June 2021

Yankees overcome Ohtani’s 2 HRs, slug past Angels 11-5

NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was making Yankees manager Aaron Boone nervous — until the Angels’ twoway star batted in the seventh inning Tuesday night.

Britney Spears’ father seeks court probe of her allegations

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears’ father has asked the court overseeing his daughter’s conservatorship to investigate her statements to a judge last week on the court’s control of her medical treatment and personal life, which she called overly restrictive and abusive.

Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in a stunning reversal of fortune for the comedian once known as “America’s Dad,” ruling that the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by his predecessor’s agreement not to charge Cosby.

Hodges Ray ‘Bubba’ Harmon

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God’s gifts to each of us are our blessings!

Senate president: Louisiana veto override session likely

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Momentum is building for Louisiana lawmakers to hold an historic veto override session, with Senate President Page Cortez announcing Wednesday that senators are likely to support the effort to try to overturn Gov. John Bel Edwards’ bill rejections.

MULLINS HAS 4 HITS AS O’S CRUISE TO 13-3 WIN OVER ASTROS

HOUSTON (AP) — Cedric Mullins homered among his four hits, Austin Hays and Maikel Franco had three RBIs each, and the Baltimore Orioles broke open the game late and cruised to a 13-3 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

Not guilty plea in death of officer outside basketball game

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans man accused of killing a university police officer outside a high school basketball game has pleaded not guilty to a charge of firstdegree murder.

End to COVID-19 hotel housing for homeless raises worries

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Everyone on the streets knows “Sir Charles,” the skinny guy with the saxophone, sunglasses, felt hat and megawatt smile. At a gig this week at the iconic Elbo Room beach bar, he danced with a soda in his hand as the bouncers teased him, the ladies applauded and patrons slipped a few dollars into his tip jar.

Canadian Indigenous group says more graves found at new site

CRANBROOK, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian Indigenous group said Wednesday a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site near a former Catholic Church-run residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families.

Third of three suspects arrested in Miss. killing

MOSS POINT, Miss. (AP) — The third of three suspects in a Mississippi killing has been arrested.