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Pirates make it five in a row

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jared Jones allowed one hit over seven dominant innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates inched closer to the franchise's first winning season in eight years with a 2-0 win over St. Louis on Tuesday night. The hard-throwing Jones (5-6) retired the first 16 batters he faced before Nathan Church's bloop landed just beyond the outstretched glove of Pirates third baseman Jacob Gonzalez with one out in the sixth. Church sprinted to second for a double but remained there after Masyn Wynn lined out and J.J. Wetherholt struck out to end the inning. Jones, who returned from ...

Jackson emerges for Buckeyes

COLUMBUS — Ja'Kobi Jackson arrived at Ohio State without much fanfare over the winter. Head coach Ryan Day brought in a larger-than-usual (for Ohio State) transfer class with players at just about every position, and Jackson was projected more likely to be third string behind sophomore Isaiah West than to push returning 1,000-yard rusher Bo Jackson for No. 1 carries. Nonetheless, Ja'Kobi Jackson is second on the team in carries (21) and rushing yards (150) after three games, and the Florida transfer leads seventh-ranked Ohio State in yards per carry (7.1) and touchdown runs (four) ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

JUDGE OUT NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is unlikely to play in the Wild Card Series after having an injection in his sore right calf, manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday. Before the Yankees faced the Rays in a day-night doubleheader, Boone said Judge had a platelet poor plasma injection during the team's off-day on Monday following its return from Arizona. "We're planning on him not being a part of that (Wild Card Series) but we're also at time of the year, you hear all the time with injuries, you give ranges two to four weeks, four to six weeks," Boone said. "The ...

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Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder in shooting of 3 Palestinian students Burlington, Vt. (AP) — A jury on Monday convicted a Vermont man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home, rejecting an insanity defense ...

Trump decries Democrats as ‘communists,’ even as he looks to impress China’s communist leader

WASHINGTON (AP) — Communism, President Donald Trump says, is the greatest threat the U.S. has ever faced. This summer, citing similarly grave concerns, he took the rare step of delivering a primetime address to the nation, accusing China of “sinister election meddling” in 2020 and reviving his yearslong push to dispute his loss in that year’s election. Even as Trump seeks to decry Democrats as communists ahead of November’s midterm elections, he is rolling out the red carpet this week for Chinese President Xi Jinping, the leader of the world’s most powerful communist ...

Blaney can feel pressure building

(AP) — If Ryan Blaney's analysis of the NASCAR Chase is accurate, then his championship bid is already over after only three of 10 races in the run to the title. "I just don't see that you can finish outside the top 30 multiple times and have a shot," Blaney said last week. "It's just going to be too much to make up." Three days later, Blaney finished 33rd at Bristol Motor Speedway, the second consecutive finish outside the top 30 for the 2023 Cup Series champion. Blaney has plummeted from second to sixth in the standings since the Chase began, and his frustrations boiled over in a ...