By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joaquin Niemann, Matthew Wolff and Louis Oosthuizen will give the Asian Tour field in Oman a familiar look. Missing will be the uniforms and team scores. They are among 21 players from Saudi-funded LIV Golf who are playing the first International Series events on the
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — A 13-year-old French tourist has died after he crashed into a tree during a dog sled ride northwest of Montreal. Quebec provincial police say they were called to a property just before noon on Monday in St-Michel-des-Saints. Sgt. Frédéric Deshaies says the preliminary investigation indicates the teen was on a dog sled
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Tuesday it is preparing additional “major sanctions” on Russia in response to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death last week in an Arctic penal colony. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the sanctions, on the eve of the two-year anniversary of
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden personally directed his senior campaign aides in recent days to focus more aggressively on former President Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments, according to two sources familiar with the president’s edict. The thrust of Biden’s direction, delivered to his senior-most staff, was to significantly ramp up the campaign’s efforts to highlight the
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Capital One Financial is betting that Americans will keep shopping and use a credit card to pay for their purchases at stores and on the internet. Capital One announced Monday that it would buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion. The combination could potentially shake
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Police say a student arrested in the shootings of two people who were found dead in a Colorado college dorm room was the roommate of one of the victims. Twenty-five-year-old Nicholas Jordan is suspected of killing 24-year-old Samuel Knopp and 26-year-old Celie Rain Montgomery
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North Indian Canyon Drive and North Gene Autry Trail were closed through the Whitewater Wash Tuesday morning due to flooding, according to Palm Springs Police. A statement from PSPD at 6:36 a.m. said the North Gene Autry Trail was closed between East Via Escuela and Interstate 10. A second statement at 7:39 a.m. said North
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has started an emergency campaign to inoculate more than 4 million children against polio after health authorities detected three cases caused by a rare mutation of the weakened virus used in oral vaccines. The health ministry said laboratory tests from samples collected from sewage sites
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is facing charges that he ran his impoverished Central American nation as a “narco-state.” His trial on drug trafficking and weapons charges began Tuesday when a jury was chosen in Manhattan federal court. Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday. Federal
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican businessman and real estate mogul Eric Hovde launched his bid for the U.S. Senate against Wisconsin Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Tuesday. Hovde is calling for bipartisan solutions to tackle issues like immigration, national security and the economy. Hovde says he is running for
Continue ReadingFERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating a “suspicious” fire in Ferguson, Missouri, that killed a woman and four children. Firefighters were called to a home in the St. Louis suburb before dawn on Monday and found the building engulfed in flames. St. Louis County police Sgt. Tracy Panus says the five who were killed
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Catcher Shea Langeliers made a little space to set down a cup of coffee in his locker, then gingerly turned around, careful not to disturb the belongings of teammates JJ Bleday and Max Schuemann that were all crammed into a corner of Oakland’s spring training
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new, inclusive stage production of “Peter Pan” flies out on a U.S. tour this month, telling the classic tale of a boy who refuses to grow up. This version removes references that have aged poorly. Gone are elements harmful to Native people, in are
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatment in the state. The decision was issued in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by three couples who
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Marine and cryptocurrency attorney John Deaton has announced that he is challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren as she runs for her third term. The Republican recently moved to Massachusetts and released a campaign video Monday highlighting his hardscrabble upbringing and years in the Marines
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A court in the Russian capital has ruled to keep Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in custody pending his trial on espionage charges that he denies. The Moscow City Court rejected an appeal against Gershkovich’s detention filed by his lawyers, upholding a ruling to keep him behind bars until the end
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s domestic security agency says it has detained 10 people on suspicion of sabotage, spreading fear and creating tension as part of a coordinated “hybrid operation” by Russia’s special services. The agency says the suspects include individuals believed to have broken the car windows of the interior
Continue ReadingMILAN, Italy (AP) — Italy’s northern Lombardy region has imposed severe antismog measures to combat a particularly bad period of air pollution. The measures imposed Tuesday bar heavy motor vehicles from operating during the day and impose limits on heating and industrial agricultural activities in Milan and eight other provinces. A lack of rain and
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The conference races are coming down the homestretch and while No. 1 South Carolina basically has run away with the Southeastern Conference, many of the other Power Five leagues are still up for grabs. The Gamecocks have a three-game lead over LSU with four contests left for coach Dawn
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s defense chief has expressed frustration with what he called the “double standards” of some countries that won’t sell his military weapons because of human rights concerns. Gen. Christopher Musa’s comment underscores one of the biggest challenges for Africa’s most populous nation in combating a deadly
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