LOS ANGELES (AP) — Outfielder Jason Heyward was placed on the 10-day injured list by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday because of lower back tightness. Los Angeles said the move was retroactive to Saturday. Heyward, 34, missed the Dodgers’ last three games dealing with the injury. Scans were negative but Heyward was experiencing stiffness,
Continue ReadingBY MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia town has been excluded from a countywide police training academy after the town’s chief complained about Chinese signatures on trainees’ graduation certificates. Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard complained that the academy director, Maj. Wilson Lee, used Chinese characters to sign the certificates that
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama hospital says it is halting in vitro fertilization treatments at the end of the year, citing “litigation concerns” in the aftermath of a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death. Mobile Infirmary said
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Catcher Joey Bart was added to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ roster on Wednesday after he was acquired in a trade with the San Francisco Giants, the club that took him with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 amateur draft. Bart, 27, once was considered Buster Posey’s likely successor as San Francisco’s
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Strauss and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and his allies have ramped up pressure for Nebraska lawmakers to change the method the state divvies out electoral college votes, an effort that underscores just how narrow the race for 270 electoral votes could be in the November rematch with President
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense minister warned his French counterpart against deploying troops to Ukraine in a rare phone call Wednesday and noted that Moscow is ready to take part in talks to end the conflict. Sergei Shoigu told French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu that if Paris follows up on its statements about the possibility
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana state House Democratic leader Phil GiaQuinta is running to be Fort Wayne’s next mayor. The decision was confirmed by one of his advisers Wednesday. It follows the death of longtime Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry. The Democratic mayor died March 28 after announcing a stomach cancer
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An environmental group has sued the U.S. Energy Department over its decision to award over $1 billion to help keep California’s last nuclear power plant running beyond a planned closure that was set for 2025. The move opens another battlefront in the fight over the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An environmental group has sued the U.S. Energy Department over its decision to award over $1 billion to help keep California’s last nuclear power plant running beyond a planned closure that was set for 2025. The move opens another battlefront in the fight over the
Continue ReadingWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A major South Korean computer chipmaker said Wednesday it plans to spend more than $3.87 billion in Indiana to build a semiconductor packaging plant and research and development center. SK Hynix expects the campus to create as many as 800 high-wage jobs in engineering, technical support, administration and maintenance by
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — More severe weather is barreling across the U.S. A major spring storm was underway and expected to bring more than a foot of snow in parts of New England on Wednesday night, while heavy rains are soaking the East Coast. Meanwhile, cleanup work continues in
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Marathon organizers will soon have to pay a bridge toll, just like every other commuter, if New York transit officials have their way. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is demanding the New York Road Runners, organizers of the venerable race generally held the
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A little-known and rarely enforced law that makes cheating on your spouse a crime in the state of New York could soon be a thing of the past. Legislators passed a bill Wednesday to repeal a ban on adultery; it’s now up to New
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s upcoming New York criminal trial denied his motion to delay its start until after the US Supreme Court rules on Trump’s presidential immunity claim. Judge Juan Merchan denied the motion Wednesday calling it untimely and noting Trump’s lawyers had months
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MIAMI (AP) — Coachella Valley-native Taylor Ward homered, Nolan Schanuel extended his career-starting consecutive on-base streak to 35 games and the Los Angeles Angels beat Miami 10-2 on Wednesday, sending the Marlins to their first winless seven-game homestand and worst start in franchise history. Angels starter Patrick Sandoval struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disney shareholders have rallied behind longtime CEO Robert Iger, voting Wednesday to rebuff activist investor Nelson Peltz and his ally, former Disney Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo, who had sought seats on the company’s board. The company had recommended a slate of directors that did
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A man who was briefly handcuffed but not charged in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally is suing three more lawmakers over social media posts falsely accusing him of being among the shooters and an immigrant in the country illegally. Denton Loudermill
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Investigators in New York were finally able to put a name to skeletal remains that were discovered on the shore of Lake Ontario over 30 years ago, they announced Tuesday. The remains were “badly decomposed and mostly skeletal” when they were found in April 1992 near what is now
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s wildlife authorities say a wolf has killed a calf in Colorado. It’s the first confirmed livestock kill after 10 of the predators were controversially reintroduced in December to the dismay of the state’s rural residents. Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed Wednesday after an investigation
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has faced protests over the conflict in Gaza all over the country, but this week he confronted one inside the White House itself. The occasion was a private meeting on Tuesday where Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and national security leaders could hear from
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