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Israel bombards Hezbollah, killing a top commander, while families flee southern Lebanon 09/25/2024 01:27am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander Tuesday as part of a two-day bombing campaign that has left more than 560 people dead and prompted thousands in southern Lebanon to seek refuge from the widening conflict. With the two sides on the brink of all-out war, Hezbollah launched dozen Wilson gets winning hit in 9th as A's open final series at Coliseum with 5-4 victory over Rangers 09/25/2024 01:20am • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ��� Jacob Wilson's single with one out in the ninth inning gave the Oakland Athletics a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night in the opener of their final series at the Coliseum. Zack Gelof stole second after leading the inning off with a single, and Wilson hit the Heyward, Bregman and Tucker homer as Astros beat Mariners 4-3 to clinch 4th straight AL West title 09/25/2024 12:40am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Jason Heyward hit a go-ahead, two-run homer and made a dazzling defensive play as the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Tuesday night to clinch their fourth consecutive AL West championship. Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker each added a solo home run for the Astros, who ar Astros overcome terrible start to clinch 4th straight AL West title 09/25/2024 12:19am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Trailing the Seattle Mariners by 10 games in mid-June, the Houston Astros were undoubtedly down. But first-year manager Joe Espada worked every day to remind his team it was far from out. ���`We got this,'��� he recalled telling the players. ���`We are a good team. We've just got t The chunkiest of chunks face off in Alaska's Fat Bear Week 09/25/2024 12:05am • An Alaska national park's yearly celebration of the beefy, brown and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest bears on the planet fatten up for their long winter slumber. Fat Bear Week doesn't officially start at Katmai National Park and Preserve until Oct. 2, when fans can begin voting 12 Singaporean military personnel injured when 2 armored vehicles collide in Australia 09/25/2024 12:04am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Twelve military personnel have been injured when two Singaporean armored vehicles collided during a training exercise in Australia, officials said Wednesday. The personnel ���sustained non-serious injuries��� when one Hunter Armored Fighting Vehicle ���rear-ended anothe Marlins put reeling Twins in deeper trouble in wild-card race with 4-1 win 09/24/2024 11:43pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� The cratering Minnesota Twins took another step backward in the American League wild-card race, as Jonah Bride homered to spark a four-run second inning off Bailey Ober for the 99-loss Miami Marlins in a 4-1 victory on Tuesday night. Bride had three hits, while Nick Fortes and X Mets star Francisco Lindor misses 8th straight game with back pain, but could return Wednesday 09/24/2024 11:27pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor missed his eighth straight game with back discomfort Tuesday night but was on deck to pinch hit when New York made the final out of a 5-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Lindor ���could be in play" for Wednesday ��� althou Royals seize on throwing error in 10th to beat Nationals 1-0 and hold on to 2nd AL wild card 09/24/2024 11:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Kyle Isbel snapped Kansas City's 27-inning scoreless streak by sprinting home on a throwing error in the 10th inning, Cole Ragans gave up three hits in six innings, and the Royals held on to the second American League wild card with a 1-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Hong Kong editors who face prison in sedition case told court about journalistic ideals 09/24/2024 10:51pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Writing to the Hong Kong court that convicted him of sedition, former Stand News editor Patrick Lam said he regretted missing a chance to tell a police officer about independent journalism. Lam and his ex-colleague Chung Pui-kuen, both former top editors of the now-shuttered Stand Cody Bellinger drives in 4 runs in the Cubs' 10-4 win over the Phillies 09/24/2024 10:02pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Cody Bellinger tripled, singled twice and drove in four runs, and the Chicago Cubs routed the Philadelphia Phillies 10-4 on Tuesday night. Kyle Schwarber hit his 38th homer of the season and Bryce Harper hit his 30th for the Phillies, who clinched their first NL East title in 1 Ukraine's president calls for unspecified global 'action' to force Russia into peace 09/24/2024 09:48pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Ukraine���s president dismissed the notion of peace talks with Moscow on Tuesday, calling instead for unspecified global ���action��� to force Russia into peace for invading his country and to comply with the U.N. Charter���s requirement that every country respect the soverei Pac-12 files a federal lawsuit against Mountain West over $43 million in 'poaching' penalties 09/24/2024 09:44pm • The Pac-12 is suing the Mountain West over what it calls an unlawful and unenforceable ���poaching penalty��� that would cost the rebuilding conference more than $40 million for adding Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State and San Diego State, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal cour Assistant coach Twila Kilgore steps down from U.S. women's soccer team 09/24/2024 09:13pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Assistant coach Twila Kilgore is leaving the U.S. women's national team to pursue other opportunities. U.S. Soccer announced Kilgore's departure on Tuesday. Kilgore served as interim U.S. head coach after Vlatko Andonovski stepped down last summer following the Americans' loss in t What to know from the UN: Biden stops by, Gaza takes the spotlight, a dour world outlook prevails 09/24/2024 09:10pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The world's leaders gathered in New York for the beginning of their annual meeting at the U.N. General Assembly. Let���s just say the vibe was pretty grim. Leader after leader spoke of the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Sudan, climate problems, exclusion from U.N. decision making