By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Over the last three seasons, six franchises have reached the NBA Finals. The league has seen five Eastern Conference champions in the last five seasons. This will be the fourth consecutive year that the team which hoists the trophy won’t be the same as the
Continue ReadingBy MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Rookie Graham Ashcraft threw seven innings of one-run ball as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Washington Nationals 8-1. Joey Votto and Kyle Farmer hit three-run homers for Cincinnati. The 24-year-old Ashcraft got his second career win. He hit the upper 90s with his sinker and cutter
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN In molecular biologist David Sinclair’s lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are growing young again. Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have reset aging cells in mice to earlier versions of themselves. In his team’s first breakthrough, published in late
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has agreed to a settlement that would pay back fees associated with legal cases, probation and fines for tens of thousands of people who were wrongfully convicted of drug charges, according to court documents. Roughly $14 million is estimated to go to about 31,000 people whose criminal
Continue ReadingBy Mina Alsharif, Hande Atay Alam and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Turkey is rebranding itself. The country is now called “Türkiye” in the halls of the United Nations, who agreed to recognize the change on Wednesday after a request from Turkey’s government. The campaign to rebrand as Türkiye began in December. “The process we started under
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara allowed three hits in seven innings and the Miami Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0. The 26-year-old right-hander walked two and struck out eight, extending his string of recent dominant outings. Alcantara (6-2) has completed at least seven innings and allowed three earned runs in his last five starts.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Yankees right-hander Jameson Taillon lost his perfect game Thursday night when the Angels’ Jared Walsh led off the eighth inning with a double that deflected off the glove of sliding shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Kiner-Falefa was shifted to the right side of second base and chased Walsh’s grounder up the middle. He
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Shanghai’s landmark old city garden has sprung back to life as residents took advantage of the renewed sense of freedom following the easing of 2-month-old COVID-19 restrictions. Authorities in China’s largest city have dialed back some of the most intrusive measures that prompted rare public protests.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — La Comisión Judicial de la Cámara de Representantes aprobó el jueves un amplio paquete de legislación para el control de armas llamado “Protecting Our Kids Act”, ya que los legisladores enfrentan una intensa presión para actuar tras los recientes tiroteos masivos. Sin embargo, no se espera que la medida sea aprobada
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The COVID-19 Biweekly Data Report, released Thursday, shows an increase COVID-19-related cases, hospitalizations and deaths since the previous biweekly period.
Continue ReadingCNN By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN President Joe Biden tried to turn a string of horrific mass shootings into momentum Thursday night, imploring 10 Republican senators to join Democrats on some — any — new gun-related legislation. The speech, which compared dead American children to US casualties in war, came on a night when fellow
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden issued a fervent appeal Thursday for stricter gun laws — including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background check laws and a higher minimum age of purchase — as a spate of gun massacres have left the nation shaken and prompted new discussions on
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden issued a fervent appeal Thursday for stricter gun laws — including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background check laws and a higher minimum age of purchase — as a spate of gun massacres have left the nation shaken and prompted new discussions on
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia has named Argentinian Néstor Lorenzo as its men’s national soccer team coach for the next four years. The country’s soccer federation announced that Lorenzo will replace Reinaldo Rueda, who was fired from the job in April after his team failed to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar. Local media
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Frontier Airlines is sweetening its offer for Spirit Airlines just a week before Spirit shareholders vote on the deal. Spirit and Frontier said late Thursday that they have amended their agreement, and Frontier will pay a $250 million termination fee if it can’t complete the deal. JetBlue, which is also trying to
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Robinson Canó’s short stint with the San Diego Padres is over. Less than a month after signing him, the Padres parted ways with the veteran slugger, who elected to become a free agent Thursday when he declined an assignment to Triple-A El Paso. San Diego had hoped the 39-year-old Canó would provide
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Minnesota Twins broadcaster Jim Kaat referred to New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes as “Nestor the Molester” during a broadcast Thursday, the second offensive remark in the past year by the 83-year-old Hall of Fame pitcher while calling a game. As Minnesota played Detroit, Kaat said Cortes had become one of his
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The moment the Kansas City Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins for a package of draft picks, any notion that the AFC West champions would be able to simply build on another deep playoff run went right with him. The deal earlier
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — The university leaders who oversee the College Football Playoff want the next format for determining a champion settled by this time next year. Mississippi State President Mark Keenum says the conference commissioners in charge of building the postseason system for the 2026 season
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state court is agreeing in a ballot-counting lawsuit with the campaign of David McCormick, who is in a neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for U.S. Senate against celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz. In the decision, Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer ordered counties Thursday night
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