By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run of the season but Shohei Ohtani also went deep during their MVP showdown, and the Los Angeles Angels held off the slumping New York Yankees 4-3 on Monday night. The top two candidates for AL MVP both delivered
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By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An anti-death penalty group says Alabama corrections officials apparently botched a man’s execution last month. The group cites the length of time that passed before Joe Nathan James Jr. received a lethal injection and a private autopsy indicating his arm was cut to find a vein.
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina House members plan to debate a new total ban on abortion Tuesday with no exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest even as some Republicans in the GOP-dominated chamber suggested they can’t vote for the bill as written. But if the exceptions are
Continue ReadingCNN By George Ramsay, CNN It was a performance that had Tiger Woods on his feet and pumping his fist — a sight usually witnessed on the 18th hole of a golf course, rather than the stands of Arthur Ashe Stadium. Serena Williams progressed to the third round of the US Open in what could
Continue Reading By LINDSEY TANNER AND PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press DAYTON, OHIO (AP) — In the dim light of a clinic ultrasound room, Monica Eberhart reclines on an exam table as a nurse moves a probe across her belly. Waves of fetal cardiac activity ripple across the screen. “The heartbeat,” the nurse says. “About 10 weeks and
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By LINDSEY TANNER AND PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press DAYTON, OHIO (AP) — In the dim light of a clinic ultrasound room, Monica Eberhart reclines on an exam table as a nurse moves a probe across her belly. Waves of fetal cardiac activity ripple across the screen. “The heartbeat,” the nurse says. “About 10 weeks and
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government plans to present an amended budget for the year that slashes expenses and aims to provide relief to people hit hard by an economic meltdown. President Ranil Wickremesinghe will present the budget in Parliament, which will voted on it
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government plans to present an amended budget for the year that slashes expenses and aims to provide relief to people hit hard by an economic meltdown. President Ranil Wickremesinghe will present the budget in Parliament, which will voted on it
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Serena Williams, en el que probablemente sea el último torneo de tenis de su carrera histórica, abrió la competencia individual con una victoria por 6-3, 6-3 sobre Danka Kovinić en la primera ronda del US Open en el estadio Arthur Ashe. Williams comenzará su participación en dobles con su hermana Venus el
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By Amanda Musa, CNN Dean “Diz” Laird, the only known Navy ace to shoot down both German and Japanese planes during World War II, has died, his daughter told CNN on Monday. He was 101. Andrea Laird said her father died by her side in Walnut Creek, California, on August 10. In June, according to
Continue Reading ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run of the season Monday night, connecting in the eighth inning for the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Angels. With his parents in the stands, the California-born slugger sent a 434-foot solo drive to left-center off reliever Ryan Tepera to trim New York’s
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that Afghanistan faces deepening poverty with 6 million people at risk of famine. Martin Griffiths urged donors to restore funding for economic development and immediately provide $770 million to help Afghans get through the winter. He spoke at the
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MARC LEVY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will push for a new ban on assault-style weapons when he talks about his crime prevention plans in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The trip Tuesday comes as Democrats and Republicans look for leverage on law enforcement issues ahead of the midterm elections in
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — El actor mexicano Eugenio Derbez tuvo un accidente en el que se fracturó algunos huesos del hombro, según informó 3Pas Studios, casa productora fundada por el actor. Mediante un comunicado publicado el martes, 3Pas Studios indicó que el productor y actor mexicano tuvo un accidente en el que se fracturó algunos
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street fell following last week’s Federal Reserve pledge to fight inflation by keeping interest rates elevated. Shanghai and Hong Kong fell while Tokyo and South Korea advanced. Oil prices retreated. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.7% on
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street fell following last week’s Federal Reserve pledge to fight inflation by keeping interest rates elevated. Shanghai and Hong Kong fell while Tokyo and South Korea advanced. Oil prices retreated. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.7% on
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikiesha Thomas was on her way to work one day when she told her sister that she was thinking about getting involved with domestic violence prevention. The idea gave Keeda Simpson pause. Her younger sister had never mentioned anything like that before, and she was bringing it
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Hours before Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey declared “a major step forward to secure our border” with the installation of 130 double-stacked shipping containers, hundreds of migrants found their way around them, belying his claim. They walked through tribal lands to the edge of a towering wall
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Hours before Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey declared “a major step forward to secure our border” with the installation of 130 double-stacked shipping containers, hundreds of migrants found their way around them, belying his claim. They walked through tribal lands to the edge of a towering wall
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, Kathleen Magramo, Mayumi Maruyama and Angela Dewan, CNN UN Secretary General António Guterres on Tuesday warned that the world is “sleepwalking” into environmental destruction, as he launched a flash $160 million appeal for flood-ravaged Pakistan. More than 1,100 people have been killed and 33 million others impacted in one of the country’s
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