By Gregory Krieg, CNN From the early days of Donald Trump‘s presidency, through the Covid-19 pandemic and following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the power of governors has been increasingly clear for Americans to see. In November, 36 states will hold gubernatorial elections that, while often less expensive than Senate
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets ace Max Scherzer said he was feeling fine Sunday, a day after he exited after a start after five innings because of fatigue on his left side. The three-time Cy Young Award winner remained on schedule to start Friday night for the NL East leaders at Miami. Scherzer
Continue Reading By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr.’s eighth-inning double brought in the go-ahead run and the Kansas City Royals edged the Detroit Tigers 3-2. MJ Melendez scored a run and drove in another while Michael A. Taylor had three hits and scored a run. Witt reached base three times. Winning pitcher
Continue Reading By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols hit his 695th career home run in the eighth inning and Miles Mikolas tossed eight scoreless innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0. Pujols is fifth on the all-time list behind Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN One of the films set to debut at the Venice Film Festival on Monday is already getting talked about. Less for the film, perhaps, than headlines involving those attached to the project. “Don’t Worry Darling” is directed by Olivia Wilde and stars Florence Pugh, Gemma Chan, Chris Pine and Harry
Continue Reading By Aaron Pellish Hillary Clinton revealed that the origins of her trademark penchant for pantsuits trace back to “suggestive” photos from a public appearance in Brazil that ultimately led to her photo being used in lingerie advertisements. The former first lady described the incident in an interview with CBS News alongside her daughter, Chelsea Clinton,
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo Nueva York (CNN) — El Día del Trabajo, que reconoce las muchas contribuciones que los trabajadores han hecho a la prosperidad de Estados Unidos, también marca el final no oficial del verano el primer lunes de septiembre. Muchos estadounidenses en todo el país celebrarán este fin de semana largo, pero puede ser confuso
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees outfielder Andrew Benintendi has a broken bone in his right wrist that will need surgery, but manager Aaron Boone says he doesn’t know whether it is a season-ending injury. Boone revealed the diagnosis of a broken hook hamate bone after the AL East leaders beat Tampa Bay
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The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Citing an “immediate threat to human life,” Cloudflare has dropped the notorious stalking and harassment site Kiwi Farms from its internet security services following an online campaign started by transgender Twitch streamer Clara Sorrenti to pressure it to do so. “This is an extraordinary decision for us to
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Scott McLaughlin finished a Team Penske route at Portland International Raceway by winning his third race of the season. Will Power, meanwhile, moved a step closer to a second IndyCar title with his second-place finish. Power heads into the season finale with a 20-point
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Two individual errors from Roma players led to two goals and saw José Mourinho’s side slip to its first defeat in Serie A as it was surprisingly crushed 4-0 at Udinese. Roma defender Rick Karsdorp and goalkeeper Rui Patrício were at fault for the first two
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Judge led off the game with his major league-leading 53rd homer and the New York Yankees stopped the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 to avoid a three-game sweep. Judge set a career high for homers, topping the 52 he hit as a rookie in 2017.
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Carlos Correa homered for Minnesota and Dylan Bundy shut down Chicago once again, leading the Twins to a 5-1 victory over the White Sox. Correa hit a two-run drive to left-center off Lucas Giolito for his 16th homer. Bundy pitched five scoreless innings to improve to
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff raised a fist, then wagged her right index finger, responding to, and riling up even more, a loud-louder-loudest Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd that was standing and screaming. Gauff’s U.S. Open opponent, Zhang Shuai, covered both ears with her hands to shield them from
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In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview, Pope Francis spoke to CNN’s partner channel CNN Portugal. The interview touched on the issue of abuse in the Catholic Church and the war in Ukraine.
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Pope Francis says he has taken it on himself to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse, telling CNN’s partner channel CNN Portugal that he was “responsible that it doesn’t happen anymore.” In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview in Rome last month, the Pontiff said the church had “zero tolerance” for abuse
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By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Story hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster, Xander Bogaerts had his eighth straight multi-hit game and the Boston Red Sox completed a four-game sweep over Texas with a 5-2 victory on Sunday. The Red Sox now have a five-game winning streak as they’re trying
Continue Reading By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Story hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster, Xander Bogaerts had his eighth straight multi-hit game and the Boston Red Sox completed a four-game sweep over Texas with a 5-2 victory on Sunday. The Red Sox now have a five-game winning streak as they’re trying
Continue Reading HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Brianne Jenner scored twice in the second period and Canada defended its title with a 2-1 win over the United States in the women’s world hockey championship final. Ann-Renée Desbiens made 20 saves for Canada, which won gold in a third major international event in the span of a year. Abby
Continue Reading By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — César Hernández hit his first homer in more than a year, delivering the exclamation point on the Washington Nationals’ 7-1 win over the New York Mets. The last-place Nationals also beat the NL East leaders 7-1 on Saturday night, and took two of three in the
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La última videollamada de WhatsApp de Irene Gakwa con sus padres estuvo llena de bromas suaves. Pero debajo de las bromas había indicios de que algo andaba mal. Cuando su rostro apareció en la pantalla del teléfono, su padre se burló de ella porque se veía hambrienta y cansada. Su sonrisa
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley didn’t want her players in line for possible verbal abuse at BYU and chose to call off the schools’ home-and-home series. Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson said she was subjected to racial slurs in a match at BYU. Staley said
Continue Reading TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Seth Brown hit a pair of solo homers, rookie Adrián Martínez threw six innings of three-hit ball and the Oakland Athletics stalled the Baltimore Orioles playoff surge with a 5-0 victory on Sunday. The Orioles, who snapped a four-game winning streak, fell 2 1/2 games behind Toronto in
Continue Reading DENTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has declared a mistrial in the child sex assault case against former All-Star and World Series MVP pitcher John Wetteland after the jury deadlocked. The Denton County jury told Judge Lee Ann Breading three times that it was split before she declared a mistrial Friday. Wetteland, who played
Continue Reading DENTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has declared a mistrial in the child sex assault case against former All-Star and World Series MVP pitcher John Wetteland after the jury deadlocked. The Denton County jury told Judge Lee Ann Breading three times that it was split before she declared a mistrial Friday. Wetteland, who played
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — McLaren is supporting Colton Herta’s push to receive an exemption to compete in Formula One next season. It comes as Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko says a deal is in place to bring the American to the grid. Marko says any deal would be
Continue Reading SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Gaby Lopez has won the Dana Open with a great finish at Highland Meadow. Lopez started the final round four shots behind and shot a 63. She finished with three straight birdies. Lopez finished one shot ahead of Megan Khang. The last group was never a factor. Lucy Li made only
Continue Reading By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Coach Ryan Day offered no apologies for No. 2 Ohio State’s low-scoring, “clunky” win over No. 5 Notre Dame. The underwhelming 21-10 victory was less about the Buckeyes showing off their sleek, high-scoring offense and more about them grinding it out in the second half
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By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Cloudflare, a major American internet services company, pulled its support for Kiwi Farms, a controversial online message board, Saturday evening citing “imminent threats to human life.” The move temporarily forced Kiwi Farms offline. Cloudflare’s decision came as Kiwi Farms was linked to a campaign of harassment and violent threats targeting Clara
Continue Reading NICE, France (AP) — Nice has added Ross Barkley to its roster on a free transfer. Barkley joined the French club just six days after leaving Chelsea by mutual consent. Nice presented its 12th recruit of the summer to fans on Sunday night. The 28-year-old Barkley made 100 appearances for Chelsea and scored 12 goals
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