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By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Paul DeJong had a memorable first day with the Giants with a two-run homer in the fourth inning and a two-run single in the 10th in San Francisco’s 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. “It is hard to put into words,” DeJong said. “I was
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, el jefe del grupo mercenario ruso Wagner que organizó un breve motín contra el liderazgo militar ruso en junio, estaba a bordo de un avión que se estrelló al noroeste de Moscú el miércoles, dijo la Agencia Federal Rusa de Transporte Aéreo. “Se abrió una investigación sobre el accidente
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A resident of San Bernardino County with underlying health problems who tested positive for West Nile virus has become the county’s first WNV-associated death of 2023, officials announced on Wednesday. County officials said there have been seven WNV cases within the county this year. In 2022, San Bernardino County detected four WNV cases, including one
Continue ReadingBy MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin unleashed heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after making landfall in the country’s southern region, killing at least one person and leaving two others missing. The storm began to slowly spin away late
Continue ReadingBy KRIS KEEHL Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Padres reliever Robert Suarez was ejected for having sticky stuff on his left wrist and arm before he threw a pitch in the eighth inning against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday. Suarez denied using any illegal substances, saying he only had sunscreen on his arm because
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El sospechoso de un enfrentamiento de varias horas en Pittsburgh después de que unos agentes intentaran desalojarlo ha muerto, según la policía. El ocupante de una vivienda que abrió fuego cuando los ayudantes del sheriff intentaron entregarle un aviso de desalojo murió tras un enfrentamiento de varias horas, según informaron este
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Two co-founders of cryptocurrency giant Tornado Cash, one of them a Russian national and the other an executive in Washington state, have been charged with operating a crypto scheme that allegedly laundered hundreds of millions of dollars for North Korean hackers, according to a federal indictment unsealed
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference is making progress toward an expansion that could grab Stanford and California from the sinking Pac-12, a person with direct knowledge of the ACC’s potential move told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the conference was
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — A man facing eviction opened fire at officers from inside a Pittsburgh home Wednesday, shooting down police drones and prompting evacuations in the neighborhood, in a gunbattle and siege that lasted much of the day and ended with authorities saying he was dead. City emergency medical service responders pronounced the man dead
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Record-breaking oil production in New Mexico is likely to provide state government with a new multibillion-dollar surplus during the upcoming budget year. Top state finance officials on Wednesday announced a new forecast for government income. They anticipate $13 billion in state general fund income for
Continue ReadingBY JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tensions flared Wednesday as lawyers for San Francisco argued in appellate court that the city can no longer maintain safe, clean streets while trying to get homeless people indoors after a federal judge banned the city from clearing tent encampments until there are more shelter beds
Continue ReadingBY JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tensions flared Wednesday as lawyers for San Francisco argued in appellate court that the city can no longer maintain safe, clean streets while trying to get homeless people indoors after a federal judge banned the city from clearing tent encampments until there are more shelter beds
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 44th homer in the first inning before he abruptly left the mound in the second due to arm fatigue during the Los Angeles Angels’ 9-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Sam Darnold has won the backup quarterback job in San Francisco, putting Trey Lance’s status with the 49ers in doubt less than three years after the team traded three first-round picks to draft him. Coach Kyle Shanahan told flagship radio station KNBR on
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — In a story published December 16, 2021, about Oregon’s efforts to combat illegal marijuana production, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program was established in December 2021. The program was created in 2018 and was expanded in December 2021.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press His name was on the manifest of a passenger plane that crashed in Russia. Just two months ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin was leading a column of his Wagner mercenaries toward Moscow in what the Kremlin called an insurrection. In between, he supposedly cut a deal with Vladimir Putin and the leader of
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Known as the Zorro Ranch, a high-desert property once owned by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been sold after two years on the market. An attorney for Epstein’s estate confirmed Tuesday that the ranch had been sold for an undisclosed price, and the proceeds would be used to help pay
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Según una evaluación de riesgos publicada este miércoles por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), se detectó la nueva variante altamente mutada del coronavirus BA.2.86 en aguas residuales de este país. Los CDC no dieron detalles sobre dónde
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Police say a detective in Washington state was shot. The Tacoma Police Department said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that one of their detectives was shot about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday while “on a contact.” Police didn’t release further details about what that meant and didn’t immediately respond to a message
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“The Queen of Broadway” will headline the Greater Palm Springs Pride Festival in November. Multi-platinum-selling singer/songwriter and Tony Award-winning performer Idina Menzel will headline the three-day festival. She will perform on Saturday, November 4. Menzel is perhaps best known for her time as the star of the smash-hit musical “Wicked” and the voice of Elsa
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