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CINCINNATI (AP) — A pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies is criticizing some Major League Baseball teams for extending alcohol sales with games running around 30 minutes shorter due to the sport’s new pitch clock. Matt Strahm said Thursday on the Baseball Isn’t Boring podcast that teams should be moving the cutoff for beer sales up

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Cindy Powers was driven into bankruptcy by 19 life-saving abdominal operations. Medical debt started stacking up for Lindsey Vance after she crashed her skateboard and had to get nine stitches in her chin. And for Misty Castaneda, open heart surgery for a disease she’d had

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A woman believed to be one of the 20 wives of a polygamous sect leader jailed in Arizona faces federal charges for allegedly sending threatening emails to child welfare workers in a bid to get her two daughters released from state foster care. The indictment of Josephine

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A woman believed to be one of the 20 wives of a polygamous sect leader jailed in Arizona faces federal charges for allegedly sending threatening emails to child welfare workers in a bid to get her two daughters released from state foster care. The indictment of Josephine

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — It’s just 13 games into the season, so Josh Rojas isn’t about to throw any parties, but the preseason hype surrounding the Arizona Diamondbacks appears justifed. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a three-run homer for his first long ball with the D-backs, rookie Drey Jameson pitched four

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday expelled a Republican lawmaker who organized a presentation making unsubstantiated accusations that a wide range of politicians, judges and public officials of both parties took bribes from a Mexican drug cartel. Rep. Liz Harris, a prominent supporter of discredited

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday expelled a Republican lawmaker who organized a presentation making unsubstantiated accusations that a wide range of politicians, judges and public officials of both parties took bribes from a Mexican drug cartel. Rep. Liz Harris, a prominent supporter of discredited

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Thanks to the pitch clock, the action is moving much faster at Major League Baseball games. It also means a little less time for fans to enjoy a frosty adult beverage. To combat that time crunch, at least four teams — the Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers,

CHICAGO (AP) — Defender Sergiño Dest, unused by AC Milan for nearly three months, was the only Europe-based player among 23 picked by U.S. interim coach Anthony Hudson for an April 19 exhibition against Mexico at Glendale, Arizona. Four players with no national team experience were invited Wednesday to training camp ahead of the match:

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Thanks to the pitch clock, the action is moving much faster at Major League Baseball games. It also means a little less time for fans to enjoy a frosty adult beverage. To combat that time crunch, at least four teams — the Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers,

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Burnes has had a lot of great outings over the past few years for the Milwaukee Brewers. Manager Craig Counsell said Tuesday night might have been his very best. Burnes threw eight scoreless innings, Willy Adames broke up Merrill Kelly’s no-hit bid in the seventh

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Merrill Kelly had his no-hit bid broken up in the seventh on Tuesday when Milwaukee’s Willy Adames led off the inning by smashing a homer to center field for the game’s first run. Kelly walked the next two batters and was pulled for

By KEN RITTER and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Biden administration released an environmental analysis Tuesday that outlined two ways that seven Western states and tribes reliant on the overtapped Colorado River could cut their use, but declined to publicly take a side on the best option. One option would

PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix man accused of sexually attacking and fatally stabbing a teen and a 22-year-old woman in separate killings 30 years ago, one of whom was decapitated, was convicted Tuesday of all charges including murder. Bryan Patrick Miller waived his right to a jury trial, so Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Suzanne

By MICHAEL REZENDES and JASON DEAREN Associated Press The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can refuse to answer questions or turn over documents under a state law that exempts religious officials from having to report child sex abuse if they learn of the crime during a

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jurors in the triple murder trial of a woman accused in the deaths of her two children and a romantic rival were shown gruesome photographs of the slain children Tuesday afternoon, as the grandfather of one of the kids sobbed in the back of the courtroom.