CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have reinstated infielder Jake Burger from the 10-day injured list. Burger was starting at designated hitter and hitting seventh for the White Sox against the Houston Astros. He is hitting .224 with seven home runs and 14 RBIs in 23 games this season.
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona won its first Spanish league title after the departure of Lionel Messi with a 4-2 victory against Espanyol on Sunday. Robert Lewandowski scored twice to lead the Catalan club to its first league title since 2019. The title was secured with four rounds remaining and
Continue ReadingYUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a shooting at a neighborhood gathering in Arizona has left two people dead and five wounded. Yuma police say the shooting happened just before 11 p.m. Saturday, and that the motive is unclear. No suspects have been arrested but police say there is no current threat to the community.
Continue ReadingBy FARES AKRAM JABALIYA, Gaza Strip The Nabhan family is among some 600 Palestinians that rights groups say were left homeless by a five-day battle between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip. When they learned their home was about to be bombed by Israel, they rushed to get their four children with special needs
Continue ReadingCNN By Amarachi Orie, CNN Ten lions have been killed in southern Kenya this past week, including six on Saturday alone, as human-wildlife conflict escalates in the region, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This is “an unusually large number of lions to be killed at one go,” a spokesperson for the KWS told
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Alayna Treene, CNN President Joe Biden is expected to meet Tuesday with congressional leaders on the debt ceiling limit following “productive” staff-level negotiations over the weekend, two sources familiar with the talks told CNN on Sunday, as the US barrels toward a deadline that could come as soon as June 1.
Continue ReadingCNN By Betsy Klein and Alayna Treene, CNN President Joe Biden is expected to meet Tuesday with congressional leaders on the debt ceiling limit following “productive” staff-level negotiations over the weekend, two sources familiar with the talks told CNN on Sunday, as the US barrels toward a deadline that could come as soon as June
Continue ReadingKEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A university professor broke a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization this weekend at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers. Joseph Dituri’s 74th day residing in Jules’ Undersea Lodge, situated at the bottom of a 30-foot-deep lagoon in Key Largo, wasn’t much different than his previous
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A world record crowd of 77,390 watched Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 in the Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley. Sam Kerr’s 68th-minute strike proved decisive Sunday as Chelsea won the trophy for the third straight year to remain in contention for a league and cup double. The sold-out final smashed the
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The head of Russia’s feared Wagner private army has suggested that four Russian military aircraft that reportedly crashed in a region that borders Ukraine may have been shot down by Russia’s own forces. Russian officials have not commented on reports in Russian conventional and social media that two fighter planes and two
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes were comfortable with using a rotation of two reliable veterans in net through the regular season. Things have looked different in the playoffs by necessity. The question is whether they’ll return to a rotation with both healthy again in the Eastern Conference
Continue ReadingBy Ben Wedeman, Ibrahim Dahman, Matthias Somm, Richard Allen Greene and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Life in Gaza quickly appeared to be returning to normal Sunday, the morning after a ceasefire ended five days of intense rocket fire and airstrikes between Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Israel Defense Forces left 35 people dead — all but
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Tom Brady is honoring the moms in his life on Mother’s Day. The football legend shared a series of photos on his verified Instagram page on Sunday of ex-wife Gisele Bündchen and their two children, Vivan and Benjamin, alongside photos of Brady’s former partner Bridget Moynahan, who is mom to their
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, the first sitting US senator to give birth while in office, offered a heartfelt Mother’s Day message on Sunday, celebrating moms nationwide for “growing the next generation for our nation.” “Hang in there, sister. We’re in this together, and nobody has perfect work-life balance, everybody struggles,
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, the first sitting US senator to give birth while in office, offered a heartfelt Mother’s Day message on Sunday, celebrating moms nationwide for “growing the next generation for our nation.” “Hang in there, sister. We’re in this together, and nobody has perfect work-life balance, everybody struggles, and
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Blues mainstays Buddy Guy, Albert Castiglia and John Nemeth each won two awards and Tommy Castro took home the prize of B.B. King Entertainer of the Year at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tennessee. Guy, a guitarist and singer, won in the album of the year and contemporary blues album
Continue ReadingDARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Kurt Busch hasn’t given up hope of competing in the NASCAR Cup Series again. The 2004 series champion said he’s steadily improving since a crash in qualifying at Pocono last July that left him with a concussion. Busch announced in October that he was stepping out of the No. 45 car
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN Ten lions have been killed in southern Kenya this past week, including six on Saturday alone, as human-wildlife conflict escalates in the region, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This is “an unusually large number of lions to be killed at one go,” a spokesperson for the KWS told CNN
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — London’s Gatwick Airport closed its runway for almost an hour on Sunday after a drone was reported nearby. Officials at Britain’s second-busiest airport said 12 incoming flights had to be diverted to other airports. The airport said that “following established procedures operations at London Gatwick were suspended” for about 50 minutes while
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Lionel Messi soportó un difícil regreso a la alineación titular del Paris Saint-Germain cuando algunos de los seguidores de su propio equipo abuchearon al argentino antes y durante la contundente victoria del PSG sobre el Ajaccio en el Parque de los Príncipes. Messi apareció por primera vez con el
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