GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Jake Gelof went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and made a nice defensive stop in the seventh to help No. 2 seed Virginia beat third-seeded Coastal Carolina 7-2 in the Greenville Regional. Virginia entered having lost five of its last seven games. Alex Tappen made a diving catch to close
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole lost a perfect game bid with two outs in the seventh inning against the Detroit Tigers a night after teammate Jameson Taillon lost a try in the eighth. Cole was cruising until Jonathan Schoop placed a grounder perfectly up the middle for a clean single. The ball
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — La oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Palm Beach identificó restos humanos que fueron encontrados hace casi 50 años con la ayuda de pruebas de genealogía. Durante una conferencia de prensa el jueves, el detective Bill Springer anunció que los restos encontrados en junio de 1974 pertenecen a Susan Gale Poole,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (AP) — Jin Young Ko never seems to stress. Nor does she let up. The world’s No. 1 player vaulted into contention for a third major championship Friday, playing the final five holes in 3 under to pull within three shots of second-round Minjee Lee and
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Nadia Kounang, CNN After more than a year with two types of Covid-19 vaccines in use in the United States, another will be up for consideration by the US Food and Drug Administration next week. The FDA’s vaccine advisers are set to meet Tuesday to consider Novavax’s coronavirus vaccine for the
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men who sued saying they were forced out of their jobs at a Southern California utility after complaining about sexual and racial harassment have been awarded $440 million in punitive damages. A Los Angeles County jury awarded the punitive damages Thursday, on top of $24.6 million in compensatory damages won
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men who sued saying they were forced out of their jobs at a Southern California utility after complaining about sexual and racial harassment have been awarded $440 million in punitive damages. A Los Angeles County jury awarded the punitive damages Thursday, on top of $24.6 million in compensatory damages won
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Colombia manifestó su inconformidad este viernes con las declaraciones del presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, quien dijo durante una conferencia de prensa que el candidato presidencial izquierdista Gustavo Petro era víctima de una “guerra sucia de lo más indigno y cobarde”. La Cancillería colombiana expresó
Continue ReadingHILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A man has become the third person to die while in jail custody in the past two months west of Portland, Oregon, prompting the Washington County sheriff to call for an independent investigation. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said the death Wednesday in Hillsboro’s Washington County Jail involved a 51-year-old man
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Josh Pruitt, a member of the Proud Boys who then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his team ran from during the US Capitol riot, pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge of obstructing an official proceeding on January 6, 2021. According to his plea agreement, Pruitt and another
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A woman testified Friday that she was 14 when Bill Cosby took her into a trailer on a movie set in 1975, grabbed her so she couldn’t move her arms, and kissed her. “I was struggling to get away,” she said. “It was very
Continue ReadingSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Drew Bowser had an RBI double to ignite a 10-run second inning, capping the outburst with a grand slam and No. 2 overall seed Stanford breezed to a 20-7 victory over Binghamton in the Stanford Regional.Stanford (42-14) advances to play the winner of Friday’s nightcap between UC Santa Barbara and Texas
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. The award is given to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication. Price worked his way back to hockey from knee surgery and after seeking help of the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program to
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Friday that he expects the oft-maligned “transition take foul” to come with stiffer penalties next season. The play is one where a defender intentionally commits a foul to halt a transition opportunity for the opposition. The penalty for such a
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man they say stabbed a doctor and two nurses inside a Southern California hospital emergency ward. Los Angeles police say the man walked into Encino Hospital Medical Center shortly before 4 p.m. Friday and stabbed the three staff members. They’re listed in stable condition. Police say a
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Canadian center Shane Wright and Slovakian forward Juraj Slafkovsky have a difference of opinion over who should go first in the NHL draft next month. Wright is the top-ranked North American skater and Slafkovsky listed first among international players. Both staked their claims at the
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office has identified human remains that were found nearly 50 years ago with the help of genealogy testing. During a news conference Thursday, Detective Bill Springer announced that the remains found in June of 1974 belong to 15-year-old Susan Gale Poole who went missing in Broward
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, CNN Two teenagers have been indicted for the alleged murder of an 11-year-old girl in the Bronx, according to an indictment unsealed Friday. The two teens, Omar Bojang, 18, and a 15-year-old, were arraigned Friday before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Naita Semaj-Williams. They were charged with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, attempted murder,
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The top seeds that played their NCAA baseball regional openers went unbeaten, and most won easily. No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Stanford, No. 4 Virginia Tech, No. 7 Oklahoma State and No. 8 East Carolina each scored in double digits. No. 3 Oregon State was the only team among
Continue ReadingFITZGERALD, Ga. (AP) — A south Georgia man has been indicted on new charges after a jury last month acquitted him of murdering a teacher in 2005. Ryan Duke was acquitted of more serious charges but convicted of concealing the death of onetime beauty queen Tara Grinstead. Duke told jurors his friend, Bo Dukes, actually
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