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MLB roundup: Mets beat Braves, lose Kodai Senga
(Photo credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports) J.D. Martinez, Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez homered in the third inning Friday night for the host New York Mets, who continued their surge with an 8-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the second game of a four-game series. The Mets extended their winning streak to five games and improvedto 15-7 this month as they moved ahead of the Braves in the race for the Nat
Eight-run first inning sparks Mariners' rout of White Sox
(Photo credit: Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports) Josh Rojas, Dylan Moore and Victor Robles smacked successive home runs in a first-inning barrage and George Kirby delivered seven solid innings as the visiting Seattle Mariners routed the Chicago White Sox 10-0 on Friday. Seattle snapped a three-game losing streak while sending Chicago to its 12th straight loss. The outcome was all but decided after the Mariners updated their
Ernie Clement rescues Blue Jays against Rangers
(Photo credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports) Ernie Clement hit a walkoff single in the ninth and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 6-5 Friday night in the opener of a three-game series. Adolis Garcia had a two-run home run and three RBIs for the Rangers, who had a five-game winning streak end. Toronto left-hander Yusei Kikuchi allowed five runs, eight hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings.

Columbian Newspaper

Democratic volunteers and donations surge with Harris atop ticket
Author: Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and Stephen Groves, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The day after Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race for the White House, Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee’s Michigan campaign office saw 650 people sign up to volunteer.

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Video shows escape from Idaho fire’s flames, smoke
Author: Rebecca Boone, Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — William Howard went to the north-central Idaho town of Juliaetta on Thursday to help a friend after a lightning-sparked wildfire began tearing through the friend’s property, using barrels of water in an effort to extinguish “hot spots” on the land.

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Mariners hit three consecutive homers in first, beat White Sox 10-0
Author: MATT CARLSON, Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Josh Rojas, Dylan Moore and Victor Robles hit consecutive homers in Seattle’s eight-run first inning and the Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 10-0 on Friday night to end a three-game slide.

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Jerry Miller of ’60s band Moby Grape dies in Tacoma
Author: Jim Harrington, Bay Area News Group

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jerry Miller, a founding member of the pioneering ’60s San Francisco psychedelic rock band Moby Grape, died July 20 in Tacoma.

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NYT Politics

Trump, Honing Attacks on Harris, Casts Her as a Far-Left Threat
Author: Michael Gold
Speaking to religious conservatives in Florida, former President Donald J. Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of wanting to use left-wing values to transform the United States.

Seattle Times Politics

Charles Royer, Seattle’s longest-serving mayor, dead at 84
Author: Lauren Girgis

Royer's three terms from 1978 to 1990 marked the longest mayoral tenure in Seattle's history.
Oregon has paid group $10K per call to drug treatment hotline
Author: NOELLE CROMBIE

The hotline was intended as a gateway to substance use screenings and treatment referrals for people cited by police for low-level drug possession.

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