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Torrid NL West is baseball's hottest division race with Dodgers, Padres and Diamondbacks 08/15/2024 05:24pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� The Arizona Diamondbacks are in the midst of a stretch that most big-league clubs can only dream about, winners of six straight games, 20 of 25 since the All-Star break and 30 of 40 since late June. Certainly, that should be enough to take control of the NL West. Right? Not even clo No. 12 Utah banking on improved health of offensive playmakers to fulfill expectations in Big 12 08/15/2024 05:14pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� Cam Rising was all smiles when Utah opened training camp ahead of its inaugural Big 12 Conference season. Rising soaked in the thrill of being on the field again after not playing a down last season because of a knee injury he suffered in the Rose Bowl two days into 2023. Now Iraq's Yazidis hope a new village will prompt survivors of a 2014 Islamic State massacre to return 08/15/2024 05:12pm • KOCHO, Iraq (AP) ��� Ten years ago, their village in Iraq's Sinjar region was decimated by Islamic State militants. Yazidi men and boys were separated and massacred, Yazidi women and children were abducted, many raped or taken as slaves. Now the survivors are coming back to Kocho, where Yazidi comm Alaska State Troopers beat, stunned and used dog in violent arrest of wrong man, charges say 08/15/2024 05:08pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ��� Two Alaska State Troopers who pepper-sprayed, beat, stunned and used a police dog on a man in a case of mistaken identity have been charged with assault, authorities said Thursday. Charging documents said the troopers ��� canine handler Jason Woodruff and Sgt. Joseph Mille Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico's presidential vote in June, is finally declared president-elect 08/15/2024 04:51pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman who won Mexico���s June 2 presidential vote, has finally been formally declared Mexico���s President-elect, the first woman to hold the office in Mexico. At a ceremony Thursday, the former Mexico City mayor was handed the legal ruling declaring her t 'Feared for my life': Jury now has case of DC man who says fatal shooting of 13-year-old was self-defense 08/15/2024 03:30pm • Was it self-defense or murder? A D.C. jury is now weighing the fate of a man who fatally shot a 13-year-old boy after encountering the teen breaking into cars in his neighborhood last year. Jason Lewis, 42, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Karon Bla NBA schedule released. Among highlights: Celtics-Knicks on ring night, Durant going back to school 08/15/2024 03:14pm • Boston will get its championship rings on Oct. 22, and the rival New York Knicks will be there for the celebration. The NBA schedule was released Thursday for the coming season, and Game 1 on the slate is the Celtics hosting the Knicks on opening night ��� the one where the NBA champions will get Jets QB Rodgers shines in two-minute drill. Panthers avoid key injuries in heated joint practice 08/15/2024 03:00pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers overcame a slow start to lead a well-executed touchdown drive during a two-minute drill, and the Carolina Panthers appear to have avoided two key injuries during a heated joint practice on Thursday. After throwing two interceptions ear Bears assistant Jennifer King was a successful basketball coach but couldn't pass up NFL opportunity 08/15/2024 02:56pm • Jennifer King was a champion women���s basketball coach when she made a tough decision to pursue a career in football. She hasn���t had to look back. Within three years of switching sports, King became the first Black female full-time coach in the NFL when Washington hired her in 2021 as an as Buffalo Bills starting linebacker Matt Milano out indefinitely with torn left bicep 08/15/2024 02:32pm • The Buffalo Bills will once again have to make due without the backbone of their defense with linebacker Matt Milano out indefinitely and expected to miss at least the first few months of the season with a torn left biceps. Bills coach Sean McDermott called it ���an unfortunate situation,��� in prov Biden, Harris greeted by chants of 'Thank you, Joe' at 1st joint event since he exited race 08/15/2024 02:30pm • (WASHINGTON) ��� President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris held their first joint event since Biden exited the 2024 race and endorsed her to take his place atop the Democratic ticket. The two walked out together to cheers to deliver remarks on stage at Prince George's County Commun Gena Rowlands, acting powerhouse and star of movies by her director-husband, John Cassavetes, dies 08/15/2024 02:11pm • Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and who later charmed audiences in her son's tear-jerker ���The Notebook,��� has died. She was 94. Ro Katy Perry to be given the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV VMAs 08/15/2024 02:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Katy Perry will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards next month. She will also perform. Previous recipients include Shakira, Beyonc��, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna and Missy Elliott. Perry will return to the MTV VMA sta Spring training schedule to open Feb. 20 with Cubs-Dodgers in Glendale, Arizona 08/15/2024 02:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The 2025 spring training schedule opens Feb. 20 when the Los Angeles Dodgers host the Chicago Cubs in the Cactus League opener at Glendale, Arizona, and Grapefruit League play starts the following day when the New York Yankees host the Rays at Tampa, Florida. All 30 teams are sched Is freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith the next big thing for No. 2 Ohio State? 08/15/2024 01:24pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Jeremiah Smith was being called the next big thing at Ohio State long before he arrived on campus. The pass-catching prodigy from Miami Gardens, Florida, was the country's top-rated recruit when he got to Columbus as an early enrollee in January amid a frenzy of hype. Since t