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Ex-diplomat, political newcomer, grandpa. That's Edmundo González, Venezuela's Maduro rival 07/28/2024 01:46am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The past two months were unlike anything Edmundo González Urrutia had ever experienced: He gave political speeches, shook people’s hands and waved from the top of a truck moving through cheering crowds gathered across Venezuela. He also shed the title of ambassador for Muhammad wins UFC welterweight crown, Aspinall retains interim heavyweight crown at UFC 304 07/28/2024 01:32am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Tom Aspinall retained the UFC interim heavyweight championship with a punishing first-round knockout of Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 on Saturday night, setting up the English fighter for a potential colossal matchup with division great Jon Jones. Aspinall rocked Blaydes wit Barcelona wants to get rid of short-term rental units. Will other tourist destinations do the same? 07/28/2024 01:17am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Imagine planning a vacation and not being able to check Airbnb or another online booking site for an apartment in which to spend a few days walking, shopping and eating among the locals. Would a hotel do? That's the future confronting visitors to central Barcelona in four Claressa Shields knocks out Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in 2nd round, winning 4th and 5th titles 07/28/2024 01:00am • DETROIT (AP) — Claressa Shields knocked out WBC heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse early in the second round Saturday night, earning titles in a fourth and fifth division. Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, moved up two weight classes to fight at 175 pounds as a light heavyweight After years of fighting Iowa's strict abortion law, clinics also prepared to follow it 07/28/2024 12:28am • AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect Monday, a drastic change that enrages — but doesn't surprise — Sarah Traxler. When Traxler, an OB-GYN based in Minnesota and the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood North Central St Can tech help solve the Los Angeles homeless crisis? Finding shelter may someday be a click away 07/28/2024 12:19am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billions of dollars have been spent on efforts to get homeless people off the streets in California, but outdated computer systems with error-filled data are all too often unable to provide even basic information like where a shelter bed is open on any given night, inefficiencie Struggling Yankees acquire Jazz Chisholm Jr. from Marlins for 3 minor leaguers 07/28/2024 12:04am • BOSTON (AP) — Looking to spark a struggling club, the New York Yankees acquired Jazz Chisholm Jr. from the Miami Marlins on Saturday for three minor leaguers: catcher Agustín Ramírez, infielder Jared Serna and infielder Abrahan Ramírez. New York entered Saturday 10-23 after a 50-22 start, plagu Jorge Polanco homers twice, adds RBI single to help the Mariners beat the White Sox 6-3 07/27/2024 11:34pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Jorge Polanco hit two solo homers and added an RBI single to help the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Saturday night. The Mariners remained a game behind first-place Houston in the AL West. Cal Raleigh cracked his team-leading 21st homer, and Victor Robles had thr Bell's 3-run homer in 7th inning helps lift Marlins past Brewers 7-3 07/27/2024 11:03pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Josh Bell hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run rally in the seventh inning that lifted the Miami Marlins to a 7-3 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night. “It feels good,” said Bell, who homered for the fourth consecutive game. “For the most part, I Firefighters helped by cooler weather battle blaze that has scorched area size of Los Angeles 07/27/2024 10:59pm • FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the weather Saturday hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than the size of Los Angeles. The blaze was one of several tearing through the western United Sta Irish sisters christen US warship bearing name of their brother, who was lauded for heroism 07/27/2024 10:39pm • BATH, Maine (AP) — With an Irish flag overhead and bagpipes playing, three sisters of an Irish-born recipient of the Navy Cross christened a warship bearing his name on Saturday — and secured a promise that the ship will visit Ireland. The future USS Patrick Gallagher is a guided missile destroy Patrick Wisdom hits grand slam as a pinch hitter in the 7th, the Cubs beat the Royals 9-4 07/27/2024 10:30pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Wisdom hit a grand slam as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, Seiya Suzuki also homered and the Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 9-4 on Saturday night. Wisdom hit for Pete Crow-Armstrong and laced the homer 440-feet off Sam Long into the fountains in lef Technology's grip on modern life is pushing us down a dimly lit path of digital land mines 07/27/2024 09:53pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — “Move fast and break things,” a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was supposed to be a rallying cry for game-changing innovation. It now seems more like an elegy for a society perched on a digital foundation too fragile to withs Mao Saigo shoots 61 to break CPKC Women’s Open record; Haeran Ryu tops leaderboard 07/27/2024 09:26pm • CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Mao Saigo emerged from the wildfire-fed smoky haze Saturday at Earl Grey Golf Club with the lowest round in CPKC Women’s Open history. Five hours later, Haeran Ryu and Lauren Coughlin found themselves well clear of the rest of the field. Taking advantage of calmer conditi Skubal leads Tigers to 7-2 win over Twins in final start before the trade deadline 07/27/2024 09:25pm • DETROIT (AP) — Tarik Skubal gave up five hits and two runs in seven strong innings in his last start before the trade deadline and the Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Saturday night. Javier Báez homered for the third straight game and Colt Keith had a home run and a trip