LOS ANGELES (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 19 of her 23 points in the first half and the Seattle Storm routed the Los Angeles Sparks 106-69 on Thursday night. Tina Charles added 18 points for Seattle (15-8). Jewell Loyd had 16 points and seven assists, and Ezi Magbegor finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Continue Reading By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Randal Grichuk doubled to score Jose Iglesias with the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, and the Colorado Rockies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3. Iglesias led off the ninth with a sharp single to left against Mark Melancon (3-7). Grichuk’s drive into the gap was missed by
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Emiko Jozuka, CNN Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of the international hit manga series and trading card game “Yu-Gi-Oh!”, was found dead on Wednesday. He was 60. Takahashi’s body was recovered off the coast of Okinawa in southern Japan, a coast guard official in the city of Nago told CNN. He was found in snorkeling gear,
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi and Sophie Cunningham each scored 23 points and the Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 84-81 on Thursday night. Skylar Diggins-Smith hit four free throws in the final 22.6 seconds for Phoenix (10-14). Diggins-Smith finished with 13 points and nine assists, and Shey Peddy had 13 points and four
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN The woman who fled to Costa Rica after allegedly killing an elite cyclist in Texas used several aliases and a passport that belongs to someone “closely associated with her,” a spokesperson for the US Marshals Service said Thursday. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, is suspected of fatally shooting Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson
Continue Reading By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt says he “probably won’t” inform team and Major League Baseball officials if he feels COVID-19 symptoms in the future. Bassitt was placed on the COVID-19 list on July 1 after complaining about sluggishness to team officials. The right-hander missed
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paolo Banchero’s debut was a smashing success and that had nothing to do with the Orlando Magic winning their Summer League opener against the Houston Rockets in Las Vegas on Thursday night. The No. 1 pick in this year’s draft showed that the moment wasn’t
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Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El ex primer ministro de Japón, Shinzo Abe, murió este viernes tras ser baleado mientras daba un discurso en la ciudad de Nara, durante un acto político. En agosto de 2020, Abe anunció su renuncia alegando problemas de salud. He aquí un vistazo a la vida del mandatario de Japón con más
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar collapsed as he was trying to walk off the field after a scary collision with rookie shortstop C.J. Abrams. Profar was then placed on a stretcher and driven away on a cart. Profar and Abrams both went after a flyball hit by Joey Bart
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has shocked Japan, a country with one of the world’s lowest rates of gun crime due to its strict laws on gun ownership. Abe was shot dead on Friday in the city of Nara while delivering a campaign speech, Prime Minister Fumio
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Beau Brieske tossed two-hit ball into the seventh inning while outpitching Dylan Cease, Javier Báez homered and the Detroit Tigers hung on beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1. The Tigers won their fifth straight. They began this four-game series against the reigning AL Central champs
Continue Reading By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Dylan Carlson hit a tiebreaking single in the top of the 11th inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 to snap their four-game losing streak. Nolan Gorman singled to begin the 11th and advance placement runner Nolan Arenado to third. Carlson’s single
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By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Dylan Carlson hit a tiebreaking single in the top of the 11th inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 to snap their four-game losing streak. Nolan Gorman singled to begin the 11th and advance placement runner Nolan Arenado to third. Carlson’s single
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ST. LOUIZ, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals pulled out a 3-2 win in extra innings Thursday night to avoid a series sweep in Atlanta. The game started as a pitcher’s duel with Matthew Liberatore pitching the first four innings allowing just three hits and Jordan Hicks coming in for the next two allowing one.
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Junko Ogura and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in critical condition and fighting for his life after being shot in the street in broad daylight while making a campaign speech in the central city of Nara, in an attack that has shocked the nation. Prime Minister Fumio
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Brito was the top scout in Mexico for the Los Angeles Dodgers for nearly 45 years. He discovered such talents as Fernando Valenzuela, current Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias and Yasiel Puig. The team says Brito has died at a Los Angeles hospital at the
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The Columbia-Boone Health and Human Services reported there have been 1,622 COVID cases for children under the age of 5 in Boone County.
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Jefferson City police are reporting one person is dead and a passenger is injured after a two-vehicle afternoon crash on Highway 179 in Jefferson City.
Continue Reading By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — J.D. Davis hit his first major league grand slam, James McCann launched a three-run homer and the New York Mets routed the Miami Marlins 10-0 behind a splendid start from Trevor Williams. Davis set a career high with five RBIs and Williams pitched seven innings
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