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Babe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey sells at auction for over $24 million
DALLAS (AP) - The jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot during the 1932 World Series, hitting a home run to center field, sold at auction early Sunday for over $24 million. Heritage Auctions s...
Aug 26, 2024
Babe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey sells at auction for over $24 million
DALLAS (AP) - The jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot during the 1932 World Series, hitting a home run to center field, sold at auction early Sunday for over $24 million. Heritage Auctions s...
Aug 26, 2024
Double Duty: For Danny Jansen, playing for both teams in same game is chance at baseball history
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen is enjoying his odd slice of baseball history as he prepares to become the first major league player to appear in the same game for both teams. Jansen...
Aug 26, 2024
Israel and Hezbollah trade their most intense fire in months and then pull back
JERUSALEM (AP) - A round of high-level talks in Cairo meant to bring about a ceasefire and hostage deal to at least temporarily end the ten-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza ended Sunday without a final ...
Aug 26, 2024
Gunmen kill 23 passengers taken from vehicles in an attack in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Gunmen fatally shot 23 passengers after identifying them and taking them from buses, vehicles and trucks in one of the deadliest attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan, polic...
Aug 26, 2024
Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian forces unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage on Ukraine early Monday, targeting multiple regions across the country, the Ukrainian air force said. The attack, whic...
Aug 26, 2024
Alaska landslide kills 1 person and injures 3 in Ketchikan, authorities say
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - One person was killed and three were injured by a landslide that prompted a mandatory evacuation in the Alaska city of Ketchikan, authorities said. Three people were transport...
Aug 26, 2024
Hone weakens to tropical storm while sweepng past Hawaii, dumping enough rain to ease wildfire fears
HONOLULU (AP) - Hone passed south of Hawaii and weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Sunday, dumping so much rain that the National Weather Service called off its red flag warnings that st...
Aug 26, 2024
Sven-Goran Eriksson, Swedish soccer coach who was first foreigner to lead England team, dies at 76
Sven-Goran Eriksson, the Swedish soccer manager who spent five years as England's first ever foreign-born coach after making his name winning trophies at club level in Italy, Portugal and Sweden, died...
Aug 26, 2024
A dam collapses in eastern Sudan after heavy rainfall and local media report dozens missing
CAIRO (AP) - A dam collapsed in Sudan's eastern Red Sea state, sending water flooding over nearby homes, the country's health ministry said. Local media said dozens of people are missing. In a stateme...
Aug 26, 2024