ST. LOUIS (AP) — Joey Votto was ejected by plate umpire Shane Livensparger after the first inning against the St. Louis Cardinals in what might have been the 40-year-old first baseman’s final game with the Cincinnati Reds. Votto was given a brief ovation during his at-bat in the top half, struck out on a foul
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright promised his children he would get a family dog when he retired from baseball. He didn’t have to. The St. Louis Cardinals presented the Wainwrights a Lagotto Romagnolo puppy during a 35-minute ceremony before the 42-year-old pitcher’s final game with the team on Sunday. Wainwright’s wife Jenny named the
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By Kevin Dotson and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Longtime Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield died Sunday morning at age 57, the team announced in a news release. No cause of death was provided, though the team issued a statement earlier this week acknowledging that the former pitcher was battling a “disease,” and requesting
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Autoridades de Protección Civil de México atendieron un accidente de tránsito la madrugada de este domingo en una carretera de Chiapas, al sur del país, que involucraba a 27 personas. El Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) confirmó 10 víctimas mortales de nacionalidad cubana y que también había 17 personas con lesiones
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — After a summer of extreme heat, Arizona’s most populous city is in the record books again. This time Phoenix has notched a record for dry heat. The National Weather Service says Phoenix’s monsoon season this year dropped only 0.15 inches of rainfall from June 15 to September 30. That’s the driest since
Continue ReadingBy Sade Browne Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — A murder investigation is underway after a man in Modesto was arrested for allegedly killing his mother. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call and found the victim. Police lights in the early morning hours
Continue ReadingKOVR By Sade Browne Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — A murder investigation is underway after a man in Modesto was arrested for allegedly killing his mother. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call and found the victim. Police lights in the early morning
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By Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s new chairman will block a controversial tranche of military aid for Egypt, he announced Saturday. Sen. Ben Cardin’s last-minute decision on the day of the September 30 deadline followed backlash over the State Department’s recent decision to use a national security waiver to bypass
Continue ReadingBy Betty Yu Click here for updates on this story EL SOBRANTE, California (KPIX) — A store clerk who tried to stop a man from stealing a third time in one day was set on fire during the confrontation. Surveillance video captured the moment a man poured lighter fluid on the worker and set him
Continue ReadingKPIX By Betty Yu Click here for updates on this story EL SOBRANTE, California (KPIX) — A store clerk who tried to stop a man from stealing a third time in one day was set on fire during the confrontation. Surveillance video captured the moment a man poured lighter fluid on the worker and set
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — A woman who escaped Hawaii’s Lahaina wildfire by running through a flaming field has died after spending more than seven weeks in a hospital burn unit. Laurie Allen is among at least 98 people killed by the fire Aug. 8 that devastated historic Lahaina on the west coast of Maui. The fire
Continue ReadingBy Kerri Corrado, Sean Tallant Click here for updates on this story MONROE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (KYW) — A Gloucester County youth baseball team’s season was interrupted by vandals. Early Friday morning, a Monroe Township Little League team discovered some of their equipment was destroyed — some of it stolen. The Gloucester County Little League
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Estás en la fila del bufé de un crucero. Esperas educadamente tu turno para acceder a un suntuoso tazón de fruta fresca. Delante de ti hay un compañero de pasaje escogiendo algunas bayas… ¡con los dedos! El saqueador de fruta ultraselectivo y manoseador que cometió esta metedura de pata en un crucero
Continue Reading By Kristin Wilson, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota is leaving his position in House Democratic leadership over his party’s support of President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection bid. “My convictions relative to the 2024 presidential race are incongruent with the majority of my caucus, and I felt it appropriate to step
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CNN By Kristin Wilson, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota is leaving his position in House Democratic leadership over his party’s support of President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection bid. “My convictions relative to the 2024 presidential race are incongruent with the majority of my caucus, and I felt it appropriate to
Continue ReadingBy Marcella Baietto, Scott Jacobson Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — More than 600 names of those who lost their lives during the war are engraved on the walls of the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial. But if you take a closer look at the top of the walls, you’ll notice something
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Danquah Click here for updates on this story CHRISTIANA, Tennessee (WSMV) — A horse stable owner was charged with raping a teenage girl according to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO). A neighbor who lives near Pinnacle Stables along Panther Creek Road said the charges placed on 51-year-old Jason Lancaster don’t surprise them.
Continue ReadingBy Christine Sloan Click here for updates on this story KIAMESHA LAKE, New York (WLNY) — Police are investigating an explosion that leveled a home and injured three people in Sullivan County on Saturday. There was just complete devastation after the blast leveled the house. As a result, two other homes on either side were
Continue ReadingWLNY By Christine Sloan Click here for updates on this story KIAMESHA LAKE, New York (WLNY) — Police are investigating an explosion that leveled a home and injured three people in Sullivan County on Saturday. There was just complete devastation after the blast leveled the house. As a result, two other homes on either side
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Savonnda Blaylock, a pharmacy technician in northern California, has worked for health care giant Kaiser Permanente for 22 years and she’s never been on strike. That could change on Wednesday when she becomes one of 75,000 workers who participate in the nation’s largest health care strike in
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