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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. could clinch a return to soccer’s World Cup with two games to spare if it wins in Mexico City, Panama loses at home to last-place Honduras and Costa Rica fails to win at home against first-place Canada. A home match against Panama looms
Continue ReadingBy Jorge Engels and Mario Medrano, CNN A top Nicaraguan official condemned President Daniel Ortega’s government on Wednesday, calling it a “dictatorship” that is stifling civil and political freedoms in the Central American nation. Speaking in a video address to the Organization of American States (OAS), Nicaragua’s Ambassador to the OAS Arturo McFields said, “I
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Maverick McNealy was the last man to get into the Dell Technologies Match Play. Perhaps it was only fitting he was the first to close out his match. He routed Joaquin Niemann in 12 holes to highlight a typically unpredictable day at Austin Country Club.
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Maverick McNealy was the last man to get into the Dell Technologies Match Play. Perhaps it was only fitting he was the first to close out his match. He routed Joaquin Niemann in 12 holes to highlight a typically unpredictable day at Austin Country Club.
Continue Reading By GARY SCHATZ Associated Press GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Right-hander Tyler Mahle has been chosen to start for the Cincinnati Reds on opening day against the World Series champion Atlanta Braves. Manager David Bell gave the four-year veteran the news on Wednesday morning ahead of his second spring training start. The 27-year-old Mahle tied for
Continue Reading DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Mike Okauru scored 11 of his 28 points in the two overtime periods, Jaylen Sims also finished with 28 points and UNC Wilmington beat Middle Tennessee 96-90 in the College Basketball Invitational championship game. Jaylen Fornes added 19 points for UNC Wilmington. Okauru was 10 of 12 from the line and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 26th and final appearance in the Sweet 16 is a classic matchup of offense vs. defense. The second-seeded Blue Devils face No. 3 Texas Tech in a West Region semifinal Thursday night in San Francisco. Duke is scoring better than 80 points per game and Texas Tech
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York city’s mayor will announce Thursday that he’s exempting athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine mandate for private workers. The move will allow Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving to play home games, and let unvaccinated baseball players take the field when their season
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York city’s mayor will announce Thursday that he’s exempting athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine mandate for private workers. The move will allow Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving to play home games, and let unvaccinated baseball players take the field when their season
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden has formally asked two Trump-appointed members of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition to resign from their posts or be terminated. Herschel Walker and Mehmet Oz, who are now Republican Senate candidates in Georgia and Pennsylvania, respectively, were appointed in 2018 by President
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Puede que Dug no sea la papa más grande del mundo, pero sigue siendo bastante espectacular. Cuando la pareja neozelandesa formada por Colin y Donna Craig-Brown descubrió este gigantesco tubérculo en su jardín el pasado agosto, supieron que tenían algo especial entre manos. ¿Es esta la papa más pesada del mundo?
Continue Reading HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say have charged the mother of an 8-year-old girl who was found dead inside a central California home after the child was reported missing in her killing. The Merced County District Attorney’s Office says it charged 30-year-old Samantha Johnson and her boyfriend, 34-year-old Dhante Jackson, with murder and child abuse
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Democratic congresswoman from California has testified that a Republican colleague from Nebraska who is charged with lying to the FBI over a foreign campaign donation is “honest” and honorable. U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo told jurors in Los Angeles federal court that she got to know
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians who own cars could get up to $800 from the state to help offset record high gas prices. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the proposal on Wednesday. His plan calls for registered owners to get $400 per vehicle, capped at two cars. That includes people who
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican backers of a big property tax break for businesses had to lean on a fellow GOP lawmaker to get her switch her vote, but the tax cut is now closer to heading to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey for his certain signature. Wednesday’s party-line 31-28 victory for
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil coach Tite and his players are doing their best to boost Neymar’s morale after the striker’s recent struggles at Paris Saint-Germain. Neymar and Argentina great Lionel Messi have both faced heavy criticism in Paris after the team’s loss to Real Madrid in the round
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Halo” isn’t the first videogame to become a movie or TV show, and it certainly won’t be the last. But the series faces a formidable challenge crafting a Paramount+ show around the contours of the game, one that it seeks to master largely by slapping together pieces of established properties
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Halo” isn’t the first videogame to become a movie or TV show, and it certainly won’t be the last. But the series faces a formidable challenge crafting a Paramount+ show around the contours of the game, one that it seeks to master largely by slapping together pieces of established
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN The vibe was much more positive on the court and off following Naomi Osaka’s latest tennis match. After defeating Australian Astra Sharma 6-3, 6-4 in her first-round match at the Miami Open, the four-time grand slam champion told reporters she was feeling better. “I don’t know if I’m allowed to say
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The defensive line of the Los Angeles Chargers had two big flaws last season. They are hoping the addition of Austin Johnson helps in both areas. Johnson signed a two-year deal on March 16 to join the Chargers after having a career season with the
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