LEADING OFF: Dodgers star Pujols back at Busch Stadium
By The Associated Press Albert Pujols is sure to get a big ovation at Busch Stadium when the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger returns to face the…
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STAT WATCH: Walker’s 264 yards most in an opener in 7 years
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Michigan State’s Kenneth Walker III turned in the best rushing performance in a Football Bowl Subdivision…
Continue Reading STAT WATCH: Walker’s 264 yards most in an opener in 7 years
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Michigan State’s Kenneth Walker III turned in the best rushing performance in a Football Bowl Subdivision…
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Chinese star cuts ties with Swiss watch brand over Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — A former member of popular K-pop band EXO says he’s cutting ties with a Swiss luxury watch brand, after its CEO referred to…
Continue Reading Muguruza ‘wasn’t very happy’ with Krejcikova after Open loss
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Garbiñe Muguruza does not like how her topsy-turvy fourth-round match at the U.S. Open against…
Continue Reading Global stock markets rise after weak US hiring data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets are higher, after weak U.S. hiring in August fueled expectations the Federal…
Continue Reading China’s Weibo bans BTS fan account for illegal fundraising
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese social media platform Weibo has banned a fan club of popular South Korean K-pop band BTS from posting for 60 days. Weibo…
Continue Reading Israel searches for 6 Palestinians after rare prison break
By LAURIE KELLMAN and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has launched a massive manhunt in the country’s north and…
Continue Reading Ida’s ravages force apartment complex tenants to pack, plan
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press HOUMA, La. (AP) — When Hurricane Ida swept ashore, the town of Houma was the first major population center in…
Continue Reading Taliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban say they have seized the last province not in their control after their…
Continue Reading Shark tourism grows on Cape Cod, 3 years after attacks
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) — Cape Cod is slowly embracing its shark reputation, three summers after the popular…
Continue Reading Tens of thousands of South Lake Tahoe residents may start returning home as wildfire threat eases
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of South Lake Tahoe residents may start returning home as wildfire threat…
Continue Reading No. 9 Notre Dame escapes with OT victory Florida State
By BOB FERRANTE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jonathan Doerer made a 41-yard field goal in overtime and No. 9 Notre Dame escaped with a…
Continue Reading Larin keeps finding net, helping Canada earn 1-1 draw vs. US
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cyle Larin is doing what he always does by finding the back of the net. If the forward…
Continue Reading Volunteers help poorest survive Thailand’s worst COVID surge
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — In Thailand’s worst coronavirus surge yet, lockdown measures have reduced what little Bangkok’s…
Continue Reading Climate change pushes New Zealand to warmest recorded winter
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The southern winter that just ended in New Zealand was the warmest ever recorded, and…
Continue Reading Lake Tahoe residents relieved homes spared from wildfire
By SAM METZ and AMY TAXIN AP/Report for America SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — People who fled South Lake Tahoe under threat of a wildfire have…
Continue Reading Lake Tahoe residents relieved homes spared from wildfire
By SAM METZ and AMY TAXIN AP/Report for America SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — People who fled South Lake Tahoe under threat of a wildfire have…
Continue Reading German ambassador to China, ex-Merkel adviser, dies at 54
BERLIN (AP) — The German Foreign Ministry says the country’s new ambassador to China, who was previously a senior adviser to Chancellor…
Continue Reading Report: Filmmaker Kitano’s car attacked by man with pickax
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police have arrested a man who allegedly attacked with a pickax a car carrying Japan’s…
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