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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Bob Baffert’s National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, ending Mage’s Triple Crown bid in the trainer’s return from a suspension — and just hours after another of his 3-year-old horses was euthanized on the track. Baffert headed to the winner’s circle on the same
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By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Senators in Minnesota passed a bill Saturday that would allow recreational marijuana use by people over the age of 21 and make it the 23rd state to legalize the substance for adults. The measure has already been approved by the House and now goes to
Continue Reading By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Senators in Minnesota passed a bill Saturday that would allow recreational marijuana use by people over the age of 21 and make it the 23rd state to legalize the substance for adults. The measure has already been approved by the House and now goes to
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Bob Baffert-trained National Treasure crosses finish line first in Preakness hours after a Baffert horse was euthanized.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN Hiroshima, Japan (CNN) — Group of Seven talks culminated Sunday with a series of dramatic, in-person appeals from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he pressed leaders gathered in Japan to remain united against Russian aggression. Zelensky’s decision to travel halfway across the world to deliver his entreaties to the world’s major
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Houston manager Dusty Baker likened Yordan Alvarez to an NBA player with the ball in his hands and the game on the line after the slugger lifted his team a win Saturday with one mighty swing. “We kind of expect it and the fans expect it
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By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A student in Phoenix faces “a number of serious felony charges” after police accused him of bringing an AR-15 weapon and ammunition to a high school, authorities said. Phoenix Police Department officers and two school security officers responded Friday afternoon to a call of a student with a
Continue Reading By HENRY SCHULMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Braxton Garrett and three relievers combined on a three-hitter, and the Miami Marlins scored an unearned run in the eighth inning on Jon Berti’s single to beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 Saturday. Miami (24-22) improved to 15-2 in one-run games but has been outscored 211-159
Continue Reading By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pavin Smith hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. Smith’s third homer of the season came off Robert Stephenson and helped the Diamondbacks overcome a 3-2 deficit after Pirates ace
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — A New York state assemblyman and former volunteer spokesperson for the non-profit accused of lying about homeless veterans being pushed out of a hotel to make room for migrants is no longer affiliated with the foundation, he told CNN. Republican State Assemblyman Brian Maher said in a statement to
Continue ReadingCNN By Paula Reid, Kaitlan Collins, Katelyn Polantz, Kristen Holmes and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump asked whether he could push back against Justice Department efforts last year to recover any classified documents still in his possession during conversations with his lawyer over compliance with a federal subpoena, according to multiple sources familiar
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Rep. Marion Berry, who was known for his blunt rhetoric and his advocacy work for farmers and older residents in eastern Arkansas, has died. He was 80. Berry’s son, Mitch, in a statement Saturday announced his father’s death. He said his father lived his
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Martin Scorsese unveiled “Killers of the Flower Moon” at Cannes on Saturday, debuting a sweeping American epic about greed and exploitation on the bloody plains of an Osage Nation reservation in 1920s Oklahoma. Scorsese’s latest — starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Martin Scorsese unveiled “Killers of the Flower Moon” at Cannes on Saturday, debuting a sweeping American epic about greed and exploitation on the bloody plains of an Osage Nation reservation in 1920s Oklahoma. Scorsese’s latest — starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s defense ministry said early Sunday that forces of the Wagner private army, with the support of Russian troops, seized the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. The ministry statement on the Telegram channel came about eight hours after a similar claim by Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin. Ukrainian
Continue Reading By Zenebou Sylla and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A 3-year-old child shot and injured two people in Indiana on Thursday evening, which led to the arrest of a man wanted for murder in Illinois, law enforcement told CNN. The child got access to a gun and fired one round, striking two people at an
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Auliʻi Cravalho “cannot wait to help” make the recently announced live-action version of Disney’s animated 2016 film “Moana” a reality, but it won’t be as the titular character. In an Instagram video post shared on her verified account Friday, Cravalho explained when she was cast as Moana at 14
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged the nation to show Daniel Penny that “America’s got his back.” Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley called for New York’s governor to pardon Penny, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy donated $10,000 to his legal defense fund. Republican presidential hopefuls have lined up
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — John Cena admitted he feels “shortsighted and selfish” for having started a feud with Dwayne Johnson a decade ago, when they faced off against one another as major WWE stars. On Thursday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Cena said he “would like to think” the pair –
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer GOIANIA, Brazil (AP) — Lifelong soccer fan and full-time police officer Hugo Jorge Bravo felt there was only one thing to do when he received information over what has since blown up into a major alleged match-fixing scandal in Brazil. He started his own investigation. But this case was
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