HOUSTON (AP) — Leody Taveras drove in a career-high five runs, including a bases-clearing double as part of a five-run 10th inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 8-4. Marcus Semien hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly off Phil Maton to put Texas ahead 4-3 in the 10th and Corey Seager followed with an
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By Nectar Gan, CNN A Chinese court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a former state television intern against the dismissal of her long-running landmark #MeToo case accusing a star presenter of sexual harassment. Zhou Xiaoxuan, better known as Xianzi in China, became the face of the country’s #MeToo movement in 2018, when she publicly
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Sylvia Fowles had 16 points, Aerial Powers scored 10 of her 14 points in the fourth quarter, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the short-handed Phoenix Mercury 86-77 to complete a three-game series sweep. Minnesota moved into a four-way tie for seventh, battling Atlanta, New York and Phoenix for the final two playoff
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By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Albert Pujols and Nolan Arenado homered and combined for seven hits and left-hander Jose Quintana made his second strong start for St. Louis in the Cardinals’ 9-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Pujols and Arenado had RBI hits in a five-run first inning and connected on back-to-back
Continue Reading By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Albert Pujols and Nolan Arenado homered and combined for seven hits and left-hander Jose Quintana made his second strong start for St. Louis in the Cardinals’ 9-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Pujols and Arenado had RBI hits in a five-run first inning and connected on back-to-back
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is facing a parental kidnapping charge after the mother reported their 3-year-old daughter missing on Friday. A Cole County prosecutor has charged Thomas Chee with one county of parental kidnapping. The child’s mother called the police after Chee allegedly picked up the child from daycare but then
Continue Reading By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — MJ Melendez hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning to send the Kansas City Royals past the Chicago White Sox 8-3. Melendez and Salvador Perez both had three hits and two RBIs for the Royals. Kyle Isbel drove in two runs and scored twice.
Continue Reading By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — MJ Melendez hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning to send the Kansas City Royals past the Chicago White Sox 8-3. Melendez and Salvador Perez both had three hits and two RBIs for the Royals. Kyle Isbel drove in two runs and scored twice.
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By Anna Bahney for CNN Business Rents in Manhattan have hit a record high for the sixth month in a row. Median rent for an apartment in Manhattan climbed to $4,150 a month in July, surging 29% from a year ago, according to a monthly report from brokerage firm Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel Real
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Editors: Meera Senthilingam, Eliza Anyangwe; Design: Gabrielle Smith; Researchers: Lizzy Yee, Gawon Bae and Mengchen Zhang; Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow In 2020, as the Black Lives Matter movement amplified calls for racial justice in the US and beyond, a succession of corporate announcements signaled what appeared to be a watershed moment for
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, Amir Vera, Maria Santana, Priscilla Alvarez, Kristina Sgueglia and Zenebou Sylla, CNN More migrants continued arriving in New York City Wednesday, a day after city officials took aim at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for busing migrants detained at the border to the city as part of his campaign to draw attention to
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By Shawna Mizelle, CNN The FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence on Monday was prompted by a tip to investigators about the possibility of additional classified documents at the Palm Beach club, according to a Wall Street Journal report. CNN previously reported that investigators from the FBI and the DOJ met with
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A woman is seriously injured following a motorcycle crash near the Lake of the Ozarks on Wednesday evening.
Continue Reading By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — J.T. Realmuto hit an RBI single that capped a three-run rally in the eighth inning off NL ERA leader Sandy Alcantara, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 for their seventh straight win. Kyle Schwarber had three hits and drove in two runs as the
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Carlos Vela scored in the third minute and Raúl Ruidíaz’s converted a penalty kick in the 73rd minute in the Major League Soccer All-Star team’s 2-1 victory over Mexico’s Liga MX on Wednesday night. Kevin Álvarez scored for Liga MX in the 83rd minute
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — USA Table Tennis CEO Virginia Sung won an election to the board of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and will take over a spot held by former Duke athletic director Kevin White. Sung won in a race that came down to her and Max Siegel,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Una madre de Nebraska y su hija de 18 años se enfrentan a múltiples cargos en un caso en el que la policía obtuvo mensajes de Facebook entre ambas que, según las autoridades, muestran pruebas de un aborto ilegal autogestionado con medicamentos, así como un plan para ocultar
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Top Atlanta prospect Vaughn Grissom homered onto Lansdowne Street in his major league debut to lead the Braves to an 8-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Marcell Ozuna also homered for Atlanta. Grissom was called up earlier in the day from Double-A. The 21-year-old Grissom
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Steven Kwan hit a leadoff triple and scored to help Cleveland Guardians get off to a solid start and James Karinchak struck out three to strand three runners in the eighth inning to help them hold on to beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 Wednesday night. A
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Las noches sin luna harán que el espectáculo de la lluvia de meteoros anual de las Perseidas sea aún más brillante este fin de semana en gran parte del mundo, y los observadores del cielo esperan un “gran espectáculo”. MIRA: NASA: sube el número de asteroides cercanos a la Tierra Una vez
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