LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts left during the seventh inning of Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Royals after being hit in the left hand by a 97.9 mph fastball from Dan Altavilla. The pitch hit Betts at the top of the hand, near the wrist. Betts fell to the ground and
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Allisha Gray scored 25 points, Tina Charles added a double-double and the Atlanta Dream pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Sparks 87-74 on Sunday. Gray made 9 of 14 shots from the floor, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, for the Dream (6-6). She added three
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Extreme heat spread across Arizona, New Mexico and parts of Texas, Colorado and Kansas as severe weather swept across many parts of the U.S. on Sunday. There was unseasonable cold in the Pacific Northwest, snow headed to the northern Rocky Mountains and heavy rainfall forecast from the
Continue ReadingCHINO, Calif. (AP) — Two people were killed aboard a vintage plane that crashed and burst into flames near a Southern California airfield during a weekend Father’s Day event hosted by an air museum, authorities said Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration said the twin-engine Lockheed 12A crashed shortly after 12:30 p.m. Saturday, just west of
Continue ReadingCHINO, Calif. (AP) — Two people were killed aboard a vintage plane that crashed and burst into flames near a Southern California airfield during a weekend Father’s Day event hosted by an air museum, authorities said Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration said the twin-engine Lockheed 12A crashed shortly after 12:30 p.m. Saturday, just west of
Continue ReadingGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Lilia Vu won the Meijer LPGA Classic in a playoff Sunday in her return from a back injury, spoiling Lexi Thompson’s bid for her first victory in five years. Playing for the first time since the Ford Championship in late March in Arizona, Vu beat Thompson and third-round leader Grace
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Jude Bellingham scored to give England a winning start at Euro 2024 by beating Serbia 1-0. Real Madrid star Bellingham put the Three Lions in front with a stooping header in the 13th minute after Bukayo Saka’s cross. Victory sent England to the top of
Continue ReadingBy MIKE COOK Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carlos Correa continued his offensive tear with two home runs as part of a three-hit day, and the Minnesota Twins cruised past the Oakland Athletics 6-2 on Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader. Royce Lewis and Carlos Santana also homered amongst their two hits, Bailey
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso had a season-high five RBIs, combining with Francisco Lindor on first-inning home runs that built a three-run lead against Dylan Cease after 16 pitches, and the surging New York Mets beat the San Diego Padres 11-6 Sunday for their fifth straight win. Tylor Megill (2-3) allowed two runs and
Continue ReadingLARKSPUR, Colo. (AP) — Officials say two people were seriously injured after their small plane crashed near Interstate 25 in Colorado. The plane crashed in a field just east of I-25 near Larkspur, about 40 miles south of Denver, on Sunday. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says the plane apparently hit a sign on the
Continue ReadingWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican Kansas lawmaker who already dropped his re-election campaign last month after he was arrested in a traffic stop has now been barred from practicing law for at least a year. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled state Rep. Carl Maughan of Colwich violated professional standards while representing 57-year-old Bret Blevins
Continue ReadingGLENNVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Officials say an inmate used a gun to kill a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison before fatally shooting himself. The Georgia Department of Corrections says it’s investigating the killing early Sunday at Smith State Prison. Few details were released, including how the inmate obtained a firearm. Prison officials said inmate
Continue ReadingBy RYAN SUN Associated Press GORMAN, Calif. (AP) — Strong winds pushed flames through dry brush in mountains along Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles on Sunday, and officials warned residents in the wildfire’s path to be prepared to leave if it explodes in size again. Los Angeles County’s first major wildfire of the year
Continue ReadingBy RYAN SUN Associated Press GORMAN, Calif. (AP) — Strong winds pushed flames through dry brush in mountains along Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles on Sunday, and officials warned residents in the wildfire’s path to be prepared to leave if it explodes in size again. Los Angeles County’s first major wildfire of the year
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON and STEVE DOUGLAS Associated Press GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Riot police in Germany intervened to stop brawling soccer fans before Sunday’s match between Serbia and England at the European Championship soccer tournament. Social media footage showed men throwing chairs at each other outside a restaurant festooned with Serbian flags in the western
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — San Diego’s Manny Machado and manager Mike Schildt were ejected in the sixth inning of Sunday’s game at New York Mets after the All-Star took a called third strike. With San Diego trailing 7-2, Machado was called out by plate umpire Adam Beck on a full-count sinker from Adrian Houser that
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto was placed on the 15-day injured list before Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Royals with tightness in the triceps of his pitching arm. Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said Yamamoto would undergo testing Sunday to determine the severity of the
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Serbia has gotten a pre-match message of support from its most famous sports star ahead of the country’s European Championship opener against England. Novak Djokovic appeared Sunday on the big screens inside Arena AufSchalke while Serbia’s players were warming up before kickoff in the Group
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Local media in Greece are reporting that a missing American tourist has been found dead on a beach on a small island west of Corfu. The body of the man was found Sunday on a rocky and fairly remote beach on the island of Mathraki by another tourist. He had been
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press OBBÜRGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Nearly 80 countries called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in. The way forward for diplomacy remains unclear. The joint
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