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AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox tied the post-1900 MLB record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets on Sunday when the San Diego Padres won 4-2 by rallying for three runs in the eighth inning, capped by Fernando Tatis Jr.’s towering home run. The White Sox

Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As world leaders meeting in the United Nations this week discuss the future of efforts to rein in the gangs strangling Haiti, Haitians are expressing hopelessness that an international response can turn the tide of violence. Thus far, a UN-backed force of 400 police from Kenya and about two

NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — This is no bull: First responders in a Massachusetts city had to exercise some impromptu roundup skills when eight bulls escaped from a rodeo being held in the parking lot of a mall on Sunday. Video posted online captured the moment when the bulls escaped from the rodeo in North

Associated Press A top Donald Trump ally is pressuring Nebraska Republicans to award all of their state’s Electoral College votes to the statewide winner, a late-stage rule change that would potentially help return Trump to the White House. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina met recently with GOP lawmakers in the state to encourage

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election. Temporary spending bills generally fund agencies at

Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — Rafiq Maqbool has been with The Associated Press for more than 20 years, covering conflict, politics, fashion shows, sports and everyday life. He has been based in Mumbai for the past several years. He always looks forward to photographing the annual Ganesh Festival.

Former President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he doesn’t “think” he’d run again for president in 2028 if he falls short in his bid to return to the White House in 2024. “No, I don’t. I think that will be, that will be it,” Trump said when journalist Sharyl Attkisson asked him if he’d

Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Under tight security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday visited a Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank the workers who are producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country’s fight to fend off Russian ground forces. Rep. Matt Cartwright, a Democrat who was among those who met

Comedian John Mulaney and actor Olivia Munn now have a second child, a daughter named Méi June Mulaney. Munn said in an Instagram post Sunday that the girl was born via a surrogate on Thursday. “I had so many profound emotions about not being able to carry my daughter,” Munn said in the post that

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States has brought him to New York. On Sunday, Modi addressed an estimated 13,000 people at a cultural celebration at Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum. Speaking for more than an hour, Modi praised the United States’ return this week of nearly 300 antiquities

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar has rejected accusations by Mexico’s president that the U.S. shares some responsibility for cartel violence in Sinaloa state. On Saturday, Salazar said the U.S. was not to blame for the massacres in Sinaloa. The violence erupted after two Sinaloa cartel leaders were arrested in the

FATIMA, Portugal (AP) — An estimated 180,000 motorcyclists gathered Sunday at the Our Lady of Fatima shrine in central Portugal for the ninth annual Pilgrimage of the Blessing of Helmets. Carlos Cabecinhas, the rector of the Sanctuary of Fatima, said the event has steadily increased in prominence — renowned for its conviviality as well as