BY CODY FRIESEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nick Loftin hit a walk-off sacrifice fly, Nelson Velázquez hit two RBIs and the Kansas City Royals defeated the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Sunday. Loftin’s sacrifice fly came after Velázquez pinch-hit a game-tying, two-run triple with no outs in the ninth. Velázquez finished the
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s gun trial dealt his defense two setbacks Sunday, on the eve of jury selection, by blocking one of his expert witnesses and excluding a key piece of evidence the president’s son hoped to use. The rulings from Judge Maryellen Noreika resolved some
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s election has decided little, other than the African National Congress that liberated the country from apartheid in 1994 has lost its 30-year majority. It remained the biggest party, though. With no one holding a majority, South Africa’s party leaders are embarking on
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s governing populists have declared victory at tense municipal elections in dozens of cities and towns throughout the Balkan country, including a rerun vote in the capital, Belgrade, as opposition are claiming major irregularities. The victory claim is likely to be confirmed by the state electoral
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — David Levy, an Israeli politician born in Morocco who fought tirelessly against deep-seated racism against Jews from North Africa and rose to serve as foreign minister and other senior government posts, has died. He was 86. Levy moved to Israel at age 20 from Morocco and first
Continue ReadingTOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — A lobster-themed monster truck performing for spectators in Maine clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles and sending two people to hospitals, police said. Others suffered minor injuries. The Topsham Fairgrounds was hosting the monster truck event on Saturday when a vehicle dubbed the Crushstation bounced up a ramp,
Continue ReadingBy BILL TROCCHI Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Sean Murphy drove in the go-ahead run with a bloop double in the seventh inning and the Atlanta Braves limited the Oakland Athletics to two hits in a 3-1 win Sunday. Charlie Morton allowed one hit in six scoreless innings but ended up with a no-decision when
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN AND THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California firefighters made significant progress Sunday to tame a wind-driven wildfire that scorched thousands of acres 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Francisco, burned down a home and forced residents to flee the area near the central California city of Tracy. The
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN AND THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California firefighters made significant progress Sunday to tame a wind-driven wildfire that scorched thousands of acres 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Francisco, burned down a home and forced residents to flee the area near the central California city of Tracy. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Tara John and Michelle Velez, CNN (CNN) — Mexicans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a historic election, overshadowed by violence, that is expected to return the country’s first woman president. The two leading presidential candidates are women: Claudia Sheinbaum from the leftist Morena party and Xochitl Gálvez, from the
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press After his historic guilty verdict in his hush money case, Donald Trump attacked the U.S. criminal justice system, making unfounded claims of a “rigged” trial that echoed remarks from the Kremlin. “If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone,” Trump said Friday, speaking from his
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is calling for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide. But the CEO of the Georgia utility that just finished two reactors at a cost of nearly $35 billion says his company isn’t ready to pick
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — The iconic yellow and green of Brazil’s flag mixed with a sea of rainbow-colored tutus, hand fans and drag queen hairdos at Sunday’s LGBTQ+ pride parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The annual event along Sao Paulo’s main thoroughfare is among the biggest gay pride celebrations in the world, attracting thousands
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — The coast guard says the body of an unidentified man has been recovered off a beach northeast of the Greek capital with a 10-kilogram (22-pound) barbell attached to his leg with a rope. Authorities were alerted to the presence of the body at Schinias beach near the town of Marathon, early
Continue ReadingSANTAN, Ariz. (AP) — The Gila River Indian Community has issued a temporary ban on dances after a tribal police officer was fatally shot and another wounded while responding to a reported disturbance at a Santan home, tribal officials said Sunday. Stephen Roe Lewis, governor of the tribe south of Phoenix, said a special meeting
Continue ReadingDozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters blocked roads in Jerusalem on Sunday as Israel’s Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case challenging a controversial system of exemptions from military service granted to the religious community. The court is looking at the legality of the exemptions, which have divided the country and threatened to collapse Prime Minister
Continue ReadingKCRA, KMAX, KOVR, CNN By Jillian Sykes and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Firefighters got the upper hand on a grass fire that began Saturday afternoon in San Joaquin County, California, but dangerous heat threatens to worsen the situation in the coming days. The Corral Fire began in the City of Tracy around 2:30 p.m. and
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A 29-year-old German police officer has died of injuries suffered during a knife attack that left five other people injured on the central square of Mannheim. The officer was stabbed several times in the head and neck by a 25-year-old immigrant from Afghanistan and underwent emergency surgery after the attack Friday,
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tensions have soared in Serbia during municipal elections between opposition activists and ruling right-wing populists who are seeking to cement their already vast hold on power. Incidents and irregularities were reported in the capital Belgrade and in the northern city of Novi Sad where opposition groups
Continue ReadingLEEDS, England (AP) — Rob Burrow, a former rugby star who was widely praised for his fundraising and awareness campaigns after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2019, has died. He was 41. Leeds Rhinos announced his death on Sunday. Burrow spent his entire career at the English rugby league club and helped them
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