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Los Angeles (AFP) - San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano has been banned for life from Major League Baseball for betting on games, the league announced on Tuesday. Michael Kelly,...

Los Angeles (AFP) - The former interpreter to Shohei Ohtani pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball star to pay off illegal gambling debts....

New York (AFP) - US stocks bounced back from an early morning slump to close higher Tuesday as fresh data showed that job vacancies slipped in April to their lowest...

Los Angeles (AFP) - A dangerous heatwave was building over parts of the western United States Tuesday, with forecasters warning of rocketing temperatures in an early taste of a possibly...

Los Angeles (AFP) - San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano has been banned for life from Major League Baseball for betting on games, the league announced on Tuesday. Michael Kelly,...

Paris (AFP) - Stock markets fell in cautious trading Tuesday as investors worried that headwinds are gathering for the US economy, outweighing hopes that recent weak data would prompt the...

Washington (AFP) - A panel of US health experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration are meeting Tuesday to weigh the benefits and risks of using MDMA, commonly known...

Caen (France) (AFP) - As the World War II victors celebrate the anniversary of the June 6, 1944, landings in Normandy, historians recall that 3,000 French civilians died under Allied...

Whitstable (United Kingdom) (AFP) - John Roberts was a 20-year-old British Royal Navy officer during the D-Day landings 80 years ago and remembers making light of the daring mission at...

Los Angeles (AFP) - Enedina Canul wanted to play softball, but the 47-year-old didn't have a bat -- and that was the least of her problems. Her simple desire to...