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Braves sign IF Gio Urshela after Austin Riley goes on IL with broken hand 08/20/2024 05:40pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� The Atlanta Braves found themselves plugging another massive hole in their lineup Tuesday, signing infielder Gio Urshela after third baseman Austin Riley went on the injured list with a broken hand. The 32-year-old Urshela batted .243 with five homers and 37 RBIs for the Detroit Tig Weeks after floods, Vermont businesses struggling to get visitors to return 08/20/2024 05:38pm • BURKE, Vt. (AP) ��� Two bouts of flooding from storms in July has hampered businesses and destinations in an economically depressed section of northern Vermont, with some still closed as they continue to repair damage and others urging visitors, who were deterred by the weather, to make the trip. K 49ers rookie receiver Jacob Cowing capitalizes on chance to get on the field 08/20/2024 05:24pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ��� When it comes to the wide receiver room for the San Francisco 49ers this summer, more of the focus has been on the players not practicing than those who are. Star wideout Brandon Aiyuk is still refusing to practice as part of a contract ���hold in��� five weeks after arr Witness recalls man struggling to breathe before dying at guards' hands in Michigan mall 08/20/2024 05:21pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) ��� A man held on the ground by security guards at a Detroit-area shopping mall repeatedly said, ���I can���t breathe,��� before the confrontation ended with his death, a witness testified Tuesday, more than 10 years later. McKenzie Cochran, 25, was crying out at Northland Center Spanish woman believed to be the oldest person in the world has died at age 117 08/20/2024 04:56pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Maria Branyas, an American-born Spaniard considered the world���s oldest person at 117 years old, has died, her family said on Tuesday. In a post on Branyas' X account, her family wrote in Catalan: ���Maria Branyas has left us. She has gone the way she wanted: in her sleep, at peace, Trump���s post of fake Taylor Swift endorsement is his latest embrace of AI-generated images 08/20/2024 04:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump has been active on his social accounts as Democrats gather for their convention in Chicago, but some of his posts don���t have much to do with reality. Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, he posted a fake image of someone who looks like Vice Mike Greenberg takes over as host of ESPN's 'Sunday NFL Countdown' 08/20/2024 04:46pm • BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) ��� Mike Greenberg will be the host of ESPN's ���Sunday NFL Countdown��� when the show begins its 40th season on Sept. 8. Greenberg becomes the fourth host in the show's history. Bob Ley hosted the first year in 1985, when it was called ���NFL GameDay,��� followed by Chris Berman A new setback hits a Boeing jet: US will require inspection of pilot seats on 787s 08/20/2024 04:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Federal safety officials are requiring inspections of cockpit seats on Boeing 787 Dreamliners after one of the jets went into a dive when the captain���s seat lurched forward without warning and disconnected the plane's autopilot system. Boeing also has stopped test flights of a Crossing between a government and opposition-held area in Syria closes after violence 08/20/2024 04:37pm • IDLIB, Syria (AP) ��� A key crossing inside Syria between an area held by the government and one held by the opposition was closed again on Tuesday after violence followed its brief reopening this week. A local activist and a war monitor said that opposition groups protested the reopening of the Ab Manassas grocery store announces recall of ground beef 08/20/2024 04:31pm • A Food Lion grocery store in Manassas, Virginia, has recalled four types of in-store prepared ground beef, citing the detection of small fragments of plastic and metal. The Food Lion, located at 6306 Hoadly Road in Manassas, is warning customers who may have purchased 73%, 80%, 85% and 93% lean f RFK Jr. shows up too late to testify in court against Democrats' ballot challenge in Pennsylvania 08/20/2024 04:29pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� Robert F. Kennedy Jr. showed up too late to testify Tuesday in a court case in Pennsylvania where Democratic activists are trying to bar him from the ballot for president in the premier battleground state, prompting testy exchanges between the judge and Kennedy���s lawyer. L 'We still have a lot of work to do here': Gov. Youngkin touts marginally improved test scores in Virginia 08/20/2024 03:41pm • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. Virginia students made small strides on reading After series of injuries, Jalon Daniels to start at QB for No. 22 Kansas in season opener next week 08/20/2024 03:32pm • LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) ��� Jalon Daniels will be under center when No. 22 Kansas opens the season against Lindenwood next week. Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold confirmed Tuesday the electrifying but injury-prone quarterback had remained healthy through fall camp and would be ready for the game on Aug. 29. NASCAR close to regular-season finish with playoffs on the line, F1 back in action after a month off 08/20/2024 02:59pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Coke Zero Sugar 400 Site: Daytona Beach, Florida. Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 5:05 p.m.; Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (NBC). Track: Daytona International Speedway. Race distance: 160 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Chris Buescher continued his hot run, winning for a th WNBA players would like more time off after the Olympics are over before league play resumes 08/20/2024 02:57pm • The WNBA didn't waste anytime returning to the hardwood after the Olympics and the quick turnaround following the Paris Games is something players may look to change in the next collective bargaining agreement. Teams started playing games four days after the Paris Games ended, including Breanna Stew