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Alabama, civic groups spar over law restricting assistance with absentee ballot applications 07/31/2024 06:21pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ��� The Alabama attorney general���s office on Wednesday described a new ban on providing voters with absentee ballot application assistance as ���commonsense ballot integrity,��� while lawyers challenging the restrictions said they have halted important civic work in the commu Many top swimmers are going slower than expected in the Olympic pool. Is it too shallow? 07/31/2024 06:14pm • NANTERRE, France (AP) ��� The atmosphere for Olympic swimming is electrifying. The times? Not so much. Through the first four days of competition in the portable pool at La Defense Arena, no world records were set. That finally changed in the final race Wednesday night when Pan Zhanle of China broke Pham drives in 2 runs, McGreevy wins his MLB debut and the Cardinals beat the Rangers 10-1 07/31/2024 05:59pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Tommy Pham started in left field for St. Louis, getting three hits and two RBIs, and Michael McGreevy pitched seven innings in his MLB debut to lift the Cardinals to a 10-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. Pham returned to St. Louis on Tuesday and debuted with a pinch- Fermin and Pasquantino homer as Royals hand White Sox 17th straight loss, 10-3 07/31/2024 05:57pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Freddy Fermin launched a two-run homer among his four hits and the Kansas City Royals pounded the White Sox 10-3 on Wednesday, extending Chicago���s franchise-record losing streak to 17 games. Vinnie Pasquantino added a two-run shot and finished with three RBIs. Salvador Perez had t Coco Gauff loses twice in a day in doubles and her Paris Olympics are finished 07/31/2024 05:44pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Coco Gauff lost in women's doubles and mixed doubles at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, ending her first Summer Games a day after her tearful exit in singles. ���At the end of the day, it���s over,��� the 20-year-old American said. ���I���ll try to take the positive out of it and do Rafael Nadal isn't sure whether he will play in Paris again after his Olympics end in a doubles loss 07/31/2024 05:34pm • PARIS (AP) ��� When it was over, when Rafael Nadal's Paris Games ��� and his Olympic career ��� ended with a doubles loss in a stadium central to his legacy because it hosts the French Open, which he's won a record 14 times, he soaked in the applause accompanying his exit from the red clay. Was this US road safety agency will look into fatal crash near Seattle involving Tesla using automated system 07/31/2024 05:29pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� U.S. road safety investigators say they will look into an April crash near Seattle after authorities determined that a Tesla was operating on the company's ���Full Self-Driving��� system when it hit and killed a motorcyclist. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said W Paris Olympics surfing heats postponed for second day in Tahiti due to unfavorable conditions 07/31/2024 05:17pm • TEAHUPO���O, Tahiti (AP) ��� Heats of the Paris Olympics surfing competition were postponed through Wednesday afternoon in Tahiti because of unfavorable conditions. Standing in a circle on shore, officials deliberated whether or not to go ahead on Wednesday morning after returning from a boat ride t Greg Dulcich has made it back to the Broncos' main field after two injury-marred seasons 07/31/2024 05:01pm • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) ��� A grin chased the grimace from Greg Dulcich's face as the Denver Broncos ' star-crossed tight end peered toward the side field at the team's training complex following Wednesday's practice. Over the past two years, Dulcich has practically worn out the grass on the side fie Jackson Holliday's grand slam lifts the Orioles to a 10-4 victory over the Blue Jays 07/31/2024 04:52pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Jackson Holliday returned to the major leagues with a flourish, hitting a fifth-inning grand slam for his first career home run to help the Baltimore Orioles to a 10-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. Holliday, the No. 1 pick in the 2022 draft and baseball's top Houston Police trying to contact victims after 4,017 sexual assault cases were shelved, chief says 07/31/2024 04:40pm • The interim police chief of Houston said Wednesday that poor communication by department leaders is to blame for the continuation of a ���bad��� policy that allowed officers to drop more than 264,000 cases, including more than 4,000 sexual assault cases and at least two homicides. Interim Chief Larr Killing of Hamas political leader points to diverging paths for Israel, US on cease-fire 07/31/2024 04:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Israel's suspected killing of Hamas' political leader in the heart of Tehran, coming after a week in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahupromised U.S. lawmakers he would continue his war against Hamas until ���total victory,��� points to an Israeli leader ever more openly at o Woman denied abortion at a Kansas hospital sues, alleging her life was put at risk 07/31/2024 04:33pm • MISSION, Kan. (AP) ��� A woman who was denied an abortion at a Kansas hospital after suffering a pregnancy complication that her attorneys say put her at risk of sepsis and even death is suing in a case that already prompted a federal investigation. Mylissa Farmer, of Joplin, Missouri, filed the la Defending champion South Carolina women to host UConn on Feb. 16 07/31/2024 04:25pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� Don't forget to save the date ��� South Carolina will face UConn in what figures to be one of the most highly anticipated matchups of the women's college basketball season. South Carolina announced the game at Colonial Life Arena for Sunday, Feb. 16. The defending national ch GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine opposes fall ballot effort to replace troubled political mapmaking system 07/31/2024 03:57pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that he will work to defeat a fall ballot issue aimed at remaking the state���s troubled political mapmaking system, and, if it passes, work with state lawmakers next year to advance a competing amendment based on the Iowa model