By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matt Waldron used his knuckleball to strike out six over seven innings and the San Diego Padres avoided a 10th straight road loss with a late rally off Philadelphia’s bullpen to beat the NL-best Phillies 5-2 on Wednesday. A day after the Phillies used four consecutive
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch got his up-close look at how crazed the city is about his team’s playoff run when a mix-up with his keys caused him to walk home through the crowd after clinching a spot in the Stanley Cup Final. That fever
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says it has new weapons and intelligence capabilities that could help it target more critical positions deeper inside Israel in case of an all-out war. Hassan Nasrallah’s comments on Wednesday come as the cross-border conflict simmering between
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A commercial structure fire has erupted at the 46100 block of Dillon Road in Coachella. Firefighters responded to a single-story car wash structure with heavy smoke blowing from the roof. Fire resources will remain on-site for the time being working to contain the flames, Cal Fire confirmed. Dillon Road is closed south of the I-10
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — No hard feelings, Rory. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said he understands why Rory McIlroy withdrew from the Travelers Championship — the final signature event on the calendar — to recover from a late-Sunday meltdown at the U.S. Open. “Sometimes you just need to focus
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The Detroit Pistons fired coach Monty Williams on Wednesday after just one season that ended with an NBA-worst 14-68 record. “Decisions like these are difficult to make, and I want to thank Monty for his hard work and dedication,” Pistons owner Tom Gores said in a statement. “Coaching has
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A blistering heat wave Wednesday extended from the Midwest to New England, leaving millions of people sweltering through the Juneteenth holiday, including in places like northern Maine where they rarely experience such conditions this early in the year. The city of Caribou, Maine, just 10 miles from
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A blistering heat wave Wednesday extended from the Midwest to New England, leaving millions of people sweltering through the Juneteenth holiday, including in places like northern Maine where they rarely experience such conditions this early in the year. The city of Caribou, Maine, just 10 miles from
Continue ReadingCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa man accused of killing four people with a metal pipe earlier this month has filed a written plea of not guilty to four first-degree murder charges. Luke Wade Truesdell filed his not guilty plea Tuesday. The 34-year-old is scheduled to return to court next Tuesday for an arraignment.
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Gallman and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana public schools are now required to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms, after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the requirement into law Wednesday. House Bill 71, approved by state lawmakers last month, mandates that a poster-size display of the Ten Commandments with “large, easily
Continue ReadingBy ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Hours before crowds were expected to gather for the unveiling of a mural honoring baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays in downtown Birmingham, a handful of cars drove by, slowing to a halt as passersby thrust cameras out of their windows to take pictures of
Continue ReadingUNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Los Angeles rookie Cameron Brink tore the ACL in her left knee, the Sparks announced Wednesday. The rookie forward had to be helped off the court after suffering the injury in the first quarter of the Sparks’ 79-70 loss to Connecticut on Tuesday night. Brink played under four minutes and committed
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A former Naples Airport US Customs and Border Protection officer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing more than $18,000 in cash from arriving international airline passengers while working at the airport, according to a release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. William Joseph Timothy, 43, stole around $18,700
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks added some needed forward depth Wednesday to complement an upcoming youth movement, claiming Barclay Goodrow off waivers from the New York Rangers and acquiring Ty Dellandrea from Dallas in a trade. General manager Mike Grier had been seeking to add
Continue ReadingBy DEBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It’s sad but true, Copa America could mark Lionel Messi’s final chapter with Argentina’s national soccer team. The World Cup winner will turn 37 during the tournament in the United States, which kicks off Thursday. He’s clearly past his peak at Inter Miami after two
Continue ReadingBy ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Gerald Watkins watched Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and other New York Yankees wade through stalks of corn onto an Iowa field in 2021, near the filming site for the 1989 baseball movie “Field of Dreams.” Watkins thought about Rickwood Field, the 114-year-old ballpark in his
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, says an economic ‘border war’ between his state and Kansas has restarted. Mayor Quinton Lucas blames a plan approved by the Kansas Legislature that’s aimed at luring his city’s two major-league sports franchises from Missouri. It would allow Kansas to
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The Palm Springs Fire Department (PSFD) received a call reporting an explosion from an Southern California Edison vault on Canyon Rock Road in South Palm Springs today, according to PSFD Captain Robert Skyberg. Upon arrival, firefighters located a worker near the area of the vault with significant burn injuries. The worker received medical aid from
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Bishop and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — An outage that shut down the 911 system in Massachusetts for two hours on Tuesday was caused by a computer firewall and not due to a cyberattack or hack, a preliminary investigation has revealed. But the exact reason the firewall “stopped calls from reaching dispatch centers
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California has launched the SUN Bucks program, also known as Summer EBT, to fight against childhood hunger throughout the summer. Riverside County confirmed parents will receive $120 for each eligible child for groceries and nutritional security throughout the summer, starting in June. The new federal food program is led by the California Department of Social
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