PHOENIX (AP) — Shortstop Ha-Seong Kim will have season-ending surgery on his ailing right shoulder, leaving the San Diego Padres without one of their best infielders heading into the postseason. Kim initially suffered the injury on Aug. 18 in a game against the Colorado Rockies and hasn’t played since. The slick-fielding South Korean, who won
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a hot summer evening, Miles Villalon lined up outside the New Beverly Cinema, hours before showtime. The 36-year-old already had tickets to the Watergate-themed double feature of 1976’s “All the President’s Men” and 1999’s “Dick.” But Villalon braved Los Angeles’ infamous rush-hour traffic to snag front-row seats at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a hot summer evening, Miles Villalon lined up outside the New Beverly Cinema, hours before showtime. The 36-year-old already had tickets to the Watergate-themed double feature of 1976’s “All the President’s Men” and 1999’s “Dick.” But Villalon braved Los Angeles’ infamous rush-hour traffic to snag front-row seats at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For decades a small, landless tribe in Northern California has been on a mission to get land, open a casino and tap into the gaming market enjoyed by so many other tribes that earn millions of dollars annually. The Koi Nation’s chances of owning a Las Vegas-style casino seemed
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story published Sep. 28, 2024, about a dispute over a proposed tribal casino, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the law that regulates tribal casinos. It is the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Their costumes are put on with surgical precision: Floppy hats, foam noses, bright clothes, and a ukulele with multicolored nylon strings. Moments later, in a beige hospital ward normally filled with the beeping sounds of medical machinery, there are bursts of giggles and silly singing. As Ukraine’s medical facilities
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A French trading ship that sank in the 17th century with treasure onboard is being brought back to life in a workshop in Madagascar with every stroke of Rafah Ralahy’s small wood sander. Ralahy, eyes sparkling behind his glasses, has learned in 30 years as a craftsman at the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities struggled to get water and other supplies to isolated, flood-stricken areas across the U.S. Southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene as the death toll from the storm rose to nearly 100. A North Carolina county that includes the mountain city of Asheville reported 30 people killed due
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) — The Freedom Party secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria on Sunday, finishing ahead of the governing conservatives after tapping into anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other issues. But its chances of governing were unclear. Preliminary official results showed the Freedom Party finishing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colón rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion, strolling past a security guard side-by-side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Sporting suits and sunglasses, the pair stride into a dimly
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had two hits and raised his average to .310 in his bid to overtake batting leader Luis Arraez and become the National League’s first Triple Crown winner since 1937, helping the playoff-bound Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 13-2 on Saturday night. Ohtani went 2 for 5
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Andrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — Al menos nueve migrantes murieron y 48 más permanecen desaparecidos luego de que este sábado naufragará la embarcación en la que viajaban frente a las costas de El Hierro, en las Islas Canarias españolas, informó Salvamento Marítimo. La entidad, que forma parte del Ministerio de Transporte y Movilidad de
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — As Donald Trump railed against immigrants Saturday afternoon in the Rust Belt, his supporters in the Deep South had turned his earlier broadsides into a rallying cry over a college football game as they prepared for the former president’s visit later in the evening. “You gotta get these people
Continue Reading Andrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, criticó este sábado la salida a España del candidato presidencial opositor Edmundo González Urrutia y sugirió, sin mayores explicaciones o pruebas, que María Corina Machado podría dejar el país. “Y el cobarde de Edmundo González Urrutia huyó, se fue, claudicó, capituló, abandonó a
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Kyle Higashioka, Brandon Lockridge and Donovan Solano homered in the ninth inning, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 5-0 win on Saturday night over the sliding Arizona Diamondbacks, who continued to lose ground in the National League playoff race. The Diamondbacks (88-73) have lost five of six as
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Helene, the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region, is now a post-tropical cyclone with winds of 35 mph, leaving at least 59 people dead in five states, leveling communities, knocking out power and stranding many in floodwaters following the historic storm’s
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — When Clemson’s offense struggled to get points early on, cornerback Avieon Terrell shrugged it off and told them not to worry. “We got you,” he said to his offensive teammates. No. 17 Clemson’s defense certainly did with three interceptions and three fourth-down stops in a 40-14 victory over
Continue ReadingCINCINNATI (AP) — Denis Bouanga scored in the 73rd minute to propel Los Angeles FC to a 2-1 victory over FC Cincinnati on Saturday night, clinching his club a spot in the postseason. Bouanga found the net for the 18th time this season for LAFC (15-8-7), which became the only team in league history to
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By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — The death of Hassan Nasrallah has caught President Joe Biden in a bind: While no one in the White House shed any tears for the longtime Hezbollah leader, the Israeli airstrike that took him out has only worsened fears of an escalating conflict, something Biden says
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — Josef Martínez scored two goals in four minutes, Caden Clark had a goal and an assist, and CF Montreal beat the San Jose Earthquakes 3-0 on Saturday night. Montreal (9-12-10) extended its unbeaten run to four games (3-0-1) amid a playoff chase. Montreal improved to 37 points with three games remaining in
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