SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Catcher Payton Henry of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons was released from the hospital on Saturday, a day after he was struck by a batter’s backswing and carted off the field on a stretcher. “I’m doing pretty good and hoping to recover as quick as possible,” Henry posted Saturday on the social
Continue ReadingDENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — Park officials say a Malaysian climber likely died of exposure and altitude-related illness as he sheltered in a snow cave at the top of Denali, North America’s tallest mountain in Alaska. Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska on Saturday identified the climber as 36-year-old Zulkifli Bin
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The San Diego Padres placed left-handers Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove on the 15-day injured list Saturday. The 37-year-old Darvish (4-3) has a strained left groin. He left after three innings Wednesday against Miami, staying in San Diego to receive treatment. Musgrove (3-4) was set to start Saturday at Kansas
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The San Diego Padres placed left-handers Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove on the 15-day injured list Saturday. The 37-year-old Darvish (4-3) has a strained left groin. He left after three innings Wednesday against Miami, staying in San Diego to receive treatment. Musgrove (3-4) was set to start Saturday at Kansas
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican volunteer searcher criticized in the past by the government has found more human remains in Mexico City and officials have attacked her for it — again. The existence of clandestine body dumping grounds is sensitive for Mexico’s ruling Morena party. Morena, which is running the former Mexico City mayor
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says member countries approved new steps to boost global preparedness for pandemics like COVID-19 and mpox and better respond to dangerous outbreaks. WHO said Saturday that countries agreed to amend the International Health Regulations such as by defining a “pandemic emergency” and helping developing countries better access financing
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Two people are dead, including a police officer, after a shooting in southern Arizona early Saturday morning. Five people were also injured, including another officer, during the incident. The shooting took place around 2 a.m. local time when officers were dispatched to a “disturbance at a home,” according to
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say they took 34 people into custody following a pro-Palestinian protest at the Brooklyn Museum. Hundreds of protesters marched on the museum Friday afternoon, set up tents in the lobby and unfurled a “Free Palestine” banner over the building. Museum officials say there was damage to artwork
Continue ReadingDENALI PARK, Alaska (AP) — Park officials say a Malaysian climber likely died of exposure and altitude-related illness as he sheltered in a snow cave at the top of Denali, North America’s tallest mountain in Alaska. Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska on Saturday identified the climber as 36-year-old Zulkifli Bin Yusof. He likely
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A U.N. development specialist tasked with restoring order to Haiti has arrived to the Caribbean nation to take up his new post as prime minister. A transitional council seeking to pave the way for an election in Haiti named Garry Conille this week. He replaces interim prime minister Michel Patrick Boisvert. A
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana high school senior experiencing homelessness recently graduated at the top of his class with the highest-earned GPA. Elijah Hogan, 19, was named valedictorian of Walter L. Cohen High School in New Orleans and graduated May 24 with a 3.93 GPA, he told CNN. Hogan, who became
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds has died. He was 77 and died Friday night in Virginia. Edmonds was new to the job covering the Reagan White House when the president went to a Washington hotel in March 1981 to give a speech. Edmonds was in place for an exclusive series
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s ruling emir has named the small nation’s new crown prince, nearly six months after he took the throne. Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Sabah will become next in line to the throne. That’s according to a report Saturday night from the state-run KUNA news agency. The 71-year-old Sheikh Sabah
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Europe’s biggest club soccer game got a taste of America when rocker Lenny Kravitz performed at Wembley Stadium before kickoff at the Champions League final. The 60-year-old Kravitz performed shortened versions of three songs in a six-minute set in the center of the field before Real Madrid played Borussia Dortmund. Kravitz, whose
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Former Rep. Denny Rehberg of Montana is pursuing an unlikely path to victory in one of America’s biggest congressional districts, where ranchers and open space dominate. The six-term lawmaker has raised little money and hasn’t shown up much on the campaign trail
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press TAN TAN, Morocco (AP) — Military forces from the United States and nearly three dozen countries have wrapped up the largest annual joint training exercise in Africa after two weeks in Tunisia, Ghana, Senegal and Morocco. During African Lion, the U.S. military showcased part of what they offer countries facing
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A crowd of tens of thousands has gathered in Hungary’s capital in a show of strength behind Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The Saturday demonstration took place a week before the European Parliament election. It’s a contest that Orbán has cast as an existential turning point between
Continue ReadingBy Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was convicted this week of 34 counts of felony business fraud in connection with hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. Trump will be sentenced on July 11 and has pledged to appeal the conviction. The guilty verdict,
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Biden administration has sent a high-level delegation to El Salvador to attend President Nayib Bukele’s inauguration to a second term. The delegation led by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is a sharp break from the White House’s past criticism of
Continue ReadingBy YONAT SHIMRON Religion News Service HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (RNS) — On a warm, sunny morning in farm country, a group of 40 preschoolers and their parents fanned out across several rows of crops to pluck strawberries from beneath crowns of green leaves. Later, the children sliced the berries they had gathered and added bananas, kale
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