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As political convention comes to Chicago, residents, leaders and activists vie for the spotlight 08/17/2024 12:10am • CHICAGO (AP) — As the American city that has hosted more political conventions than any other, Chicago has pretty much seen it all. Presidential candidates have been made official in Chicago more than two dozen times since Abraham Lincoln in 1860, including the infamous 1968 convention, where poli Carlos Santana puts the Twins ahead again, this time with 3-run HR in 4-3 win over Rangers 08/16/2024 11:50pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Carlos Santana hit a tiebreaking three-run homer, Ryan Jeffers also went deep using a bat that looked like a pencil and the playoff-contending Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Friday night. A night after hitting a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, Sa Judge hits 44th homer and Cole pitches Yankees past Tigers 3-0 08/16/2024 11:45pm • DETROIT (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 44th home run and Gerrit Cole struck out eight in six innings as the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 3-0 on Friday night. Oswald Peraza also went deep in his first big league game this season for the Yankees, who improved to 4-0 agai Masataka Yoshida homers and has 4 RBIs, Red Sox outlast Orioles 12-10 08/16/2024 11:25pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Masataka Yoshida homered and had four RBIs and the Boston Red Sox pounded All-Star Corbin Burnes before holding on to beat the Baltimore Orioles 12-10 on Friday night. Burnes (12-5) gave up eight runs and 10 hits — both career highs — in four innings. It was a performance unbe Rhyne Howard scores 30, Tina Charles hits winning shot as Dream beat Storm 83-81 08/16/2024 10:38pm • COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Rhyne Howard scored a season-high 30 points, Allisha Gray added 19 and Tina Charles scored in the post with 1.1 seconds left to help the Atlanta Dream beat the Seattle Storm 83-81 on Friday night to snap an eight-game losing streak. Charles finished with 16 points and Jor Turner's bases-loaded single in the 9th gives NL East-leading Phillies a 3-2 win over Nationals 08/16/2024 10:35pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner hit a bases-loaded single to the base of the wall over a drawn-in outfield in the bottom of the ninth and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Washington 3-2 on Friday night after the Nationals tied the game with two runs in the top of the inning. Turner finished with thr Frustrated Carlos Alcaraz smashes his racket in 3-set loss to Gael Monfils at Cincinnati Open 08/16/2024 10:05pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz repeatedly smashed his racket on the court in a rare show of frustration on Friday, and the four-time Grand Slam winner fell to Gael Monfils 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 at the Cincinnati Open. In a match that was suspended by rain on Thursday night with the players in a se San Francisco goes after websites that make AI deepfake nudes of women and girls 08/16/2024 09:39pm • Nearly a year after AI-generated nude images of high school girls upended a community in southern Spain, a juvenile court this summer sentenced 15 of their classmates to a year of probation. But the artificial intelligence tool used to create the harmful deepfakes is still easily accessible on the i Twins starter Joe Ryan gets confirmation of shoulder strain that will keep him out indefinitely 08/16/2024 08:45pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Minnesota Twins starter Joe Ryan got a second opinion that confirmed the team's initial diagnosis of a significantly strained muscle in his throwing shoulder that will keep the right-hander sidelined for an extended period. Twins trainer Nick Paparesta said Friday that Rya Typhoon Ampil moves away from Japan as train services resume and no major damage is reported 08/16/2024 08:34pm • TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon that slammed the Tokyo area with heavy rains and brought mudslide warnings in northern Japan headed eastward out into the Pacific Ocean away from the coast Saturday. There were no reports of major damage. Tokyo and nearby areas were back to normal under sunny skies. Hurricane Ernesto lashes Bermuda as wealthy British territory closes down 08/16/2024 08:18pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto began to pound Bermuda late Friday with heavy winds and rain after officials in the tiny British territory in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean opened shelters and closed government offices. The Category 2 storm located 95 miles (150 kilometers) south- Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take hold 08/16/2024 08:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plummeted 33% in July to the lowest level since September 2020, a result of asylum being temporarily suspended, authorities said Friday. The Border Patrol made 56,408 arrests last month, down from 83,536 arrests in June, accor Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class 08/16/2024 08:09pm • MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing every day,” said Jean-Baptiste, who was absent 30 days his first year. “That gets very frustrating.” Then h Rockies release veteran catcher Elías Díaz, call up rookie replacement Drew Romo 08/16/2024 08:09pm • DENVER (AP) — Catcher Elías Díaz, a fixture in the Colorado Rockies’ lineup for nearly five years, was given his unconditional release Friday, two days after the team placed him on waivers. Díaz’s release was the latest move in the Rockies’ ongoing youth movement. The club selected the co Rangers' Max Scherzer says he can still pitch at a high level despite recent injury history 08/16/2024 07:42pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Three-time Cy Young Award winner and active strikeout leader Max Scherzer, who has started only once for the Texas Rangers since turning 40 last month, threw a 25-pitch bullpen session Friday and said his injuries this season haven't made him reconsider whether he wants to