By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The College World Series has its usual mix of regulars in the eight-team field. It’s a couple relative newcomers that could provide the biggest storylines at the annual two-week party in Omaha, Nebraska. Wake Forest is the first No. 1 national seed since 2018 to
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — There are no more holes in Nikola Jokic’s impressive resume. Denver’s do-it-all center commandeered these playoffs, smashing a 56-year-old playoff record with 10 triple-doubles, and he completed a transcendent two-month stretch by leading the Nuggets past the Miami Heat 94-89 on Monday night in a hard-fought
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Switching around the rotation gave Seattle rookie Bryce Miller an extra day of rest and more time to fret about his last start, when he failed to make it out of the third inning. “I had eight days to think about the last one in Texas,
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When former President Donald Trump appeared in federal court Tuesday, he was joined by a man well-practiced in standing by his side: Walt Nauta, his valet turned alleged co-conspirator. Nauta, a Navy veteran who fetched Trump’s Diet Cokes at the White House before joining him as
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to face a judge on federal charges as he pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Tuesday to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents and refusing government demands to
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered on the first pitch of the 12th inning, going deep for the second time in the game as the Los Angels Angels beat the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 9-6. Los Angeles was down 5-1 after three innings. Ohtani’s solo homer in the
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Kara Murphy, a transgender woman helping to organize the Union County Pride in a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, is heartened to see Pride celebrations across the country, big and small, shining a spotlight on transgender rights this year. “When we look and see who’s standing
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A high school athlete who is one of 16 young plaintiffs who took Montana to court over climate change says increased smoke from forest fires has made it difficult to run races. Mica Kantor, now 15, says a doctor prescribed an inhaler
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 15% of children in the United States were recently treated for mental health disorders in 2021, according to new research from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The finding, released Tuesday by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, suggests that mental health disorders – such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1% from April to May and extending the past year’s steady easing of inflation. At the same time, some measures of underlying price pressures remained high. Measured year over year, inflation slowed to just 4%
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her neighbor, a Black mother who confronted her during a dispute over children playing outside, told police in a 911 call she felt threatened just moments before authorities say she killed the mother of four.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – American consumers use their understanding of gun rights when judging the morality of civilians’ use of guns to protect themselves from crime, and that assessment varies depending on specific scenarios, new research from Oregon State University shows. The study’s objective was to explore Americans’ understanding of the Second Amendment, the only
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Jimmy Butler found his scoring touch in the fourth quarter and gave the Miami Heat a late lead and hopes of staying alive. But after carrying the Heat past the powerful Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics during a stunning run through the Eastern Conference, Butler couldn’t
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom sparred with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night, insisting President Joe Biden is physically fit for a second term as president while refusing to say whether supporters have urged him to run against Biden on the 2024 ballot. Asked if
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — Confetti flying in Denver. The Nuggets sharing hugs while passing around the NBA championship trophy. Those scenes that, for almost a half-century, seemed impossible, then more recently started feeling inevitable, finally turned into reality Monday night. The Nuggets outlasted the Miami Heat 94-89 in an ugly,
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Stan Savran, who spent nearly five decades in sports broadcasting chronicling Pittsburgh’s rise to the “City of Champions,” has died. He was 76. WTAE-TV, where Savran worked as a sports anchor in the 1980s and early 1990s, announced Savran’s death. No official cause of death was given but Savran had been very
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laid into Donald Trump in a CNN town hall Monday night, calling the former president “angry” and “vengeful” and accusing him of “vanity run amok” within the event’s opening minutes. His comments set the tone for the night and
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has anchored his 2024 presidential campaign to calling out former President Donald Trump – specifically his falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election. During a CNN town hall on Monday, Christie – who lost to Trump in the 2016 Republican primary before supporting him later
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Treat Williams, a veteran actor who starred in the TV dramas “Blue Bloods” and “Everwood,” died Monday night as the result of a motorcycle accident in Vermont, his longtime agent, Barry McPherson, told CNN. He was 71. According to Vermont State Police, the crash occurred around 5:00 pm ET
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, Ruba Alhenawi, Maria Plaza and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The oldest of four children who survived a plane crash in the Amazon jungle has been praised for her “heroic role” in keeping her siblings alive throughout the ordeal, their grandfather said, as search efforts turn to locating Wilson, a missing search
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