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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies fought off elimination with the highest-scoring performance in their franchise’s postseason history. And with All-Star guard Ja Morant cheering from the bench. Then Morant upped the ante by chanting “Grizz in seven!” Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane and Tyus Jones each
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By BRIAN SLODYSKO and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Erin Houchin braced for the worst when a mysterious, well-financed group started buying television ads last month in her highly competitive southern Indiana congressional race. Houchin assumed she would face a negative blitz, like the one that crushed her in 2016 when she ran
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PHOENIX (AP) — Tina Charles had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Skylar Diggins-Smith added 19 points and six assists, and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Seattle Storm 97-77 on Wednesday night in the first of a home-and-home set this week. Seattle was without star Breanna Stewart due to health and safety protocols, and Phoenix was
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Tina Charles had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Skylar Diggins-Smith added 19 points and six assists, and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Seattle Storm 97-77 on Wednesday night in the first of a home-and-home set this week. Seattle was without star Breanna Stewart due to health and safety protocols, and Phoenix was
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Local high school hero Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-run double and had his first major-league three-RBI game and Whit Merrifield homered for the first time since last August as the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 8-2 to snap a three-game losing streak. Joel Payamps was the second of
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine offered to release Russian prisoners of war in exchange for the safe evacuation of the badly injured fighters trapped inside a steel mill in the ruined city of Mariupol, as Kyiv began preparing for its first war crimes trial of a captured
Continue ReadingBy Reuters New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday, May 11, that the country will fully reopen its international borders from 11:59 p.m. on July 31, with cruise ships also welcome back to local ports on the same day. The end-July opening of the border is two months earlier than the government’s previous
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman and Brad Lendon, CNN The chief of the US Navy defended the service’s plans to scrap nine relatively new warships in the coming fiscal year even as the service tries to keep up with China’s growing fleet. Three of the littoral combat ships slated for decommissioning are less than three
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Incluso dos años después de su infección inicial, la mayoría de las personas que fueron hospitalizadas por covid-19 al principio de la pandemia tenían síntomas persistentes, según un nuevo estudio que puede ser uno de los más largos y más grandes registrados para seguir a personas con covid prolongado. El estudio,
Continue Reading By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australian Boomers head coach Brian Goorjian has signed on as the foundation coach of Bay Area Dragons in the new East Asia Super League. Goorjian is the most successful coach in Australia’s National Basketball League with six championship titles and guided the national men’s team
Continue Reading By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Juan Yepez homered and Miles Mikolas pitched seven strong innings, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Yepez has reached base in all seven games since being recalled from the minors on May 3. His second-inning homer kickstarted a three-run
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los aeropuertos están abarrotados, los vuelos están repletos y los viajes aéreos en Estados Unidos están de vuelta y en pleno apogeo. Pero el regreso a los cielos tras la pandemia no ha sido del todo fácil: los pasajeros parecen comportarse peor que nunca, las cancelaciones de vuelos son cada vez
Continue Reading By VIN A. CHERWOO AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins were leading 2-0 in Game 5 of their first-round series against the New York Rangers when star center Sidney Crosby headed to the dressing room with about seven minutes left in the second period. He was knocked to the ice minutes
Continue Reading By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Orlando Arcia hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 5-3 win over the Boston Red Sox. Arcia lined his first homer of the season over the left-field wall off Ryan Brasier with one out in the
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks are still alive in the NBA playoffs, but star Giannis Antetokounmpo is already joking about his plans for next year. After scoring 40 points to help the Bucks take a 3-2 lead over Boston in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the two-time MVP asked reporters out of the blue: “If
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We’re less than three weeks away from the June primary and some local races are beginning to take shape. Candidates are stepping up their fundraising games to get their message out ahead of June 7. Visit Our “Your Vote” Section for Election Coverage TV ads are hitting the airwaves, people still working on putting signs up,
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Several people were injured when a Chinese passenger jet left the runway upon takeoff and caught fire in western China. Tibet Airlines said the flight to the city of Nyingchi in the Tibetan Autonomous Region was preparing to take off from the western city of Chongqing. The Airbus jet had 113 passengers
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By Andy Rose and Travis Caldwell, CNN The caretaker of a tiger that temporarily went missing in Houston last year was sentenced to 18 years in prison in Fort Bend County on Tuesday in an unrelated murder case. Victor Hugo Cuevas will receive 504 days credit for time served. His defense attorney, Michael W. Elliott,
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Burning now for more than a month, the largest wildfire in the U.S. was spreading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico on Wednesday, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to evacuate. “Day 36,” fire spokesman Bill Morse said at a briefing Wednesday
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Burning now for more than a month, the largest wildfire in the U.S. was spreading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico on Wednesday, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to evacuate. “Day 36,” fire spokesman Bill Morse said at a briefing Wednesday
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