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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Baltimore outfielder Austin Hays, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward and Houston utilityman Mauricio Dubón won their salary arbitration cases on Tuesday, giving players a 3-2 advantage with 13 cases still pending. Hays was awarded the $6.3 million he asked for over the Orioles’ proposed $5.85 million. Brian Keller, Allen Ponak
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An Australian computer scientist who says he’s the mystery creator behind bitcoin has testified in a London court about the cryptocurrency’s origins. Craig Wright said Tuesday that he used the pseudonym “Satoshi Nakamoto” to protect his privacy and not to remain anonymous. A nonprofit group of tech
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A total of 346 3-year-olds have been made eligible to compete in this year’s Triple Crown series during the early nomination period. Each of the horses was nominated through a $600 payment to compete in the Kentucky Derby on May 4, Preakness on May 18 and the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga
Continue ReadingREBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It’s not clear whether Republicans have the votes to impeach but if they do it would mark the first time in nearly 150 years that a Cabinet secretary has been
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the teenager who killed four students at an Oxford, Michigan, high school in 2021, was found guilty Tuesday of all four counts of involuntary manslaughter in a novel legal case that stood as a test of the limits of who’s responsible
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 13 of the season: JUJU WATKINS, USC The 6-foot-2 freshman wing from Los Angeles scored 51 of her team’s 67 points in an upset victory over then-No. 4 Stanford. She added 11 rebounds and four steals in that
Continue ReadingPRESTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman is accused of trying to deceive authorities into believing her identical twin sister was the driver who hit a horse-drawn Amish buggy last fall, killing two of the four children inside. Thirty-five-year-old Samantha Jo Petersen, of Kellogg, was charged Monday with 21 counts including criminal vehicular homicide and
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Facing growing backlash, the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday paused plans to change how it asks people about disabilities in its most comprehensive survey, a move that would have overhauled how disabilities are defined by the nation’s largest statistical agency. Disability advocates had argued that the proposed changes would artificially
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A federal appeals court shot down claims Monday that New Jersey residents’ refusal to wear face masks at school board meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak constituted protected speech under the First Amendment. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in two related cases stemming
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any responsibility in the deaths of four students in 2021. Prosecutors say Jennifer Crumbley had a duty under Michigan law to prevent her son, who
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday acknowledged that a bill to provide security funding for Ukraine and for the U.S. border with Mexico is stalled in Congress. The Democratic president blamed the situation on former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial is demanding more information after a key witness was reported to be in negotiations to plead guilty to a perjury in connection with his testimony in the case. Judge Arthur Engoron asked lawyers in the case to
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press South Dakota has apologized and will pay $300,000 under a settlement with a transgender advocacy group that sued Gov. Kristi Noem and her health secretary. The settlement with the Transformation Project over a canceled health contract was announced Monday. The project had a contract for a community health worker that
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killer Mike says an “over-zealous” security guard contributed to the physical altercation that led to his arrest after the rapper and activist won three awards at the Grammys. “As you can imagine, there was a lot going and there was some confusion around which
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury in Michigan has reached a verdict in the involuntary manslaughter trial of a school shooter’s mother in the deaths of four students in 2021. The jury began deliberations Monday, after seven days of testimony ended Friday. They will announce their verdict Tuesday. Prosecutors say
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A California cheese and dairy company is the source of a decade-long outbreak of listeria food poisoning that killed two people and sickened more than two dozen, federal health officials said Tuesday. New lab and inspection evidence linked soft cheeses and other dairy products made by Rizo-Lopez Foods of
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A California cheese and dairy company is the source of a decade-long outbreak of listeria food poisoning that killed two people and sickened more than two dozen, federal health officials said Tuesday. New lab and inspection evidence linked soft cheeses and other dairy products made by Rizo-Lopez Foods of
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The new chief of the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that his agency is midway through a review of manufacturing at Boeing, but he already knows that changes must be made in how the government oversees the aircraft manufacturer. FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker suggested that Boeing — under pressure
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Republican opposition continued to grow Tuesday against a $118 billion bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package ahead of a key vote in the Senate. The bill is now on track to fail, as GOP infighting threatens to steamroll any congressional response to the border
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killer Mike says an “over-zealous” security guard contributed to the physical altercation that led to his arrest after the rapper and activist won three awards at the Grammys. “As you can imagine, there was a lot going and there was some confusion around which
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