Associated Press PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities struggled to get water and other supplies to isolated, flood-stricken areas across the U.S. Southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene as the death toll from the storm rose to nearly 100. A North Carolina county that includes the mountain city of Asheville reported 30 people killed due
Continue Reading Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The Freedom Party secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria on Sunday, finishing ahead of the governing conservatives after tapping into anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other issues. But its chances of governing were unclear. Preliminary official results showed the Freedom Party finishing
Continue Reading Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colón rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion, strolling past a security guard side-by-side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Sporting suits and sunglasses, the pair stride into a dimly
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had two hits and raised his average to .310 in his bid to overtake batting leader Luis Arraez and become the National League’s first Triple Crown winner since 1937, helping the playoff-bound Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 13-2 on Saturday night. Ohtani went 2 for 5
Continue Reading Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — As Donald Trump railed against immigrants Saturday afternoon in the Rust Belt, his supporters in the Deep South had turned his earlier broadsides into a rallying cry over a college football game as they prepared for the former president’s visit later in the evening. “You gotta get these people
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Kyle Higashioka, Brandon Lockridge and Donovan Solano homered in the ninth inning, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 5-0 win on Saturday night over the sliding Arizona Diamondbacks, who continued to lose ground in the National League playoff race. The Diamondbacks (88-73) have lost five of six as
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Kyle Higashioka, Brandon Lockridge and Donovan Solano homered in the ninth inning, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 5-0 win on Saturday night over the sliding Arizona Diamondbacks, who continued to lose ground in the National League playoff race. The Diamondbacks (88-73) have lost five of six as
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — When Clemson’s offense struggled to get points early on, cornerback Avieon Terrell shrugged it off and told them not to worry. “We got you,” he said to his offensive teammates. No. 17 Clemson’s defense certainly did with three interceptions and three fourth-down stops in a 40-14 victory over
Continue ReadingCINCINNATI (AP) — Denis Bouanga scored in the 73rd minute to propel Los Angeles FC to a 2-1 victory over FC Cincinnati on Saturday night, clinching his club a spot in the postseason. Bouanga found the net for the 18th time this season for LAFC (15-8-7), which became the only team in league history to
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — Josef Martínez scored two goals in four minutes, Caden Clark had a goal and an assist, and CF Montreal beat the San Jose Earthquakes 3-0 on Saturday night. Montreal (9-12-10) extended its unbeaten run to four games (3-0-1) amid a playoff chase. Montreal improved to 37 points with three games remaining in
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Two tropical cyclones are continuing to move over open water in the Atlantic, but forecasters say neither poses a threat to land. Hurricane Isaac is a Category 2 storm far from land in the North Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center says Isaac had maximum sustained winds of 100 mph on Saturday. It
Continue Reading MANTEO, N.C. (AP) — The National Park Service says multiple people died after a single-engine plane crashed Saturday afternoon in a wooded area at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport. The crash occurred at 5 p.m. as, according to eyewitnesses, the airplane was trying to land at the airport, the park service said in
Continue ReadingAP Racing Writer ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Subsanador won the inaugural $1 million California Crown by a head over two Bob Baffert-trained colts in a photo finish at Santa Anita on Saturday. Argentine-bred Subsanador ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.68. National Treasure was second and Newgate was another nose back in third on a day
Continue ReadingFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Ty Pennington threw two touchdown passes, Ammon Allen returned a fumble for a score and Northern Arizona upset Sacramento State 34-16 in a Big Sky Conference opener on Saturday. Sacramento State (2-3), ranked 10th in the coaches’ poll, managed only three first-half field goals by Zach Schreiner and trailed 10-9 at
Continue ReadingFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Ty Pennington threw two touchdown passes, Ammon Allen returned a fumble for a score and Northern Arizona upset Sacramento State 34-16 in a Big Sky Conference opener on Saturday. Sacramento State (2-3), ranked 10th in the coaches’ poll, managed only three first-half field goals by Zach Schreiner and trailed 10-9 at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tyler Fitzgerald reached on an infield single and scored the eventual winning run in the eighth inning on a throwing error by St. Louis pitcher Matthew Liberatore, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 6-5 win over the Cardinals on Saturday. The Cardinals rallied with three runs in the
Continue ReadingMOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Tristan Mattson kicked three field goals, including a 46-yarder with 5 seconds remaining, to rally Central Michigan to a 22-21 victory over San Diego State on Saturday. Mattson’s game-winning kick came after Joe Labas directed a 15-play, 52-yard drive in the final two minutes. Labas’ 8-yard scoring toss to Marion
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has been blocked from using a new provision of the election procedures manual that would have let him certify election results in the state if a county refuses to sign off on its own results. In a decision Friday, U.S. District Judge Michael Liburdi said
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A bus crash on an interstate in Phoenix has left one person dead and 16 others injured.
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Hajj-Malik Williams threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score, Ricky White III returned a blocked punt for a score and caught two touchdown passes, and Jai’Den Thomas returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown as unbeaten UNLV breezed to a 59-14 victory over Fresno State in the Rebels’
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