HOUSTON (AP) — Astros ace Justin Verlander left Sunday’s game against Baltimore after three scoreless innings because of right calf discomfort. The right-hander, a leading candidate for the AL Cy Young Award, lowered his major league-leading ERA to 1.84. He allowed three hits and struck out six. The 39-year-old Verlander had Tommy John surgery in
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Mookie Betts homered for the third straight game, Julio Urías pitched six sparkling innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins 8-1. Justin Turner and Max Muncy had three hits apiece for the NL West-leading Dodgers, who are 28-8 since the All-Star break. Betts, who also doubled and singled, homered
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los ganadores de los MTV Video Music Awards, que celebran los mejores videos musicales y artistas del año, se darán a conocer este domingo. Los lectores que recuerdan a Dire Straights cantando “I want my MTV” saben que el evento se ha ganado una reputación a lo largo de los años
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Before landing the first humans on Mars, NASA wants to return to the lunar surface — but in a way that we’ve never explored the moon before. When the uncrewed Artemis I mission launches on Monday, August 29, it’s just the first step toward the future of space exploration. The last
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Duke volleyball player who was subjected to racial slurs during a game at BYU says that officials onsite didn’t react quickly enough when they were made aware of the behavior. Nor did they adequately address the situation immediately after the game, Rachel Richardson said in a statement posted to her
Continue Reading NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Harry Kane scored twice and had a penalty saved as Tottenham won 2-0 at Nottingham Forest in an entertaining Premier League clash. Kane scored in either half to draw level with Andrew Cole on 187 Premier League goals. They are third in the all-time list with only Alan Shearer on 260
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is the reigning Heisman Trophy winner. Teammate Will Anderson Jr. might be college football’s best defensive player. Even top-ranked Alabama isn’t used to having perhaps the nation’s best player on both sides of the ball. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban says he can’t recall having
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The horror film “The Invitation” needed just $7 million to finish at the top of the weakest weekend of the summer at the North American box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. Directed and co-written by Jessica M. Thompson and starring “Game of Thrones” actor
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Giants backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor was carted from the sideline after sustaining a back injury in the first quarter of the annual preseason game against the rival New York Jets. Coach Brian Daboll did not think the injury a concern after the Jets’ 31-27 win Sunday. Daboll said the 33-year-old
Continue Reading NAVA, Spain (AP) — Remco Evenepoel has dropped his main challengers on the grueling final ascent in Les Praeres to increase his overall lead in the Spanish Vuelta. The Belgian rider from team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl increased the gap to Enric Mas from 28 seconds to 72 seconds overall. Evenepoel’s advantage over defending champion Primoz
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Serena and Venus Williams were drawn to face the Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova in the first round of doubles at the U.S. Open.The U.S. Tennis Association announced the doubles brackets Sunday, a day before the tournament begins.Doubles competition will begin on Wednesday.It is the first doubles event
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns defensive end Chris Odom, the USFL’s Defensive Player of the Year signed during training camp, suffered a season-ending knee injury in Saturday night’s exhibition loss to the Chicago Bears. Coach Kevin Stefanski said the 27-year-old Odom tore his left anterior cruciate ligament in the
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Movie attendance hasn’t bounced back after the pandemic, leaving Hollywood struggling to lure audiences back into theaters. So this Saturday, theaters around the country are offering tickets for just $3, part of the new National Cinema Day. Major chains like AMC and Regal are among those participating. “This day is for
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EL PASO, Texas– One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash happened Sunday morning near Gateway East and McRae and Sumac. Police said the vehicle went off the freeway and crashed into Texas Oncology El Paso Cancer Treatment Center on Gateway East. Traffic was being diverted off I-10 at Yarbrough. Special Traffic Investigators are now
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone and Michelle Watson, CNN A wildfire burning in southwest Oregon has grown to 8,404 acres, according to a Sunday update by fire officials, nearly double the acreage the blaze had consumed a day prior. Approximately 740 personnel are now battling the Rum Creek fire after officials from the Northwest 13 Incident Management
