ST. LOUIS Indiana Vassilev scored his first two goals of the season — one in each half — and St. Louis City cruised to a 4-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City. Eduard Löwen opened the scoring for St. Louis City (7-4-1) with his third goal of the season, finding the net on a penalty kick
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at a small Christian university in western New York, acknowledge their names are unconventional, which explains why they attached gender identities to their work email signatures. Wilmot uses “he/him.” Zelaya goes by “she/her.” Their former employer,
Continue ReadingCOMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Real Salt Lake scored three times in the first half and held on for a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids. Real Salt Lake (4-6-3) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute when Pablo Ruiz took a pass from Bode Hidalgo and scored for a second time
Continue ReadingBy ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Unfounded claims about Indiana University’s sex research institute, its founder and child sex abuse have been so persistent over the years that when the Legislature prohibited the institute from using state dollars, one lawmaker hailed the move as “long overdue.” Now, funding from the
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Eric Adams has hailed his city’s right to shelter as a hallmark of compassion for its most destitute. Now he must decide if he will extend that compassion by bestowing homeless people with the right to sleep outside. The
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Eric Adams has hailed his city’s right to shelter as a hallmark of compassion for its most destitute. Now he must decide if he will extend that compassion by bestowing homeless people with the right to sleep outside. The
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The conservative party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a landslide election victory Sunday but without enough parliamentary seats to form a government outright. The prime minister has indicated he will seek a second election in a bid to consolidate his
Continue ReadingBy MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured when stampeding soccer fans pushed through one of the access gates at a quarterfinal match in the Salvadoran league Saturday. The National Civil Police said in a preliminary report via Twitter that nine dead
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors announced Saturday night that they are withdrawing a case against a woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man as he raped and attacked her. In a ruling last week that touched off a public outcry, a court in
Continue ReadingFRISCO, Texas (AP) — Thorleifur Úlfarsson scored late in the second half to help the Houston Dynamo earn a 1-1 draw with FC Dallas. Úlfarsson took a pass from Héctor Herrera in the 85th minute and found the net for the first time this season to earn the Dynamo (4-5-3) a point on the road.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Assocaited Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s participation in the Group of Seven summit is making some atomic bomb survivors feel the visit is overshadowing their pursuit of nuclear abolishment. Zelenskyy needs to bolster international support to take back Russian-seized territory in the war that began last year, and
Continue ReadingBy MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured when stampeding soccer fans pushed through one of the access gates at a quarterfinal match in the Salvadoran league Saturday. The National Civil Police said in a preliminary report via Twitter that nine dead
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Una estampida en el estadio Cuscatlán de la capital de El Salvador dejó al menos 12 muertos, informó el sábado a la noche la Secretaría de Prensa de la Presidencia, al tiempo que el presidente Nayib Bukele anunció una “investigación exhaustiva” para determinar lo sucedido. “La Policía Nacional Civil
Continue ReadingBy Marlon Sorto, Heather Chen, Omar Fajado and Valentina González Galvis CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured Saturday in a crush at a soccer stadium in the capital of El Salvador, the National Civil Police said on Twitter. Salvadoran officials have linked the incident to the overselling of tickets
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gyasi Zardes scored the lone goal in the first minute of second-half stoppage time and Austin FC beat Toronto FC 1-0 in the first meeting between the teams. Zardes picked up his second goal of the season, scoring on a header off a rebound to help Austin (4-5-4) win back-to-back matches
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk finished a feed from Sam Reinhart at the 1:51 mark of overtime to help the Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 for a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference final. He had scored the winner in a four-overtime thriller less than
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press Marta had a goal and an assist and the Orlando Pride handed the Washington Spirit their first loss of the regular season in the National Women’s Soccer League, 2-1. It was the 37-year-old Brazilian midfielder’s first goal since October 2021. In other NSWL action, Alex Morgan scored for the visiting
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nikola Jokic was far from his usual dominant self while mired in foul trouble, and Jamal Murray cooled off after his scorching first half. The Denver Nuggets’ big early lead disappeared entirely in the fourth quarter of Game 3, and the Lakers’ home crowd was
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More than 200 runners turned out Saturday for Faith Hope & Charity Vineyards’ 10th annual Crush Cancer Marathon at the vineyard near Terrebonne, a fun fundraiser for the Knight Cancer Foundation.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have prayed together at a memorial for Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit. Yoon is in Hiroshima to join leaders from seven
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