By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Georgia and Alabama have held down the top two spots in the AP Top 25 the past three weeks and are a good bet to stay there after this weekend’s games. The rest of the Southeastern Conference — at least the top half — is proving to be pretty
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Veteran Oakland Athletics catcher Stephen Vogt will retire after 10 major league seasons and a long, patient road to break into the big leagues at age 27. Not to mention a nearly 15-month wait to finally get his first hit. Vogt endured an 0-for-32 hitless
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By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Things to watch in Week 4 of the Southeastern Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 20 Florida (2-1, 0-1 SEC) at No. 11 Tennessee (3-0, 0-0). This was often the battle for SEC East supremacy before No. 1 Georgia’s recent run. Now, both are more likely vying with No.
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Things to watch in Week 4 of the Southeastern Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 20 Florida (2-1, 0-1 SEC) at No. 11 Tennessee (3-0, 0-0). This was often the battle for SEC East supremacy before No. 1 Georgia’s recent run. Now, both are more likely vying with No.
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dayton Moore was fired from his role atop the baseball operations department for the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. He led the team for 16 years, winning two American League pennants and a World Series. He made the unusual decision to come to the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Here are some things to watch this week in the Pac-12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 7 Southern California (3-0, 1-0 Pac-12) at Oregon State (3-0), Saturday. The Beavers have a chance to start the season 4-0 for the first time since 2012. Oregon State beat USC last season 45-27
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By Andy Rose and Rebekah Riess, CNN A man in North Dakota was charged with felony vehicular homicide after he fatally struck a teenager with his SUV following what he said was a “political argument,” authorities said. Shannon Brandt, 41, told troopers he felt threatened and “admitted to striking the pedestrian with his car because
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Lauren Jackson had one basket in her first game for Australia in 12 years as the Opals lost to France 70-57 on the opening day of the women’s World Cup. Jackson last played on the Australian national team in 2010 and retired from basketball six years
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former NCAA singles champions Mackenzie McDonald and Marcos Giron won their matches at the San Diego Open ATP 250. McDonald beat error-prone Henri Laaksonen of Switzerland, 6-0, 6-2 in just 54 minutes. Third-seeded Giron moved into the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry. The world No.
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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Pubs, restaurants, breweries, retailers and other businesses across the United Kingdom are being pushed to the brink by skyrocketing energy bills. One bakery owner doubts that even a massive support package announced this week by the U.K. government will make much of a difference to businesses
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, Matthew Chance, Tim Lister, Anna Chernova and Mick Krever, CNN As the first phase of Russia’s new “partial mobilization” got underway on Thursday, videos appeared on social media purporting to show newly mobilized men preparing to be deployed. In the city of Neryungi — six time zones east of Ukraine — a
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks fell for a third day Friday after more rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to control persistent inflation spurred fears of a possible global recession. Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney declined. Oil prices edged lower. Japanese markets were closed
Continue Reading By The Associated Press New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is one home run away from matching the AL record. Judge hit his 60th homer on Tuesday night. Roger Maris set the AL mark of 61 in 1961. St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols is two home runs shy of 700 for his career. The
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CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday declared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a violation of the global order, sharpening his rebukes of President Vladimir Putin as the war entered a tense new moment. Biden’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly came hours after Putin announced an expansion of his war effort,
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Executive directors of the Inter-American Development Bank voted unanimously Thursday to recommend firing a former Trump official as president of the Washington-based institution, a person familiar with the vote said. The move came after an investigation conducted at the bank board’s request determined that Mauricio Claver-Carone violated
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Working through an ugly stretch of losing, Madison Bumgarner didn’t panic. Heck, he didn’t even have a game plan. “Every time I do, it don’t work out too good,” he said. “I just feel it out.” Relying heavily on his curveball, Bumgarner tossed six innings
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Casa de Peregrinos 4th annual Hunger Strike event kicks off on Thursday, September 22 at 8:30 a.m. at the facility located at 999 West Amador with breakfast before its 8:30 launch time. The advocacy and fundraising event aims to raise $60,000 this year. The hunger strike consists of a 24-hour
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EL PASO, Texas – The winner of the Sweet Play of the Week for week 4 of the high school football season went to Arath Gomez and the Ysleta Indians. The entire team received a box of cupcakes courtesy of Albertsons. As winners of the Sweet Play of the Week, the Ysleta Indians are also
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Blake Snell held St. Louis hitless until Albert Pujols beat the shift for a single with two outs in the seventh inning and the San Diego Padres beat the NL Central-leading Cardinals 1-0. Snell allowed two hits in seven innings on 117 pitches and struck
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Zoo and Franklin Mountains State Park are hosting the 18th Annual Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta, Saturday at the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens from 10:30am to 3:00pm, and Sunday at the Tom Mays section of Franklin Mountains State Park and Castner Range. This is the second year in a
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Luis Torrens homered for one of four hits by the stumbling Seattle Mariners as they were shut down again by the last-place Oakland Athletics, losing 2-1. Torrens connected in the eighth for Seattle’s lone bright spot after he had been called up earlier in the
Continue Reading By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Logan Webb didn’t allow a hit until one out in the sixth inning and was then immediately pulled by manager Gabe Kapler after 66 pitches in the San Francisco Giants’ 6-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. Alex Young, Cole Waites and Scott Alexander held
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN Leonard Francis, the former military contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who orchestrated the largest corruption scandal in US Navy history, was arrested Tuesday morning by authorities in Venezuela at the request of the US Marshals Service, according to the agency. Francis is currently detained by authorities in
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Stealing older model Hyundai and Kia cars and SUVs became a scary social media trend. Now, data from the Highway Loss Data Institute, which collects information on insurance claims, confirm these South Korean models are far more likely to get stolen than others. In fact, 2015-2019 Hyundai and Kia models
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CNN By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Stealing older model Hyundai and Kia cars and SUVs became a scary social media trend. Now, data from the Highway Loss Data Institute, which collects information on insurance claims, confirm these South Korean models are far more likely to get stolen than others. In fact, 2015-2019 Hyundai and Kia
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is reaching out to local governments. It hosted officials from North Carolina on Thursday to highlight funding opportunities and hear firsthand how coronavirus relief, infrastructure dollars and other policies are faring in communities. A key message for the visit by North Carolina officials is
Continue Reading By DAVE COLLINS and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Alex Jones took the stand Thursday at his Connecticut defamation trial, acknowledging he had promoted the conspiracy theory that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, but angrily refusing to keep apologizing for that. More than a dozen relatives of the 26
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve delivered its bluntest reckoning Wednesday of what it will take to finally tame painfully high inflation: Slower growth, higher unemployment and potentially a recession. Speaking at a news conference, Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged what many economists have been saying for months: That the
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Some Hyundai and Kia cars and SUVs are missing a “key” anti-theft device, and thieves know. An insurance industry group says these cars are stolen at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the auto industry because their keys lack computer chips for theft “immobilizer”
Continue Reading By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matt Vierling had five hits, including the game-winning RBI single in the 10th, to rally the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. J.T. Realmuto homered for Philadelphia, which snapped a five-game losing streak to stay 2 1/2 games ahead of Milwaukee for
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