Capsules of American League West teams, listed in order of finish last year: ___ HOUSTON ASTROS 2023: 90-72, first place, lost to Texas in AL Championship Series. Manager: Joe Espada (first season). Opening Day: March 28 vs. New York Yankees. He’s Here: LHP Josh Hader, RHP Dylan Coleman, RHP Oliver Ortega, C Victor Caratini. He’s Outta Here: Manager Dusty Baker, …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Dos altos funcionarios de un estado de México en el que fue asesinado un estudiante en un puesto de control policial renunciaron el jueves, luego de que dos policías fueran detenidos como presuntos implicados en la muerte del joven. La fuga de un tercer agente, supuesto responsable de los disparos, desató violentas protestas en los …

WASHINGTON (AP) — If some U.S. lawmakers have their way, the United States and China could end up with something in common: TikTok might not be available in either country. The House on Wednesday approved a bill requiring the Beijing-based company ByteDance to sell its subsidiary TikTok or face a nationwide ban. It’s unclear if the bill will ever become …

NUEVA ORLEANS (AP) — Donovan Mitchell hizo 14 puntos en su regreso de una ausencia de siete juegos y los Cavaliers de Cleveland se combinaron para 20 triples en un triunfo de 116-95 sobre los Pelicans de Nueva Orleans el miércoles por la noche. Mitchell, quien concretó cuatro tiros de tres, fue uno de los cuatro Cavaliers con al menos …

Los Angeles Lakers (36-30, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (37-27, seventh in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Lakers -1; over/under is 239 BOTTOM LINE: Sacramento plays Los Angeles in a matchup of Western Conference teams. The Kings are 8-6 against division opponents. Sacramento ranks seventh in the Western Conference …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Morgan State Bears (11-19, 7-7 MEAC) vs. Howard Bison (15-16, 9-5 MEAC) Norfolk, Virginia; Thursday, 6 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Howard faces Morgan State in the MEAC Tournament. …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom ordered a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public, highlighting the religious tensions still present in the wider Middle East. Speaking to The Associated Press, Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Hur was thanking the president for his time. He understood, Hur said, that there were a lot of things going on that demanded Joe Biden’s attention. “We may be interrupted by one,” Biden said, explaining that he’d just gotten off the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was Oct. 8, 2023, the …

LONDRES (AP) — El gobierno de Reino Unido dijo el miércoles que respaldará un proyecto de ley para prohibir que Estados extranjeros sean propietarios de periódicos y revistas británicas, una acción que podría echar por tierra la adquisición del Telegraph Media Group por parte de un consorcio encabezado por los Emiratos Árabes Unidos. El anuncio se produjo después de que …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rats have gotten into confiscated pot at New Orleans’ aging police headquarters, munching the evidence as the building is taken over by mold and cockroaches, said the city’s police chief. “The rats eating our marijuana, they’re all high,” Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told New Orleans City Council members. Kirkpatrick described vermin infestations and decay at the …