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Sports on TV for Tuesday, August 5

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, August 5 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 11 a.m. ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, Mid-Atlantic Region, Bristol, Conn. 1 p.m. ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, Great Lakes Region, Whitestown, Ind. 3 p.m. ESPN — Little League World

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WNBA Glance

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 18 10 .643 — Atlanta 18 11 .621 ½ Indiana 17 12 .586 1½ Washington 13 15 .464 5 Chicago 7 21 .250 11 Connecticut 5 22 .185 12½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 24 5 .828 — Phoenix 17 11 .607

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A father’s agony over video of his emaciated son, a hostage in Gaza, adds pressure for a ceasefire

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Ofir Braslavski watched as his emaciated son, Rom, writhed in anguish on a dirty mattress somewhere inside the Gaza Strip, in video footage released by Palestinian militants in recent days showing the agony of Israeli hostages. “You see your child dying before your eyes, and you can’t

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Rep. Nancy Mace kicks off South Carolina GOP gubernatorial bid. She says she’s ‘Trump in high heels’

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is running for governor, entering a GOP primary in which competition for President Donald Trump’s endorsement — and the backing of his base of supporters — is expected to be fierce. Mace, who last year won her third term representing

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett protests redistricting plans before the hearing of the House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting at the Capitol in Austin

Chief Justice John Roberts enabled Texas’ gambit to gerrymander the state for the GOP

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The brazen partisan redistricting underway in Texas, with Republicans attempting to entrench themselves in office and Democrats weighing a counter-offensive in blue states, was greenlit by the US Supreme Court six years ago. Chief Justice John Roberts, in an opinion for a 5-4 court, declared that

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Pakistan resumes forced expulsions of 1.4 million Afghan refugees despite UN concerns

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan have resumed the forced deportations of Afghan refugees after the federal government declined to extend a key deadline for their stay, officials said Monday. The decision affects approximately 1.4 million Afghans holding Proof of Registration cards, whose legal status expired at the end

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