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Edmundo Sosa's 2-run homer helps Phillies rally past Dodgers
Edmundo Sosa's 2-run homer helps Phillies rally past Dodgers

(Photo credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images) Edmundo Sosa hit a go-ahead two-run home run with two outs in the eighth inning as the Philadelphia...

Jake Mangum, Nick Gonzales help Pirates outlast Twins
Jake Mangum, Nick Gonzales help Pirates outlast Twins

(Photo credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images) Jake Mangum and Nick Gonzales each totaled three hits and two RBIs to lead the host...

Athletics place RHP Luis Severino on 15-day IL
Athletics place RHP Luis Severino on 15-day IL

(Photo credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images) The Athletics placed right-hander Luis Severino on the 15-day injured list on Saturday...

Report: Bulls coach search includes BYU's Kevin Young
Report: Bulls coach search includes BYU's Kevin Young

(Photo credit: Aaron Doster-Imagn Images) The rebuilding Chicago Bulls reportedly have expressed interest in BYU head coach Kevin...

Phillies' Jesus Luzardo feeling 'grindy' as streaking Dodgers await
Phillies' Jesus Luzardo feeling 'grindy' as streaking Dodgers await

(Photo credit: Rhona Wise-Imagn Images) Riding his best three-start stretch of the season, Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Jesus...

Cardinals pursue another power surge against cold Cubs
Cardinals pursue another power surge against cold Cubs

(Photo credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images) The St. Louis Cardinals homered for the first time this week, going deep three times in the...

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Ex-head of Shaolin Temple gets 24 years jail for embezzlement, bribery
Ex-head of Shaolin Temple gets 24 years jail for embezzlement, bribery

BEIJING, China: Shi Yongxin, the former abbot of China's Shaolin Temple, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for crimes such as embezzlement...

Trump’s plan for $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund blocked by judge
Trump’s plan for $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund blocked by judge

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A U.S. judge on May 29 temporarily stopped President Donald Trump's administration from creating a nearly US$1.8...

Slavery-era laws repealed by French parliament
Slavery-era laws repealed by French parliament

PARIS, France: French lawmakers voted on May 28 to officially cancel old slavery-era laws that treated enslaved people as property...

US accuses Iran of attacking Kuwait, violating ceasefire
US accuses Iran of attacking Kuwait, violating ceasefire

DUBAI, U.A.E.: The U.S. military said on May 28 that Iran broke a fragile ceasefire after Kuwait reported being attacked following...

Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing
Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing

VIENTIANE, Laos: Five people who were trapped inside a cave in Laos for about a week were found alive on May 27. Rescue teams from...

Aide of attacker in Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing arrested
Aide of attacker in Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing arrested

BERLIN, Germany: A man suspected of helping a convicted attacker carry out a stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial was arrested in...

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