By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he will resign, following growing calls from within his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July’s parliamentary election. Ishiba, who took office in October, said he was stepping down as prime minister and as the head
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By MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A drone fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels breached Israel’s multilayered air defenses on Sunday and slammed into the country’s southern airport, the Israeli military said, blowing out glass windows, wounding one person and briefly shutting down commercial airspace. The damage to Ramon
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump was loudly booed at the men’s final of the U.S. Open on Sunday, where extra security caused by his visit led to lines long enough that many people missed the start of play, even after organizers delayed it. Wearing a suit and long,
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By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a swath of the nation’s capital that sits across the tracks, and the river, residents can see the Washington Monument, the Waldorf Astoria — formerly the Trump Hotel — and the U.S. Capitol dome. What the people of Anacostia cannot see are the National Guard units
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials say one of the two winning Powerball tickets was sold at a gas station in Fredericksburg, Texas.
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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Javier Milei suffered a sweeping setback on Sunday in a Buenos Aires provincial election widely viewed as a political test for his libertarian party and a barometer for how it will perform in crucial congressional midterms next month. Milei’s recently formed La Libertad
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV declared a 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint Sunday, giving the next generation of Catholics a relatable role model who used technology to spread the faith and earn the nickname “God’s influencer.” Leo canonized Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006,
Continue ReadingBy MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Prosperous Norway is holding an election with inequality high on the list of concerns and the future of a wealth tax that has endured for over a century in doubt. There is expected to be a close outcome between the center-left bloc led by the Labor
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Seattle 18 Atlanta 2 Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Baltimore 2 Final Boston 7 Arizona 4 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Cleveland 2 Tampa Bay 1 Final N.Y. Yankees 4 Toronto 3 Final Chicago White Sox 6 Detroit 4 Final Texas 4 Houston 2 Final Minnesota 5 Kansas City 1 Final
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Sunday, Sep. 07. 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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Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Sunday, Sep. 07. 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
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Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and MALIN HAARALA Associated Press KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years. An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Minnesota Twins (62-80, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (73-69, second in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Bailey Ober (4-7, 5.23 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 99 strikeouts); Royals: Michael Lorenzen (5-9, 4.54 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 105 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia hit Ukraine’s capital with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack since the war began, killing four people across the country and damaging a key government building. Russia attacked with 810 drones and decoys, Ukraine’s air force said, adding it shot down 747
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the incident. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign
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By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The puns are plentiful as police departments around the country buy their own ice cream trucks and roll into neighborhoods to hand out frozen treats for free. “Copsicle Patrol” is written on the one in Danbury, Connecticut. “Freeze! You have the right to remain frozen,” says
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press YUNGAS, Bolivia (AP) — Tomas Zavala performs a ritual ahead of each workday in his coca field. Deep in the lush green mountains of Bolivia’s Yungas region, the 69-year-old farmer closes his eyes, faces the soil, and asks Mother Earth for permission to harvest coca leaves. “The coca leaf
Continue Reading NATIONAL 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
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; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .294; Kirk, Toronto, .294; Witt, Kansas City, .294; Y.Díaz, Tampa Bay, .292. RUNS_Judge, New York, 114; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 95; Raleigh, Seattle, 94; V.Guerrero, Toronto, 92; Springer, Toronto, 92; Witt, Kansas City,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NFL Monday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Minnesota 1½ 1½ (43½) at CHICAGO College Football Thursday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG NC State 6½ 7½ (54½) at WAKE FOREST Friday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at HOUSTON 2½ 4½ (43½) Colorado at ARIZONA 1½ 1½ (54½) Kansas State at UCLA 13½
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 3, 3, 4 (three, three, four) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 4 Evening” game were: 0, 1, 2, 4 (zero, one, two, four) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 2, 6, 9 (two, six, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The 82nd Venice Film Festival may be over, but the conversations on the films that premiered, the things people said, the clothes they wore, and how it affects the Oscar race are still going. Here’s a rundown of the big moments and takeaways from this year’s edition. What won
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga set the tone at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night with career-defining moments of their own. Grande scored two honors — video of the year and best pop video — and had the audience buzzing when she thanked her “therapists and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing of the “Missouri Show Me Ca$h” game were: 7, 8, 17, 21, 34 (seven, eight, seventeen, twenty-one, thirty-four) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 3” game were: 0, 3, 6 (zero, three, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 3, 8, 8 (three, eight, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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