AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Defending champion Novak Djokovic has lost at the U.S. Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz did. Djokovic bowed out in the third round with a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss against 28th-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Australia on Friday night. The No. 2-seeded Djokovic was trying to become the
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AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Emmanuel Clase’s career as a closer with Cleveland began with a major blemish. It’s been pristine ever since. Clase became the club’s career saves leader on Friday night, notching his 150th in less than five seasons — and No. 40 in 2024 — as the Guardians outlasted the Pittsburgh
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump intend to urge a judge to dismiss the federal election subversion case against the former president after a Supreme Court opinion that narrowed the scope of the landmark prosecution. That’s according to a court filing late Friday. The defense team foreshadowed a series of likely challenges
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By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith are at odds over how the election subversion case in Washington, DC, should move forward, according to a status report filed late Friday. However, neither side is rushing to get to trial before the November presidential election
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brent Rooker homered twice to give him 33 this season, JJ Bleday and Shea Langeliers also went deep and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 9-2 on Friday night for their first consecutive winning months in more than three years. Oakland is 14-11 in August with one
Continue Reading Avery Schmitz, Nyah Peebles, Associated Press (CNN/AP) — Severe floods have killed at least 97 people in Yemen over the past month and deepened food shortages for millions of others already displaced by years of war, according to a United Nations body. Deluges have impacted at least 56,000 homes across the country, according to the
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Framber Valdez pitched seven no-hit innings and Jose Altuve hit a game-ending RBI double in the ninth to lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. The game was tied at 2-all when Jake Meyers singled off James McArthur (5-6) with
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Andrea Saint Martin (CNN) — Fuerzas de EE.UU. y de seguridad iraquíes mataron a más de una decena de agentes de ISIS en una redada en la madrugada del jueves en el oeste de Iraq, informó el ejército estadounidense. Los 15 agentes de ISIS que murieron estaban “armados con numerosas armas, granadas y cinturones explosivos
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UPDATE: TxDOT say the flooding among some roads are dissipating, however Missouri is still flooded. TxDOT posted crews are working to clear drains to allow the water to flow out of the roadway. UPDATE: El Paso Fire crews have been busy responding to reports of vehicles stuck on flooded streets after Friday’s storm. So far
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El cohete más prolífico del mundo, el SpaceX Falcon 9, recibió autorización para volar nuevamente, anunciaron los reguladores federales este viernes por la noche, poniendo al vehículo de nuevo en camino para dos misiones espaciales de alto perfil. La Administración Federal de Aviación de Estados Unidos (FAA, por sus siglas
Continue Reading By Haley Britzky, Mary Kay Mallonee and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — Seven US troops were injured in a raid in Iraq on Thursday that killed 15 ISIS members, three defense officials said. Five of the personnel were wounded during the operation, with one evacuated for further treatment. Two other US personnel were injured “from
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Este viernes, la falta de electricidad afectó a todos los estados de Venezuela, de acuerdo con el ministro de Comunicación e Información, Freddy Ñañez, y equipo de CNN en el terreno. Según Ñañez, los apagones comenzaron a las 4:50 a.m., hora local, y el servicio eléctrico ha restablecido paulatinamente. Funcionarios
Continue Reading Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military and Iraq have launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country’s western desert that killed at least 15 people and left seven American troops hurt. The U.S. military’s Central Command said Saturday that the militants were armed with
Continue Reading Andrea Saint Martin (CNN) — El ministro de Defensa de Ucrania, Rustem Umerov, dijo a CNN que el gobierno de Estados Unidos todavía está considerando su solicitud de levantar las restricciones a que Ucrania use armas de largo alcance para atacar con mayor profundidad el territorio ruso y confirmó que presentó una lista de objetivos
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Truck driver Munir Ahmed was motoring along a darkened highway after a long day unloading sacks of rice in Pakistan’s Sindh province late Sunday, when he crossed over into Balochistan. After entering the impoverished province, long seething with ethnic and economic resentments, he was “stopped by armed men wearing
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale had 25 points and eight assists, Satou Sabally added 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists and the Dallas Wings beat Minnesota 94-76 on Friday night to snap the Lynx’s seven-game winning streak. Natasha Howard scored 17 points for Dallas (9-22), which has won three straight games. Teaira McCowan
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s Framber Valdez and Bryan Abreu lost their no-hit bid with two outs in the eighth inning Friday night on a single by Kansas City pinch-hitter Kyle Isbel. Valdez was pulled after throwing 98 pitches in seven innings. He threw 60 for strikes, with seven strikeouts, three walks and
Continue Reading Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have fired two missiles targeting a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden. The missiles splashed down Friday nearby without causing any damage. That’s according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, which said the attack happened 150 miles east
Continue Reading Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Shanshan is slowly making its way into central Japan, halting trains and leaving underground passages brimming with water as officials warned of torrential rains in major cities, including Osaka and Tokyo. The storm, packing winds of up to 40 miles per hour, had crawled over the southwestern island
Continue Reading Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in on an issue that threatens to thwart a $4 billion settlement in last year’s devastating Maui wildfires. Judge Peter Cahill agreed Friday to ask the state high court questions about how insurance companies can go about recouping money paid to
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has rejected a push for a new trial in a multimillion-dollar political conspiracy case against rapper Pras Michel of the Fugees. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly found his defense attorney’s use of a generative AI program during closing arguments and other errors didn’t amount to a
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — As Hurricane Gilma raged in the Pacific, the Coast Guard in Hawaii received a distress call from a sailboat left stranded by the storm. The boat was 925 miles east of Honolulu, and the rescue mission took several days, with the help of the Coast Guard and the US
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Desiree Wheatley would have been celebrating her 53rd birthday on Monday, Sept. 2. Instead, Wheatley’s mother is coming to terms knowing her daughter has been dead for more-than double the number of years she was alive. “This has been 37 years in the making. So, try holding your breath for 37
Continue Reading AP Golf Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler put on another clinic from tee-to-green at East Lake on Friday for a 5-under 66 and a four-shot lead at the Tour Championship that didn’t seem as big as it looked. Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele had something to do with that. In a second round that
Continue Reading Andrea Saint Martin (CNN) — Un ataque israelí contra un vehículo humanitario en Gaza dejó cuatro personas muertas, en medio de confusión sobre los planes de viaje del convoy a través del enclave palestino devastado por la guerra, de acuerdo con la organización de ayuda American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera). Según la organización, todas
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A man suspected of abducting a 9-year-old girl from a New York City supermarket and sexually assaulting her has been killed in a car crash while fleeing from police. The 64-year-old Queens man died Friday after officers attempted to pull him over and pursued his vehicle. Police say the man “forcefully”
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State Police are investigating a shooting during a traffic stop in which a Las Cruces Police Department SWAT officer shot a man. A NMSP officer stopped 41-year-old Wallace Gonzales on US-54 near mile marker 75. The officer reported seeing guns on Gonzales’ dashboard. The officer reported hearing
Continue Reading Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, one of Mexico’s most-feared drug lords, has been released from a U.S. prison after serving most of a 25-year prison sentence. On Friday, an official of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed Cárdenas Guillén had been released from prison and placed in the custody of the
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump now says he will vote no on a Florida ballot measure that would repeal the state’s six-week abortion ban, a day after he seemed to indicate he would vote in favor of the measure. Trump said in an interview Friday with Fox News Channel that he’ll be
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés) informaron el viernes de que ponen fin a su investigación de lo que comúnmente se conoce como “síndrome de La Habana”, una misteriosa enfermedad experimentada por una serie de espías, soldados y diplomáticos que han informado de síntomas debilitantes
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