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Danny Jansen plays for both teams in Blue Jays-Red Sox game, an MLB first

BOSTON (AP) - Former Blue Jays and current Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen didn't just play for both teams in the same game - a first in Major League Baseball history. He played for both teams in the sam...

Aug 26, 2024

Authorities arrest ex-sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A former Florida sheriff's deputy charged with killing a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed toward the ground...

Aug 26, 2024

Ex-sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home is in custody

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A former Florida sheriff's deputy charged with killing a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed toward the ground...

Aug 26, 2024

Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal appeals court Monday to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump after it was dismissed by a judge las...

Aug 26, 2024

Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal appeals court Monday to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump after it was dismissed by a judge las...

Aug 26, 2024

Double-duty Danny Jansen plays for both teams in one MLB game. Here's how

BOSTON (AP) - Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen became the first player in major league history to appear in the same game for both teams when he took the field for Boston on Monday in the resumption of a ...

Aug 26, 2024

US Open 2024: Olympic gold medalist Zheng rallies to win her first-round match

NEW YORK (AP) - Zheng Qinwen, the Olympic gold medalist in women's tennis, rallied to stay in the U.S. Open on Monday with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Amanda Anisimova. Zheng began the Grand Slam sea...

Aug 26, 2024

Trump-backed Alaska Republican withdraws from US House race after third-place finish in primary

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, withdrew from the race for Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House on Friday after finishin...

Aug 26, 2024

Texas, other GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status

Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenshi...

Aug 26, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he's suspending his presidential bid and backing Donald Trump

PHOENIX (AP) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for president Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, a late-stage shakeup of the presidential race that could give the former preside...

Aug 26, 2024