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Jen Pawol breaks MLB's gender barrier as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game

ATLANTA (AP) - Jen Pawol has made history as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the major leagues. Pawol's much-anticipated debut came as the first base umpire for Saturday's fir...

Aug 09, 2025

Jen Pawol breaks MLB's gender barrier as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game

ATLANTA (AP) - Jen Pawol has made history as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the major leagues. Pawol's much-anticipated debut came as the first base umpire for Saturday's fir...

Aug 09, 2025

Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station

Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing's Starliner. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted ...

Aug 09, 2025

London police arrest 150 as pro-Palestinian protesters defy new law

LONDON (AP) - Police in London have arrested some 150 people after demonstrators intentionally violated a new law banning support for a pro-Palestinian group because they say the legislation improperl...

Aug 09, 2025

Georgia authorities identify suspect in CDC shooting as a 30-year-old man from suburban Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who opened fire at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgi...

Aug 09, 2025

Zelenskyy rejects formally ceding Ukrainian territory, says Kyiv must be part of any negotiations

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Saturday the planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal...

Aug 09, 2025

Active shooter reported at Emory University in Atlanta, authorities say

ATLANTA (AP) - Police were responding Friday to a report of an active shooter on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, near the entrance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta...

Aug 08, 2025

A man suspected of killing 4 people at a Montana bar is in custody, authorities say

ANACONDA, Montana (AP) - Authorities said Friday they have captured dead a man suspected in a shooting at a Montana bar that left four people dead and prompted a lockdown of a neighborhood. Michael Pa...

Aug 08, 2025

Trump says he will meet with Putin 'very shortly' to discuss the war in Ukraine

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he will meet "very shortly" with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine and that he will anno...

Aug 08, 2025

Trump administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official says

The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, a White House official said Friday. The person was not authorized to speak publicly about th...

Aug 08, 2025