Month: August 2022

Hawaii Wins Little League Title, Beating Curacao 13–3

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—Hawaii got back-to-back homers from Kekoa Payanal and Kama Angell in the first inning, sparking a 13–3 win in just four innings Sunday, August 28, over Curacao in the championship of the Little League World Series. The LLWS title is Hawaii’s fourth. It won in 2018 and this same Honolulu team finished third…


Mookie Betts Homers Again as Dodgers Beat Marlins 8–1

MIAMI— Mookie Betts homered for the third straight game, Julio Urías pitched six sparkling innings and the 8–1 on Sunday, August 28. Justin Turner and Max Muncy had three hits apiece for the NL West-leading Dodgers, who are 28–8 since the All-Star break. Betts, who also doubled and singled, homered for the fourth time in…


Film Review: ‘Fall’: Sky-High Survival Thriller Packs Powerful Punch

PG-13 | 1h 47m | Survival Thriller, Adventure, Horror | 2022 “Fall” has so much in common with 2005’s monster movie “The Descent” that it should be titled “The Ascent.” The original was about six rock-climber girl buddies who go spelunking and run into some blind, cave-dwelling, orc-looking, ceiling-crawling, pasty-white humanoids who eat people. “Fall” is about two…


Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout Homer as Angels Sweep Blue Jays

Shohei Ohtani had a two-run homer among his three hits as the visiting Los Angeles Angels earned an 8–3 victory Sunday afternoon that completed a three-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays. Luis Rengifo also hit a two-run home run for the Angels and Kurt Suzuki, while Mike Trout added solo shots. George Springer hit…


Dutch Police: 6 Dead After Truck Hit Community Barbecue

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The death toll from an accident when a truck drove off a dike and slammed into a community barbecue in a village south of Rotterdam rose to six Sunday and police said a further seven people are in hospital, including one in critical condition. Three men and three women were killed, ranging in…


DeSantis Calls for ‘Reckoning’ of Fauci If Republicans Take Congress

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called on Republicans in Congress to investigate White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci if they take control of Congress and following statements from Fauci that he’s stepping down soon. “If the Republicans take control, we need a reckoning on all of this,” he told Dan Bongino, adding that during the pandemic,…


Police: Houston Tenant Kills 3 Others, Set Fire to Lure Them

HOUSTON—A man evicted from a Houston apartment building shot five other tenants—killing three of them—Sunday morning after setting fire to the house to lure them out, police said. Officers fatally shot the gunman. The incident happened at about 1 a.m. Sunday in a mixed industrial-residential neighborhood in southwest Houston. Police and fire crews responded to…


F1 Champ Max Verstappen Surges From 14th to Win Belgian GP

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium—Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen quickly carved his way through the field from 14th to win the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday and widen his lead in the title race. Verstappen, who in the final race before F1’s summer break drove from 10th to win the Hungarian Grand Prix, produced another imperious drive…


Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Region’s Towns Shelled

KYIV—Russian artillery fired at Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight, local officials said on Sunday, adding to residents’ anguish as reports of shelling around the plant fuelled fears of a radiation disaster. Russia’s defense ministry said there was more Ukrainian shelling of the plant over the past 24 hours,…


Biden Should Apologize for Calling MAGA movement ‘Semi-Fascism’: New Hampshire Governor

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday said President Joe Biden should apologize for labeling Republicans who support the “Make America Great Again” movement as advocates of “semi-fascism.” Appearing on CNN program “State of the Union,” Sununu said that Biden’s remarks were “horribly inappropriate” and “insulting” to those voted for Donald Trump’s MAGA agenda, who…