MLS Glance
All Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA San Diego FC 14 7 4 46 48 32 Vancouver 13 5 6 45 42 26 Minnesota United 12 5 8 44 42 28 Seattle 10 6 8 38 39 35 Portland 10 7 7 37 33 32 Los Angeles FC 10 6 6
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Baseball Glance
All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 64 47 .577 — New York 60 50 .545 3½ Boston 60 51 .541 4 Tampa Bay 54 57 .486 10 Baltimore 50 60 .455 13½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 64 47 .577 — Cleveland 55 54 .505 8 Kansas City 55
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All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 62 47 .569 — New York 62 48 .564 ½ Miami 53 55 .491 8½ Atlanta 46 63 .422 16 Washington 44 65 .404 18 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 65 44 .596 — Chicago 64 45 .587 1 Cincinnati 58 53 .523
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All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 64 47 .577 — New York 60 50 .545 3½ Boston 60 51 .541 4 Tampa Bay 54 57 .486 10 Baltimore 50 60 .455 13½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 64 47 .577 — Cleveland 55 54 .505 8 Kansas City 55
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All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF Toronto 64 47 .577 — — 5-5 L-1 37-18 27-29 523 506 17 New York 60 50 .545 3½ +1½ 5-5 L-1 34-22 26-28 576 478 98 Boston 60 51 .541 4 +1 6-4 W-3 35-21
Continue Reading Sports on TV for August 4 – 10
By The Associated Press Adv02-03 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, August 4 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 9 a.m. ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, New England Region, Bristol, Conn. 11 a.m. ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, Southeast Region, Warner Robins, Ga. 1 p.m. ESPN — Little
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Free college tuition for first responders will help everyone
This provides a huge benefit for the whole community, and local institutions should take steps to maximize its positive impact.
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Democrats launching summer blitz to press Republicans on Trump spending plan
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats are launching a nationwide summer blitz designed to force vulnerable Republicans to defend President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill — especially Medicaid cuts that will leave millions of Americans without health care coverage. Republican leaders in Washington, meanwhile, have
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The Latest: US stock market and global trade partners react to Trump’s new tariffs
By The Associated Press President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves drew worries from Wall Street Friday as stocks slumped and Treasury yields fell sharply. Trump signed an order Thursday night imposing steep tariffs on 66 countries, the European Union, Taiwan and the Falkland Islands to go into effect on Aug. 7 — making good on
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Mother killed in Arkansas stabbings went back to help husband after getting her children to safety, police say
KFSM, LUPITA’S BEAUTY SALON & BARBER SHOP, AR STATE POLICE, GOFUNDME, CNN By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Cristen Brink witnessed the unthinkable. Then she did the unimaginable. While on a family hike at Devil’s Den State Park on Saturday, Cristen’s husband Clinton was ambushed and stabbed by an attacker, according to Arkansas State Police.
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In a miniature world, climate change and environmental issues loom large
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Watching his dad make a brand-new miniature train car look old, placing the wooden parts to weather in the sun and rain, pulled Peter Martínez into the world of miniatures. He recalls his father, who made model trains mostly for collectors or hobbyists, wondering why anyone
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In a miniature world, climate change and environmental issues loom large
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Watching his dad make a brand-new miniature train car look old, placing the wooden parts to weather in the sun and rain, pulled Peter Martínez into the world of miniatures. He recalls his father, who made model trains mostly for collectors or hobbyists, wondering why anyone
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Putin says Russia’s hypersonic missile has entered service and will be deployed in Belarus
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia has started production of its newest hypersonic missiles and reaffirmed its plans to deploy them to ally Belarus later this year. Sitting alongside Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Valaam Island near St. Petersburg, Putin said the military already has selected
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Appeals court in Bosnia confirms sentence for Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik
By AMER COHADZIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — An appeals court in Bosnia-Herzegovina confirmed Friday an earlier court ruling that sentenced the pro-Russia Bosnian Serb president, Milorad Dodik, to one year in prison and banned him from politics for six years over his separatist actions as tensions mount in the fragile Balkan state. Dodik
Continue Reading Pakistan’s rights group demands withdrawal of terror charges against a 7-year-old boy in Balochistan
By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s independent human rights commission on Friday called on authorities to drop terrorism charges against a 7-year-old boy, a day after police in the southwestern province of Balochistan sought his arrest for sharing an anti-government speech by a rights activist on social media. The case has
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Grain Belt knows how Keystone feels
For Missouri landowners, Grain Belt Express appeared to be an unstoppable force.
