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Dubai International Airport, busiest for global travel, sees half-year record of 44.9M passengers 08/07/2024 06:10am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport saw a record 44.9 million travelers pass through its terminals in the first half of this year, putting the world's busiest airport for international travel back on track to beat its all-time record, as aviation booms after the coronavi Framber Valdez just misses no-hitter, but keeps right on rolling for Astros 08/07/2024 06:00am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Framber Valdez just missed his second career no-hitter, a few days more than a year after his first. The Houston left-hander still got the victory in a streak of starts that has kept rolling even as the Astros cooled off. Valdez was a strike away from a no-hitter against th 4 hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in connection with Black man’s death 08/07/2024 05:31am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors charged four Milwaukee hotel employees Tuesday with being a party to felony murder in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death. Mitchell was Black. The incident has drawn comparisons to the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who died in 2020 after a white M South Korea Olympic champ An Se-young returns home. Government reviews complaint of poor treatment 08/07/2024 05:02am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean badminton star An Se-young, the women’s singles winner at the Paris Olympics, tempered her criticism of the national team upon her return home Wednesday as government officials look into her comments this week about being forced to play through injuries and Meadows drives in two runs, Montero shuts down Mariners in Tigers' 4-2 win 08/07/2024 01:27am • SEATTLE (AP) — Parker Meadows homered and drove in two runs, Keider Montero pitched six strong innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Tuesday night. Montero (2-5), making the eighth start of his career, allowed just four hits, including Luke Raley's solo homer in the fift Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader in show of defiance 08/07/2024 01:26am • BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader in a dramatic sign of the power of the Palestinian militant group's hardline wing after his predecessor was killed in a presumed Israeli strike in Iran. The Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil 08/07/2024 01:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, including potentially of former President Donald Trump. The case disclosed by the Justice Department on Tuesday comes two years after officials disrupted Dominic Smith scores go-ahead run on wild pitch, helps Red Sox beat Royals 6-5 08/07/2024 12:20am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dominic Smith scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the sixth inning on a call that was overturned on a challenge, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Tuesday night. Smith doubled to open the sixth and moved to third on a single to center field b Bianca Andreescu beaten by Lesia Tsurenko in Toronto in first hard-court match of the season 08/07/2024 12:14am • TORONTO (AP) — Bianca Andreescu's strong start turned into an early exit to her first hard-court tournament of the year, as the Canadian was beaten 0-6, 6-3, 6-4 by Lesia Tsurenko on Tuesday night at the National Bank Open. Andreescu won her home tournament in her 2019 season that was highlighted Imanaga dominant on mound, Paredes has a homer and 4 RBIs and Cubs top Twins 7-3 08/07/2024 12:02am • CHICAGO (AP) — Shota Imanaga gave up two hits through seven innings, Isaac Paredes hit a three-run drive for his first homer with the Cubs, and Chicago beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Tuesday night. Imanaga retired the first 10 hitters he faced before issuing his only walk of the game, then gave u Wood homers, triples and scores four runs, and the Nationals beat the Giants 11-5 08/06/2024 11:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — James Wood homered, tripled and scored four runs, and the Washington Nationals erased a quick four-run deficit to beat the San Francisco Giants 11-5 on Tuesday night. Wood also walked twice and stole two bases for the Nationals, who have won three of four after losing five straig 4 killed when single-engine plane crashes in Oklahoma City 08/06/2024 11:35pm • Four people were killed when a small airplane crashed Tuesday afternoon in Oklahoma City, local authorities said. The plane crashed about 1:30 p.m. at Sundance Airport, a small airport on the outskirts of the city, according to Oklahoma City Fire Capt. John Chenoweth. He said the National Transporta Scott, Pham each hit two-run homers in the Cardinals' 4-3 win over the Rays 08/06/2024 11:14pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Victor Scott II and Tommy Pham each hit two-run homers, Sammy Gray pitched seven innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series. Scott, who was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Sunday, hit his first big league Willy Adames hits a pair of 2-run homers to help the Brewers rout the Braves 10-0 08/06/2024 11:09pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Willy Adames hit a pair of two-run homers and the Milwaukee Brewers routed the Atlanta Braves 10-0, handing them their third straight loss Tuesday night. Colin Rea (10-3) dominated the Braves for seven innings, striking out a season-high nine batters while allowing five hits and one Kirk hits 3-run HR, Bassitt fans season-best 9 as Blue Jays beat Orioles 5-2 08/06/2024 10:50pm • TORONTO (AP) — Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run home run, Chris Bassitt struck out a season-high nine in seven innings to snap a three-start losing streak and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Tuesday night. Addison Barger hit a two-run double in Toronto’s five-run sixth inni