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NEW YORK (AP) — Hate crime charges have been filed against a man who disrupted Shabbat services in Manhattan’s Central Synagogue and struck two people while being hustled outside Friday night. “As synagogue security was escorting him out, he struck a member of the congregation, damaged synagogue property, and then spit at and head-butted a member of the security team,” a statement from Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. A police […]

TORONTO (AP) — Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge played catch in New York on Friday as he continues working toward a return from a broken right rib. “Just part of the ramp-up to baseball activity,” manager Aaron Boone said of Judge before Saturday’s game against the Blue Jays in Toronto. “Hopefully he’ll continue to progress through this week. We’ll see what else gets introduced.” Judge hasn’t played since May 31, but […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats on Saturday approved dueling messages on whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement should be abolished or reformed, reflecting sharp opposition to President Donald Trump’s crackdown but revealing disagreement in the party ahead of the midterms. The Democratic National Committee, gathered for a summer meeting, also signed off on a raft of policy positions, including one that calls for “concrete reforms” of ICE and another for […]

A teenage boy and four adults were killed Friday in shootings that prompted a wide search for the fleeing gunman, whose body was ultimately found in a wooded area alongside one of his victims, authorities said. A teenage girl survived and was in stable condition, police said. Chad Hickman, 39, was found dead after a wide search in Missaukee County, police said. Police released the ages and genders of the […]

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Hopes of finding survivors of the earthquake that struck western Colombia five days ago were dwindling on Saturday, as more bodies were pulled from buildings that collapsed due to the 7.4-magnitude quake that left hundreds dead or missing. The earthquake struck just after 7:30 a.m. in San Jose del Palmar, toppling apartment buildings and damaging schools, churches, hospitals and homes […]

Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge took a much-anticipated step forward in his recovery from a broken right rib on Friday, playing catch and running in New York. Scans on the three-time American League MVP on Aug. 5 revealed enough healing to clear him for light workout activity, including outdoor running and upper-body resistance training. He has not played in a game since May 31. “Just part of the ramp-up to baseball […]

Aug 15 (Reuters) – A Canadian-bred bird was sold for $346,000 at the International Falcon Breeders Auction in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, making it the most expensive sale so far at this year’s event, and the second-highest price ever achieved at the annual auction.  Bred by the Jim Wilson farm in Ontario, Canada, the juvenile three-quarter gyr super white falcon was sold on the seventh night of the auction, which […]

Aug 15 (Reuters) – American Kate Douglass reclaimed the women’s 50 metres freestyle world record on Saturday, clocking 23.49 seconds in the preliminaries at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California. Douglass and fellow American Gretchen Walsh, her training partner and former University of Virginia teammate, have traded the record this summer. Walsh set the previous mark of 23.55 at the Sette Colli meet on June 28. She posted […]

Aug 15 (Reuters) – Nvidia is in talks to invest as much as $3 billion in SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group and developer of a massive planned Ohio data center project for OpenAI, the Information reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the discussions. The investment is being discussed as part of Nvidia’s negotiations with OpenAI and SB Energy over the chip company providing around $100 billion in […]