By Sophie Tanno, CNN The artist behind a sculpture of a walrus that was controversially euthanized over public safety concerns says she hopes her creation becomes a “three-dimensional history lesson” after it was unveiled in Norway’s capital Oslo. The life-sized bronze statue shows Freya the walrus curled up on her side close to the water’s
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El presidente del Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral, Jorge BogarÃn González, informó este domingo que la fórmula oficialista del Partido Colorado, liderada por Santiago Peña, obtuvo la mayorÃa de los votos en los comicios presidenciales. Sin mencionar al partido o a Peña, BogarÃn dijo que con más del
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Star slugger Bryce Harper could return to the Philadelphia Phillies lineup as early as Tuesday if an exam on his surgically repaired right elbow goes well. On Monday in Los Angeles, the two-time National League MVP will visit Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who performed Tommy John surgery
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Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality has fined a Bend gas station nearly $12,000, alleging it failed to install proper spill detection equipment for underground storage tanks and to conduct required testing and inspections. But the business disputed the claims, saying it’s been working with the agency and expects a reduction in the penalty.
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With his big-game swagger on display for the world and that signature mouthpiece dangling from a celebratory grin, Stephen Curry drove fearlessly to the basket with jaw-dropping acrobatics all afternoon and he fired with precision from way back in a Game 7 extravaganza for the
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Debinha scored a pair of goals within a four-minute span in the second half and the Kansas City Current downed Gotham 2-0 on Sunday. It was the second straight regular-season victory for the Current, who started the year with three straight losses. The win snapped a two-game winning streak for
Continue ReadingVALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Tony Finau has won the Mexico Open by playing bogey-free for a 66. He didn’t give Masters champion Jon Rahm or anyone else much of a chance. Finau wound up winning by three shots for his sixth career PGA Tour title. He has now won four times in the last nine
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Grether and Samantha Beech, CNN An American woman who traveled from New York to Sudan to celebrate Ramadan with family there is now desperate to escape as fighting between rival military forces continues to worsen. Myadah Kaila, a 28-year-old Sudanese-born public health professional, left her home in Syracuse, New York in mid-March. Within
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Matt Carpenter capped an eighth-inning rally with a tiebreaking, two-run double off the glove of diving centerfielder Mike Yastrzemski, and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 for a two-game sweep of Major League Baseball’s first regular-season series in Mexico City. A day
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN The 2-year-old daughter of Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shaquil Barrett drowned in a swimming pool Sunday at the family’s Florida home, police said. Officers responded to a Beach Park home in Tampa at 9:30 a.m. after a child had fallen into a pool, the Tampa Police Department said. The child was
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Esteury Ruiz singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 to end their nine-game home losing streak. Jesús Aguilar and Brent Rooker homered for the A’s, who entered with the lowest winning percentage
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police say they are investigating a shooting that killed one and wounded two Yanomami Indigenous people. The main suspects are illegal gold miners operating in the Yanomami region in the state of Roraima, which borders Venezuela. A police statement says the shooting took place on Saturday and added that
Continue ReadingTHE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Steven Alker is a repeat winner at the Insperity Invitational. It’s his first victory of the year on the PGA Tour Champions and it came at the right place. Alker’s late caddie was from the Houston area. Sam Workman died of cancer in February. Alker had five birdies in seven
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A suspected drunken driver struck and killed two pedestrians in a rural area west of Spokane and then fled the scene, Washington state authorities said Sunday. A 29-year-old female driver was later arrested on two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of hit-and-run. Deputies responded just before midnight Saturday to
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A suspected drunken driver struck and killed two pedestrians in a rural area west of Spokane and then fled the scene, Washington state authorities said Sunday. A 29-year-old female driver was later arrested on two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of hit-and-run. Deputies responded just before midnight Saturday to
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The 2-year-old daughter of Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shaquil Barrett drowned in a swimming pool at the family’s home on Sunday, police said. Officers, responding to a call that a child had fallen into a pool, were sent to Barrett’s home in the Beach Park neighborhood in south Tampa shortly before
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Noah Syndergaard got his first win in a Dodgers uniform and Los Angeles got some timely hits and took advantage of mistakes by St. Louis pitchers to defeat the reeling Cardinals 6-3. David Peralta drove in two runs for the Dodgers as they posted their
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Josiah Gray pitched six strong innings, Joey Meneses had four hits and the Washington Nationals finally cooled off the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 in a game delayed nearly 2 1/2 hours by rain. Jeimer Candelario and Victor Robles each had an early two-run double for Washington, which had lost three straight. Luis GarcÃa
Continue ReadingBy Antonia Mortensen, CNN The Vatican is part of a peace mission to end the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis said Sunday. “The mission is in the course now, but it is not yet public. When it is public, I will reveal it,” Francis told reporters. The pontiff made the remarks as he returned to
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Al menos 18 personas murieron y 33 más resultaron heridas este sábado luego de que un autobús de turismo cayera por un barranco en una carretera del estado mexicano de Nayarit, informó este domingo la FiscalÃa General en un comunicado. El percance ocurrió en el kilómetro 59 de la carretera federal
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