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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patrick Mahomes was honored as best men’s sports athlete at The ESPYS, while skier Mikaela Shiffrin received the women’s sports honor on Wednesday night. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback has won two Super Bowls in his five seasons and was named MVP of the game

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — There’s only one more chance this year to take in Manhattanhenge. That’s the biannual alignment of the setting sun with New York’s east-west streets that brings city denizens out of their apartments to watch it bathe the urban canyons in a rosy glow. Wednesday was a

By SONIA PÉREZ D. GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s electoral authorities have certified the results of the country’s presidential election, setting conservative Sandra Torres and progressive Bernardo Arévalo up for a runoff vote. The decision came minutes after the Attorney General’s Office said a judge had suspended the legal status of Arévalo’s party. The seemingly

CHICAGO (AP) — The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday following warnings of severe weather for the city. There were no immediate reports of injuries. A confirmed tornado was on the ground around 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Chicago. “This tornado has

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to bolster his country’s nuclear fighting capabilities as he supervised the second test-flight of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the mainland U.S. North Korea’s state media reported Kim’s comments a day after the launch

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A judge says there is enough evidence for a Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his wife to move toward a trial. The ruling came Wednesday after a hearing on the evidence gathered against James Craig. Authorities say, shortly after beginning an affair, he searched online for

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s All-Star Game drew a record low in viewers for the second straight year. The National League’s 3-2 win over the American League in Seattle on Tuesday night was seen by 7,006,000 viewers on Fox, down from 7.51 million last year. The game drew a 3.9 rating, down from a 4.2

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A boat captain who rammed a U.S. Coast Guard vessel off Southern California after smuggling a dozen people into the country has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. Jesus Alcaraz-Valdez was sentenced Wednesday in San Diego for the December 2022 incident. Prosecutors say Alcarez had dropped off a dozen

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Interior Department official who has played a key role in negotiations over the shrinking Colorado River will leave her job next month. Tanya Trujillo tells The Associated Press that she informed the agency of her plans to resign six weeks ago and

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Millions of people around the Southwest are living through a historic heat wave. Even the heat-experienced desert city of Phoenix is being tested Wednesday as temperatures there hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit for more than a dozen consecutive days. Phoenix is currently America’s hottest large city with temperatures

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to bolster his country’s nuclear fighting capabilities as he supervised the country’s second test-flight of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the mainland U.S.  North Korea’s state media on Thursday disclosed Kim’s comments, after confirming

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has lashed out on social media against the U.S. Justice Department after it stopped supporting his claim that the presidency shields him from liability against a defamation lawsuit. He said Wednesday on his social media platform that the reversal announced a day