Ohio team makes LLWS U.S. title game

August 28, 2026

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Ohio's Walker Osborne and Japan's Shinnosuke Ijima tossed complete games in the Little League Baseball World Series quarterfinals on Thursday to lift their teams into Saturday's United States and international championships, respectively. Osborne, who hadn't pitched more than 1 1/3 innings in either of his first two appearances, threw 86 pitches and allowed just one run on four hits in Ohio's 7-1 win over Iowa on Thursday to set up Saturday's U.S. Championship against Nevada. "Walker's a GOAT," Ohio manager Timothy Nichting said. "Walker's a tough dude and ...

Peter Cullen, prolific voice actor who gave Optimus Prime his authoritative baritone, has died

August 28, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Cullen, a prolific voice actor who enlivened scores of TV series, specials and movies, including Optimus Prime in the syndicated 1984 series "Transformers" and Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh cartoon franchise, has died. He was 85. His agent, Kevin Motley, said Cullen died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. "His family asks that you honor his remarkable legacy by serving your communities and leading others with compassion, integrity, and loyalty and always remember 'be strong enough to be gentle,'" said a family statement. Cullen's career spanned from being ...

ACROSS THE NATION

August 27, 2026

Judge removes one hurdle for Trump mail voting order as states file new challenge before midterms A federal judge on Wednesday lifted a major obstacle to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, even as Democratic state officials filed a new court challenge with the ...

Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80

August 27, 2026

Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the smug concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. He was 80. Curry, who suffered a stroke in 2012 ...

At least 160 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China

August 27, 2026

UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal (AP) — Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China on Wednesday killed at least 160 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others missing after sweeping through communities and bringing travel in some areas to a halt. Experts said an avalanche from ...

A Wildberries depot in Russia is destroyed as Ukraine extends its drone campaign

August 27, 2026

Long-range Ukrainian drones struck a major warehouse belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer, burning it to the ground, local authorities said Wednesday. The depot in the Tambov region southeast of Moscow had been hit on July 18, killing seven people. That attack was the start of ...