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DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The United States successfully defended the men’s title at the flag football world championships on Sunday but lost the women’s title to Canada, while Mexico’s women and Canada’s men earned qualification spots for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The U.S. men beat Italy 46-26 to secure a sixth straight title and the women missed out on a fourth straight title after losing 27-20 to […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him, has died. He was 83. He died at his home in Bradenton, Florida, on Saturday night, agent Mike Maguire said Sunday. He had been in hospice care. On Aug. 8, the New York Yankees released a […]

Hurricane Lala Leaves One Dead, 60,000 Without Power in Hawaii   By The Media Line Staff   Hurricane Lala battered Hawaii’s Big Island with heavy rain and strong winds Saturday, leaving one person dead, knocking out power to more than 60,000 customers, and damaging buildings as the Category 1 storm passed the island without making landfall.   One person died in a storm-related car accident, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said in a video […]

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. negotiator and President Donald Trump ‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet with Israel’s prime minister on Monday. The talks aim to salvage the new 15-point, U.S.-backed road map for Hamas to disarm in Gaza and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky said one person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting at a park Saturday evening. Lexington police officers responded just before 7 p.m. to a report of shots fired and found five victims, according to a department statement. One person was declared dead at a hospital while the other four were believed to have non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Local news […]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) — Days of storms and flooding in Indiana left at least six people dead as floodwaters peaked in Indianapolis’ White River and rains were expected to ease in the state capital region and other parts of the state Sunday. A 4-year-old boy, two men and three women were among those who had died since the storms began Aug. 11, said Liz Woods, a spokesperson for the state Department of […]

When Sons Go to War, Who Takes Care of Their Mothers?  Mothers of combat soldiers are not formally recognized by the state as a group requiring support, leaving many with few resources to help them cope with the psychological effects of having a child repeatedly sent into combat  By Maayan Hoffman / The Media Line M. is the mother of three sons. On October 7, her eldest, a commando in […]

Washington Commanders backup quarterback Marcus Mariota has a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday because the team had not yet announced the injury. Mariota, 32, is expected to miss time into the regular season as a result. He was injured during Washington’s preseason opener against Miami on Friday […]

SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s main presidential election candidates kicked off their campaigns Sunday in their political strongholds ahead of what is expected to be a tight October election. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke to more than 10,000 supporters at the Vila Euclides Stadium outside the city of Sao Paulo — where he rose to political fame 47 years ago as a metalworkers union leader […]