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Wenceel Pérez's two-out single in the 11th lifts Tigers to improbable 6-5 win over Royals 08/03/2024 10:31pm • DETROIT (AP) — Wenceel Pérez singled with two out in the 11th inning and the Detroit Tigers rallied three times to beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Saturday night. The Tigers trailed in the ninth, 10th and 11th innings, and ended a five-game losing streak. Kansas City had won five straight. “ US rolls into Olympic quarterfinals as No. 1 seed, top Puerto Rico 104-83 in group finale 08/03/2024 01:55pm • VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics. And now the real games start. Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, six players reached double figures for the U.S. and the Americans wrapped up the top spot co Gleyber Torres pulled by Aaron Boone for lack of hustle in Yankees' 8-5 loss to Blue Jays 08/03/2024 01:30am • NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres was removed Friday night from an 8-5 loss to Toronto by manager Aaron Boone for not hustling, sending a message to the clubhouse of a team that has struggled since mid-June. Torres did not run hard out of the batter’s box on his 110.7 mph dri North Korean leader accuses South Korea of a smear campaign over floods and hints at rejecting aid 08/02/2024 11:45pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un accused South Korea’s “rubbish” media of tarnishing the North’s image by allegedly exaggerating the death tolls from recent floods that hit the country’s northwest region, and hinted that he would refuse Seoul’s offer for aid. K A North Carolina Republican who mocked women for abortions runs ad with his wife's own story 08/02/2024 05:33pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has been battered for months by his Democratic rival and other adversaries for seeking additional abortion restrictions beyond current state law and for past comments upbraiding women on the issue. “Abortion in t Jubilant boxer David De Pina secures the first-ever Olympic medal for Cape Verde 08/02/2024 05:19pm • VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Cape Verde boxer David De Pina clinched his island nation's first Olympic medal with a quarterfinal victory Friday in the boxing tournament at the Paris Games. Cape Verde, a nation of about 600,000 people on 10 isles more than 300 miles west of continental Africa, had nev Analysis: Simone Biles' greatest power might be the toughness that's been there all along 08/02/2024 04:53pm • PARIS (AP) — In the early days after she was adopted by her grandparents, Simone Biles, a preschooler at the time, put herself in charge of younger sister Adria. Part of it was Biles doing what big sisters do. Part of it was trying to give Adria something familiar to hold onto as they adjusted to Spanish basketball great Rudy Fernandez's run of six Olympic appearances comes to an end 08/02/2024 02:58pm • VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — The post from the Spanish basketball federation to congratulate Rudy Fernandez on his career came immediately after the game, and only one word was necessary. “Gracias.” Fernandez's sixth and final Olympics — and presumably, North Dakota voters will decide whether to abolish property taxes 08/02/2024 02:22pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota voters will decide this fall whether to eliminate property taxes in what would be a first for a state and a major change that officials initially estimate would require more than $1 billion every year in replacement revenue. Secretary of State Michael Howe's offi Federal government awards $150 million to reduce emissions in Virginia 08/02/2024 01:03pm • Virginia is the recipient of two federal grants to capture climate changing emissions, one focused on methane and another on promoting natural solutions to capture carbon. The funds, about $150 million, are from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant progra Prisoner Swap Latest: Freed Americans return to US soil and emotional welcome 08/02/2024 12:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia completed a 24-person prisoner swap on Thursday, the largest in post-Soviet history, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, accor Best Credit Cards for Book Lovers 08/01/2024 08:00pm • To all my fellow bookworms out there, Aug. 9 is Book Lovers Day. So obviously we need to add to our TBR piles this day with a new haul. And what better way than to earn rewards while doing it? It's good for the economy. Since so many of us drop upward of $100 each time we go book shopping (please do How the Family Opportunity Mortgage Can Help You Buy a Home for Your Elderly Parents 08/01/2024 08:00pm • If your elderly parents want to move into a new home but can't obtain financing on their own, you might be able to help through a loan commonly known as the Family Opportunity Mortgage. The Family Opportunity Mortgage makes it easier for children to purchase or refinance a home for their parents. He Getting the most out of Micah Parsons a priority for Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer 08/01/2024 06:57pm • OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer has never had a player like Micah Parsons who can be used in so many different ways. Parsons has never been coached the way Zimmer is working with him. Put them together, the Zimmer-Parsons relationship seems poised to unlock t 4 Las Vegas teens agree to plead guilty as juveniles in deadly beating of high school student 08/01/2024 06:24pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four Las Vegas teenagers accused in the fatal beating of their high school classmate have agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a deal that will keep them from being tried as adults, lawyers said Thursday. The teens originally were charged in January as adults with s