By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The baseball-shaped cake with three lit candles went unclaimed as José Ramírez skipped his postgame media availability. His party took place earlier. Ramírez homered on his 31st birthday to touch off Cleveland’s nine-run fourth inning, leading the Guardians to a 9-2 win and three-game sweep of
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ETHEL, La. (AP) — A private Louisiana zoo says that federal regulators overreached last week when they took away an ailing giraffe. Barn Hill Preserve is challenging the decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to seize a giraffe named Brazos on Tuesday. The zoo markets close-up encounters with exotic animals at its location north
Continue Reading OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A federal jury in Mississippi has rejected a civil lawsuit seeking money damages from two police officers who fatally shot a man while serving a warrant at the wrong house. The jury ruled Thursday that Southaven officers Zachary Durden and Samuel Maze had not violated the civil rights of Ismael Lopez
Continue Reading STOW, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts authorities say a World War I-era plane crashed and flipped over onto its roof as the pilot tried to land outside of a military history museum. The pilot was not hurt. The vintage single-engine Nieuport 28 was attempting to land shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday at the American Heritage Museum
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The war in Ukraine and its visiting president take center stage at the United Nations this week, but developing countries will be vying for the spotlight as well as they push for faster action on poverty and inequality at the first full-on meeting of world
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday kicked off a week where leaders will try once again to curb climate change primarily caused by coal, oil and natural gas. But protesters say it’s
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published Sept. 17, 2023, about a climate protest, The Associated Press erroneously spelled actor Kyra Sedgwick’s name. It is Sedgwick, not Sedgewick.
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in eight years, and Georgia remained No. 1 on Sunday. Georgia received 57 first-place votes in the AP Top 25. Michigan held at No. 2 with two
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama high school band director was shocked with a stun gun and arrested after Birmingham police said he wouldn’t tell his band to stop playing. Police arrested the Minor High School band director Thursday night after a football game. He’s charged with disorderly conduct, harassment and resisting arrest. Police say
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The Nun 2” and “A Haunting in Venice” virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge carrying the horror sequel over the Hercule Poirot mystery. That is according to studio estimates Sunday. In its
Continue Reading ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge has acquitted a Minnesota man accused of killing three people and wounding two others in St. Paul in a case that hinged on an alibi defense. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that Judge Kelly Olmstead on Friday found Antonio Dupree Wright not guilty on all charges. The
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s attorney general has sued the state’s largest hospital system, claiming it violated patient privacy laws when a doctor publicly shared the story of an Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion. Friday’s lawsuit marks Attorney General Todd Rokita’s latest attempt to seek disciplinary legal action against Dr. Caitlin Bernard.
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” a biting satire starring Jeffrey Wright as a disillusioned academic, has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a much-watched bellwether in the Oscar race. “American Fiction” is the directorial debut of Jefferson and an adaptation of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel
Continue Reading By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Doja Cat, a reboot of Robert Rodriguez’s “Spy Kids” franchise with a film starring Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi and the critically-acclaimed “Sex Education,” one of Netflix’s most popular shows, returns for its fourth and final season. There’s also “Superpower,” Sean Penn’s
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A U.N. committee has named a group of medieval Jewish sites in the eastern German city of Erfurt as a World Heritage Site. It’s the second time Jewish heritage in Germany has been added to the list in recent years. Among the buildings is Erfurt’s Old Synagogue, a 13th-century stone building that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The Lincoln Park Conservation Committee holds “Lincoln Park Day” event Sunday. It’s taking place from 11 am to 5 pm at Lincoln Park, located at 4001 Durazno Ave. The committee is celebrating Indigenous – Mexican American – Chicano culture, history and traditions. This year’s event will include Ballet Folklorico, Danza
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s national security adviser met with China’s foreign minister over the past two days on the Mediterranean island nation of Malta. The White House says the effort was intended to “responsibly maintain the relationship” at a time of strained ties and mutual
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Balmain artistic director Olivier Rousteing says robbers have made off with more than 50 pieces of the new collection that his Paris label intends to show at Fashion Week this month. Posting overnight Sunday on Instagram, Rousteing said a group of people hijacked his delivery driver on the way from an airport
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a normal year — if there is any such thing in Hollywood anymore — the 75th Emmy Awards ceremony would be Monday night, and the many nominees from shows like “ Succession ” and “ Ted Lasso ” would be claiming their trophies or
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Drew Barrymore, who drew criticism for taping new episodes of her daytime talk show despite the ongoing writers and actors strikes, now says she’ll wait until the labor issues are resolved. Hours later CBS’ “The Talk” did the same. “I have listened to everyone, and
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold on television, saying he would “tell people later at an appropriate time.” Trump, the current front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, refused
Continue Reading By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of a New York City day care center and a tenant living in the building have been arrested after a 1-year-old boy was killed and three others were sickened by apparent exposure to Fentanyl. The arrests came one day after
Continue Reading By CLAIRE RUSH and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units, and the number keeps dropping. It’s forcing pregnant women to travel longer distances for care or face giving birth in an emergency room. Government officials and families are scrambling for answers. One solution gaining ground across
Continue Reading By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A top official with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group says Palestinian and Lebanese officials have given militant Islamic groups in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp until the end of the month to hand over the accused killers of a Fatah general. A fragile calm has prevailed
Continue Reading By CLAIRE RUSH and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press Alisha Alderson placed her folded clothes and everything she needed for the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases. She never imagined she would have to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon just weeks before her due date. But following the abrupt
Continue Reading By MELINA WALLING and KENDRIA LaFLEUR Associated Press CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) — Across the country, more indoor farms are launching or expanding even as others founder. This summer marked the groundbreaking of a huge vertical farming operation in Virginia by the California-based company Plenty Unlimited. And Kroger announced it would be expanding its availability of
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Good morning and happy Sunday! This week, the Borderland region can anticipate a mixed bag of weather conditions. Today and tomorrow, scattered thunderstorms are expected, primarily impacting mountainous areas. On Tuesday, I’m forecasting a drier turn, accompanied by a mild breeze. Heading into the midweek, there’s a slight increase in moisture levels. This could lead
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — The Italian Air Force says it is investigating whether an aircraft of its acrobatic team struck birds before it crashed near an airport, killing a child on the ground. A 5-year-old girl and her family were traveling in a car near the northern city of Turin when the aircraft crashed Saturday afternoon,
Continue Reading By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit’s three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises. UAW President Shawn Fain has repeatedly cited the figure, contrasting it with the 6% pay
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two cargo ships arrived in one of Ukraine’s ports over the weekend, using a temporary Black Sea corridor established by Kyiv following Russia’s withdrawal from a wartime agreement designed to ensure safe grain exports from the invaded country’s ports. Two Palau-flagged bulk carriers, Aroyat and Resilient Africa, docked Saturday at the
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