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Chad Pinder hit a grand slam during an eight-run 12th inning and the Oakland Athletics overcame another homer by Corey Seager to beat the Texas Rangers 14-7. Pinder was Texas’ automatic runner to open the 12th and scored on Vimael Machin’s sacrifice fly off Dennis Santana.
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers outlasted three rain delays to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 in the opener of a border-state series between the first-place teams. Andrew McCutchen and Willy Adames each hit a two-run homer off Twins starter Josh Winder. Jonathan Davis and Jace Peterson pitched in
Continue Reading By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan India drove in two runs with a go-ahead, bases-loaded single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds completed an unlikely comeback, rallying past the New York Yankees 4-3. The Yankees were 49-0 when leading after eight innings and the Reds were
Continue Reading By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols and rookie Nolan Gorman hit solo home runs and the St. Louis Cardinals ended Los Angeles’ seven-game winning streak, beating the Dodgers 7-6. The Cardinals have won three straight. The teams squared off for the first time this season. Their last matchup came in
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN The response from the families of the Uvalde massacre victims was of anger and outrage, the reaction from law enforcement experts was that of astonishment and dismay. It followed the release Tuesday by a Texas newspaper of leaked surveillance video from inside the school, days ahead of when officials said they
Continue Reading By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Charlie Blackmon hit a tiebreaking three-run homer, Austin Gomber pitched six strong innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 5-3. Blackmon’s 14th homer capped a four-pitch rally off right-hander Mike Clevinger that turned the game in the sixth inning. Connor Joe was hit by
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By Jeremy Diamond and Natasha Bertrand, CNN As President Joe Biden arrived here on Wednesday, he is doing something he has never done on a foreign trip: Embracing one of his predecessor’s legacy achievements. While much of his foreign travel in his first 18 months in office has focused on reversing the foreign policy of
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A Columbia man is facing two criminal charges after he led police on a vehicle chase Friday afternoon in west Columbia that ended near the on-ramp to eastbound Interstate 70 from Stadium Boulevard.
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Ramón Urías hit a two-run homer and made a big defensive play, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 for their ninth straight victory. Jorge Mateo also homered as Baltimore reached .500 for the first time this season. It’s the longest win streak for the Orioles since the franchise won
Continue Reading By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Dylan Cease struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-0 for a doubleheader split. José Abreu, Luis Robert and Josh Harrison homered for Chicago, which had dropped four of six before its sorely needed victory in the nightcap.
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