By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a San Diego man to 18 years in prison for piloting a small vessel overloaded with 32 migrants that smashed apart in powerful surf off San Diego’s coast last year, killing three people. U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino said at
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for people in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits. All
Continue Reading By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report For America RENO, Nev. (AP) — As officials in some parts of rural Nevada vow to bypass voting machines in favor of hand counting ballots this November, the Nevada secretary of state’s office is proposing statewide rules that would specify how to do it, including requiring bipartisan vote counters, room
Continue Reading
By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Wynton Bernard is getting his chance to play in the major leagues a decade after he was drafted by the San Diego Padres. The Colorado Rockies selected Bernard’s contract from Triple-A AlbuquerqHe batted seventh and played center field against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Bernard finished with a single,
Continue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 3.1 million viewers watched Fox Sports’ broadcast of Major League Baseball’s second “Field of Dreams” game, about half of the audience for the 2021 game. The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 on Thursday night at a throwback ballpark in eastern Iowa, a short walk from the main
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — More than 3.1 million viewers watched Fox Sports’ broadcast of Major League Baseball’s second “Field of Dreams” game, about half of the audience for the 2021 game. The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 on Thursday night at a throwback ballpark in eastern Iowa, a short walk from the main
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — More than 3.1 million viewers watched Fox Sports’ broadcast of Major League Baseball’s second “Field of Dreams” game, about half of the audience for the 2021 game. The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 on Thursday night at a throwback ballpark in eastern Iowa, a short walk from the main
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Congress gave final approval Friday to Democrats’ flagship climate and health care bill, handing President Joe Biden a back-from-the-dead triumph on coveted priorities that the party hopes will bolster their prospects for keeping their House and Senate majorities in November’s elections. The House used a
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Right-handed reliever Ken Giles has been designated for assignment by the Seattle Mariners. They had signed him last year to a $7 million, two-year contract when he was recovering from Tommy John surgery. Seattle knew Giles wouldn’t pitch in 2021, but the 31-year-old appeared in only five games this season. He
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Josh Campbell, Brynn Gingras and Paul P. Murphy, CNN An armed man suspected of trying to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati field office Thursday was killed in Ohio after a vehicle chase and hours-long standoff with law enforcement, authorities say. The suspect was believed to be armed with an AR-15 rifle and a
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Juan Soto returned to Washington just 10 days after he was traded to the San Diego Padres. The 23-year-old star helped the Nationals win a World Series in 2019, but not much has gone right for Washington since. That made a long-term deal with Soto less likely and general manager Mike Rizzo
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has apologized “to all the women I have impacted” after he was accused of sexual misconduct during massage therapy sessions in Texas. Watson is facing a potential year-long suspension. He spoke before Cleveland’s exhibition opener in Jacksonville, his first game since Jan. 3, 2021,
Continue Reading
The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak this weekend, but we may have a tough time seeing it due to a full moon brightening the sky. The Perseids peak every year from mid-July through late August. The peak will be tonight and Saturday night after dark through just before dawn. The shower is caused
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI recovered “top secret” and even more sensitive documents from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released Friday after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorized the sudden, unprecedented search this week. A property
Continue Reading By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Dozens of firefighters are battling a large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii’s Big Island. No homes are threatened. Gusts and arid conditions are making it difficult to contain the blaze. The fire started in the western reaches of the U.S. Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area, which
Continue Reading LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Former Louisville police Detective Kelly Goodlett intends to plead guilty to a civil rights charge stemming from the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose death in a botched police drug raid helped spark racial justice protests in 2020. Goodlett is set to appear Aug. 22 before a federal
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Paradise Afshar, CNN Former Louisville Metropolitan Police Department Detective Kelly Goodlett plans to plead guilty to a federal charge that was filed earlier this month by the Department of Justice in connection with the death of Breonna Taylor two years ago. According to the Washington Post, Goodlett, attorney Brandon Marshall and
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros outfielder Michael Brantley will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his right shoulder. The 35-year-old Brantley hasn’t appeared in a big league game since June 26. He hit .288 with five homers and 26 RBIs in 64 games in the final season of a $32 million,
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says he’s leaving the network, nearly two years after the Zoom incident that derailed his career. Toobin had stepped away from CNN after exposing himself in a Zoom call with colleagues from The New Yorker magazine, which fired him. CNN kept him off the air for
Continue Reading VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A man once briefly married to Britney Spears has been convicted of aggravated trespassing and battery at the pop star’s June wedding. Forty-year-old Jason Alexander pleaded no contest to the two misdemeanor counts in a California court. He was sentenced to the 64 days he has already served in jail. Prosecutors
Continue Reading