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MLB bans Tucupita Marcano for life for betting on baseball, four others get one-year suspensions

NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball permanently banned San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano on Tuesday for betting on baseball and suspended four other players for one year after finding the ...

Jun 04, 2024

Garland to slam attacks on the Justice Department, telling lawmakers: 'I will not be intimidated'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Merrick Garland will forcefully rebuke what he described as "unprecedented" attacks on the Justice Department Tuesday, telling Republicans who have sought to hold hi...

Jun 04, 2024

Hunter Biden's federal firearms case opens after jury is chosen, with first lady again sitting in

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Lawyers will make their opening statements Tuesday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden's son Hunter after a jury was seated for the trial while the first lady w...

Jun 04, 2024

South Korea is suspending a military deal with North Korea after tensions over North's balloons

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's government has approved the suspension of a contentious military agreement with North Korea, a step that would allow it to take tougher responses to North Korea...

Jun 03, 2024

China's spacecraft carrying rocks from the far side of the moon leaves the lunar surface

BEIJING (AP) - China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon has lifted off from the lunar surface to start its journey back to Earth. The ascender of the Chang'...

Jun 03, 2024

India's marathon election enters final stage of vote counting with Modi widely tipped for third term

NEW DELHI (AP) - India's marathon election enters its final phase on Tuesday with the counting of more than 640 million votes in the world's largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to r...

Jun 03, 2024

Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to seek independent reelection bid amid federal corruption trial

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat who is on trial on federal bribery charges in New York, has filed to run as an independent candidate for reelection. Menendez, 70, ha...

Jun 03, 2024

Padres' Tucupita Marcano under investigation by MLB for gambling on baseball, AP source says

NEW YORK (AP) - San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano is under investigation by Major League Baseball for allegedly betting on baseball and could be subject to a possible lifetime ban, according...

Jun 03, 2024

Police detain pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside San Francisco building housing Israeli Consulate

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Police on Monday detained pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied the lobby of a San Francisco building that houses the Israeli Consulate. It was not immediately clear how many...

Jun 03, 2024

Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A person found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration, in addition to prison time. Louisiana lawmakers gave fin...

Jun 03, 2024