PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Seattle Mariners’ top prospect Julio Rodríguez will be on the opening day roster following a torrid spring training performance. Manager Scott Servais says it’s time for Rodríguez to play in the big leagues. The big spring was making the decision to start the 21-year-old in the majors easy for the Mariners,
Continue ReadingBy Marcy Jones, Rob Polansky and Dennis Valera Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — A suspect and seven police officers were sent to the hospital over the weekend after a multi-town car pursuit. Hannah Casperson, 25, could be charged in the incident on Monday, pending her release from the hospital.
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson and Melissa Alonso, CNN The widow of Julian E. Lewis, a Black man who was fatally shot by a Georgia state trooper in August 2020, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the state, attorneys representing the family said. “While the record-making settlement does not bring back her husband for widow Betty
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Redmond Mayor George Endicott is joining mayors across the country in asking residents to make a commitment to use water resources more wisely. During the month of April, Redmond residents can take a simple pledge to make every drop count at mywaterpledge.com.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Sacramento County coroner has released the identities of the six people killed in the weekend mass shooting in California’s capital. The three women were 21-year-old Johntaya Alexander, 57-year-old Melinda Davis and 21-year-old Yamile Martinez-Andrade. The three men were 38-year-old Sergio Harris, 32-year-old Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi and 29-year-old
Continue ReadingBy ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — A deeper alliance between the football confederations from Europe and South America has been cemented by opening a joint office in London. It comes just as FIFA President Gianni Infantino has been left chastened by the collapse of his pursuit of biennial World Cups. UEFA
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Davis, a two-time National League batting champion who won three World Series titles with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. The team says Davis died Sunday in Phoenix. No cause was given. Born in Brooklyn, Davis was a standout high school player who was
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Batiste wears so many hats he may need a closet for them all — recording artist, bandleader, musical director, film composer, museum creative director and scion of New Orleans musical royalty. The multi-instrumentalist won five Grammys on Sunday and despite being on TV most
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Medicare enrollees can now obtain home Covid-19 tests from certain pharmacies and providers at no cost, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday. The move comes more than two months after the Biden administration began requiring health insurers to cover the cost of home tests for most Americans with
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Two top House Democrats are pushing the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell to scrap their stock buyback and dividends during the war in Ukraine and shift funding for those shareholder rewards towards lowering prices at the gas pump. “As Vladimir Putin’s illegal war against Ukraine is raising gas
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Interest in using wastewater surveillance to monitor Covid-19 continues to grow in the United States, as the values of the early detection tool come into clearer focus. In September 2020, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the National Wastewater Surveillance System, investing millions of dollars in an effort
Continue ReadingCNN, ABC NEWS By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Interest in using wastewater surveillance to monitor Covid-19 continues to grow in the United States, as the values of the early detection tool come into clearer focus. In September 2020, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the National Wastewater Surveillance System, investing millions of dollars
Continue ReadingBy BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government has granted permission for U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil to develop a fourth offshore oil and gas field, and the company says it has made a final investment decision on the $10 billion project. The aim is to produce up to 250,000 barrels per day. ExxonMobil
Continue ReadingBy BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer The NFL is opening a pathway for African players with a developmental camp in Ghana. Following a camp this past weekend with Cleveland Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, who is of Ghanaian descent, the league announced a three-day camp will take place in the capital of Accra in June.
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Tori Miller didn’t play college basketball, since she thought standing 5-foot-2 would be a bit of a drawback. Kelly German’s only college playing experience was a brief intramurals career. Janice Koon grew up on a farm in northern Canada, not knowing much about the game. The College Park Skyhawks
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Imágenes de civiles asesinados, sus cuerpos abandonados en las calles nevadas, y de fosas comunes repletas están emergiendo de la ciudad de Bucha, en Ucrania, que fue recientemente recapturada por fuerzas ucranianas tras permanecer un mes bajo el control de Rusia. La escena en Bucha y otras regiones de Ucrania
Continue ReadingFREIBURG, Germany (AP) — Bundesliga club Freiburg has appealed the result of its 4-1 loss to Bayern Munich after the Bavarian powerhouse briefly had an extra player on the field. But the club insisted it feels “extremely uncomfortable” about lodging the appeal. Bayern briefly had 12 players on the field toward the end of the
Continue ReadingBy WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Renewable energy’s potential across the African continent remains largely untapped, according to a new report by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Africa accounts for just 3% of the current global renewable capacity and only 2% of worldwide green energy investments, despite the continent’s
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN Kansas beat North Carolina 72-69 in the NCAA men’s basketball title game in New Orleans on Monday, the program’s 4th national championship and the second for longtime coach Bill Self. But this was far from a surefire win for the No. 1 seed against the No. 8 seed. Kansas jumped out
Continue ReadingCNN By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After Christian Smalls was fired two years ago from an Amazon warehouse in New York City following his participation in a walkout over its pandemic response, an executive at the company suggested undercutting his organizing efforts by painting him as “not smart, or articulate.” When Smalls’ newly-established organization
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