By BARBARA SURK Associated Press MONACO (AP) — Stefanos Tsitsipas appeared happy to hear fans “yelling and chanting” again at the Monte Carlo Masters as he beat unseeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 7-6 (3) to retain his title. After winning the first big final of the clay-court season, the third-seeded Greek said “It’s a great
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MELROSE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A woman from Melrose crashed into headstones at Wyoming Cemetery Saturday while she was practicing driving with her learner’s permit. Local police say eight headstones were knocked over. The woman, who was 53 years old, was with a relative who had
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Bethania De La Cruz has won the second Athletes Unlimited volleyball championship, outscoring runner-up Natalia Valentin-Anderson in a pro league that awards titles to athletes instead of teams. De La Cruz scored 4,652 points over the five-week season featuring 43 players. De La Cruz was the runner-up to Jordan Larson of the
Continue ReadingBy PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer South Carolina coach Shane Beamer wasn’t afraid to add high-level, high-profile transfers to the team in his second season. The Gamecocks wrapped up spring workouts this past Saturday with ex-Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler and former Wake Forest leading rusher Christian Beal-Smith getting significant time with their new team. Beamer
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have transferred left-hander John Means to the 60-day injured list with a sprained elbow. The move isn’t a huge surprise after manager Brandon Hyde conceded Saturday that it would be a while before Means pitched again. Hyde said then that the 28-year-old lefty
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — There could soon be an undisputed and still undefeated welterweight champion. The stage appears set for Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford to finally get in the ring together. Soon after WBC and IBF champion Spence won his unification bout to take the WBA belt
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — A container ship the length of more than three football fields has finally been pried from the muddy bottom of the Chesapeake Bay more than a month after it ran aground. The Ever Forward was refloated just before 7 a.m. Sunday by two barges and five tugboats. A full moon and high
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside, Zoe Sottile and Nicole Chavez, CNN The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next school year’s curriculum, citing references to critical race theory among reasons for the rejections. In a news release, the department stated 54 out of 132 of the textbook
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” got off to a less than magical start in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters. The third installment in the Harry Potter spinoff opened to $43 million in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was enough to secure the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” got off to a less than magical start in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters. The third installment in the Harry Potter spinoff opened to $43 million in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was enough to secure the
Continue ReadingCNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” opened up its episode this holiday weekend with the Easter Bunny, who had some special guests to pass on some special holiday messages. “Hello, everyone! It’s really me, the Easter Bunny,” cast member Bowen Yang in a bunny outfit said during the episode’s cold open. “Either
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Relegation-threatened Burnley earned a 1-1 draw at West Ham in its first match since the shock departure of manager Sean Dyche but saw Ashley Westwood sustain a bad injury. The midfielder’s leg seemed to buckle underneath him as he challenged for the ball with Nikola Vlasic. There was a nine-minute delay while
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers has been postponed because of inclement weather. The game will be rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader on Monday, July 11. The Tigers won two of the first three games of the series.
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich has won 3-0 at struggling Arminia Bielefeld to take another step toward a record-extending 32nd German league title. Bayern moved nine points ahead of second-place Borussia Dortmund with four games left. The Bundesliga race could be decided when the teams meet in Munich next Saturday. It was an expected but
Continue ReadingNEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Bruno Guimarães completed Newcastle’s comeback by scoring a second goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time to clinch a 2-1 win over Leicester and further ease any Premier League relegation fears. The Brazilian had earlier cancelled out Ademola Lookman’s first-half opener. He then headed in Joe Willock’s deflected cross to
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Fatou, una gorila occidental de tierras bajas que se cree que es la más anciana del mundo, acaba de celebrar su 65 cumpleaños en el Zoológico de Berlín. “Nuestra dama Gorila celebra hoy su 65 cumpleaños, lo que la convierte en la gorila más vieja del mundo”, escribió el zoológico en Instagram.
Continue ReadingBy COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police say a migrant has been killed by gunfire at the Greek-Turkish river border while she and several others attempted to cross the river separating the two countries. It wasn’t immediately clear who fired the shot that killed the woman on Saturday
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, dijo que le cuesta creer en la confiabilidad de “algunos países o algunos líderes” tras la escalada de la guerra en su país. Jake Tapper de CNN le preguntó a Zelensky durante una entrevista exclusiva si piensa que son “vacías” las afirmaciones cuando los líderes mundiales
Continue ReadingROUBAIX, France (AP) — Dylan van Baarle timed his attack well on the final cobblestone sections to win the Paris-Roubaix race for the first time. The 29-year-old Dutchman rides for the Ineos Grenadiers team and won in 5 hours, 37 minutes after 257 kilometers (159 miles) of grueling racing. His average speed of 45.8 kilometers-per-hour
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA and EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press MYKULYCHI, Ukraine (AP) — On a quiet street lined with walnut trees was a cemetery with four bodies that had not yet found a home. All were victims of Russian soldiers in this village outside Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Their temporary caskets were together in a grave. Volunteers
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