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Double Duty: For Danny Jansen, playing for both teams in same game is chance at baseball history

BOSTON (AP) - Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen is enjoying his odd slice of baseball history as he prepares to become the first major league player to appear in the same game for both teams. Jansen...

Aug 25, 2024

National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Hector has formed in eastern Pacific

HONOLULU (AP) - The National Hurricane Center has tweeted that a new tropical storm, Hector, has formed well out at sea in the eastern Pacific. There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect, the...

Aug 25, 2024

Under sea and over land, the Paris Paralympics flame is lit before beginning an exceptional journey

Two weeks after French star swimmer Lon Marchand extinguished the Olympic flame to close the Paris Olympics, the spotlight is now on its Paralympic counterpart.British Paralympians Helene Raynsford an...

Aug 25, 2024

Babe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey sells at auction for over $24 million

DALLAS (AP) - The jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot during the 1932 World Series, hitting a home run to center field, sold at auction early Sunday for over $24 million. Heritage Auctions s...

Aug 25, 2024

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

NASA decided Saturday it's too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing's troubled new capsule, and they'll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX. What should have been...

Aug 25, 2024

2 separate bus accidents in Pakistan leave at least 35 people dead, officials say

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Two separate bus accidents hours apart in Pakistan on Sunday left at least 35 people dead and dozens more injured, officials said. The first happened when a bus carrying Shiite Muslim...

Aug 25, 2024

German police say a 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be Solingen knife attacker

SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - German police said early Sunday that a 26-year-old man turned himself in, claiming to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded. Dsseld...

Aug 25, 2024

German police say a 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be Solingen knife attacker

SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - German police said early Sunday that a 26-year-old man turned himself in, claiming to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded. Dsseld...

Aug 25, 2024

Israel says it is staging airstrikes inside Lebanon targeting the Shiite militia Hezbollah

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel launched airstrikes inside Lebanon early Sunday that its military said targeted positions of the Shiite militia Hezbollah. In a statement, the Israeli military accused Hezbolla...

Aug 24, 2024

Israel stages heavy airstrikes in Lebanon. It says they are pre-emptive strikes against Hezbollah

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel launched a series of intense airstrikes in southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it said was a pre-emptive strike against the Hezbollah militant group, threatening to trigger a...

Aug 24, 2024