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Former No. 1 Naomi Osaka announces split from coach Wim Fissette 09/14/2024 07:53am • LONDON (AP) — Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka has announced that she's no longer working with coach Wim Fissette. Osaka had expressed frustration with her recent results after a second-round exit at the U.S. Open just over two weeks ago. The 26-year-old Osaka won two of her four Grand Slam titles w Rodríguez hits 3-run homer in 8th, Mariners beat Rangers 5-4 to spoil deGrom's return 09/14/2024 02:12am • SEATTLE (AP) — Julio Rodríguez hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning to help spoil Jacob deGrom’s return to the mound and send the Seattle Mariners to a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night. Back after undergoing Tommy John surgery in April 2023, DeGrom left after 3 2/3 in Lynx beat the Sky for their 5th straight victory 09/14/2024 01:12am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Napheesa Collier scored 20 points, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Chicago Sky 83-66 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory. Collier also grabbed eight rebounds for Minnesota (28-9), which has won 12 of 13 overall. Courtney Williams had 14 points and 10 assists, and Al Yankees moving Marcus Stroman to the bullpen next week 09/14/2024 12:36am • NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Stroman will be moved into the bullpen by the New York Yankees next week as they attempt to hold off Baltimore in a close race for the AL East crown. New York has a day off Monday before beginning a six-game trip to Seattle and Oakland, so the Yankees will return to a five-m Clock is ticking for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic aid 09/14/2024 12:13am • From the looks of it, the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert hasn’t done too much with the $24 million it received in federal pandemic aid. The site where it plans to spend most of the money for a crime victims center remains an empty plot of dirt. And just one-quarter of its funds are obligated for projec Embattled Democratic senators steer clear of Kamala Harris buzz but hope it helps 09/14/2024 12:10am • BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has made protecting reproductive freedom for women central to his campaign to remain the sole remaining Democrat to hold statewide elective office in Big Sky Country. He has campaigned with Planned Parenthood officials, advertised heavily in suppo Kylin James' late touchdown run lifts UNLV over Kansas 23-20 09/13/2024 11:53pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kylin James scored on fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line with 1:51 left to lift UNLV past Kansas 23-20 Friday night at Children's Mercy Park. The Jayhawks are playing all their games away from Lawrence, Kan., this season because of construction on their stadium. UNLV (3 Trump refuses to criticize Laura Loomer amid concerns from Republican allies about her influence 09/13/2024 11:43pm • RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Donald Trump refused on Friday to condemn recent racist and conspiratorial comments from right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer, who traveled with him earlier this week to Tuesday night's presidential debate and several 9/11 memorial events. “Laura’s been a supp Former MLS MVP Carlos Vela is finalizing a deal to return to the club, an AP source says 09/13/2024 11:33pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles FC is finalizing a deal to re-sign former Major League Soccer MVP Carlos Vela for the playoff push, a person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday night because the deal hasn't been completed. The Alejandro Kirk's winning hit in 11th inning pushes Blue Jays past Cardinals 4-3 09/13/2024 11:20pm • TORONTO (AP) — Alejandro Kirk drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded single in the 11th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series. After the Cardinals intentionally walked Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to begin the 11th, Le Trump and Vance are still stoking fears of Haitian migrants, as Ohio community faces bomb threats 09/13/2024 11:02pm • Donald Trump and his running mate on Friday continued to disparage Haitian migrants in an Ohio community, further fueling false claims the Republicans have promoted even as the city saw bomb threats and school evacuations and local officials called for a cooling of the anti-immigrant rhetoric. “We Salvador Perez hits a 2-run homer, Alec Marsh strikes out 11 and Royals beat Pirates 8-3 09/13/2024 10:43pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Salvador Perez and Kyle Isbel hit home runs and drove in two runs each, Alec Marsh struck out 11 in 5 1/3 innings, and the Kansas City Royals snapped Pittsburgh’s four-game winning streak with an 8-3 victory over the Pirates on Friday night. Perez’s two-run shot to the bullpe Spencer Schwellenbach stifles Shohei Ohtani, Braves beat Dodgers 6-2 09/13/2024 10:38pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Spencer Schwellenbach kept Shohei Ohtani in the park and off the bases, while Gio Urshela and Jorge Soler went deep for the Atlanta Braves in a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on a damp Friday night. Ohtani was hitless in four at-bats with two strikeouts, putting a hold on Mystics hold off Dream 72-69 to move into tie for final WNBA playoff spot 09/13/2024 10:23pm • COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Brittney Sykes scored 20 points and the Washington Mystics held off the Atlanta Dream 72-69 on Friday night to move into a tie for the final postseason spot. Washington (13-24) pulled even with the Chicago Sky for the No. 8 seed, while knocking Atlanta (12-25) a game off t Power outages bring frustration to New Orleans residents post-Francine 09/13/2024 10:17pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two days after Hurricane Francine knocked out power for nearly half a million people in Louisiana, Alexandra Canary was still waiting for the electricity in her area to come back online. As her fridge continued to thaw out, the New Orleans resident began to clean out condiments