NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Adam Svensson shot a 5-under 67 and had a three-stroke lead in the Barbasol Championship when second-round play Friday at water-logged Keene Trace was suspended because of darkness. Svensson had a 15-under 129 total at Keene Trace, where a mid-day thunderstorm followed dense morning fog. Play was delayed a total of
Continue ReadingMONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Julia Grosso scored in the 64th minute and Canada secured a spot in the 2023 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Panama at the CONCACAF W Championship on Friday night. With Canada’s victory, Costa Rica also qualified for next summer’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Costa Rica defeated
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list a day after he collapsed while trying to walk off the field after a scary collision with rookie shortstop C.J. Abrams. Profar was eventually placed on a stretcher and then taken off the field on a
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. News & World Report has unranked Columbia University from its 2022 edition of Best Colleges. The publisher said in a statement Thursday that the Ivy League institution failed to substantiate certain 2021 data it previously submitted, including student-faculty ratios and class size. The decision to rescind the school’s No. 2
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. News & World Report has unranked Columbia University from its 2022 edition of Best Colleges. The publisher said in a statement Thursday that the Ivy League institution failed to substantiate certain 2021 data it previously submitted, including student-faculty ratios and class size. The decision to rescind the school’s No. 2
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s auto safety watchdog is sending investigators to another Tesla crash. This one was along Interstate 75 in Florida on Wednesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed Friday that it sent a Special Crash Investigations team to probe the crash into the back
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press A Texas judge has continued blocking the state from investigating two families of transgender youth that have receiving gender affirming medical care. The judge on Friday said she was still considering whether to prevent additional investigations against a third family that sued and members of the LGBTQ advocacy group PFLAG
Continue ReadingMICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a teenager has saved a police officer and three young women from drowning after a car plunged into a south Mississippi river. Officials say high school student Corion Evans jumped into the Pascagoula River before dawn Sunday after a car entered the water
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Actor Tony Sirico, who is best known for playing henchman Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” has died, according to his manager Bob McGowan. He was 79, according to his IMDB profile. McGowan did not provide a cause of death, but called Sirico a “very loyal and long-term
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Los Angeles will be well represented in the July 19 All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium. Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels were elected as starters along with Mookie Betts and Trea Turner of the Dodgers. Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk and Miami second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. were voted to
Continue ReadingRIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A report released Friday says the social services system “failed” 13 children who were rescued after being starved, shackled to beds and horribly abused by their parents at a Southern California home for years. The report was commissioned by Riverside County. It says some of the Turpin children were forced to
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has chosen Gene Sykes as its next chairman. The former CEO of the Los Angeles 2028 organizing committee now takes on a role that will shape policy throughout America’s Olympic movement for the next four years and beyond. Details of the board vote
Continue ReadingBy Polo Sandoval, CNN The Akron, Ohio, police chief said the handcuffing of Jayland Walker after he was shot dozens of times by city police officers was in accordance with department policy, but added the city will review its policy. In an interview with CNN affiliate WEWS, Akron Police Chief Stephen Mylett said his officers
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection has concluded its closed-door interview Friday with Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone during which it had been expected to ask about what he witnessed in the waning days of Donald Trump’s administration when the
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A Puyallup, Washington woman was injured in a fall Friday morning while hiking the Misery Ridge Trail at Smith Rock State Park, prompting a rescue effort by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue and Redmond Fire & Rescue.
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike says Brittney Griner is an American hero. Speaking ahead of the WNBA’s All-Star festivities in Chicago, Ogwumike focused more on Griner’s humanity than her playing ability as the league continued to push for Griner’s release from her detention in Russia. Ogwumike, the president of
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike says Brittney Griner is an American hero. Speaking ahead of the WNBA’s All-Star festivities in Chicago, Ogwumike focused more on Griner’s humanity than her playing ability as the league continued to push for Griner’s release from her detention in Russia. Ogwumike, the president of
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The supervisor who was in charge of the Santa Fe National Forest when the federal government sparked what became the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history has been temporarily assigned to a post in Washington, D.C. Her replacement was named Friday, but some have
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN Donald Trump is considering waiving executive privilege for Steve Bannon, according to two sources familiar with the situation, but federal prosecutors don’t believe the former President’s privilege claims shielded his longtime political adviser in the first place. Trump, sources told CNN, might pen a letter memorializing his position
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. United goalkeeper Bill Hamid will be sidelined for two-to-three months following surgery on his left hand. The team said Friday that Hamid had the operation on June 30 with Dr. Peter Thomas of OrthoVirginia to repair a ruptured ligament. The 31-year-old played for Major League Soccer’s D.C. club from 2009-17, joined
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