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White Sox fire manager Pedro Grifol after end of 21-game losing streak that tied AL record 08/08/2024 06:28pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The Chicago White Sox are on course to finish with baseball's worst record of the modern era. Change clearly is needed. The White Sox made a switch in the dugout, firing manager Pedro Grifol and three coaches on Thursday, two days after the team ended a 21-game losing streak that ti Biden hosts World Series champion Texas Rangers at the White House, says they 'embody resilience' 08/08/2024 06:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Texas Rangers visited the White House on Thursday to celebrate their 2023 World Series victory with President Joe Biden, who noted that the team was making a triumphant return to the city where its franchise was born. "You're back in the nation���s capital as world champions Game on: ABC News says Harris, Trump have agreed to presidential debate on Sept. 10 08/08/2024 06:21pm • ABC News says that both Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic counterpart, Kamala Harris, have agreed to meet in a debate on Sept. 10. The network's announcement on Thursday came shortly after Trump told a news conference that he had agreed to three debates with Harris in S Hasanboy Dusmatov wins flyweight gold, adding to Uzbekistan men's dominance at Paris Olympics 08/08/2024 06:15pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Hasanboy Dusmatov held up two fingers and let out a triumphant scream after his hand was lifted in victory on Thursday evening in Olympic boxing. The Uzbek fighter was an Olympic champion for the second time after winning a tough, back-and-forth gold-medal bout against Billal Bennama Defending champion US women's volleyball team beats Brazil in semifinal thriller at Paris Olympics 08/08/2024 05:55pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Karch Kiraly made one request when the decisive fifth set began: Win or lose, make sure to enjoy the moment. The U.S. coach asked his players to take in the atmosphere, one of the best for women's volleyball, with mighty Brazil on the opposite side of the net. Now, Kiraly and the Amer The Latest: Trump and Harris to debate on ABC News in September 08/08/2024 05:44pm • With both major party tickets now decided, the campaign is set to play out as a 90-day sprint, and the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt are prime fronts. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate on ABC, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominee France back in men's basketball gold medal game after win over Germany in Paris Olympics 08/08/2024 05:36pm • PARIS (AP) ��� With blue, white and red flags waving in the stands and cheers blaring around them, France's players took in the moment. Matthew Strazel erupted in dance. Evan Fournier ripped his jersey off and skipped around. Later, the team gathered in a circle at center court as fans erupted in an Thursday's Olympic Medalists 08/08/2024 05:22pm • ATHLETICS Men's 110m Hurdles GOLD_Grant Holloway, United States SILVER_Daniel Roberts, United States BRONZE_Rasheed Broadbell, Jamaica Men's 200m GOLD_Letsile Tebogo, Botswana SILVER_Kenneth Bednarek, United States BRONZE_Noah Lyles, United States Men's Javelin Throw GOLD_Arshad Nadeem, Pakistan SIL Kelsea Ballerini announces new album, 'Patterns.' It isn't what you'd expect: 'I'm team no rules' 08/08/2024 04:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Kelsea Ballerini is beaming. It's not a nervous smile, though she admits to feeling scared. She's been hard at work at her fifth full-length album, ���Patterns,��� and on Oct. 25 the world is finally going to hear it ��� hear her, in a collection of songs she describes as an ���acc US jury convicts Mozambique���s ex-finance minister Manuel Chang in ���tuna bonds��� scandal that roiled nation's economy 08/08/2024 04:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� US jury convicts Mozambique���s ex-finance minister Manuel Chang in ���tuna bonds��� scandal that roiled nation's economy. Greece flies more firefighters to battle a blaze on Crete, and orders new evacuations 08/08/2024 04:00pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greek authorities flew additional forces Thursday to the southern island of Crete, where 250 firefighters battled a wildfire that forced the evacuation of eight villages in mountainous areas. The blaze tore through olive groves, farmland and scrub, damaging irrigation network Suspects in foiled attack on Taylor Swift shows were inspired by Islamic State group, officials say 08/08/2024 03:45pm • VIENNA (AP) ��� Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to p After baby's death, Kentucky parents sue infant formula maker at center of 2022 crisis 08/08/2024 02:30pm • The parents of a Kentucky baby who died last fall after drinking bacteria-tainted infant formula are the latest to sue Abbott Nutrition, the manufacturer at the heart of a 2022 crisis that left millions of Americans scrambling to feed their children. Willow Jade Dellaquila, of Carrollton, Kentucky, Forecasters still predict highly active Atlantic hurricane season in mid-season update 08/08/2024 02:27pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Federal forecasters are still predicting a highly active Atlantic hurricane season thanks to near-record sea surface temperatures and the possibility of La Nina, officials said Thursday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's updated hurricane outlook said atmospheric a Sports on TV for Friday, Aug. 9 08/08/2024 02:05pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Aug. 9 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 5:20 a.m. FS2 ��� AFL: Collingwood at Sydney 2:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS1 ��� AFL: Geelong at Fremantle 11:30 p.m. FS2 ��� AFL: Greater Western Sydney at Brisbane 5:15 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 