CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Gabriel Pec scored his first MLS goal in the opening minutes and John McCarthy had his first shutout of the season to help the LA Galaxy beat the Seattle Sounders 1-0 Saturday night in rain-soaked conditions. LA (3-0-3) leads the Western Conference and is tied with Cincinnati atop the MLS with
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press MANGWE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe. “I don’t want to lose a single drop,” she said. Her relief at
Continue ReadingDOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Goldschidt drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning with a groundout after Mookie Betts homered again to help Los Angeles tie it in the ninth, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Dodgers 6-5 on Saturday night after Shohei Ohtani popped up with the
Continue ReadingCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Nazem Kadri had a goal and an assist, Jacob Markstrom made 16 saves and the Calgary Flames beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Saturday night to end a five-game losing streak. Martin Pospisil, Blake Coleman and MacKenzie Weegar also scored and Andrei Kuzmenko had assists. At 34-34-5, the Flames are
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clemson reached its second-ever Elite Eight with a staunch defense that took away opponents’ perimeter game. On Saturday night, the Tigers couldn’t get the stops they needed. Alabama was 16 of 23 from the field in the final 20 minutes — including 10 of 15
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Manufacturing in China expanded in March after contracting for five consecutive months. That’s according to an official survey of factory managers released Sunday that suggests a rebound in industrial activities after many factories stopped running during the Lunar New Year holiday. The official purchasing managers index, or PMI, rose from 49.1 in
Continue ReadingBy TERRY CHEA and ADAM BEAM Associated Press LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) — Most fast food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour beginning Monday when a new law is scheduled to kick in giving more financial security to an historically low-paying profession while threatening to raise prices in a state already
Continue ReadingBy TERRY CHEA and ADAM BEAM Associated Press LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) — Most fast food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour beginning Monday when a new law is scheduled to kick in giving more financial security to an historically low-paying profession while threatening to raise prices in a state already
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Leon Marchand set NCAA records in the 200 yard breaststroke and the 400 yards freestyle relay Saturday to help Arizona State win the program’s first NCAA men’s swimming and diving championship. Marchard, a junior, won his third consecutive national title in the 200 reast in 1:46.35, breaking his own NCAA record. Pennsylvania’s
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $975 million after no one matched the six numbers drawn Saturday night, continuing a nearly three-month stretch without a big winner. The winning numbers drawn were: 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and the red Powerball 23. No one has won Powerball’s top prize
Continue ReadingBy SHARON LURYE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ava Kreutziger was in high school English class last year when she heard about the passage of legislation that could affect LGBTQ+ students like her. She excused herself from class to go cry in the bathroom, and found two of her classmates already there in tears.
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER and CINAR KIPER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The race is on for control of Istanbul and other key cities as Turkey holds local elections. Sunday’s vote is also a barometer of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity as he seeks to win back control of key urban areas he lost
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Generations of Maryland workers — longshoremen, seafarers, steelworkers and crabbers whose livelihoods depend on Baltimore’s port — watched in disbelief this week as an iconic symbol of their maritime culture crumbled into the Patapsco River. The deadly collapse of the historic Francis Scott Key Bridge has shaken
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — The threat of ISIS, also known as Islamic State, might have seemed to be waning as headlines turned to Ukraine, Gaza and the next US election. But last week’s attack on a Moscow concert hall reminded the world of the enduring danger of Islamist terrorism and the ambitions of
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Carey, Olga Voitovych, and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — In another world, Ukraine would have voted on Sunday. In a year where billions get the chance to cast a ballot, people here would have given their verdict on the presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky. Five years ago, the man whose talents as an
Continue ReadingBy DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up two hits over five scoreless innings for Los Angeles against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night in his Dodger Stadium debut, bouncing back from a rough opening outing last week in South Korea. The 25-year-old right-hander pitched on both sides of
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every time Clemson tried to cut down its deficit, Alabama fired up a 3-pointer. Over and over and in such quick succession that the Crimson Tide looked like a video game. Mark Sears made seven 3-pointers and Alabama recovered from its early long-distance woes with
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Sebastián Ferreira and Franco Escobar scored late in the second half to help the Houston Dynamo pull out a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night. Defender Bruno Wilson scored before the match was a minute old to give San Jose (1-5-0) the lead. Wilson used an assist from
Continue ReadingBy Hanako Montgomery, CNN Hanamaki, Japan (CNN) — At a school in Japan’s snowy northern mountains, reminders of distinguished alumni are everywhere. Banners herald Los Angeles Dodgers megastar Shohei Ohtani and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, their faces greeting every visitor. But now, Hanamaki Higashi High School celebrates a new prodigy in its midst
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese government health officials on Sunday inspected a factory producing health supplements linked to at least five deaths and the hospitalization of more than 100 others, one day after the authorities investigated another plant that manufactured the product. A team of 17 health officials from the central
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