Month: May 2022
Quintana gets first win since 2019, Pirates down Dodgers 5-1
By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jose Quintana pitched six scoreless innings for his first win since 2019 and the first victory by a Pittsburgh starting pitcher this season as the Pirates beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Monday night. The Pirates also ended a 16-game losing streak against the Dodgers dating
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Quintana gets first win since 2019, Pirates down Dodgers 5-1
By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jose Quintana pitched six scoreless innings for his first win since 2019 and the first victory by a Pittsburgh starting pitcher this season as the Pirates beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Monday night. The Pirates also ended a 16-game losing streak against the Dodgers dating
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Grizzlies guard Ja Morant out with knee injury for Game 4
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant was out for Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals Monday night against the Golden State Warriors with a right knee injury. Coach Taylor Jenkins made the announcement during his pregame media session. Just more than an hour before game
Continue Reading Grizzlies guard Ja Morant out with knee injury for Game 4
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant was out for Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals Monday night against the Golden State Warriors with a right knee injury. Coach Taylor Jenkins made the announcement during his pregame media session. Just more than an hour before game
Continue ReadingWarhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe fetches a record $195 million
Oscar Holland, CNN One of Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn Monroe portraits has become the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever to go under the hammer. The 40-square-inch “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” one of dozens of images the artist made of Monroe in the 1960s, sold for a record $195 million at Christie’s in New York Monday
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Descubren más restos humanos en el lago Mead, a medida que baja el nivel del agua de los embalses
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Más restos humanos se descubrieron en el lago Mead durante el fin de semana, menos de una semana después de que se encontrara un cuerpo dentro de un barril en el embalse. Los guardabosques del Servicio de Parques Nacionales (NPS, por sus siglas en inglés) respondieron a una llamada durante la
Continue Reading Reds’ Moustakas becomes 14th Cincy player on injured list
By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — The Reds placed infielder Mike Moustakas on the injured list without designation, the latest Cincinnati player apparently sidelined by COVID-19 issues on the last-place club. Moustakas became the 14th player on the Reds’ injured list. First baseman Joey Votto and second baseman Jonathan India are also out
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Cleanup underway after trees topple into Alaska road, bay
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Efforts are underway to clear a road where dozens of fully grown evergreen trees as well as rocks and dirt toppled into an Alaska bay, covering the roadway and cutting off road access for scores of people. City Manager Janette Bower says there were no injuries
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Man sentenced for La Quinta robbery, stolen vehicle pursuit
A Riverside man was sentenced today to six years and eight months in prison for robbing a La Quinta business and leading sheriff’s deputies on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle. Raul Tamayo Jr., 38, was convicted of four felony counts — robbery, evading arrest, vehicle theft and receiving a stolen vehicle with a prior
Continue Reading Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob’s time in Las Vegas
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas is being flooded with lore about organized crime after a second set of human remains emerged within a week from the depths of a drought-stricken Colorado River reservoir just a 30-minute drive from the notoriously mob-founded Strip. “There’s no telling what we’ll find in
Continue Reading Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob’s time in Las Vegas
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas is being flooded with lore about organized crime after a second set of human remains emerged within a week from the depths of a drought-stricken Colorado River reservoir just a 30-minute drive from the notoriously mob-founded Strip. “There’s no telling what we’ll find in
Continue Reading Laos reopens to visitors after 2-year closure to fight virus
BANGKOK (AP) — The landlocked Southeast Asian nation of Laos has reopened to tourists and other visitors more than two years after it imposed tight restrictions to fight the coronavirus. Vaccination certificates or virus tests will still be required for Lao citizens and foreigners entering the country. Travelers 12 years of age or older without
Continue ReadingElon Musk says he is ‘exactly aligned’ with Europe’s sweeping new rules for social media platforms
By Brian Fung, CNN Elon Musk appeared to endorse a key European law regulating social media on Monday when he appeared in a video with Thierry Breton, a top EU commissioner and digital regulator. In the video, Breton said he met with Musk to explain the finer points of the Digital Services Act, a forthcoming
Continue Reading Arizona execution on track after court challenges fail
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The planned execution of an Arizona man remained on track Monday after two last-minute court efforts ended without decisions that would sidetrack the state from putting 66-year-old Clarence Dixon to death. Early in the day, the state Supreme Court declined to overturn a lower court ruling that
Continue Reading Hong Kong leader says China patriots now firmly in charge
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says Chinese patriots are now firmly in charge of the city following the election of its new leader, who ran unopposed in a process controlled by Beijing. Lam’s comments came a day after a carefully vetted election committee voted overwhelmingly to approve John Lee, a hard-line
Continue Reading Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob’s time in Las Vegas
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas is being flooded with lore about organized crime after a second set of human remains emerged within a week from the depths of a drought-stricken Colorado River reservoir just a 30-minute drive from the notoriously mob-founded Strip. “There’s no telling what we’ll find in
Continue Reading Warriors coach Steve Kerr out with COVID-19, Brown steps in
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors coach Steve Kerr tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday evening and will be replaced by associate head coach Mike Brown on the bench for Golden State in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Memphis Grizzlies. Kerr, 56, had been regularly wearing
Continue Reading Warriors coach Steve Kerr out with COVID-19, Brown steps in
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors coach Steve Kerr tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday evening and will be replaced by associate head coach Mike Brown on the bench for Golden State in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Memphis Grizzlies. Kerr, 56, had been regularly wearing
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