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New England fishermen sentenced in complex herring fraud case 07/15/2024 09:58pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Several commercial fishermen in New England have been sentenced in a fraud scheme that centered on a critically important species of bait fish and that prosecutors described as complex and wide-ranging. The fishermen were sentenced for “knowingly subverting commercial fish Paul Skenes in spotlight, starting All-Star Game after just 11 major league games 07/15/2024 08:39pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Paul Skenes looked like a summer intern reporting for duty in a light gray suit, white shirt and cream-colored tie, teenage acne on his face and wonder in his voice. In a ballpark filled with six dozen All-Stars, the 22-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher with 11 major leag Griff has opened for some of pop's biggest stars. Now she has a debut album of her own to tour 07/15/2024 12:05pm • British singer-songwriter Griff’s career has been an undeniable whirlwind. Less than two years after releasing her first single — and finishing her A-level exams — she won the Brit Award for Rising Star. Then she opened for Dua Lipa. Then Ed Sheeran. Then Coldplay. Then Taylor Swift. In betwe Simone Biles has moved past Tokyo. If critics can't, she says that's their problem, not hers 07/15/2024 11:32am • Simone Biles has spent the last three years moving past the Tokyo Olympics. The gymnastics superstar understands not everyone has. No matter how many national titles she wins or how times she stands atop the podium at the world championships, Biles knows she remains frozen in time to critics unwilli She grew up in McLean. Now she’s part of one of the ‘greatest sports dynasties' in US sports — and heading to her 2nd Olympics 07/15/2024 05:24am • Growing up in McLean, Virginia, Claire Collins played almost every sport you can think of. Soccer, basketball, lacrosse and volleyball — and she swam, too, in the summers with the Northern Virginia Swimming League. But it was a sport she took up in high school that has made her a two-time O Hard-working striker Mikel Oyarzabal emerges as Spain's unlikely hero in Euro 2024 final 07/14/2024 08:36pm • BERLIN (AP) — While Spain’s exhilarating youngsters led the charge to a record fourth European Championship, it fell to a player who has lived through the hard side of soccer to clinch the title. Mikel Oyarzabal went on as a second-half substitute and scored the championship-winning goal when he Best Peer-to-Peer Lending Websites for Investors 07/14/2024 08:00pm • When fixed income just doesn't cut it, some investors turn to peer-to-peer lending platforms for above-market returns. Peer-to-peer lending has three competitive advantages: First, the platforms' proprietary credit evaluation algorithms can look beyond FICO scores to determine a borrower's creditwor The 25 Best Affordable Places to Live in the U.S. in 2024-2025 07/14/2024 08:00pm • When choosing a new place to settle, the cost of living is a major consideration. It's no surprise that a survey of more than 3,000 U.S. residents on the importance of various factors in determining where to live reflected rising consumer concerns about housing affordability and increased cost of go Exercising Safely After Having a Blood Clot 07/14/2024 08:00pm • If you've ever fallen and scraped your knee, you know that any bleeding eventually stops, thanks to blood clots. Clotting is nature's way of helping stanch the blood flow from a cut or wound. More specifically, after getting a superficial scrape, the damage to small blood vessels causes bleeding. Th Treason and espionage cases are rising in Russia since the war in Ukraine began 07/14/2024 04:32pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Maksim Kolker’s phone rang at 6 a.m., and the voice on the other end said his father had been arrested, he thought it was a scam to extort money. A day earlier, he had taken his father, prominent Russian physicist Dmitry Kolker, to the hospital in his native Novosibi Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76 07/14/2024 01:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Simmons, television's hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better, died Saturday. He turned 76 on Friday. Simmons died at his home in Los Angeles, his p Reagan survived an assassination attempt and his response changed the trajectory of his presidency 07/14/2024 10:37am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The would-be assassin got off six shots in 1.7 seconds, nearly taking the life of a president and changing the trajectory of a presidency. It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to What to know about the growing number of treason and espionage cases in today's Russia under Putin 07/14/2024 12:44am • Treason cases were rare in Russia 30 years ago, with only a handful brought annually. In the past decade and especially since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, however, the number has soared, along with espionage prosecutions. They are ensnaring citizens and foreigners alike. Recent victims range from K Noel hits 2-run pinch-hit homer in the 8th as Guardians beat Rays 4-2 07/13/2024 08:19pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, (AP) — Jhonkensy Noel hit a two-run pinch-hit homer in the eighth inning, and the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 to stop a three-game skid on Saturday. Noel connected on his fourth homer in 35 at-bats since being called up from Triple-A Colu Minnesota Republican Tayler Rahm drops out to clear path for Joe Teirab in competitive US House race 07/13/2024 06:05pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans got a straighter path to potential victory Saturday in what is expected to be Minnesota's closest congressional race when GOP-endorsed candidate Tayler Rahm dropped out of a primary fight against the better-funded Joe Teirab, who already had tacit backing from key Ho