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Play ball, take 2: The Braves take the MLB Speedway Classic at Bristol after rain suspensionAug 03, 2025 8:30 pm - BRISTOL, Tenn. — A record crowd of 91,032 for a regular-season Major League Baseball game got to see all the pomp and pageantry with the MLB Speedway Classic before the r...
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Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ has diedAug 03, 2025 8:01 pm - Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday.
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William Byron has enough fuel to win NASCAR Cup race at Iowa SpeedwayAug 03, 2025 7:50 pm - NEWTON, Iowa — William Byron admitted he was nervous as he headed into the final laps of the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway. “But I feel like we've been o...
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Copper scores 25, Thomas has another triple double as Mercury hand Sky eighth-straight lossAug 03, 2025 7:44 pm - CHICAGO — Kahleah Copper scored 25 points, Alyssa Thomas had a triple-double and the Phoenix Mercury beat Chicago 83-67 on Sunday night, handing the Sky their eighth stra...
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Bad blood. Lyles shoved by Bednarek after his win in 200 meters at US nationalsAug 03, 2025 7:20 pm - Noah Lyles landed the day’s biggest blow on the track, passing Kenny Bednarek for the win, then looking his way to talk some trash. Bednarek’s answer was a two-handed sho...
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Taylor Ward hits 3-run homer in 9th to lift the Angels past the White Sox, 8-5Aug 03, 2025 6:49 pm - ANAHEIM, Calif. — Taylor Ward hit a game-ending three-run homer in the ninth inning, Zach Neto had a home run and three RBIs and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago W...
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‘They roll right over’: Many Democrats call their party weak and ineffective, AP-NORC poll findsAug 03, 2025 6:48 pm - Many Democrats see their political party as “weak” or “ineffective,” according to a poll that finds considerable pessimism within Democratic ranks. Republicans are more complimentary of their party, although a small but significant share describe the GOP as “greedy” or say it is generally "bad."
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Cameron Young wins first PGA Tour title by demolishing field at Wyndham ChampionshipAug 03, 2025 5:50 pm - GREENSBORO, N.C. — Cameron Young finally got his first PGA Tour victory Sunday after seven runner-up finishes, and he made it look easy. He had five straight birdies earl...
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Justin Turner hits a game-ending homer as the Cubs top the Orioles 5-3Aug 03, 2025 5:10 pm - CHICAGO — Justin Turner hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Cubs a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. Leading off the ninth, Dansby Swanson...
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Men charged in Tennessee case involving 4 dead family members of abandoned infantAug 03, 2025 4:26 pm - TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities searching for a man wanted in the murders of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found alone and alive in Tennessee have char...