CHICAGO, Ill. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals were swept in a road division series with the White Sox after Chicago claimed Sunday’s series finale 5-2. KC was shut out in game one 2-0 and 5-1 was Saturday’s final. In Sunday’s finale game, the Royals put up just four hits on the day. Michael Massey drove
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear to partly cloudy and mild with lows in the mid-50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warm with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. EXTENDED: High pressure has been bringing gorgeous weather for the weekend that looks to continue into early next week as highs only top near 80 tomorrow. Winds begin
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By STEVEN SENNE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Scores of Boston University students turned their backs on the head of one of Hollywood’s biggest studios, and some shouted “pay your writers,” as he gave the school’s commencement address Sunday in a stadium where protesters supporting the Hollywood writers’ strike picketed outside. About 100 protesters chanted
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By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. homered, Lance Lynn pitched six effective innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 for a three-game series sweep. Romy González went 3 for 3 with two RBIs as Chicago won for the fifth time in six games. The White
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis has agreed to a $700,000 settlement with family members who were locked inside two squad cars when police killed their father after officers refused their offers to try and help calm him down. A federal judge ruled that officers were justified in shooting 52-year-old Chiasher Vue after he
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES, ZEKE MILLER and, JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt ceiling talks were set to resume Sunday evening as Washington races to strike a budget compromise along with a deal to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and avert an economy-wrecking federal default. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke
Continue Reading AJO, Ariz. (AP) — The FBI and Tohono O’odham Nation police are investigating the fatal shooting of a tribal member by U.S. Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona. Customs and Border Protection officials say agents from the Ajo Border Patrol Station were involved in a fatal shooting on the Tohono O’odham reservation near Ajo around
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Hannah Moushabeck remembers the warm feeling of snuggling beside her two sisters under a heavy blanket, giggles filling their bedroom as they waited for baba to tuck them in and share another bedtime story. “Today I’m going to tell you a story about Palestine,” he would say, as their
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By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Two New York boys reported missing last week have been found dead in different rivers in Manhattan, police say. Alfa Barrie, 11, and Garrett Warren, 13, who authorities believe were friends, were last seen together in Harlem sometime between May 12 and May 13, police said during a news
Continue Reading HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed when a small plane headed for Hawaii crashed in the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Northern California. The National Transportation Safety Board says the Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter crashed around 2:15 p.m. Saturday in the water about 40 miles off the
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The conservative party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a landslide election victory Sunday but without enough parliamentary seats to form a government outright. The prime minister has indicated he will seek a second election in a bid to consolidate his
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A father was killed and his two teenage sons were injured after a hand grenade exploded inside their northwestern Indiana home, authorities said. The family members were going through a grandfather’s belongings Saturday evening when they found the device, Lake County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Pam Jones
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German police say they are investigating after exiled Russians who attended a conference in Berlin last month linked to a Russian opposition figure reportedly suffered health problems. Berlin police confirmed their investigation in an email to The Associated Press. They declined to provide details. The probe is being conducted by a police
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say they are investigating an apparent gunfight at an off-road vehicle rally in Mexico’s Baja California state that left 10 people dead and another 10 wounded. Videos posted on social media showed heavy shooting at the rally in an area of Ensenada and at least three bodies lying on the
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have promoted Clint Frazier from Triple-A Charlotte and cut fellow outfielder Jake Marisnick. The White Sox also placed right-hander Mike Clevinger on the 15-day injured list with right wrist inflammation. The 28-year-old Frazier hit .375 with seven homers and 13 RBIs in 16 games with Charlotte. He signed
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The nine-month battle for Bakhmut has destroyed the 400-year-old city in eastern Ukraine and killed tens of thousands of people in a mutually devastating demonstration of Ukraine’s strategy of exhausting the Russian military. The fog of war made it impossible to confirm the situation on the
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Official results from more than 60% of polling stations counted in Greece’s election show the governing conservatives of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with a huge lead over the left-wing opposition party. However, the new electoral law under which the vote was held means
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES, ZEKE MILLER and, JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will meet in person Monday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy about averting an economy-wrecking federal default, and the Republican leader expressed cautious optimism about a possible debt ceiling compromise as Washington races to raise America’s borrowing limit before the
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By Michelle Watson and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed and one is in critical condition after a nightclub shooting early Sunday morning in Kansas City, Missouri, police say. At least five people were shot at Klymax Lounge on Indiana Ave., the police department in Kansas City, Missouri, confirmed. Officers responded to
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press A delegation of six African leaders set to hold talks with Kyiv and Moscow aim to “initiate a peace process,” but also broach the thorny issue of how a heavily-sanctioned Russia can be paid for the fertilizer exports Africa desperately needs, a key mediator who helped broker the talks said
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