NEW YORK (AP) — Fastball velocity in Major League Baseball hit a record high for the sixth straight season and batting averages remained near all-time lows in this era of pitching dominance. Four-seam fastballs averaged 94.8 mph this year, according to MLB Statcast, up from 94.5 mph last season a...
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The man who was shot by an ICE officer in Austin last Sunday may have hit an ICE agent with his vehicle while attempting to flee before being shot, according to a new criminal complaint filed against Wilber Rafael Garces Perez....
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LONDON (AP) — Manchester City has been found guilty of almost all of the more than 100 charges of financial wrongdoing, the Premier League confirmed on Tuesday, in one of the biggest scandals in English soccer history. City, the most successful team in England for the past 15 yea...
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The Dallas Cowboys fell to the Baltimore Ravens 34-31 in a last-second walk-off loss on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro. The international game concluded with a 10-hour overnight charter flight back to Dallas/Fort Worth, adding physical and mental fatigue to the close defeat. The loss w...
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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is leaving little doubt that he believes errors in game management by his coaching staff in the final seconds of a 34-31 loss to Baltimore cost his team the victory. Speaking on his radio show Tuesday, Jones was asked what explanations there were ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Injured Yankees captain Aaron Judge was left off New York's roster for its AL Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox starting Tuesday night. Giancarlo Stanton, out since April 24 because of strained calf muscles in both legs, was included. So was center field...
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PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Polo pummeled the Mexican state of Baja California Sur with powerful winds and rain as it made landfall early Tuesday, leaving coastal areas flooded and fallen trees littering the streets in some areas. The Category 2 hurricane struck la...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Fire Department is investigating a fire that destroyed a shed and a three-car garage on Tuesday morning. At approximately 8:20 a.m., firefighters received a report of a possible structure fire near the intersection of Cavazos Roa...
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NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Alex Eala is prioritizing representing the Philippines at the Asian Games over the WTA Tour for the moment — even if that means risking a fine from the women’s tour. Eala had to withdraw from the China Open in Beijing — a mandatory WTA 1000 event — to compete...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hot weather with isolated sea breeze-influenced showers is in the forecast again today, with highs climbing into the upper 90s and low 100s. Southeast winds are at 5 to 15 mph and feels-like temperatures are warming as high as 110°. The bigger w...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The torch relay for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will begin in Atlanta, home of the last U.S. Summer Games in 1996, and travel through all 50 states, organizers announced Tuesday. The Olympic flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic ...
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy's lawyer argued Tuesday that there wasn’t enough evi...
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Simone Biles understands the constant speculation about whether she has one more run at Olympic gold in her. Mostly because the American gymnastics icon is still kind of wondering about it herself. So much so that there will be times when the question wakes the 29-year-old two-ti...
