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Colombia's congress votes to ban bullfights, dealing a blow to the centuries-old tradition 05/29/2024 02:40am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� Colombia���s congress voted Tuesday to ban bullfights in the South American nation, delivering a serious blow to a centuries-old tradition that has inspired famous songs and novels but has become increasingly controversial in the countries where it is still practiced. The b Sweden seeks to answer worried students' questions about NATO and war after its neutrality ends 05/29/2024 02:34am • STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) ��� The teacher's opening question to students in Stockholm is blunt: ���Has joining NATO increased the threat to Sweden?��� Sweden became the Western military alliance's 32nd member in March. The abrupt end to the Scandinavian country���s 200 years of neutrality following Rus Yankees' 3rd baseman DJ LeMahieu makes season debut batting 9th 05/29/2024 01:51am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ��� DJ LeMahieu made his season debut for the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. Albeit in a spot in the batting order he hasn't seen in awhile. LeMahieu batted ninth and went 0 for 3 with a walk in the Yankees' 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. After drawing a walk in the fif Padres reliever Estrada rides good vibes and 'filthy' pitches to a record 13 straight strikeouts 05/29/2024 01:34am • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� In early November, Jeremiah Estrada was waived by the Chicago Cubs. Just more than a month ago, he was in Triple-A. Now he's enjoying some vibes with the San Diego Padres that are so good that he extended his strikeout streak to 13 straight, the most in the expansion era. Estrada Butterflies, bees, bugs and more: The summer of insect-counting gets underway in Germany 05/29/2024 01:33am • BERLIN (AP) ��� In a strip of greenery between Berlin���s Natural History Museum and a busy street, bumble bees move swiftly between flowers while a ladybug makes its way along a leaf full of aphids and bugs crawl about. Gardens, balconies, verges, fields, woods and patches of wilderness across Germ Profar homers and Estrada sets expansion-era strikeout record as the Padres beat the Marlins 4-0 05/29/2024 12:50am • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Jurickson Profar homered and reliever Jeremiah Estrada extended his club-record strikeout streak to 13 straight batters, the most in the expansion era, for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Miami Marlins 4-0 on Tuesday night for their third straight win. Estrada achieved his mile Towns, Edwards lift Wolves over Mavs 105-100 to avoid sweep in West finals 05/29/2024 12:47am • DALLAS (AP) ��� Karl-Anthony Towns finally found his rhythm, and the Timberwolves finally closed a game in the Western Conference finals. Now they head back to Minnesota to see if they can make things even more interesting against Dallas. Towns scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half and the Rangers activate Nathan Eovaldi for 3-inning start in World Series rematch instead of a rehab game 05/29/2024 12:19am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Nathan Eovaldi came off the injured list to start a World Series rematch for the Texas Rangers instead of pitching a rehab game in the minor leagues. ���I felt good, I was definitely excited to be back out there on the mound,��� Eovaldi said after throwing 27 of his 37 pit Stock market today: Asian shares decline after a mixed post-holiday session on Wall Street 05/29/2024 12:12am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday after a mixed session on Wall Street following a three-day holiday weekend. Shares fell in Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney and Hong Kong, but rose in Shanghai. Mainland Chinese markets were lifted by moves by city governments in China to support the prop Seager hits 7th homer in 7 games as Rangers beat Diamondbacks 4-2 in World Series rematch 05/28/2024 11:41pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Corey Seager homered for the seventh time in as many games, putting the Texas Rangers ahead with his three-run shot in their 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night in a rematch of last year's World Series. Seager pulled a pitch by Brandon Pfaadt (2-4) i Freeman and Stone help the Dodgers sweep a doubleheader against the struggling Mets 05/28/2024 11:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Gavin Stone struck out seven in seven innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the reeling New York Mets 3-0 on Tuesday night for a doubleheader sweep. Stone (5-2) allowed three hits and walked none. Alex Vesia got six outs for his second save, finishing a three-hitter. ���Just tr Storms leave widespread outages across Texas, cleanup continues after deadly weekend across US 05/28/2024 10:09pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and about 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people during the Memor Hawaii governor signs housing legislation aimed at helping local residents stay in islands 05/28/2024 09:45pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Tuesday signed legislation meant to jumpstart the construction of more dwellings to address an acute housing shortage that is pushing local-born residents to move to states where the cost of living is less. The measures include requirements for the counti A nice guy: Many in baseball remember scorned and suddenly retired umpire ��ngel Hern��ndez fondly 05/28/2024 09:30pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� After further review, maybe ��ngel Hern��ndez wasn't that bad of a guy. That seemed to be the prevailing sentiment among major league managers and players who reacted to the sudden retirement of the longtime and often scorned umpire, whose big league career began more than three d Proposed gender identity measure fails to qualify for California ballot 05/28/2024 09:06pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Californians won't be voting this November on a policy that would have required schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification. Proponents of a ballot measure to create such a statewide policy announced Tuesday they failed to collect