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The Latest: Biden decries 'extremism' on the Supreme Court, lays out plans for reforms 07/29/2024 08:56pm • President Joe Biden decried “extremism” that he says has undermined public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court. He has called on Congress to quickly establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court’s nine justices. He also called on lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amend Pickleball for Retirees: What Is It and How to Play 07/29/2024 08:00pm • Pickleball has gained popularity in recent years, especially among retirees. It combines different aspects of tennis, badminton and table tennis, and is played on a court with two to four people. If you're interested in trying pickleball, here's what to know ahead of your first game: -- What is pick Northern Arizona ramps up enthusiasm headed into Shane Burcar's sixth season 07/29/2024 07:39pm • FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Northern Arizona's players attack each drill, each sprint with vigor, the sounds of squeaking shoes and shouts of encouragement filling the thin mountain air. The final day of summer workouts, like the first or last day of fall camp, is filled with possibilities and enthus Tottenham signs Yang, the most recent East Asian addition to soccer teams in England 07/29/2024 07:37pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur's signing of South Korean teenager Yang Min-hyuk was the latest in a number of East Asian players to move to England in 2024 as clubs look for the next Son Heung-min. The European exploits of Son, captain of Tottenham and South Korea� Rangers activate 3B Josh Jung and LHP Cody Bradford, among 11 moves after Michael Lorenzen traded 07/29/2024 07:31pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Texas Rangers activated third baseman Josh Jung and left-hander Cody Bradford from the 60-day injured list Monday, among moves involving 11 players that the reigning World Series champions made after trading right-handed starter Michael Lorenzen. Right-hander Jon Gray was pla Cardinals acquire RHP Erick Fedde and OF Tommy Pham as part of a 3-team trade 07/29/2024 07:10pm • The St. Louis Cardinals acquired right-hander Erick Fedde and outfielder Tommy Pham on Monday as part of a three-team trade that also moved hard-throwing reliever Michael Kopech to the Los Angeles Dodgers. St. Louis got Fedde and Pham from the major league-worst Chicago White Sox, who also sent Kope Cody Bellinger reinstated from injured list by Cubs 07/29/2024 06:52pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Chicago Cubs outfielder Cody Bellinger was reinstated from the 10-day injured list before Monday's game at Cincinnati. The Cubs announced the move less than an hour before the first pitch. Earlier Monday, manager Craig Counsell said Bellinger was still days away from being reinst Mets cut reliever Jake Diekman and promote fellow lefty Matt Gage from Triple-A Syracuse 07/29/2024 06:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In a surprising move Monday, the New York Mets cut veteran reliever Jake Diekman and promoted fellow left-hander Matt Gage from Triple-A Syracuse. Diekman was 2-3 with a 5.63 ERA and four saves in a team-high 43 appearances after signing a $4 million, one-year contract with the Met Utility cuts natural gas service to landslide-stricken Southern California neighborhood 07/29/2024 06:23pm • RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Natural gas service to 135 homes was being cut Monday in a neighborhood on Southern California's Palos Verdes Peninsula due to worsening conditions in an area where a long-running landslide has damaged houses, roads and utilities, authorities said. Southern Calif Robinson campaign calls North Carolina agency report on wife's nonprofit politically motivated 07/29/2024 06:14pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A state review's findings of operating and administrative issues by a nonprofit owned by North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife while implementing a child care food program “are politically motivated at the core," Robinson's campaign said Monday. A compliance review A’ja Wilson dominates as US women beat Japan 102-76 to open campaign for 8th straight Olympic gold 07/29/2024 05:59pm • VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Brittney Griner dominated the paint and helped the U.S. win its Olympic opener as the Americans chase an unprecedented eighth straight gold medal. Wilson had 24 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocked shots to help the U.S. beat Japa Voting group asks S. Carolina court to order redraw of US House districts that lean too Republican 07/29/2024 05:58pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group that works to protect and expand voting rights is asking South Carolina's highest court to order lawmakers to redraw the state's U.S. House districts because they lean too far Republican. South Carolina’s congressional map was upheld two months ago in a 6-3 U.S. Sup With DUI-related ejection from Army, deputy who killed Massey should have raised flags, experts say 07/29/2024 05:57pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois sheriff's deputy charged in the shooting death of Sonya Massey was kicked out of the Army for the first of two drunken driving convictions in which he had a weapon in his car, authorities said, but that didn't stop multiple law enforcement agencies from giving Paris Olympics Day 3: Nadal loses in what is likely his final singles match of storied career 07/29/2024 05:43pm • PARIS (AP) — On the clay court where he won 14 French Open titles, Rafael Nadal likely bid adieu to Roland Garros on Day 3 of the Paris Olympics. Nadal was feted Monday by a rowdy crowd as he met Novak Djokovic in the second round of the men's tennis tournament for a record 60th — and probably f In New York, a ballot referendum meant to protect abortion may not use the word 'abortion' 07/29/2024 05:38pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed amendment to New York’s Constitution that's intended to protect abortion rights might appear on the ballot this fall without any mention of the word “abortion.” That’s partly because of sharp disagreements about what the so-called Equal Rights Amendment would