Continue Reading US envoy visits aid site in Gaza run by Israeli-backed group that has been heavily criticized
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM METZ and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy on Friday visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed American contractor whose efforts to deliver food to the hunger-stricken territory have been marred by violence and controversy.
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France halts all evacuations from Gaza over alleged antisemitic reposts by Palestinian student
By Michael Rios, Saskya Vandoorne, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — The French government will deport a Gaza student accused of reposting alleged antisemitic content on her social media and halt all evacuations from the territory, the country’s foreign minister said Friday as outrage grows over her reposts. “She must leave the country. She does not
Continue Reading Budapest mayor questioned by police for organizing banned LGBTQ+ Pride event
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The liberal mayor of Hungary’s capital was questioned by police Friday over accusations of helping organize an LGBTQ+ Pride event that the country’s right-wing populist government had sought to ban. The Pride march in Budapest on June 28 was the largest event of its kind in
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Detroit’s mayoral primary
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Detroit voters will take a key step toward choosing a new mayor in the municipal primary on Tuesday, when nine candidates will appear on the ballot in the city’s first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years. The top two vote-getters in the nonpartisan primary will advance
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Renaming a local street is the latest success in this CNN Hero’s mission to empower his community
By Kathleen Toner, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Growing up in his South Philly neighborhood, Tyrique Glasgow fell into street life at a young age. The experience left him with 11 bullet wounds and a prison record – all of which had roots in the same place. “(I) sold drugs on Taney Street. Got shot on
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Kyiv apartment block strike marks the deadliest attack on Ukraine’s capital since 2024
By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Victoria Butenko, Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — The death toll from Russia’s heavy bombardment of Ukraine’s capital this week has risen to 31 people, marking the deadliest single attack on Kyiv in a year, Ukrainian officials said on Friday. The vast majority were killed in a single strike on an
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Where the Civil War began … Kansas!
If you love history, we are seeking sponsors and contributors to support this column. Contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com for details and/or donate via Venmo @bobfordshistory. “It’s almost like our state denies what happened here,” complains Paul Bahnmaier, president of the Territorial Capital Museum in Lecompton, Kansas. “We were visiting Fort Sumter last summer and the
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Kamala Harris says system is ‘broken,’ criticizes ‘capitulation’ under Trump
By Lauren Chadwick, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris said she would not run for public office because the system is “broken,” as she reflected on her decision not to pursue a gubernatorial run in California and spoke about what she views as “capitulation” by those tasked with guarding democracy during
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A black goo was oozing from a ship on the Great Lakes — and teeming with life
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Research vessel Blue Heron trawls the Great Lakes, gathering data from the water. The floating laboratory’s most recent discovery, however, came from an unexpected location: its own rudder. While docked after a long cruise to study algae blooms in lakes Erie and Superior in September, the crew noticed a
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Hazy skies today but staying cool and dry
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Good morning all! The pleasant weather trend will continue over the next few days, but we will add in some haziness into the mix. Smoke from wildfires in Arizona and Canada has entered our local skies and could pose risks for our most sensitive groups. Most of the smoke
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Common allergy medication’s risks outweigh its usefulness, experts say
By Asuka Koda, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Anna Wolfson says she sees dangerous misuse of the allergy medication diphenhydramine in her clinic every day. “If someone has an allergic reaction to a food, people will say, ‘Don’t worry, I have diphenhydramine in my purse,’ and I would say, ‘Really, epinephrine is the first-line treatment for
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Beloved children’s author Allan Ahlberg dies at 87
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British writer Allan Ahlberg, author of more than 150 children’s books including classics like “Each Peach Pear Plum” and “The Jolly Postman,” has died, his publisher said Friday. He was 87. Penguin Random House said Ahlberg died on Tuesday. It did not give a cause of death.
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China’s 12-year-old swimming sensation Yu Zidi becomes youngest medalist in World Aquatics Championships history
By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — China’s Yu Zidi has already burst onto the swimming scene, but the 12-year-old made more history at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Thursday. Yu became the youngest ever medalist at the competition after being part of China’s bronze medal winning team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay in Singapore.
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Kyiv mourns after deadliest attack in a year kills 31 people in Ukraine, including 5 children
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian capital Kyiv observed an official day of mourning Friday, a day after a Russian drone and missile attack on the city killed 31 people, including five children, and injured more than 150, officials said. The youngest victim in Thursday’s strikes was 2 years old,
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