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Australian rugby sevens captain and 3-time Olympian Nick Malouf retires from the sport 08/23/2024 10:07pm • SYDNEY (AP) — Australia men’s rugby sevens captain and three-time Olympian Nick Malouf has announced his retirement following the Paris Games. The 31-year-old Malouf, who played in 61 world series tournaments and scored 82 tries for 410 points, made the announcement in a Rugby Australia statemen The Padres reinstate Yu Darvish from the restricted list and return him to the 15-day injured list 08/23/2024 09:52pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yu Darvish returned to the San Diego Padres on Friday to a warm welcome from his teammates and got right to work, although he’s not sure when he’ll return to game action. The 38-year-old right-hander was reinstated from the restricted list and returned to the 15-day injured li Arbitration hearing between Canadian railroads and union ends with no decision on back-to-work order 08/23/2024 09:06pm • TORONTO (AP) — A workers union on Friday threatened a strike at one of Canada’s two major freight railroads, only hours after the company’s trains restarted following a potentially devastating stoppage. A government-ordered arbitration hearing wrapped up without a decision, and Canadian Nation Jason Heyward gets caught in Dodgers roster crunch, leaving Freddie Freeman without his best friend 08/23/2024 08:58pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman has lost seeing his best friend every day and the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse is without a respected presence who mentored the younger players. Veteran outfielder Jason Heyward was cut loose Thursday, two days after his pinch-hit, go-ahead three-run homer gave Iranian hackers targeted WhatsApp accounts of staffers in Biden, Trump administrations, Meta says 08/23/2024 08:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The same Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns tried to go after the WhatsApp accounts of staffers in the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Meta Platforms said Friday. Meta Filly Caitlinhergrtness wins $1 million King's Plate in leg of the Canadian triple crown 08/23/2024 08:27pm • TORONTO (AP) — Caitlinhergrtness overtook My Boy Prince in the deep stretch and won the 165th running of the $1 million King’s Plate on Friday, one of the Canadian triple crown races. Caiitlinhergrtness, a 3-year-old filly ridden by Rafael Hernandez and sent off at 9-1 odds, won the 1 1/4-mile r The Latest: RFK Jr. suspends his campaign and backs Trump 08/23/2024 08:13pm • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced he is suspending, not ending, his campaign for president and will seek to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states because he believes his presence in the race would help Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris accepted her party’s 3 Detroit-area mall guards not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in man’s death in 2014 08/23/2024 08:06pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury swiftly acquitted three security guards of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the death of a man who was held to the floor at a Detroit-area mall in 2014, a case that was closed without charges years ago but reopened by state prosecutors. The jury of eight women and fo Big 12 leaders to discuss potentially inviting UConn after school makes pitch, AP sources say 08/23/2024 07:50pm • Big 12 presidents are scheduled next week to discuss potentially inviting UConn to the conference after school officials made an in-person pitch to the league that included a hefty investment in the Huskies' struggling football program, two people familiar with the discussions told The Associated Pr Tigers SS Javier Báez placed on injured list with hip, spine inflammation 08/23/2024 07:31pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Detroit Tigers placed shortstop Javier Báez on the 10-day injured list on Friday with right hip and lumbar spine inflammation. Manager A.J. Hinch said they will know more about the injury after Báez undergoes more tests. Báez, who made his return to Wrigley Field on Tuesday, FACT FOCUS: A look back at some of the questionable claims made during the Democratic convention 08/23/2024 07:10pm • The Democrats' star-studded, four-day convention drew to a close as Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the party's nomination for president. The festivities were high on entertainment and praise for Harris and running mate Tim Walz. But while most speakers stuck to the script — and the facts †Texas, other GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status 08/23/2024 07:07pm • 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 citizenship. The coalition filed suit Friday to halt the program launched by President Joe Biden in June, sayi UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar's Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting 08/23/2024 06:18pm • BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N.’s human rights chief joined a chorus of concern Friday for members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority after many were reported killed in recent fighting between the military government and the Arakan Army, an armed ethnic rebel group. According to a statement Arizona receiver Zay Jones suspended 5 games for violating NFL's personal conduct policy 08/23/2024 04:36pm • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals receiver Zay Jones has been suspended without pay for the first five games of the season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, the league announced on Friday. The league did not disclose a reason for the suspension. In 2023, Jones was arrested on Kansas judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment 08/23/2024 04:13pm • A federal judge in Kansas has tossed out a machine gun possession charge and questioned if bans on the weapons violate the Second Amendment. If upheld on appeal, the ruling by U.S. District Judge John W. Broomes in Wichita could have a sweeping impact on the regulation of machine guns, including hom