By The Associated Press Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully called thousands of games involving the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers during his 67 years in the booth. He chose his words as artfully as a painter stroking a brush across a canvas. Scully talked about life while chronicling routine plays and historical achievements. Sometimes
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer Richard Seymour’s winning start in New England is a good starting point for how the defensive lineman ended up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Patriots won the Super Bowl in three of Seymour’s first four seasons. The Dallas Cowboys are the only other team to
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have acquired superstar outfielder Juan Soto from the Washington Nationals in one of baseball’s biggest deals at the trade deadline. The Padres vaulted their postseason chances by adding one of the game’s best young hitters. The Padres also
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully died Tuesday night at 94. He was the longest tenured broadcaster with a single team in sports history, entertaining and informing Dodgers fans for 67 years in Brooklyn and Los Angeles.
Continue Reading By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a game played as Vin Scully’s death was announced by the Dodgers, Los Angeles beat the San Francisco Giants 9-5 behind Mookie Betts’ home run and three RBIs. The Giants played a tribute on their video board after the final out at Oracle Park, the
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado and Christina Maxouris, CNN Gabriel Hensley, a father of five who stopped to help an injured driver and was later swept away by floodwaters himself was found dead this week, as the storm damage across eastern Kentucky complicates efforts to find the many people still unaccounted for. “He was a hero,” his
Continue Reading By LARY BUMP Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jorge Mateo homered twice and drove in five runs to help the Baltimore Orioles defeat the Texas Rangers 8-2. Batting ninth in the lineup, Mateo set his single-game highs for home runs and RBIs. He has 10 homers and 32 RBIs this season. Texas starter Spencer
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JIM SALTER Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has defeated scandal-scarred former Gov. Eric Greitens and 19 others in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. He will face Trudy Busch Valentine, a nurse and philanthropist who defeated Marine veteran Lucas Kunce and nine others in the
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans have nominated Kris Kobach for Kansas attorney general, keeping alive the polarizing conservative’s bid for a political comeback following his losses in a governor’s race and U.S. Senate primary over the past four years. Kobach is a former Kansas secretary of state
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Nicolas Lodeiro scored an all-important goal while Stefan Frei stopped the three shots he faced as the Seattle Sounders earned a 1-0 win over Dallas. The Sounders are now 10-11-2 with the victory and Dallas fell to 9-7-8.
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Republicans nominate hardline conservative Kris Kobach for attorney general, advancing his comeback bid.
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Eloy Jiménez had three hits and four RBIs, José Abreu homered and the Chicago White Sox pounded the Kansas City Royals 9-2. The White Sox made no major moves prior to the trade deadline and will bank on improvement from within as they try to overtake
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas voters on Tuesday sent a resounding message about their desire to protect abortion rights, rejecting a ballot measure in a conservative state with deep ties to the anti-abortion movement that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban the
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — David Fletcher hit a leadoff homer, José Suarez didn’t allow an earned run in his second consecutive start and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Oakland Athletics 3-1. Elvis Andrus had three hits and Sean Murphy reached base three times along with driving in a
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It’s likely that virtually all abortions will be banned eventually in deeply conservative Idaho, along with most other Republican-dominated states, but there are still battles to play out in court and maybe the legislature before it happens. Wednesday, lawyers representing a physician and
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Nota del editor: Clarissa Wei es una periodista estadounidense-taiwanesa en Taipei. Su primer libro de cocina, “Made in Taiwan”, será publicado por Simon Element en 2023. Wei tuitea en @dearclarissa. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo son propias. (CNN) — A medida que la noticia de la llegada a Taiwán de la presidenta
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of the biggest days of this year’s primary campaign season, voters rejected a measure that would have made it easier to restrict abortion rights in red-state Kansas and repudiated a scandal-tarred former governor seeking a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri. Meanwhile, a Republican congressman who
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By Pamela Brown, CNN Donald Trump’s White House counsel has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. The move on such a high-ranking official in Trump’s White House marks a significant escalation in the department’s probe into the plots to
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat and member of the progressive “Squad” in Congress, sailed through a primary election Tuesday. Tlaib faced three Democratic challengers as she seeks a third term in office this year. She’s running in a newly drawn Detroit-area district that favors
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Andrew Jones wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District.
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