By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Palou inherited the lead on Lap 65, then drove away from the pack to win the Indianapolis Grand Prix by 16.8006 seconds over Pato O’Ward. It’s Palou’s first win in 11 career starts at Indy, his first this season and the first for Chip Ganassi
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich romped to a big win over Schalke and Borussia Dortmund replied with a rout of Borussia Mönchengladbach. The Bundesliga title race remains too close to call with both rivals displaying their credentials on Saturday. Bayern captain Thomas Müller scored on a rare start as
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Southampton’s relegation from the English Premier League has been sealed while Manchester United rebounded from back-to-back losses to ignite its push for Champions League qualification. Southampton is heading down to the Championship after 11 years in England’s top division. A 2-0 loss to Fulham sealed the Saints’ fate with
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a controversial bill that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks, setting up a likely override effort from the state legislature, where Republicans have a supermajority. Cooper’s swift veto comes just over a week after the Republican-controlled state Senate advanced the bill to his
Continue ReadingSOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Southampton has become the first team to be relegated from the Premier League after a 2-0 loss to Fulham ensured the south-coast team’s 11-year stay in England’s top division is coming to an end. Southampton’s fate was sealed with two games remaining of its first full season since last year’s takeover
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN Loonkiito, possibly one of the oldest lions in the world, has been killed in Kenya at the age of 19, conservation organization Lion Guardians said. The lion was killed on Wednesday by the owner of a livestock pen, which Loonkiito had entered in the middle of the night looking for prey
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Curtis Strange has mixed memories of Oak Hill. He returns to the course outside Rochester, New York, next week for the PGA Championship as part of ESPN’s broadcast team. Oak Hill is where Strange in 1989 became the first player since Ben Hogan to win back-to-back in the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN One person died and a dozen people were injured when a tornado struck around 4 a.m. Saturday along the southern coast of Texas, near the Mexico border, a Cameron County official said. Port Isabel officials earlier said two people had been killed in Laguna Heights, which is between Port Isabel and
Continue ReadingFOSSOMBORONE, Italy (AP) — Primoz Roglic launched the first significant attack of the Giro d’Italia in the undulating eighth stage and gained 14 seconds on overall rival Remco Evenepoel. Ineos teammates Tao Geoghegan Hart and Geraint Thomas also rode strongly. Irish rider Ben Healy won the stage with a solo breakaway while Norway’s Andreas Leknessund
Continue ReadingHARTINGTON, Neb. (AP) — A 44-year-old woman charged in one of four killings in a small Nebraska town has pleaded not guilty. Court documents show that Carrie Jones entered written not guilty pleas this week to first-degree murder, being an accessory to a felony and tampering with evidence. She is accused in the August 2022
Continue ReadingBy Miles Montgomery Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — With Mother’s Day fast approaching, many people are preparing to celebrate with the special women in their lives, whether that is their mothers, spouses, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, daughters, aunts, nieces, children, grandchildren, etc. No moment can describe the feeling that Indya Thomas
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Officials from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks came across a fishy situation last Friday after finding a firearm allegedly being used to fish. A Finney County Game Warden seized a 9 mm handgun “that was being used to take fish in Garden City,” Kansas game wardens said in a
Continue ReadingBy La’Nita Brooks, Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — Heated tempers at the Flint City Council meeting on Monday, May 8 prompted the mayor of Flint to issue an executive order out of caution. Tempers were flaring at Monday night’s Flint City Hall meeting to the point that
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — It became very clear at the March 25 meeting of the POST commission that its tolerance with one police department had reached its limit. “These laws are not going to be violated,” said Chad Partin, the Coffee County sheriff and commissioner
Continue ReadingBy Deion Broxton Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Officials with the National Weather Service warn of continuing drought conditions across the Midwest. NWS said conditions in April and the first part of May have been a cause for concern. Currently, central Missouri has the worst conditions in the
Continue ReadingBy Gracee Mattiace Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — MountainCare’s senior adult care program, formerly known as CarePartners, is seeking help from the community to find a new facility in Buncombe County. The center serves 50 to 70 people every day at its current location on Sweeten Creek
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to formally veto SB20 at a rally in Raleigh this weekend. The controversial bill, passed by the state House and Senate, would ban most abortions after 12 weeks – with exceptions for rape, incest, life-limiting
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister says authorities will go after those involved in violent protests following the detention of his predecessor, Imran Khan, including prosecution in anti-terrorism courts. The prime minister’s warnings were a sign of further escalation in the long-running showdown between the government and Khan, who has the backing of large numbers
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN It is one of the world’s oldest running annual sporting fixtures which, over the years, has featured a British Prime Minister, international cricketers and the Romantic poet Lord Byron. For more than 200 years, Eton and Harrow — two of England’s most expensive private schools — have faced off against each
Continue ReadingBy JULIO CORTEZ, VALERIE GONZALEZ, and KEN MILLER LAGUNA HEIGHTS, Texas (AP) — One person was killed and a curfew was imposed after a powerful tornado tore through a community near the southern tip of Texas before dawn Saturday, damaging dozens of residences and knocking down power lines, authorities said. At least 10 others were
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