By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Taylor Trammell homered for the second time in five days since coming off the injured list and drove in three runs as the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 5-3 Thursday to extend their winning streak to four games and complete a series sweep. Trammell feels
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has released his text email messages related to a welfare fraud investigation, including money spent for a university volleyball arena. Republican Bryant said Thursday that he told the state auditor about possible misspending. The auditor says from 2016 to 2019,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A little time away from golf proved helpful for birthday boy Rory McIlroy. The world’s third-ranked player shot a 3-under 68 at the Wells Fargo Championship on Thursday in his first tournament since missing the cut at the Masters, leaving him three shots behind first-round
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La “Mona Lisa” de Leonardo Da Vinci es una de las obras de arte más conocidas del mundo, famosa tanto por su belleza como por el misterio que rodea la identidad de la modelo y el lugar pintado detrás de ella. La villa de Ponte Buriano, en las afueras de Arezzo,
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Cuando la familia real británica organiza un acontecimiento, no lo hace con discreción, está lleno de pompa, esplendor y poder. Y toda esta opulencia a menudo nos hace pensar en dinero. ¿De dónde procede la fortuna? Coronación del rey Carlos III de Reino Unido en vivo y en directo Todo forma
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN A man who is accused in a sheriff’s deputy killing and who escaped from a Virginia jail with another man over the weekend was captured in Mexico Thursday, authorities say. Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo was arrested by Mexican authorities just after 1 p.m. in the state of Guerrero, the FBI said. The
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is resigning effective June 1 amid calls from Republican leaders for her ouster. Gardner, a Democrat, is the city’s first Black prosecutor. Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey took legal steps to remove her from office in
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Donors have pledged an additional $5.6 million dollars that will enable the United Nations to start transferring more than 1 million barrels of crude oil from a rusting tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen that poses a major environmental threat to another vessel. But
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Production on Season 2 of Amazon Studios’ “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” series will be completed despite the writers’ strike that has halted much of Hollywood’s activity this week, a spokesperson for the streamer confirmed to CNN. The series only has 19 days of filming remaining and they
Continue ReadingBy TERRY CHEA OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — More than 3,000 teachers and other workers in the Oakland Unified School District are on strike after claiming the district failed to bargain in good faith on a new contract. So far, Oakland schools are staying open anyway. The San Francisco Bay Area district has about 34,000 students.
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Just a few days ahead of its product launch, Google unveiled an early look at its first foldable smartphone. In a video posted to Twitter and YouTube, the company teased a Pixel phone with a vertical hinge that can be opened to reveal a tablet-like display. The company will host
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Morgan Rimmer, CNN A bipartisan group of senators led by Republican Thom Tillis of North Carolina and independent Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona introduced immigration legislation Thursday intended to counter an influx of migrants expected at the border when a Covid-era border restriction ends next week. The legislation is not a true
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks have fired coach Mike Budenholzer just over a week after their stunning first-round playoff loss to the Miami Heat spoiled a season in which they owned the NBA’s best record. Budenholzer’s ouster comes just two years after he directed the Bucks to their
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump rested their respective cases in the battery and defamation trial against the former president in Manhattan federal court on Thursday evening. Carroll, a former magazine columnist, alleges Trump raped her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in the mid-1990s and then defamed
Continue ReadingBy ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Marcell Ozuna homered for the second straight game, Ronald Acuña Jr. stole his MLB-leading 15th base, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 6-3 to complete a three-game sweep. Acuña was removed out of precaution after fouling a ball off his left knee in the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jennifer Lawrence has wanted to do a big comedy for years. She has always been funny and vibrant in her television appearances. And while she has brought humor and physical comedy to many of her roles for David O. Russell and others, she also hasn’t
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Kyung Lah, CNN The most unpredictable Senate race on the 2024 map is unfolding in Arizona, where a high-profile Democrat is targeting Democratic-turned-independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Republicans are hoping to seize on those tensions in a state trending away from them. “It’s grab your popcorn and watch,” said GOP state
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Lance Blanks, who played in the NBA for three seasons and later worked as a scout and front office executive, has died. Blanks died Wednesday in Dallas, according to a family statement that was distributed by the NBA. He was 56. Blanks was a former general manager of the Phoenix Suns, an
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Carlos Correa drove in a run during Minnesota’s five-run 12th inning, and he and Byron Buxton homered to lift the Twins over the Chicago White Sox 7-3 Thursday and avoid a three-game sweep. The AL Central-leading Twins had lost three of four. Correa spurred Minnesota to victory hours after downplaying remarks from
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Espanyol has slipped closer to relegation in the Spanish league after a 3-2 loss at Sevilla. It was Espanyol’s eighth defeat in its past 10 games. It left the club in second-to-last-place and three points from safety with five games remaining. Valladolid lost 2-1 at Rayo
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