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Scott Rolen credits his parents, Fred McGriff thanks fellow players at Hall of Fame induction 07/23/2023 06:13pm • COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The greatest moment of Scott Rolen’s 17-year career didn’t come during his 2006 World Series run with the St. Louis Cardinals or even during his outstanding first full season in 1997 with the Philadelphia Phillies, which earned him unanimous National League Rookie of t Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US 07/23/2023 05:50pm • DALLAS (AP) — As the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Fahima Sultani and her fellow university students tried for days to get into the Kabul airport, only to be turned away by gun-wielding extremists. “No education, just go back home,” she recalled one shout One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology 07/23/2023 05:25pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few miles upstream from the state capitol where lawmakers have promoted coal for more than a century. The U.S. climate law th Slingsby puts Aussies in SailGP lead; former F1 champ Vettel takes German boat for a spin 07/22/2023 10:53pm • Three-time defending SailGP champion Tom Slingsby and Team Australia navigated through a tight course and marginal conditions to take the lead of the Oracle Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix with finishes of first, second and fourth Saturday in fleet races on the Port of L.A.'s Outer Harbor. Minutes after Wheelchair pioneers Esther Vergeer and Rick Draney enshrined in International Tennis Hall 07/22/2023 07:16pm • NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Esther Vergeer put up eye-popping numbers during her career in wheelchair tennis, piling them up as the sport grew and became a Grand Slam event. Now, her accomplishments will be on display forever after she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday d Geaux Rocket Ride beats Mage in $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park 07/22/2023 07:06pm • OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Geaux Rocket Ride won the $1 million Haskell Stakes in a mild surprise, beating Kentucky Derby winner Mage by 1 3/4 lengths on Saturday at Monmouth Park. It was another Haskell win for the Hall of Fame duo of trainer Richard Mandella and jockey Mike Smith. Mandella is Teenager Alex Michelsen beats 4-time champ Isner in Newport semis, will face Mannarino in final 07/22/2023 06:34pm • NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Teenager Alex Michelsen beat four-time tournament champion John Isner 7-6 (6), 6-4 in an all-American semifinal at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island, on Saturday. The 18-year-old Michelsen, playing in his second career ATP tournament after winning a challenger tou Grichuk's go-ahead RBI single in the ninth rallies Rockies past Marlins 4-3 07/22/2023 05:18pm • MIAMI (AP) — After Colorado mounted a late comeback win against the Miami Marlins on Saturday, right-hander Justin Lawrence credited the success of the bullpen for helping the Rockies win five of seven games since the All-Star break. Lawrence worked a scoreless ninth inning for his seventh save a Man convicted in stray-bullet killing of Puerto Rican Olympian's mom in her Connecticut home 07/22/2023 04:21pm • A Connecticut man has been convicted of murder in the stray-bullet killing of the mother of a two-time Olympian rifle shooter from Puerto Rico. A jury found Franklin Robinson, 40, guilty Friday in the death of Mabel Martinez Antongiorgi. The 56-year-old was in her sewing and crafts room in Waterbury Drone hits Crimean ammunition depot as strikes kill, wound civilians and journalists in Ukraine 07/22/2023 04:04pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone strike Saturday caused a massive explosion at an ammunition depot in Russia-annexed Crimea, forcing the evacuation of nearby homes in the latest attack since Moscow canceled a landmark grain deal amid Kyiv's grinding efforts to retake its occupied territories Court strikes down limits on filming of police in Arizona 07/22/2023 03:53pm • PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that an Arizona law limiting how close people can get to recording law enforcement is unconstitutional, citing infringement against a clearly established right to film police doing their jobs. The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi permane Migrants face misery in Tunisia. Rights activists fear that the EU deal will make things even worse 07/22/2023 12:53pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Migrants in Tunisia’s port city of Sfax who are aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for escalating tensions deeply tinged with racism, amid the fears of European leaders who are trying to stanch the numbers of people arriving at the Calls to collect jury duty fines are scams, Maryland court says 07/22/2023 11:03am • The federal court for the District of Maryland is warning citizens not to fall for false jury service claims from scam callers. Officials said these callers are impersonating court administrators, U.S. Marshals and state and federal law enforcement officers who claim victims will be hauled off to Class action lawsuit targets Johns Hopkins Univ. after health system data breach 07/22/2023 07:44am • A class action lawsuit in Maryland is targeting Johns Hopkins University after its associated health system was subjected to a data breach in late May. The university system is being blamed for exposing personal health information and personally identifiable data like health information and socia 2 Orange Line stations reopen, Metro moves on to Green Line construction 07/22/2023 07:00am • After the reopening of two stations on Metro's Orange Line, the D.C.-area transit agency turns its attention to the Green Line with construction starting Saturday. Between Saturday, July 22 and Sept. 4, the transit agency will shut down five Green Line stations between Fort Totten and Greenbelt.