Max Scherzer allows 7 runs while getting 2 outs, raising concerns for Blue Jays as playoffs near

Max Scherzer has struggled to escape the first inning unscathed. On Friday night, he didn't get out of the first at all. The ...

Crime victims’ families say Chicago violence is a problem, but sending in troops isn’t the answer

Delphine Cherry knows as well as anyone how intractable violent crime is in Chicago. In 1992, her teenage daughter was gunned ...

WNBA semifinals set: Minnesota, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Indiana reach second round

The WNBA semifinals are set and a new champion is guaranteed after all four remaining teams were challenged in the opening ...

Iraq’s first industrial-scale solar plant opens in Karbala desert to tackle electricity crisis

Iraq is set to open the country’s first industrial-scale solar plant Sunday in a vast expanse of desert in Karbala province, southwest of Baghdad. It’s part of a new push by ...

On the front line of Congo’s conflict, a trauma center tells a story of horror and survival

In a sunlit rehabilitation room, Jerome Jean Claude Amani offers a faint smile. For the first time since losing his wife and children to a rebel attack in eastern ...

A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals

Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children’s Medical ...

Gronowski runs for 3 TDs in Iowa’s 38-28 win over Rutgers in Big Ten opening game

Mark Gronowski ran for three touchdowns and passed for 186 yards to lead Iowa to a 38-28 win over Rutgers in the Big Ten season-opener for both teams on Friday. He is the ...

Ohtani’s 52nd homer, Kershaw’s farewell highlight Dodgers’ postseason clinch

Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer, his 52nd of the season, and Mookie Betts followed with a solo shot in the fifth inning to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San ...

Man accused of trying to kill Trump says prosecutors haven’t proven assassination attempt

A man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year told a federal judge on ...

South Carolina lawmakers haven’t been paid after one of their own sued over raise

South Carolina legislators have not been getting paid for months since a state senator sued over the first raise in the General Assembly's compensation in three decades.

Koyama scores late winner in 1-0 win for Courage over Pride in NWSL

Shinomi Koyama scored in the 89th minute and the North Carolina Courage beat the Orlando Pride 1-0 on Friday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. Elsewhere in the NWSL, the Houston Dash won ...

Photo highlights from Day 8 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo

This photo gallery, curated by AP photo editors, features highlights from Day 8 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo. ___ AP News sports: ...