By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Like his lightning-quick jabs, word of Muhammad Ali’s death spread swiftly around the globe in 2016. An outpouring of emotions flowed to his Kentucky hometown. For one week after his death at age 74, Louisville was the focus of ceremonies honoring the heavyweight boxing champion and
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign is expecting to raise more than $40 million on Saturday when major donors gather for his biggest fundraiser yet. The event at the Palm Beach, Florida, home of billionaire investor John Paulson is expected to bring in $43 million, according to Paulson.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With immigration shaping the elections that will decide control of Congress, Democrats are trying to outflank Republicans and convince voters they can address problems at the U.S. border with Mexico, embracing an issue that has traditionally been used against them. The shift in strategy, especially from Democrats
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With immigration shaping the elections that will decide control of Congress, Democrats are trying to outflank Republicans and convince voters they can address problems at the U.S. border with Mexico, embracing an issue that has traditionally been used against them. The shift in strategy, especially from Democrats
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story exited Boston’s game against the Angels in the fourth inning Friday night after injuring his left shoulder on a backhand dive to stop a hit by Mike Trout. Story and the Red Sox won’t know the severity of his injury
Continue ReadingQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian police officers have forcibly broken into the Mexican embassy in Quito, where former Vice President Jorge Glas is holed up. The raid happened Friday, hours after the Mexican government granted him political asylum amid diplomatic tensions between both countries. The police broke the external doors of the Mexican diplomatic headquarters
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers were planning to bring in heavy equipment on Saturday to try to recover two bodies buried under boulders on a hiking trail, three days after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years. Four more people remain missing on the same Shakadang Trail in Taroko National Park, famed for its rugged mountainous
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Caitlin Clark eventually found a way. Completely shut down in the first half, the most exciting player in women’s college basketball now has one game left in her storied career at Iowa. She’ll try to cap it off by bringing the Hawkeyes their first national championship.
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Authorities trying to determine whether drugs were involved in a fatal hot air ballon crash in Arizona released an amended autopsy report Friday stating an anesthetic was administered to the pilot by an air ambulance company while he was being transported to a hospital. The Pinal County Medical Examiner’s Office said earlier
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Authorities trying to determine whether drugs were involved in a fatal hot air ballon crash in Arizona released an amended autopsy report Friday stating an anesthetic was administered to the pilot by an air ambulance company while he was being transported to a hospital. The Pinal County Medical Examiner’s Office said earlier
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story left Boston’s game against the Angels in the fourth inning Friday night after apparently injuring his arm or shoulder on a backhand dive to stop a hit by Mike Trout. Story got his glove on Trout’s hard grounder, but he was left writhing in pain after
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — As U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen appeals to Chinese leaders to change their domestic manufacturing policies on the second day of an official visit, state media are receiving her message with skepticism, and anxiety about more U.S. tariffs on green energy products. Yellen started her five-day
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — P.J. Washington capped his best game in Dallas with a tiebreaking layup with 4.5 seconds remaining as Luka Doncic watched because of a sore knee, and the Mavericks beat Golden State 108-106 on Friday night to end the Warriors’ six-game winning streak. Washington finished with 32
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It was a historic week for Brazil’s Krenak people, getting both literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship-era crimes — both firsts for the Indigenous people of the country. On Tuesday, the indigenous group received a formal apology for human rights abuses
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A migrant farmworker who survived a mass shooting last year at a Northern California mushroom farm has filed a lawsuit against the farm and one of its owners, saying they failed to keep him safe from the colleague who authorities
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, Sophie Jeong and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — Three people died after typhoon-like winds pulled them out through their apartment windows in southern China, as extreme weather battered the region over the past week. A total of seven people had died in Jiangxi province since the exceptionally strong winds began on Sunday,
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Payton Pritchard had 21 points, including five 3-pointers and the Boston Celtics held off a late charge to beat the Sacramento Kings 101-100 on Friday night. Kristaps Porzingis added 20 points and 11 rebounds – his second straight double-double – to help the NBA’s top team
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Two weeks after Hong Kong introduced a new national security law, life in the city appears unchanged. A 2020 security law drew thousands of protesters to the streets when it was enacted. Now, that’s seen as too risky. This time, there’s a deeper, quieter wave of
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A rare total solar eclipse will make its way across the United States from Texas to Maine on Monday, April 8th, 2024. Credit: NASA An eclipse is essentially just a shadow of one celestial body onto another. In the case of a solar eclipse, the moon moves between the earth and the sun, leading to
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout broke into the majors as a true five-tool player who stole 49 bases during his first full season with the Los Angeles Angels in 2012. Trout stole 24 bases as recently as 2018, but the three-time AL MVP didn’t steal that many in
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