DENVER (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks left fielder Corbin Carroll left Saturday night’s game at Colorado with an apparent left leg injury after he smashed into the outfield wall in a leaping attempt to catch Ryan McMahon’s run-scoring double in the bottom of the sixth inning. Carroll, who singled in the first inning to extend his
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The Associated Press TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) — Voters in Uzebekistan are casting ballots in a referendum on a revised constitution that promises human rights reforms. But the reforms being voted on Sunday also would allow the country’s president to stay in office until 2040. Approval appears certain. Backers have conducted an array of promotional events
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray kept imploring the crowd to get louder and louder with each trip down the floor. As if the Nuggets point guard even needed to. His play was already rocking the arena. Murray scored 34 points, hitting six of Denver’s 16 3-pointers, and the Nuggets
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN For the hard-core amusement park crowd, nothing satisfies like a good roller coaster. Long drops, high speed, lots of airtime and adrenaline rushes are what they crave. The only thing that can top a great roller coaster is a bunch of them in one place. Impressive collections can be found in
Continue ReadingCNN By Forrest Brown, CNN For the hard-core amusement park crowd, nothing satisfies like a good roller coaster. Long drops, high speed, lots of airtime and adrenaline rushes are what they crave. The only thing that can top a great roller coaster is a bunch of them in one place. Impressive collections can be found
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey and Aqeel Mohamed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decried the presence of the US military in Iraq during a meeting with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid in Tehran on Saturday. “The presence of even one American in Iraq is too much,” Khamenei said, Iranian state media outlet IRNA reported. “Americans are
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — General manager Tom Telesco and the Los Angeles Chargers pulled off one of the most unlikely trifectas in NFL draft history. They are the first team in the common draft era, which began in 1967, to take a quarterback and multiple skill position players
Continue Reading By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — By the time Manny Machado put San Diego ahead for good, hitting home runs in Mexico City’s thin air was old hat. Machado overcame a seventh-inning deficit with his second homer, the 11th of the night, and the Padres outslugged the San Francisco Giants 16-11 Saturday
Continue Reading By JOE TOTORAITIS Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Corbin Burnes pitched six sparkling innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Saturday night. Milwaukee earned its third straight win after shortstop Willy Adames and manager Craig Counsell were ejected in the sixth. Adames asked for a timeout from
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ercan Kara had a goal and an assist to power Orlando City to a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night. Orlando City (4-3-2) took a 1-0 lead into halftime on a goal by Kara in the 38th minute. Michael Halliday and Antônio Carlos picked up assists on
Continue Reading By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Already armed with a defense that ranked No. 1 overall a year ago, the San Francisco 49ers surprisingly used the NFL draft to strengthen the depth of that unit, taking defensive players with five of their nine picks. They bypassed what seemed to be some
Continue Reading By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cheyenne Knight shot a bogey-free 4-under 67 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead through three rounds of the LA Championship at Wilshire Country Club. Knight was at 9-under 204 through 54 holes, and her best round of the week had special significance. Knight made
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Along with the usual depth, talent and youth, the Cleveland Browns added something unique during this year’s NFL draft. “The biggest human I’ve ever seen,” said Dan Saganey, the team’s director of player personnel. Behold Dawand Jones. With the first of two fourth-round picks on
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The City of Palm Desert is celebrating International Sculpture Day. Officials are asking the community to use today to take an in-person or virtual tour of sculptures throughout the City of Palm Desert. Civic Center Park features popular sculptures including “The Dreamer” and “Messenger of the Puul”. The City’s Public Art collection is made up of
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By Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN The daughter of jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny says her father’s health is deteriorating. Speaking to CNN’s Jim Acosta on Saturday from the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Dasha Navalnaya described the situation as “incredibly difficult.” “He is doing as well as he can do in a Russian
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — En la década de 1980 comenzó a surgir un nuevo tipo de cadena minorista especializada: “asesinos de categoría”. El poderoso modelo comercial de las tiendas tenía como objetivo brindar a los compradores acceso a todos los tamaños, estilos y colores de un producto imaginable, todo en un solo lugar
Continue Reading WAYNE, W.Va. (AP) — A portion of a press box floor has collapsed at a middle school softball tournament in West Virginia. School officials say nine people were injured in the collapse Saturday. The Wayne County School District says five people were inside the press box when the floor gave way at Wayne High School.
Continue Reading YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (AP) — Temporarily shuttered parts of Yosemite Valley will reopen earlier than expected after fears of flooding receded Saturday, park officials announced. Eastern Yosemite Valley, which is home to Yosemite Falls and Half Dome, closed Friday night and was expected to stay off-limits to visitors until Wednesday. The valley will be open
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A Texas man went next door with a rifle and fatally shot five of his neighbors, including an 8-year-old boy, after they asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities said Saturday. The
Continue Reading By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Army identified on Saturday the three soldiers who were killed when two helicopters collided in Alaska while returning from a training mission. The helicopters were headed to Fort Wainwright from a mission in the Donnelly Training Area when they crashed at 1:39 p.m. Thursday, about
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