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Angels OF Mike Trout leaves early from first rehab start in minors due to knee soreness

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout lasted just two innings of his first rehab start in the minors due to soreness in his surgically-repaired left knee

Angels OF Mike Trout leaves early from first rehab start in minors due to knee soreness
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On 'incredible day,' Kylian Mbappé welcomed by Real Madrid fans at packed Santiago Bernabeu Stadium

Kylian Mbappé has finally put on a Real Madrid jersey to fulfill his childhood dream in front of a packed Santiago Bernabeu Stadium

On 'incredible day,' Kylian Mbappé welcomed by Real Madrid fans at packed Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
Sports

Extortion gang linked to soccer violence in Greece

Police in Greece say suspected members of a gang charged with extortion, bombings, arson attacks and multiple assaults have been linked to soccer-related violence in Athens

Economy|Environment|News|Technology

Korea's KHNP selected to build at least 2 new nuclear reactors in Czech Republic

The Czech government says South Korea’s KHNP has won a lucrative public tender to build at least two nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic as the country tries to become more energy independent and wean itself off fossil fuels

News

Ex-Philadelphia detective convicted of perjury in coerced murder confession case

A former Philadelphia homicide detective accused of beating a murder suspect to obtain a confession and then lying about it in court has been convicted of obstruction and perjury charges

Environment|News

Forest fire at New Jersey military base 80% contained after overnight rain

Heavy rain overnight has helped firefighters gain more control over a forest fire burning at a military bombing range in the New Jersey Pinelands

News|Political

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face a military court-martial, Air Force says

Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira is now expected to face a military court-martial, months after he pleaded guilty to federal charges for leaking highly classified military documents

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face a military court-martial, Air Force says
Food|News

Oregon authorities recover body of award-winning chef who drowned in river accident

Oregon authorities have recovered the body of award-winning chef Naomi Pomeroy following her drowning in a river accident

Entertainment|Sports

Bronny James bounces back with 12 points, Lakers top Hawks 87-86 at Summer League

Bronny James got some shots to fall Wednesday night in perhaps his best performance yet out of his five games with the Los Angeles Lakers this summer

Bronny James bounces back with 12 points, Lakers top Hawks 87-86 at Summer League
News|World

US Army honors Nisei combat unit that helped liberate Tuscany from Nazi-Fascist forces in WWII

The U.S. military is celebrating an all-Japanese U.S. Army unit that was key in liberating Italy’s central Tuscan region from Nazi-Fascist forces in July 1944, even while their family members were interned at home as enemies of the state following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

US Army honors Nisei combat unit that helped liberate Tuscany from Nazi-Fascist forces in WWII
Business|Technology

Nokia sees double-digit fall in Q2 profit, sales in weak 5G market but sees improved 2nd half

Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia has reported a double-digit fall in profit and sales in the second quarter due to a continuing weak market as clients are holding off investments in 5G technology

Entertainment|News|World

Greek singer Despina Vandi refuses to take the stage at a concert in Turkey over a flag dispute

Turkish media reports say Greek pop star Despina Vandi has refused to perform on a stage in Turkey adorned with its flag and portrait of the country’s founding father, prompting the local mayor to ask her to leave her town

Crime|News|Political

Accused of biting police official, NYC Council member says police were the aggressors

A New York City Council member accused of biting a police official says officers used excessive force as she tried to help someone who was lying under a barricade at a protest

Sports

Mac Meissner leads PGA Tour's Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club

Mac Meissner had eight birdies in a 16-point round Friday to take the second-round lead in the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system

Asia|News|Political|World

Malaysia honors a new king in coronation marked by pomp and cannon fire

Traditional pomp and cannon fire marked the coronation of Malaysia’s billionaire King Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, who pledged to govern fairly the five-year term he will serve under a unique rotating monarchy system

Malaysia honors a new king in coronation marked by pomp and cannon fire
Environment|Europe

Lightning strikes kill cattle, start fires in Greece during heat wave

Lightning strikes in northern Greece have killed cattle and started fires during a dayslong heat wave affecting most of southern Europe

Crime|News|Sports

A sentence change assures the man who killed ex-Saints star Smith gets credit for home incarceration

A sentencing change by a Louisiana judge assures that the man who fatally shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith will get credit for the time he served on home incarceration

Arts|Entertainment

John Mayall, tireless and influential British blues pioneer, dies at 90

John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died

John Mayall, tireless and influential British blues pioneer, dies at 90
Asia|Political

Trash dropped by a North Korean balloon falls on South Korea’s presidential compound

Trash carried by at least one North Korean balloon has fallen on the South Korean presidential compound, raising worries about the security of key South Korean facilities during North Korean provocations

Trash dropped by a North Korean balloon falls on South Korea’s presidential compound
Sports

NHRA drag racing great John Force released from hospital 1 month after fiery, 300-mph crash

NHRA drag racing great John Force has been discharged from the hospital where he was undergoing rehabilitation for a traumatic brain injury

Crime|News

Woman pleads guilty to stealing $300K from Alabama church to buy gifts for TikTok content creators

Federal authorities say a former administrative assistant at an Alabama Catholic church has pleaded guilty to embezzling about $300,000 to cover gifts for TikTok content creators and personal expenses

Crime

A man suspected of shooting a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper is arrested in Kentucky

Authorities say a man sought after the shooting of a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper has been arrested in Kentucky, but a second suspect hasn't been found

Environment|News

FBI says man, woman may be linked to six human-caused wildfires in southern New Mexico

Federal investigators say a wildfire that burned more than 12 square miles in southern New Mexico last month was human caused and two people may be to blame

Celebrity|Entertainment|Sports

Agreement halts Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' countersuit trial against woman who says he's her father

The trial in a countersuit brought by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones against a woman who says she’s his daughter and her mother abruptly ended as Jones agreed to drop the countersuit if the women dismissed pending lawsuits against him, including one where the billionaire was ordered to take a DNA test

Agreement halts Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' countersuit trial against woman who says he's her father
Environment|News

Whale surfaces, capsizes fishing boat off New Hampshire coast

Two fishermen are safe after a whale crashed onto their boat, capsizing it off the New Hampshire shore

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