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Josh Naylor and Austin Hedges power MLB-leading Guardians past Orioles 8-4 for 5th straight win 08/02/2024 11:04pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Naylor had three hits and drove in two runs, Austin Hedges had two RBIs and the MLB-leading Cleveland Guardians scored eight consecutive runs in beating the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 on Friday night for their fifth straight win. The Guardians own the best record in baseball at Marcell Ozuna and Orlando Arcia propel Braves past Marlins 5-3 for 6th win in 7 games 08/02/2024 10:47pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Marcell Ozuna hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and the Braves rallied for a 5-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Friday night. The Braves, who lead the NL wild-card race, have won six of seven. Aaron Bummer (3-2) picked up the win in relief of rookie Spencer Schwe Democratic primary in Arizona's 3rd District enters recount range as count continues 08/02/2024 10:39pm • PHOENIX (AP) — The Democratic primary in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District narrowed to a margin of just 0.21 percentage points Friday, within the range of an automatic recount. Former Phoenix City Council member Yassamin Ansari led former state lawmaker Raquel Terán by 89 votes, with 42,523 Defense secretary overrides plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind and two other defendants 08/02/2024 10:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases. The move comes two days after the military commission at Guant Rays place Richie Palacios on 10-day injured list with right knee sprain 08/02/2024 09:03pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Richie Palacios was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday with a right knee sprain. Palacios left Wednesday’s game against Miami with knee discomfort after after banging his right knee on the ground on a head-first slide into second base in the second Orioles prospect Coby Mayo recalled from minors to make MLB debut against Guardians 08/02/2024 08:32pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Coby Mayo, one of the top prospects in baseball, was recalled by the Baltimore Orioles on Friday to make his major league debut against the Cleveland Guardians. Mayo batted .301 with 20 homers and 61 RBIs in 77 games with Triple-A Norfolk, leading the International League wi Iga Swiatek withdraws from Toronto event after winning Olympic bronze 08/02/2024 07:32pm • TORONTO (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek withdrew Friday from a U.S. Open tuneup in Toronto after winning a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. Swiatek was one of several players to withdraw from the National Bank Open, which begins Tuesday. Grand Slam champions Barbora Krejcikova, Elena Rybakina and US to boost military presence in Mideast, sending fighter jet squadron and keeping carrier in region 08/02/2024 07:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said Friday, beefing up the American military presence to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies and safeguard U.S. troops. Defense Proposed law pushes for tougher migrant detention following Texas girl's killing 08/02/2024 07:00pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Family members of a 12-year-old Houston girl who police say was killed by two Venezuelan men who entered the U.S. illegally said Friday that they are supporting legislation that would severely limit the ability of federal immigration authorities to release immigrants they detain. T An assassin, a Putin foe's death, secret talks: How a sweeping US-Russia prisoner swap came together 08/02/2024 06:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — It was December 2022 and the U.S. government's chief hostage negotiator had just delivered Brittney Griner back to America after her 10-month imprisonment in Russia. Roger Carstens went to his hotel room anticipating a quick snooze after several sleepless days and had just put hi Dissidents freed in prisoner swap vow to keep up fight against Putin, recount details of release 08/02/2024 05:50pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was suddenly moved to a detention center in Moscow from a Siberian prison, he thought he was being taken there to be shot. Opposition activist Ilya Yashin said he was warned by a security operative that he would die in prison if he re Germany tops France, Greece alive for Olympic knockout round; Brazil qualifies, Canada also wins 08/02/2024 05:49pm • VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Victor Wembanyama was lurking. Franz Wagner kept going anyway. He slashed into the middle of the lane, and then slipped under the swatting arm of the 7-foot-4 phenom for an emphatic left-handed dunk. It may have been the biggest highlight of Germany's 85-71 win UAW leader says Trump would send the labor movement into reverse if he's elected again 08/02/2024 05:48pm • DETROIT (AP) — Putting Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket increases the Democrats’ chance of winning Michigan and keeping the White House in November, the head of the United Auto Workers union says. In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, Shawn Fain said f Joris Daudet leads a dominant French sweep of Olympic podium in BMX racing at the Paris Games 08/02/2024 05:29pm • MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Joris Daudet joined teammates Sylvain Andre and Romain Mahieu in a wild celebration on the front stretch of the BMX track just outside of Paris on Friday night, where they were serenaded by fans — including French President Emmanuel Macron — after the firs Baltimore's offensive line is in flux after the Ravens lost 3 starters in the offseason 08/02/2024 05:22pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) —He's shown he can play both tackle and guard, and the Ravens face some uncertainty at both of those positions. “I just want to play, and I want to help the team,” Mekari said. “In whatever way that looks like, that’s up to the coaches and front office.” Balt