By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Nimmo saved Jacob deGrom and the New York Mets with a breathtaking catch atop the center-field fence, and Edwin Díaz entered to Timmy Trumpet’s live horn at pulsing Citi Field before closing out the Los Angeles Dodgers for a scintillating 2-1 victory. Starling Marte
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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s foreign minister on a visit to East Timor is warning the nation against going into “unsustainable debt” to the Chinese on a major gas project. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Thursday she discussed with East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta the Greater Sunrise gas field that
Continue Reading SANDY, Utah — Zac MacMath stopped the one shot he faced while Sergio Cordova scored as Real Salt Lake earned a 3-0 win Wednesday over Minnesota United. RSL is now 11-8-9 after the win and United dropped to 13-10-5.
Continue Reading By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Franmil Reyes homered, Nico Hoerner drove in a pair of runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 to avoid a three-game sweep. Ian Happ and Zach McKinstry each had two hits as the Cubs snapped a five-game losing streak north of the border.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams is right back in Arthur Ashe Stadium for a night match — and this time she’ll have her big sister beside her. Serena and Venus are teaming up in doubles for the first time since the 2018 French Open. They open the night session Thursday against the Czech pair
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. — Kyle Smith’s goal proved to be the game-winner for Orlando City in a 3-2 win against the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday. With the victory , Orlando moved to 12-10-6, while the Sounders fell to 10-15-3.
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — The Copa Libertadores final is set to be an all-Brazilian affair for the third year in a row after this week’s first leg of the semifinals. Flamengo crushed Argentina’s Velez Sarsfield away 4-0 which featured a hat-trick by striker Pedro. And defending champions Palmeiras lost
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By Brad Lendon, CNN Australian sailors will soon begin training on the United Kingdom’s nuclear-powered submarines as the defense relationship between Britain, Australia and the United States deepens under the AUKUS agreement, the British government announced Wednesday. “Today is a significant milestone in the UK and Australia’s preparation to confront growing threats to the liberal
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN As Mississippi’s capital faces a third day without reliable water service Wednesday — pushing some residents to stand in long lines for bottled water and keeping schools and businesses closed — the mayor says he hopes water service can be restored this week. The problem came
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By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Lance Lynn pitched four-hit ball through seven innings, Elvis Andrus hit a tiebreaking home run in the fifth and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 to snap a five-game losing streak. Lynn (4-5), who was reinstated from the bereavement list before the game,
Continue Reading By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Lance Lynn pitched four-hit ball through seven innings, Elvis Andrus hit a tiebreaking home run in the fifth and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 to snap a five-game losing streak. Lynn (4-5), who was reinstated from the bereavement list before the game,
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola, the Democrat who won a special election that sent her to Congress this summer, will once again thwart former Gov. Sarah Palin‘s bid for a political comeback. CNN projected Wednesday that Peltola will win the race for Alaska’s at-large House seat after the state’s ranked choice voting
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would add wine and distilled spirits containers to its struggling recycling program, while giving beverage dealers another option to collect empty bottles and cans, under a measure lawmakers approved Wednesday. But critics say the bill would also give hundreds of millions of dollars to corporations
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would add wine and distilled spirits containers to its struggling recycling program, while giving beverage dealers another option to collect empty bottles and cans, under a measure lawmakers approved Wednesday. But critics say the bill would also give hundreds of millions of dollars to corporations
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump argumentó en un presentación judicial este miércoles que los Archivos Nacionales deberían haber esperado encontrar material clasificado entre las 15 cajas que entregó en enero de Mar-a-Lago porque eran registros presidenciales. La presentación, su argumento legal escrito antes de una audiencia crítica el jueves, reconoció que se
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A small robot with a clip-like hand and the smarts to know which drinks are popular is part of an effort to make convenience stores even more convenient. The robot named TX SCARA operates behind the refrigerated shelves in the back of a FamilyMart store. It knows
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hany Mukhtar scored three goals and Nashville took down the Colorado Rapids 4-1 on Wednesday. Nashville moved to 11-9-9 after the victory and the Rapids dropped to 8-12-8.
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Tetsu Sukegawa, CNN A nursing home in southwestern Japan is hiring some unusual new employees: babies. The generous compensation package from the Moyai Seiyukai home in Kitakyushu city includes flexible hours, baby formula and diapers — and cups of tea at the in-house cafe for accompanying mothers. In return, the new
Continue Reading CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters are battling two California blazes that are raging in rural areas and have prompted evacuations in the midst of a scorching heat wave. Authorities are battling a 4,625-acre blaze that prompted the evacuation of a mobile home park in the Castaic area in northwestern Los Angeles County. Eight firefighters have
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, Paula Hancocks and Gawon Bae, CNN US and South Korean combined forces on Wednesday held their first live-fire exercises since the formation of their unit in 2015, a drill that commanders said showcased the strongest military alliance in the world. The drill, based on a counterattack against invading forces, comes after the
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