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By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — José Abreu hit a go-ahead double in the 10th after the White Sox tied it an inning earlier, helping Chicago beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 at windy Fenway Park for its fifth straight win. Leury García had two singles and a game-tying sacrifice fly in the
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal one day. Novak Djokovic the other. The list of victims of Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz keeps growing. And so does the hype over tennis’ newest sensation. The 19-year-old Alcaraz rallies to beat top-ranked Djokovic in three sets to reach the Madrid Open final. He
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Update 5/10/22 Palm Springs Police reopened Gene Autry Trail to traffic just before 9 Tuesday morning. N Indian Canyon Drive at the Whitewater Wash reopened late Monday. A spokesperson for the city of Palm Springs told News Channel 3 that winds had continued to create hazardous driving conditions on the road, prompting the overnight closure.
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By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Relatives of the missing in Cuba’s capital are desperately searching for victims of an explosion at one of Havana’s most luxurious hotels that killed at least 27 people. They checked the morgue and hospitals, and if unsuccessful, they returned to the partially collapsed Hotel Saratoga. A natural
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson and Christina Maxouris, CNN In a stunning upset that sent the crowd roaring, Rich Strike won the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday. The horse entered the race at 80-1 odds — the biggest long-shot in the 20-horse field. Rich Strike began the derby week as
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN As night fell, chaos erupted when crowds of protesters outside Hong Kong’s legislative building hurled bottles at police, who fired pepper spray and swung batons, dragging some people to the ground. It was a shocking descent into violence from what began as a peaceful march, attended by more than a million
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog scored twice in the second period, and the top-seeded Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 7-3 for a commanding 3-0 lead in their first-round Western Conference series. Landeskog also had two assists. Nazem Kadri and Devon Toews each added a goal and
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve homered early, and Michael Brantley tripled in a two-run eighth to help the Houston Astros run their winning streak to a season-best six games with an 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. The win was manager Dusty Baker’s 2,004th, passing Bruce Bochy (2,003) for
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rich Strike came charging up the rail to overtake the leaders in the closing strides for a stunning 80-1 upset in the Kentucky Derby. Jockey Sonny Leon guided Rich Strike from well back in the 20-horse field to beat 4-1 favorite Epicenter by three-quarters of
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers were fined $50,000 by the NBA on Saturday for violating league injury reporting rules in failing to disclose Joel Embiid’s participation status in an accurate and timely manner. Embiid returned Friday night after missing the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Miami because of a
Continue Reading By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — Keegan Bradley shot the lowest score in bad weather for the second straight day at the Wells Fargo Championship. He leads Max Homa by two shots after a third-round 67 at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. About 2 inches of rain has fallen since Friday
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PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police have asked the public for help in locating a man sought in the strangulation death of a woman who was found not breathing on a city bus, Phoenix police said. Police identified Joshua Bagley, 26, as a suspect in the death Friday of Diane Craig, 41, who died at a
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners are calling up top pitching prospect George Kirby to take the fifth spot in the rotation. He’ll make his major league debut on Sunday against Tampa Bay. Kirby will take the spot of Matt Brash after he was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma. The
Continue Reading By CEDAR ATTANASIO and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Weather conditions described as potentially historic were on tap for New Mexico on Saturday and for the next several days as over 1,400 firefighters and a fleet of airplanes and helicopters worked feverishly to bolster lines around the largest fire burning
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Alaa Elassar, CNN Country singer Mickey Gilley, best known as the pioneer of the “urban cowboy” style, died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, his publicist Zach Farnum said. He was 86. The Natchez, Mississippi native “passed peacefully” surrounded by family and close friends, according to a statement issued by Farnum. He had
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 42 points and made the go-ahead basket with 44.3 seconds left and the Milwaukee Bucks withstood a frantic flurry of shots in the final seconds to beat the Boston Celtics 103-101 on Saturday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal. The defending
Continue Reading DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — David Toms went from trailing to leading comfortably in just one hole in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Toms birdied the 15th hole. Ken Duke had a putt go off the green and 35 yards into the fairway on the 15th and made triple bogey. That four-shot swing wound up giving Toms
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — El expresidente de Brasil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lanzó oficialmente su candidatura presidencial el sábado, en un mitin de campaña en Sao Paulo el sábado. Una encuesta temprana mostró que el político de izquierda de 76 años superaba al actual presidente Jair Bolsonaro, quien se postula para un segundo mandato.
Continue Reading MONTREAL (AP) — Joe Waterman, Djordje Mihailovic, Joquin Torres and Zachary Brault-Guillard scored and Montreal beat Orlando City 4-1 on Saturday to run its club-record unbeaten streak to seven games. Montreal improved to 5-3-2. João Moutinho scored for Orlando City (5-4-2).
Continue Reading By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — George Springer and Raimel Tapia each drove in three runs in the first four innings against Shane Bieber, powering the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians in the first game of a doubleheader. Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman worked 6 1/3 innings
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