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Michael Conforto's two-run single keys 4-run 10th inning as Giants beat Nationals 9-5 08/08/2024 06:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Conforto's two-run single highlighted a four-run 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 9-5 on Thursday after squandering a three-run lead in the ninth inning. Mike Yastrzemski grounded up the middle leading off the tenth against Robert Gar White Sox fire manager Pedro Grifol after end of 21-game losing streak that tied AL record 08/08/2024 06:28pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox are on course to finish with baseball's worst record of the modern era. Change clearly is needed. The White Sox made a switch in the dugout, firing manager Pedro Grifol and three coaches on Thursday, two days after the team ended a 21-game losing streak that ti Biden hosts World Series champion Texas Rangers at the White House, says they 'embody resilience' 08/08/2024 06:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Texas Rangers visited the White House on Thursday to celebrate their 2023 World Series victory with President Joe Biden, who noted that the team was making a triumphant return to the city where its franchise was born. "You're back in the nation’s capital as world champions Luis Arráez caps 3-run 9th with RBI double, Padres rally for 7-6 win and series sweep of Pirates 08/08/2024 06:20pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Luis Arráez hit an RBI double to cap a three-run ninth inning that put the San Diego Padres ahead for a 7-6 win and series sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon. With San Diego down 5-4, Pirates closer David Bednar (3-4) gave up a single to Xander Bogaerts and wa Defending champion US women's volleyball team beats Brazil in semifinal thriller at Paris Olympics 08/08/2024 05:55pm • PARIS (AP) — Karch Kiraly made one request when the decisive fifth set began: Win or lose, make sure to enjoy the moment. The U.S. coach asked his players to take in the atmosphere, one of the best for women's volleyball, with mighty Brazil on the opposite side of the net. Now, Kiraly and the Amer The Latest: Trump and Harris to debate on ABC News in September 08/08/2024 05:44pm • With both major party tickets now decided, the campaign is set to play out as a 90-day sprint, and the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt are prime fronts. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate on ABC, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominee Powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleads guilty to traveling to Europe to pay for sex with minor 08/08/2024 05:44pm • FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor. Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand Forks, admitted in court that he had paid young male masseuses, with some of whom he ha Missouri voters pass constitutional amendment requiring increased Kansas City police funding 08/08/2024 05:41pm • Missouri voters have once again passed a constitutional amendment requiring Kansas City to spend at least a quarter of its budget on police, up from 20% previously. Tuesday’s vote highlights tension between Republicans in power statewide who are concerned about the possibility of police funding b Dead woman found entangled in baggage machinery at Chicago airport 08/08/2024 05:38pm • Firefighters found a dead woman entangled in machinery Thursday in a non-public baggage-processing area at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Larry Langford, a spokesperson for the Chicago Fire Department, said firefighters were called to the airport around 7:45 a.m. for a report of a person Wall Street rallies to its best day since 2022 on encouraging unemployment data; S&P 500 jumps 2.3% 08/08/2024 05:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied Thursday in Wall Street’s latest sharp swerve after a better-than-expected report on unemployment eased worries about the slowing economy. The S&P 500 jumped 2.3% for its best day since 2022 and shaved off all but 0.5% of its loss from what was a brutal s West Virginia corrections officers plead guilty to not intervening as colleagues fatally beat inmate 08/08/2024 05:32pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia correctional officers accused of failing to intervene as their colleagues beat an incarcerated man to death in 2022 pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday. Former Southern Regional Jail employees Jacob Boothe and Ashley Toney admitted to violating 37-y Utah bans 13 books at schools, including popular “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series, under new law 08/08/2024 05:27pm • Thirteen popular books have been banned from all public schools in Utah in the first wave of bans expected under a new law that prohibits books when at least three of the state’s 41 school district boards claim they contain pornographic or indecent material. Allowing just a few districts to make The Latest: Debby moves inland as the tropical depression soaks the Carolinas 08/08/2024 05:19pm • As Tropical Depression Debby drenches the Carolinas, heavy rainfall from the tropical storm is also expected to cause flooding across portions of the mid-Atlantic states and Northeast through Saturday morning. Meanwhile, residents as far away as the Great Lakes and New Jersey have also experienced h Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks her own world record, wins Olympic gold again in 400-meter hurdles 08/08/2024 05:16pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone insists and insists that her biggest competition in any race are those 10 hurdles that circle the track. These days, those are no problem. The real thing she's running against is the clock. McLaughlin-Levrone once again broke her own world rec Novak Djokovic pulls out of the Cincinnati Open tuneup ahead of the US Open 08/08/2024 04:34pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, less than a week after the 37-year-old from Serbia collected his first Olympic gold medal. The Cincinnati event announced his withdrawal. Djokovic won last year's title there; this year's tournament starts next week an