By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Miles Mikolas pitched seven efficient innings, Jordan Walker homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-0. Mikolas allowed four hits — all singles — in his first win since May 30. The 34-year-old right-hander struck out six and walked none, throwing 71
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The body of a Minnesota woman who had been missing for two years was found in a storage unit, and St. Paul police said Friday that her death has been linked to a man who was charged after another woman’s dismembered body was found in a different storage unit in
Continue Reading By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The struggle to certify the results of Guatemala’s first-round presidential elections has suffered another setback, after the chief justice of the Supreme Court issued an order blocking the certification. Chief Justice Silvia Valdés Quezada issued the unusual order late Friday. She stipulated the process could
Continue Reading By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for failing to provide timely psychiatric services to mentally ill people who are forced to wait in jails for weeks or months. In her order released late Friday, U.S. District
Continue Reading By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has met with his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro to build momentum for upcoming regional summit on the Amazon rainforest and enhance efforts for its protection. The encounter took place in Colombia’s Leticia, a small town in the Amazon’s
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say an 86-year-old man was fatally shot and at least two others were seriously wounded by a man on a scooter. Police say the gunman was shooting randomly at cars and pedestrians in Queens on Saturday. A person of interest is in custody. Police say the second
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson, Artemis Moshtaghian and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Brooklyn man has been arrested and charged with murder after allegedly shooting four people from a scooter in New York City Saturday, killing one and injuring three others. Thomas Abreu, 25, was arrested and faces several charges including murder, two counts
Continue Reading By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s anti-government protest movement gained new momentum on Saturday night as tens of thousands of people spilled into the streets of cities across the country to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the judicial system. The grassroots movement has staged protests for
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Dominguez and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people ages 15 to 18 were injured in a shooting after an argument broke out between two groups at a house party in El Paso, Texas, authorities said Saturday. The shooting happened Friday night at a house where El Paso city police
Continue Reading By HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe is ready to retire after an illustrious career in which she won an Olympic gold medal, two World Cups and never shied away from using her platform to spotlight social issues. Rapinoe, 38, announced Saturday her fourth World Cup
Continue Reading MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Six people were killed when a small plane crashed in a field and burst into flames during the second of two landing attempts in fog just before dawn Saturday at a Southern California airport, authorities said. The crash of the Cessna C550 business jet occurred around 4:15 a.m. in Murrieta, about
Continue Reading By The Associated Press A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in 17 American states a chance to glimpse the Northern Lights, the colorful sky show that happens when solar wind hits the atmosphere. Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, are most often seen in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia, but
Continue Reading By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republicans announced Saturday that the party’s presidential nominating caucuses will be held Jan. 15, on the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., putting the first votes of the 2024 election a little more than six months away as the GOP tries to reclaim
Continue Reading TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Hundreds of opponents of gay rights have swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of the country of Georgia, vandalizing the stage, setting fires and looting the event’s bar. Deputy Georgian Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze said participants in the Tbilisi Pride Fest were safely evacuated from the scene.
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Days before heading to her fourth World Cup, Megan Rapinoe announced Saturday she’ll retire at the end of the National Women’s Soccer League season. Rapinoe, 38, made the announcement on Twitter, saying she “never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would shape & change my life forever.” “It is with
Continue Reading By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz played for the second straight day at Wimbledon and won again. So did Christopher Eubanks, Aryna Sabalenka and Petra Kvitova. Stefanos Tsitsipas also won a match for the second day in a row but on his fifth consecutive day on court. The rain
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Miller County prosecutors charged two people with drug trafficking after a search of a vehicle found methamphetamine, fentanyl and controlled substance pills. According to a press release from the Miller County Sheriff’s Office, Anthony Mitchell, 45, and Jassi Chambers, 36, both of Lake Ozark, are each charged with two counts of
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, Melissa Alonso and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — The owner of a Texas canoe and kayaking company filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to stop the installation of a marine floating barrier on the Rio Grande, claiming Gov. Greg Abbott has no right to regulate the border. The lawsuit was filed on
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland will import more cheese than it exports this year for the first time, according to the head of the country’s dairy association. The opening up of the Swiss milk market has put a squeeze on domestic producers in recent years, prompting some to give up, Boris Beuret told Geneva-based newspaper Le
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officials discovered an error in a tax cut bill lawmakers passed this spring that could cost taxpayers $352 million over the next two years, but state leaders promised to fix it before it would take effect. The head of the Minnesota Revenue Department Paul Marquart told the Minneapolis Star Tribune on
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