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Air France pilots are under scrutiny after recent incidents that have prompted French investigators to call for tougher safety protocols. An airline official said two Air France pilots were suspended after physically fighting in the cockpit on a Geneva-Paris flight in June. The official said the flight continued and landed safely, and
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Few things are more exciting than watching a spacecraft lift off the launchpad and set off on a cosmic quest, as NASA’s Artemis I mission is poised to do Saturday. But if you’re a casual observer, it may be that few things are more confusing than hearing some of the jargon
Continue Reading CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Thriston Lawrence has won the European Masters with a steady par on the first playoff hole at Crans-Montana in the Swiss Alps. Runner-up Matt Wallace pushed a five-foot putt left of the hole to make bogey. They had carded 18-under totals of 262. The 25-year-old Lawrence earned his second title on
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Denver Broncos starting receiver KJ Hamler lobbied to play in the preseason finale. Not just play, either, but play quite a bit so he could make a few blocks, catch a few passes, take a few hits. All to clear one last remaining hurdle — that
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Las autoridades de la ciudad de Zaporiyia ponen a disposición de los residentes pastillas de yoduro a medida que aumentan los temores sobre un posible accidente nuclear en la planta de energía nuclear de Zaporiyia. Según las autoridades, los vecinos podrán obtener pastillas de yoduro en 13 puntos de lunes a
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Dos buques de guerra de la Marina de Estados Unidos ingresaron al Estrecho de Taiwán en lo que es el primer tránsito naval estadounidense en la vía fluvial desde que las tensiones entre Estados Unidos y China aumentaron este mes debido a una visita a la isla de la presidenta de
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile and Sara Smart, CNN Bystanders had an up-close and personal encounter with an alligator in Philadelphia’s Love Park. But the reptile isn’t a wild beast: It’s the emotional support animal of a Philadelphia man who runs several social media accounts documenting his loving relationship with Wally the alligator. Several visitors to the
Continue Reading A Philadelphia man took his emotional support alligator, Wally, to a local park where bystanders took photos and even picked up the animal to pet him.
Continue Reading WEST WINDSOR, Vt. (AP) — Kenyan cyclist Sule Kangangi has died in a crash during a gravel race in Vermont. Kangangi was competing in the Vermont Overland race on Saturday when he died in a crash at high speed. The wife of president-elect William Ruto of Kenya posted on Twitter that she was shocked to
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Stuttgart’s winless start to the Bundesliga season continues but it did manage a 0-0 draw at unbeaten Cologne on despite playing most of the second half with 10 men. Visiting forward Luca Pfeiffer was sent off in the 56th minute for a terrible tackle on Timo Hübers. American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo was
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Diesel and heating oil supplies in the Northeast are more than 50% below the recent average, raising concerns that an extreme weather event could cause supply disruptions, federal officials said. Fuel supplies are lower than normal across the country for a variety of reasons, including the
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CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Few companies flourished more amid the pandemic’s economic upheaval than Peloton. With people unable (or unwilling) to go to the gym, consumers rushed to buy its exercise equipment and, more importantly, sign up for its online classes. Peloton posted its first quarterly profits in calendar year 2020
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Few companies flourished more amid the pandemic’s economic upheaval than Peloton. With people unable (or unwilling) to go to the gym, consumers rushed to buy its exercise equipment and, more importantly, sign up for its online classes. Peloton posted its first quarterly profits in calendar year 2020 as revenue jumped
Continue Reading HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Defending champion Canada has trounced Japan 9-0 at the women’s world ice hockey championship with eight players contributing goals in the one-sided encounter to top the Group A standings ahead of the United States. Japan was overmatched from the start and didn’t register a shot on goal until the dying seconds
Continue Reading By Oleksandra Ochman, Kostan Nechyporenko, Hira Humayun, Darya Tarasova and Michelle Velez, CNN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors are expected to go to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant later this week, as the city’s authorities made iodine pills available to residents due to fears over a possible nuclear accident. On Monday, IAEA chief Rafael
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