By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was taken to Bangkok’s Klong Prem Central Prison on Tuesday after the Supreme Court said he must serve a one-year prison term for previous convictions related to graft and abuse of power charges. The court’s decision came after
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG TEN-SCHEDULING DESCRIPTION: The Big Ten’s lackluster schedule this week exemplifies a major problem facing the conference.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG TEN-SCHEDULING DESCRIPTION: The Big Ten’s lackluster schedule this week exemplifies a major problem facing the conference.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG TEN-SCHEDULING DESCRIPTION: The Big Ten’s lackluster schedule this week exemplifies a major problem facing the conference.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG TEN-SCHEDULING DESCRIPTION: The Big Ten’s lackluster schedule this week exemplifies a major problem facing the conference.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_T.Turner, Philadelphia, .305; Frelick, Milwaukee, .297; F.Freeman, Los Angeles, .295; Hoerner, Chicago, .291; Turang, Milwaukee, .291; Stowers, Miami, .288; K.Marte, Arizona, .287; Burleson, St. Louis, .286; Arraez, San Diego, .283; Goodman, Colorado, .282. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 128; J.Soto, New York, 109; Lindor, New York, 99; Schwarber, Philadelphia, 99; Carroll, Arizona, 98; E.De La
Continue Reading AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .321; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .315; Bichette, Toronto, .311; Peña, Houston, .304; V.Guerrero, Toronto, .301; Springer, Toronto, .301; Kirk, Toronto, .294; Witt, Kansas City, .293; Y.DÃaz, Tampa Bay, .292; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .290. RUNS_Judge, New York, 114; Raleigh, Seattle, 95; Ju.RodrÃguez, Seattle, 95; V.Guerrero, Toronto, 92; Springer, Toronto, 92; J.RamÃrez, Cleveland, 91;
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NFL Thursday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at GREEN BAY 3 3½ (48½) Washington Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Buffalo 7½ 7 (45½) at NY JETS at PITTSBURGH 2½ 3 (39½) Seattle San Francisco 7½ 4½ (42½) at NEW ORLEANS at MIAMI 2½ 1½ (43½) New England at BALTIMORE 12½
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — Christoph von Dohnányi, a conductor acclaimed for performances as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1984 to 2002, has died at age 95. Dohnányi died in Munich on Saturday, the Cleveland Orchestra said in a statement Monday. “A grand seigneur among the great international conductors to whom the Salzburg Festival owes
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 4 Evening” game were: 4, 9, 9, 9 (four, nine, nine, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 0, 2, 4 (zero, two, four) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech. The Himalayan country’s government said last week it was blocking several social
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By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press Charlie Sheen said fatherhood quickly occupied his life when he got sober eight years ago. “It turned into just an interesting daily grind of just sudden responsibility and, you know, having to answer the call and it was amazing,” Sheen said Monday, telling an audience that once he “finally put
Continue ReadingBy FERNANDA PESCE and FERNANDO LLANO Associated Press ATLACOMULCO, Mexico (AP) — The freight train’s horn rang out shortly before it cleaved in two a double-decker bus carrying domestic and construction workers to Mexico’s capital on Monday morning, leaving at least 10 dead, more than 50 injured and sending families to hospitals to search for
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By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court began presenting evidence Tuesday to support their charges against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first ever in absentia hearing, alleging that he inflicted horrors on Ugandan society that still echo two decades later. Kony
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By CLAIRE RUSH and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, according to a new poll, while fewer blame a lack of government support. However, just over half also think the government spends too little on those in need, the new
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By MICHAEL CASEY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a frequent target of the Trump administration, advanced in Tuesday’s preliminary election and will face Josh Kraft, the son of the Patriots owner, in November. Wu, the city’s first Asian and female leader, has been bolstered in part by her
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By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America Democrat James Walkinshaw, a politician with experience working on Capitol Hill, has won a special election to be the next U.S. House representative of the Virginia district home to the state’s most populous county. Walkinshaw’s victory in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District helps Democrats winnow Republicans’ narrow majority in
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 4 Evening” game were: 1, 2, 6, 8 (one, two, six, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday’s drawing of the “Missouri Show Me Ca$h” game were: 13, 21, 24, 31, 39 (thirteen, twenty-one, twenty-four, thirty-one, thirty-nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 0, 6, 7 (zero, six, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 1, 5, 6, 13, 37 (one, five, six, thirteen, thirty-seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 41 40 Miami 0 1 0 .000 8 33 N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 32 34 New England 0 1 0 .000 13 20 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 1 0 0 1.000 33
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday it had conducted the final ground test of a solid-fuel rocket engine for a long-range ballistic missile in its latest advancement toward having an arsenal that could viably threaten the continental United States. The test Monday observed by leader Kim Jong
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake found 5,230 homes destroyed and 672 damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been able to get to the vast majority of the remote villages. Shannon O’Hara, the coordination chief
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A ship likely cut cables in the Red Sea that disrupted internet access in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, experts said Tuesday, showing the lines’ vulnerability over a year after another incident severed them. The International Cable Protection Committee told The Associated Press
Continue ReadingBy BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Protests against Nepal’s short-lived ban on social media grew increasingly violent Tuesday as demonstrators set government buildings and politicians’ homes on fire and attacked some leaders. The prime minister resigned amid widening criticism of the country’s political elite. The resignation appeared to have little effect on
Continue ReadingNATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_T.Turner, Philadelphia, .305; Frelick, Milwaukee, .299; F.Freeman, Los Angeles, .295; Turang, Milwaukee, .293; Hoerner, Chicago, .291; Stowers, Miami, .288; Burleson, St. Louis, .286; Arraez, San Diego, .285; Goodman, Colorado, .284; Perdomo, Arizona, .284. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 127; J.Soto, New York, 109; Lindor, New York, 99; Carroll, Arizona, 98; Schwarber, Philadelphia, 98; E.De La
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