By The Associated Press Miami Marlins right-hander Pablo López will carry a majors-leading 0.52 ERA into his start at Washington.Nationals righty Erick Fedde, meanwhile, enters with a 6.75 ERA.How dominant has López been in 2022? He has given up just one earned run and a total of 10 hits across 17 1/3 innings through three
Continue ReadingALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have exercised their fifth-year option on tight end T.J. Hockenson. A first-round pick in 2019 out of Iowa, Hockenson has 160 receptions for 1,673 yards and 12 touchdowns in his three seasons. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2020.
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police say a 3-year-old girl was fatally shot inside a house in the city’s French Quarter, and investigators were questioning her teenage brothers. A police district commander, Capt. Hans Ganthier, said authorities don’t know whether the shooting Tuesday afternoon was accidental. He said the toddler and her brothers were
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County sheriff disputed allegations he orchestrated the cover-up of an incident where a deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head for more than three minutes. Sheriff Alex Villanueva also indicated Tuesday that a Los Angeles Times reporter is under criminal investigation after she
Continue ReadingARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A filly has died after suffering a training injury at Santa Anita in what is the track’s second such death in two days and fifth this year. According to the California Horse Racing Board, the 4-year-old filly named Cayton Kid suffered a musculoskeletal injury at the Arcadia track. A 3-year-old filly
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — With Melissa Lucio’s execution put on indefinite hold by a Texas appeals court, her attorneys will now be focused on trying to convince a judge to recommend she get a new trial. But legal experts said Tuesday that’s expected to be a tough courtroom battle and
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared a drought emergency in four more counties this week and now more than half the land area in the state is under a drought declaration. The emergency declarations allow people who use water to seek temporary relief measures, such as moving water rights, drilling emergency wells
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Hong Kong (CNN Business) — Indonesia comenzará a restringir las exportaciones de aceite de palma esta semana, una decisión que podría empeorar aún más la crisis alimentaria mundial e impulsar los precios de cientos de productos de consumo. El presidente Joko Widodo anunció el viernes que Indonesia suspenderá las exportaciones de aceite de
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN New audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, obtained and reported on by The New York Times on Tuesday, reveals he expressed concern about far-right House Republicans inciting violence against other lawmakers in the aftermath of January 6, 2021. In the audio, the California Republican repeatedly lamented the inflammatory comments made
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer The Warriors and Bucks each need one more win to wrap up their respective first-round playoff series. Golden State’s Game 4 loss at Denver on Sunday denied it a sweep over a Nuggets team that dropped each of the first three games. Milwaukee has posted back-to-back dominant wins over
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Up to a quarter million Ford Explorers are being recalled due to a mechanical problem that can cause the SUV to roll away while it’s parked, according to documents from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The document said a bolt in the rear axle mounting could fracture and
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Teens and young adults across the country now have unlimited, free access to books that have been banned at their local libraries, thanks to a digital initiative from one of the nation’s largest public libraries. New York City’s Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) took a stand against growing censorship and book bans
Continue ReadingDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media is reporting Israeli attacks on areas near the capital, Damascus. There was no immediate word on casualties in the early Wednesday attacks. State media quotes an unidentified military official as saying that the attacks occurred shortly after midnight and involved surface-to-surface missiles fired from inside Israel. The attacks
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team has finalized the addition of two transfers: forward Dawson Garcia from North Carolina and guard Ta’Lon Cooper from Morehead State. Garcia is a Minnesota native who played his first season at Marquette and last season at North Carolina. He left the Tar Heels program midway
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The head of New York City’s jails has told a federal judge that he plans to begin implementing meaningful changes within days to the troubled Rikers Island jail complex. Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina made the comments at a court hearing Tuesday. He was ordered
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Alemania acordó entregar tanques antiaéreos a Ucrania, según anunció este martes el Ministerio de Defensa de Alemania, medida que subraya un importante cambio en su enfoque de la ayuda militar a Ucrania. La ministra de Defensa, Christine Lambrecht, anunció el compromiso de entregar los sistemas antiaéreos Gepard durante una reunión de
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Three days before Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, the world’s richest man tweeted a photo of Bill Gates and used a crude sexual term to make fun of his belly. Playful, aggressive and often juvenile, Musk’s past tweets show how he has used social media
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Three days before Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, the world’s richest man tweeted a photo of Bill Gates and used a crude sexual term to make fun of his belly. Playful, aggressive and often juvenile, Musk’s past tweets show how he has used social media
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A civil rights group is demanding that the Michigan attorney general investigate the police shooting of Patrick Lyoya, warning the longstanding relationship between the county prosecutor’s office and Grand Rapids police could lead to bias. The president of the Greater Grand Rapids NAACP says he personally asked Chris Becker to
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Después de años de recomendar tomar aspirina de manera regular para prevenir ataques cardíacos y accidentes cerebrovasculares, los científicos ahora ven poco beneficio para la mayoría de las personas sanas, y dicen que puede contribuir a un riesgo de sangrado en el estómago o el cerebro que aumenta a medida que
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