By SALLY ABOU ALJOUD Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Ziad Rahbani, a visionary Lebanese composer, playwright, pianist and political provocateur, died on Saturday, at the age of 69, according to the state-run National News Agency. The death was confirmed by a person close to Rahbani who spoke on condition of anonymity. The cause of death
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Philadelphia 9 N.Y. Yankees 4 Final Cincinnati 6 Tampa Bay 2 Final Baltimore 18 Colorado 0 Final Chicago Cubs 6 Chicago White Sox 1 Final Boston 4 L.A. Dodgers 2 Final Texas 6 Atlanta 5 Final Washington 9 Minnesota 3 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Kansas City 5 Cleveland 3
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Saturday, Jul. 26. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
Continue Reading Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Saturday, Jul. 26. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
Continue Reading Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Saturday, Jul. 26. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To
Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Saturday, Jul. 26. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
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By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press BIDDU, West Bank (AP) — When Sayfollah Musallet of Tampa, Florida, was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the West Bank two weeks ago, he became the fourth Palestinian-American killed in the occupied territory since the war in Gaza began. No one has been arrested or charged in Musallet’s
Continue Reading NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_W.Smith, Los Angeles, .325; Stowers, Miami, .298; F.Freeman, Los Angeles, .297; T.Turner, Philadelphia, .296; Edwards, Miami, .295; Machado, San Diego, .294; Frelick, Milwaukee, .293; Naylor, Seattle, .292; Donovan, St. Louis, .290; Arraez, San Diego, .287. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 99; E.De La Cruz, Cincinnati, 78; Schwarber, Philadelphia, 75; Soto, New York, 73; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago,
Continue Reading AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .342; Peña, Houston, .322; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .315; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .312; Kirk, Toronto, .304; Ramírez, Cleveland, .299; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .294; V.Guerrero, Toronto, .293; Springer, Toronto, .292; Goldschmidt, New York, .287; Witt, Kansas City, .287. RUNS_Judge, New York, 90; V.Guerrero, Toronto, 69; Raleigh, Seattle, 69; Buxton, Minnesota, 68; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press MLB Sunday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Toronto -118 at DETROIT +100 at HOUSTON -132 Athletics +112 at KANSAS CITY -126 Cleveland +108 Seattle -134 at LA ANGELS +114 National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at PITTSBURGH -154 Arizona +130 at MILWAUKEE -180 Miami +152 at ST. LOUIS -126 San
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Friday At Sonoma Raceways Sonoma, Calif. Qualifying after two rounds Top Fuel 1. Brittany Force, 3.645 seconds, 343.16 mph; 2. Doug Kalitta, 3.661, 335.73; 3. Clay Millican, 3.699, 335.15; 4. Antron Brown, 3.699, 332.18; 5. Tony Stewart, 3.727, 328.62; 6. Josh Hart, 3.737, 331.28; 7. Ida Zetterstrom, 3.754, 328.70; 8. Justin
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By JOHN HANNA and KENYA HUNTER Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nancy Jensen believes she’d still be living in an abusive group home if it wasn’t shut down in 2004 with the help of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, which for decades has received federal money to look out for Americans with disabilities.
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By JOHN HANNA and KENYA HUNTER Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nancy Jensen believes she’d still be living in an abusive group home if it wasn’t shut down in 2004 with the help of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, which for decades has received federal money to look out for Americans with disabilities.
Continue Reading By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press For female state lawmakers in Kentucky, choosing when to go to the bathroom has long required careful calculation. There are only two bathroom stalls for women on the third floor of the Kentucky Statehouse, where the House and Senate chambers are located. Female legislators — 41 of
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By SARAH JONES-SMITH Associated Press “Who they came to see?” Beyoncé asks as she performs her 2023 single “My House” during the Cowboy Carter tour. For many, the answer has been Blue Ivy. Blue Ivy Carter, the Grammy-winning artist’s 13-year-old daughter, is more present than ever on stage, and fans are impressed by the growth
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Alec Baldwin says the year since his trial suddenly ended with a dismissal has been far better than the few years that preceded it, and the affect that time has had on him has been “immeasurable.” “Something as powerful as that happens in your life,
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By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press Since the 1980s, the Lumbee Tribe has lobbied Congress to acknowledge it as a sovereign nation. There was renewed hope last year when both major party candidates in the presidential election promised to intervene on behalf of the Lumbee. In his first week in office, President Donald Trump appeared
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 5, 6, 9 (five, six, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 4, 5, 8 (four, five, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 4 Evening” game were: 5, 7, 7, 8 (five, seven, seven, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By ANTHONY McCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Grid took over Comic-Con on Friday, bringing the stars of the new “Tron: Ares” films to unveil footage and reveal the story behind the franchise’s third movie. The film stars Jared Leto, Jeff Bridges, Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith as the story brings the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 11, 12, 15, 29, 40 (eleven, twelve, fifteen, twenty-nine, forty) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 7, 7, 8 (seven, seven, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 3” game were: 3, 5, 7 (three, five, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 4 Evening” game were: 0, 3, 5, 7 (zero, three, five, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday’s drawing of the “Missouri Show Me Ca$h” game were: 9, 15, 17, 19, 28 (nine, fifteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and KANIS LEUNG Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese voters rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist Party, in a recall election Saturday, dampening hopes for the ruling party to flip the balance of power in the self-ruled island’s legislature. The independence-leaning ruling
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end investigations into campus antisemitism, using the deal it struck with Columbia University as a template, according to an administration official familiar with the matter. Fines have become
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Midday” game were: 2, 2, 6 (two, two, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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The first game of a three-game series between the Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals scheduled for Friday night has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Saturday. Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee (6-9, 4.27 ERA) and Kansas City’s Kris Bubic (8-6, 2.38) are
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