TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, NHK public television said Friday. The broadcaster aired footage showing Abe collapsed on the street, with several security guards running toward him. Abe was holding his chest when he collapsed,…
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MONTERREY, Mexico — Sophia Smith scored twice in the opening minutes and the U.S. women’s national team clinched a spot in the 2023 World Cup with a 5-0 victory over Jamaica on Thursday night in the CONCACAF W Championship and some help from Haiti. With two victories at the W Championship, the United States leads…
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Steve Karnowski | Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, telling the former Minneapolis police officer that what he did was “simply wrong” and “offensive.” U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sharply criticized Chauvin for his actions on…
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BOSTON — Aaron Judge was not in the lineup Thursday night for the first of four games against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed on “The Michael Kay Show” that the slugger was dealing with “lower body soreness” and the team was taking it cautiously. Developing story, check back for…
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When the top minor leaguers in the country arrive at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on July 16, one of the youngest prospects there will be a fast-rising Orioles infielder. Gunnar Henderson, who has risen to Triple-A Norfolk as a 21-year-old, will be Baltimore’s lone representative in the 2022 MLB All-Star Futures Game. Henderson ranks…
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This past weekend, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is running for reelection this November, reserved $105,000 worth of cable TV ads in Florida on the Fox News Channel, telling Floridians that their freedom is “under attack.” “Your Republican leaders, they’re banning books,” Newsom says in the ad, as well as ”making it harder to vote,…
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Plans for a universally accessible playground featuring a sensory garden and equipment fit for everyone, regardless of their ability, are in the works in Irvine. And with the help of millions of dollars in recently secured state funding, the project is a step closer to becoming reality. The playground will go in at Irvine’s 7.9-acre…
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Nearly 200 people suspected of murders, sexual assaults and other serious crimes in Los Angeles are behind bars following a joint effort by police and U.S. Marshals to hunt down fugitives in 10 of the nation’s largest cities, officials said Thursday, July 7. Operation North Star resulted in the total arrest of 192 men and…
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Pete Crow-Armstrong has earned a notable honor in his first full professional baseball season. A torn labrum in his right shoulder ended his year six games into the 2021 season before the New York Mets traded him to the Chicago Cubs for shortstop Javier Báez. Crow-Armstrong has shown why the Mets drafted him 19th overall…
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot should consider renaming Soldier Field to raise money and “explore the feasibility” of enclosing the stadium with a dome or roof, an advisory panel she appointed to study Chicago’s Museum Campus recommended. The panel’s work marks Lightfoot’s attempt to keep the Chicago Bears, who are exploring a possible move to Arlington Heights,…
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