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Pirates move 6-foot-7 error-prone shortstop Oneil Cruz to center field 08/26/2024 05:57pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates’ Oneil Cruz is switching positions, moving from shortstop to center field. Cruz is likely to be the designated hitter for the three-game series against the Chicago Cubs that starts Monday night. He will go through pregame workouts during the early part of Social platform X edits AI chatbot after election officials warn that it spreads misinformation 08/26/2024 05:52pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The social media platform X has made a change to its AI chatbot after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation. Top election officials from Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington sent a letter this month to Elon Musk complaining Players who began Alabama careers as national champs try to help their coach do the same 08/26/2024 05:50pm • TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Malachi Moore watched Alabama’s last national championship triumph from the sidelines as a freshman standout with an injury. It was way back in January 2021, and now the fifth-year safety is one of only a handful of Crimson Tide players still around from the title team th Analysis: Big 12 must ask not only why UConn, but why now as Yormark remains open for business 08/26/2024 05:08pm • As Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark steps up discussions in the conference about adding UConn, the question isn't so much why invite the Huskies as why do it now. “There has never been a better time than right now to be part of the Big 12,” Yormark said in July at Big 12 football media days. Bu Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel launches more strikes on Lebanon, state media and witnesses say 08/26/2024 05:02pm • After a short-lived calm following a heavy exchange of strikes between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, fighting resumed Monday. State media and witnesses reported that Israeli strikes targeted the Lebanese border village of Tair Harfa and an area of the coastal city of Sidon on Mon With their massive resources, corporations could be champions of racial equity but often waver 08/26/2024 04:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Forward Through Ferguson has made its mark on its community and the St. Louis region by focusing on justice and education, racial equity and policing reform. The Missouri nonprofit was founded in 2015 to enact the societal changes outlined in the Ferguson Commission report to addre Rams linebacker Ernest Jones doesn't practice after being given permission to seek trade 08/26/2024 04:49pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Rams linebacker Ernest Jones did not practice Monday after being given permission to seek a trade. Jones took to social media on Sunday to clarify that he never requested a trade, posting on X before deleting it. Coach Sean McVay confirmed Jones’ statement and said Pennsylvania museum to sell painting in settlement with heirs of Jewish family that fled the Nazis 08/26/2024 04:48pm • A Pennsylvania museum has agreed to sell a 16th century portrait that once belonged to a Jewish family that was forced to part with it while fleeing Nazi Germany before World War II. The Allentown Art Museum will auction “Portrait of George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony," settling a restitution clai Ashton Lambie is pursuing the America's Cup while his wife Chris Birch aims for outer space 08/26/2024 04:46pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Pushing boundaries and going fast was always in the sporting DNAs of cyclists Ashton Lambie and Chris Birch, whether it was speeding around velodromes or across the gravel backroads of the Great Plains. Ultimately, they had hoped to compete in the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. W Death of woman on 1st day of Burning Man festival under investigation 08/26/2024 04:19pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities said Monday that they are investigating the death of a woman at the counterculture festival known as Burning Man, which is held annually in the northern Nevada desert. The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said emergency personnel responded to a call about a woman fo Unusually cold storm that frosted West Coast peaks provided a hint of winter in August 08/26/2024 04:15pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ski season is still at least several months away, but the unusually cold storm that frosted West Coast mountain peaks late last week brought a hint of winter in August. The calendar briefly skipped ahead to November as the system dropped out of the Gulf of Alaska, down through t Amanda Lorenz wins Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball individual championship 08/26/2024 02:47pm • Amanda Lorenz hopes winning the Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball individual championship is a definitive step towards achieving her dream. Lorenz, who played her college softball at Florida, tied for the league lead with a .373 batting average and had a .569 slugging percentage. The outfielder hopes Bus lane tickets in DC are declining, but thousands are still getting caught 08/26/2024 02:12pm • Thousands of drivers are getting caught parking or standing in one of D.C.'s dedicated bus lanes or bus zones, but the number has started to decline, according to Sharon Kershbaum, acting director of D.C.'s Department of Transportation. In January, the agency started giving citations to a Maryland woman competes on reality TV series 'The Anonymous' on USA Network 08/26/2024 02:04pm • A Charles County, Maryland, woman is competing on the cutthroat TV series "The Anonymous" on USA Network. Episode 4 airs Monday at 11 p.m. — fittingly right after WWE's "Monday Night Raw." "I'm gonna lay the smack down right on 'em," Tyrenna Tolbert told WTOP. "I'm so excited to see what Defendant in Titan submersible wrongful death lawsuit files to move case to federal court 08/26/2024 02:01pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the implosion of an undersea submersible headed to the wreck of the Titanic is seeking to move the case from state to federal court. Janicki Industries filed a petition on Aug. 12 to remove the case to U.S. Dist