WASHINGTON — Michael Conforto's two-run single highlighted a four-run 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 9-5 on Thursday after squandering a three-run lead in the ninth inning. Mike Yastrzemski grounded up the middle leading off the tenth against Robert Garcia (2-4). On the play, shortstop...
Wall Street Rallies to Its Best Day Since 2022 on Encouraging Unemployment Data; S&P 500 Jumps 2.3%
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rallied Thursday in Wall Street's latest sharp swerve after a better-than-expected report on unemployment eased worries about the slowing economy. S&P 500 Shaves Off Most of Its Loss From Brutal Start to the Week The S&P 500 jumped 2.3% for its best day since 2022...
Huge California Wildfire Chews Through Timber in Very Hot and Dry Weather
CHICO — California's largest wildfire so far this year continued to grow Thursday as it chewed through timber in very hot and dry weather. The Park Fire has scorched more than 660 square miles (1,709 square kilometers) since erupting July 24 near the Sacramento Valley city of Chico and burning...
DNA on Weapons Implicates Ex-US Green Beret in Attempted Venezuelan Coup, Federal Officials Say
MIAMI — Federal investigators say they found the DNA of a decorated former U.S. Green Beret on some of the 60 automatic weapons he allegedly smuggled from Florida to South America as part of a failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The allegations were detailed in court...
US Men’s Basketball Team Advances to Gold Medal Game at Paris Olympics With Win Over Serbia
PARIS — They scored six points in two seconds. And just like that, against what looked like overwhelming odds, the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team was on its way. To a comeback. To a win. And to another Olympic gold medal game. Stephen Curry scored 36 points, including a go-ahead...
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Breaks Her Own World Record, Wins Olympic Gold Again in 400-Meter Hurdles
SAINT-DENIS, France — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone once again broke her own world record, powering over the 400-meter hurdles in 50.37 seconds on Thursday night to defend her Olympic title. The 25-year-old American has now lowered the world record six times. She was in the lead around the corner and breezed down the...
Defending Champion US Women’s Volleyball Team Beats Brazil in Semifinal Thriller at Paris Olympics
PARIS — Karch Kiraly made one request when the decisive fifth set began: Win or lose, make sure to enjoy the moment. Taking in the Atmosphere The coach asked the American women to take in the atmosphere, one of the best for women's volleyball, with mighty Brazil on the opposite...
Lyles, Suffering From COVID, Finishes 3rd in Olympic Upset at 200 Meters Won by Botswana’s Tebogo
SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track in a wheelchair. Later, wearing a mask as he spoke with reporters, Lyles said he had COVID. After crossing the line third...
ABC Says Trump and Harris Have Agreed to Participate in a Presidential Debate on Sept. 10
PALM BEACH, Fla. — ABC says both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominees. The announcement Thursday came shortly after Trump told a news conference that he had proposed three presidential debates with three...
Man Accused of Sending His 17-Year-Old Son to Rob and Kill Rapper PnB Rock Convicted of Murder
COMPTON — A Los Angeles County jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of sending his 17-year-old son to kill rapper PnB Rock. After deliberating for about four hours, jurors convicted Freddie Trone, 42, of one count of murder, two counts of robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit...