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Royals face the Yankees in Game 3 of the ALDS, their first home playoff game since 2015 World Series

Oct. 08, 2024 15:42 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez remembers what it was like when playoff baseball returned to Kansas City after nearly 30 years of dark, dismal failures. It seemed to come alive, fans changing their red Chiefs shirts for Royals blue as they packed Kauffman Stadium. The Royals...

Supreme Court seems open to upholding regulations on ghost guns, hard to trace weapons used in crime

Oct. 08, 2024 15:00 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to uphold a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the difficult-to-trace weapons found in increasing numbers at crime scenes. In arguments that ranged from classic cars to Western omelets, key conservative justices...

Yankees GM Brian Cashman: `We only have a great shot if we play our best baseball'

Oct. 03, 2024 19:43 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Cashman appreciates World Series titles are expected from the New York Yankees, not just hoped for. New York hasn't even reached the Fall Classic since winning its 27th championship in 2009, the franchise's longest drought since the gap between 1978 and 1996....

First-year GM Joe Hortiz continues to refine his recipe for building the Chargers roster

Oct. 03, 2024 17:03 PM EDT

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Joe Hortiz had already earned a nickname from the Harbaugh family before his first game as the Los Angeles Chargers general manager. Hortiz was called “Chef Hortiz” by Jack Harbaugh, the father of coach Jim Harbaugh, after making a series of moves...

Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open?

Oct. 03, 2024 06:35 AM EDT

LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size plastic turkey decoys made for hunters, colorful squirt guns. And Crocs — so...

Takeaways from The Associated Press' report on lost shipping containers

Oct. 03, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — From clothes to metals used for manufacturing, most of the world’s everyday goods and raw materials moved over long distances are packed in large metal boxes the size of tractor-trailers and stacked on ships. Millions of containers cross the oceans every year. Not...

Deep bullpen gives the Guardians a massive postseason weapon and October advantage

Oct. 02, 2024 19:21 PM EDT

CLEVELAND (AP) — For months, the routine has been exactly the same for Cleveland's relievers, who begin every game by challenging each other in a trivia contest. World history. Geography. Sports. No subjects off limits. Bring your best brain teasers. “Just the...

Man pleads guilty to fatally strangling deaf cellmate in Baltimore jail

Oct. 02, 2024 12:31 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to strangling his cellmate to death in Baltimore’s jail two years ago, concluding the prosecution of a case that raised significant questions about operations in the detention center and the city’s backlogged court system. Gordon...

Maryland governor aims to cut number of vacant properties in Baltimore by 5,000

Oct. 01, 2024 19:54 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order Tuesday that aims to transform 5,000 vacant properties in Baltimore into homeownership or other positive outcomes in five years. The order creates a program called Reinvest Baltimore. It will coordinate state, city,...

MLB attendance up 0.9%, first back-to-back increases since 2011-12

Oct. 01, 2024 18:54 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball's average attendance rose 0.9% this season, increasing in consecutive years for the first time since 2011-12. MLB drew 71.35 million fans over 2,413 gates for an average of 29,568, its highest since 30,042 in 2017, the commissioner's office...