California drought takes toll on world’s top almond producer
By TERENCE CHEA Associated Press FIREBAUGH, Calif. (AP) — A deepening drought threatens California’s $6 billion almond industry, which produces…
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GOP hits Biden despite divides over Afghanistan withdrawal
By WILL WEISSERT and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are lining up to blister President Joe Biden’s handling of…
Continue Reading Death toll from Haiti’s weekend earthquake rises to 1,941
By MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Officials in Haiti have raised the death toll from a powerful weekend…
Continue Reading‘We are all living with fear’: Afghans who worked with US desperate to leave as Kabul falls
By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Mike Conte and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Now that the Taliban are in control of Kabul, Ismail is afraid to leave his…
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LEADING OFF: Red Sox-Yanks twinbill, Cabrera tries for 500
By The Associated Press The Yankees host the Red Sox in a day-night doubleheader as the longtime rivals jostle for playoff position. Boston holds one…
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LEADING OFF: Red Sox-Yanks twinbill, Cabrera tries for 500
By The Associated Press The Yankees host the Red Sox in a day-night doubleheader as the longtime rivals jostle for playoff position. Boston holds one…
Continue Reading Nevada governor: No masks at events that require vaccines
By KEN RITTER and SAM METZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Large events like concerts and football games in one of the nation’s…
Continue Reading Nevada governor: No masks at events that require vaccines
By KEN RITTER and SAM METZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Large events like concerts and football games in one of the nation’s…
Continue Reading Man charged with wrong-way LA crash that killed girlfriend
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors allege that a man whose girlfriend was killed and four children injured in a Los Angeles freeway crash deliberately…
Continue Reading Cron homers with one out in 9th, Rockies beat Padres 6-5
By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — C.J. Cron hit a solo homer in the ninth inning to give the Colorado Rockies a 6-5 win over the San…
Continue Reading Cron homers with one out in 9th, Rockies beat Padres 6-5
By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — C.J. Cron hit a solo homer in the ninth inning to give the Colorado Rockies a 6-5 win over the San…
Continue Reading Cron homers with one out in 9th, Rockies beat Padres 6-5
By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — C.J. Cron hit a solo homer in the ninth inning to give the Colorado Rockies a 6-5 win over the San…
Continue Reading Hendriks gets save as White Sox beat Athletics 5-2
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Eloy Jiménez hit a tiebreaking RBI single and Liam Hendriks got the save against his former team,…
Continue Reading Hendriks gets save as White Sox beat Athletics 5-2
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Eloy Jiménez hit a tiebreaking RBI single and Liam Hendriks got the save against his former team,…
Continue Reading Hendriks gets save as White Sox beat Athletics 5-2
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Eloy Jiménez hit a tiebreaking RBI single and Liam Hendriks got the save against his former team,…
Continue ReadingNaomi Osaka pauses press conference in tears after exchange with reporter
By Jill Martin, CNN Naomi Osaka, preparing to compete in her first tennis tournament since the Tokyo Olympics, briefly took a break during a…
Continue ReadingPop star Kris Wu formally arrested in China on suspicion of rape
By Jessie Yeung and Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu has been formally arrested on suspicion of rape, prosecutors in Beijing said in…
Continue Reading Perez’s 8th-inning single sends Royals past Astros, 7-6
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez drove in the go-ahead runs with a two-out single in the eighth inning,…
Continue Reading Perez’s 8th-inning single sends Royals past Astros, 7-6
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez drove in the go-ahead runs with a two-out single in the eighth inning,…
Continue ReadingVolunteers solicited from DHS immigration agency for Afghanistan support
By Geneva Sands, CNN The Biden administration asked federal employees from US Citizenship and Immigration Services to volunteer for assignments to…
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