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American League Leaders

AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .367; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .349; Peña, Houston, .326; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .325; Ramírez, Cleveland, .323; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .312; Meyers, Houston, .310; Clement, Toronto, .307; Kwan, Cleveland, .307; Kirk, Toronto, .306. RUNS_Judge, New York, 67; Raleigh, Seattle, 55; Goldschmidt, New York, 48; Rooker, Athletics, 48; Devers, San Francisco, 47; Peña, Houston,

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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press MLB Monday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at BALTIMORE -130 Texas +110 Seattle -116 at MINNESOTA -102 Boston -124 at LA ANGELS +106 National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Atlanta -122 at N.Y METS +104 at MILWAUKEE -188 Pittsburgh +158 Chicago Cubs -110 at ST. LOUIS -106 at SAN DIEGO

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Japan and South Korea mark 60 years of ties despite lingering tension and political uncertainty

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and South Korea are marking the 60th anniversary of the normalization of their diplomatic relations Sunday. The two Asian powers, rivals and neighbors, have often had little to celebrate, much of their rancor linked to Japan’s brutal colonial rule of Korea in the

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Trump’s big gamble in Iran is a risky moment after his pledges to keep US out of ‘stupid wars’

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed certainty his big gamble to directly assist the Israelis delivered a knockout blow to Iran’s nuclear program — even as many supporters and detractors alike were warning that U.S. military action could draw the United States into an expansive regional

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Mahmoud Khalil vows to continue protesting Israel and the war in Gaza after release from detention

By HOLLY RAMER and ARON RANEN Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Palestinian activist who was detained for more than three months pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and cheered as he was welcomed home Saturday by supporters including U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Mahmoud Khalil greeted friends and spoke briefly to reporters

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Ex-Texas US Rep. Blake Farenthold, who left office amid harassment allegations, dies at 63

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press Former Texas Republican U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, who left Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, has died. He was 63. He died in a Corpus Christi hospital and suffered heart and liver problems in recent years, Steve Ray, his former longtime political consultant, said. Farenthold’s wife, Debbie Farenthold, confirmed that

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Belarus frees dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski and 13 others after a rare visit from top US envoy

By YURAS KARMANAU and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and 13 others following a rare visit by a senior U.S. official, Tsikhanouskaya’s team announced on Saturday. Tsikhanouski, a popular blogger and activist who was

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Judge blocks the Trump administration’s National Science Foundation research funding cuts

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump ‘s administration from making drastic cuts to research funding provided by the National Science Foundation. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston struck down on Friday a policy change that could have stripped universities of tens of millions of dollars in research funding. The

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Democrats are at odds over response as Trump announces the US has entered Israel-Iran war

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press After nearly two years of stark divisions over the war in Gaza and support for Israel, Democrats seemed to remain at odds over policy toward Iran. Progressives demanded unified opposition before President Donald Trump announced U.S. strikes against Tehran’s nuclear program but party leaders were treading

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Sunken Bayesian superyacht lifted from waters off Sicily as salvage operation completed

By SALVATORE CAVALLI and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press PORTICELLO, Italy (AP) — A British-flagged luxury superyacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing U.K. tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others, was lifted from the water Saturday as salvage recovery crews completed the complex operation to bring it ashore for further investigation. The white top

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