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MIAMI (AP) — Attorneys for social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate will meet with federal prosecutors in Miami on Monday to work out a schedule for the potentially monthslong process of fighting extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking. A date for a bond hearing will likely be set during the status conference, along with other important dates like deadlines for […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams’ first practice of training camp Sunday was also the first time they’ve lined up as a full defense with Myles Garrett on the edge. The experience left everybody on the field excited about what could be possible this season for the Rams. “We’ve been looking forward to this day for a long time, and it definitely lived up to it,” defensive coordinator […]

SEATTLE (AP) — At least four people including a child were wounded in a shooting Sunday night at an events complex close to the Space Needle in Seattle, a hospital spokesperson said. Authorities did not immediately release more information. Police were investigating the shooting and urged people to avoid the area. Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg said the hospital admitted four victims including a toddler, a 23-year-old man and […]

July 26 (Reuters) – At least two people were killed and five others, including a 2-year-old child, were wounded on Sunday in a shooting at a downtown Seattle food festival, local news outlets reported. Police said multiple people were shot in the U.S. city’s downtown area on Sunday evening. “Please avoid the area,” Seattle police said on social media site X, referring to Seattle Center, where the Bite of Seattle […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea remain separated by one of the world’s most heavily armed borders. It’s a lasting reminder that the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the countries technically still at war. More than seven decades after the conflict began, its scars and impact remain visible, not only by border area fortifications and war memorials, but also in […]

BEIJING, July 27 (Reuters) – Profits at China’s industrial firms grew at a solid, though slower, pace as resilient exports helped cushion sluggish domestic demand, highlighting the economy’s uneven recovery despite policymakers’ efforts to spur consumption. Exports and industrial production have done much of the heavy lifting for the world’s second-largest economy. Persistent weakness in consumption and the property sector, however, helped drag second-quarter growth to its slowest pace in […]

The Detroit Lions will be without starting safeties Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph when training camp begins, as they were placed on the physically unable to perform list on Sunday. The Lions also placed veteran tight end Tyler Conklin — signed as a free agent in March — on the PUP list with an injury. Branch, 24, sustained a season-ending Achilles tear in Week 14 last season. Joseph, 25, dealt […]

SAN SALVADOR, July 26 (Reuters) – El Salvador’s opposition parties have named Maytee Iraheta, a former lawmaker, and doctor and union leader Rafael Aguirre as candidates to run against President Nayib Bukele in next year’s presidential election. Iraheta announced her candidacy for the right-wing ARENA party in a statement to reporters on Sunday, while the left-wing FMLN announced Aguirre’s candidacy on social media. (Reporting by Gerardo Arbaiza; Editing by Christian […]

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Puerto Rico and Curaçao may be small islands, but the support they showed was massive as elite center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Both joined slugging second baseman Jeff Kent as the newest members before an estimated crowd of 12,000 fans at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, with 57 other Hall of Famers on […]