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AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto walked back to his dugout and made the slightest tip of his cap to cheering fans. He left Japan for moments like this, an opportunity to put the Los Angeles Dodgers in control of the World Series. Yamamoto allowed one hit over 6 1/3 innings, Freddie

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani partially dislocated his left shoulder during the seventh inning of Saturday’s Game 2 of the World Series against the New York Yankees when he tried to steal second base. Ohtani’s status for Monday’s Game 3 in New York is unclear. Los Angeles manager Dave

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Enormous swathes of pristine forest are being cut down across Indonesia to supply the rapidly rising international demand for biomass material seen as critical to many countries’ transitions to cleaner forms of energy. Nearly all of the biomass from forests destroyed for wood pellet production since 2021 has been

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’ s ruling coalition lost a majority in the 465-seat lower house in a key parliamentary election Sunday, a punishment by voters’ outrage over the governing party’s extensive financial scandals. Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party remains the top party in Japan’s parliament, and a change of government

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A search is underway for a Minnesota man who was recently paroled for murder after he was charged with killing his pregnant wife and linked to another shooting. Mychel Stowers, 36, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the Oct. 19 shooting that killed 35-year-old Damara Alexis Kirkland,

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Frankie Muniz finished 33rd on Saturday in his first Truck Series race since the “Malcolm in the Middle” star announced he will become a full-time NASCAR racer next season. Muniz, who is 38, recently made the jump from part-time racer to a full slate in the No. 33 Ford for Reaume

NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is referring to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper by a woman’s first name. Since Cooper hosted a town hall with Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, Trump has referred to Cooper as “Allison” three times, including in a Friday post on his social media network. Cooper is an

Associated Press/Report for America A judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked further efforts by state officials to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans. The push to relocate about 75 people living in tents beneath an overpass near the Superdome began in the days ahead of three Taylor Swift concerts that could draw 150,000 visitors to

Associated Press NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes Saturday in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan. “I think Detroit and some of our areas makes us a developing nation,” the former president told supporters in Novi. He said people want him to say Detroit

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang coalition has reinforced its attacks on one of the few communities in Haiti’s capital not under control of criminal groups, seeking to take it over. After a week of clashes with the police in the Solino neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, members of the gang coalition, Viv Ansanm, attacked once again

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of people marched in South Africa to mark 35 years of Pride Johannesburg, an annual event that has been critical in advocating equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community. The march in the Sandton district of Johannesburg on Saturday was a colorful spectacle but also an opportunity for the LGBTQ+ community to

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of supporters of jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson have marched through London as anti-racism demonstrators mounted a nearby counter protest. The so-called Unite the Kingdom march — planned by Robinson and supposed to feature him as speaker — led to calls Saturday for his freedom after he was arrested

AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Jim Donovan, the beloved radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Browns and a TV sports fixture for more than four decades, died Saturday. He was 68. Donovan retired from his broadcast career earlier this year and stepped away from his game-day duties with the team before this season while

A NASA astronaut who was briefly hospitalized after returning from space has been released, the space agency said Saturday. NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin were flown to the hospital for additional medical checks Friday after parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast aboard a SpaceX

Associated Press/Report for America ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A woman accused of leaving her boyfriend to die after he was zipped into a suitcase in their home has been found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury in central Florida. Jurors handed down the verdict against Sarah Boone on Friday after deliberating for about 90

ROME (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in seven Italian cities calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Middle East, Ukraine and all global conflicts. Peaceful rallies Saturday were held in Rome, Turin, Milan, Florence, Bari, Palermo and Cagliari, with the support of hundreds of associations committed to peace,