INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Brittney Griner scored 29 points, Sophie Cunningham scored 11 of her 13 points in the fourth quarter, and the Phoenix Mercury defeated the Indiana Fever 85-82. Indiana built a 67-59 lead entering the fourth quarter before Cunningham hit two 3-pointers to spark a game-tying 8-0 run. NaLyssa Smith scored five straight points
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says the U.S. will rejoin the U.N.’s educational and scientific organization after a five-year absence that began while Donald Trump was president. The State Department said it had delivered a letter seeking re-admission to the Paris-based body, known as UNESCO, late last week.
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Angels rookie Zach Neto made an immediate impact this season with great plays at shortstop. On Sunday, Neto showed he can be a valuable contributor at the plate. Neto had his first two-homer game as Los Angeles bounced back with a 9-4 victory over the
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson, Paul Devitt, Larry Register, Hilary Whiteman and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — At least 10 wedding guests have been killed in a bus crash after the vehicle they had hired to transport them from the ceremony overturned in the Hunter Valley, a popular wine-growing region of Australia, as police charged the driver
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas and Alli Rosenblum, CNN (CNN) — The Tony Awards, which honor the best of Brodway, were presented on Sunday with Oscar-winner and Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose taking center-stage as the ceremony’s host. DeBose, who also hosted last year’s Tony Awards, acknowledged that due to the ongoing strike by the Writers Guild
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We are just about ten days away from the official start of summer as the weather moves from spring time to dog days. Expect mostly clear skies Sunday night with temperatures around the mid 50’s. Winds will stay calm until Monday night when they’ll pick up, gusting as high as 22 miles per hour. Calming
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BONN, Germany (AP) — A growing number of companies are pledging to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to “net zero” to curb climate change, but a report says the goal is rarely supported by a credible plan. According to the report published Monday, the number of publicly listed corporations aiming
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Háganse a un lado, influencers. Todos hemos visto a esas personas jóvenes y fotogénicas que promocionan modas, alimentos o servicios a sus grandes seguidores en TikTok e Instagram. Pero ahora ha llegado una nueva generación de “desinfluencers”, que dicen que el materialismo y las tendencias excesivamente caras ya no están de
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials have dedicated a California skate park in honor of Tyre Nichols, a Black man prosecutors say was beaten to death last Janaury by police officers in Memphis, Tennessee. An avid skateboarder, Nichols spent a lot of time as a youth at a skate park on the outskirts of Sacramento. City
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A spray of bullets aimed at a funeral procession in a Chicago suburb left four men injured, one critically, according to police. The shooting happened Saturday afternoon in the village of Oak Park as the line of vehicles traveled from Chicago to a cemetery in
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — New York City on Sunday announced a new minimum pay-rate for app food delivery workers amid a rise in use of services like Uber Eats and DoorDash since the pandemic. Manhattan’s 60,000 food delivery workers currently make on average about $7.09 an hour, according to a news
Continue ReadingBy WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Elly De La Cruz flashed his speed, getting two hits, reaching base four times and scoring the go-ahead run with a headfirst slide on an eighth-inning grounder to spark the Cincinnati Reds over the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3. De La Cruz beat out an infield
Continue ReadingGALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) — Ashleigh Buhai seized the lead early with four birdies in her first five holes, closed with a short birdie for a 6-under 65 and held off Hyo Joo Kim for a one-shot victory in the ShopRite LPGA Classic. It was the fourth win worldwide over the past 10 months for Buhai,
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Natasha Cloud scored 19 points, Ariel Atkins added 12, including five key points late in the fourth quarter, and the Washington Mystics nearly blew a 28-point lead before holding on for a 71-65 victory over the Seattle Storm on Sunday. Washington used a big first half to take control, before Seattle nearly
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer No. 1 national seed Wake Forest was expected to make it to the College World Series. Oral Roberts? Not so much. Yet it’s on to Omaha for the Golden Eagles, who certainly look the part of a team deserving to be among the final eight in the NCAA Tournament
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer No. 1 national seed Wake Forest was expected to make it to the College World Series. Oral Roberts? Not so much. Yet it’s on to Omaha for the Golden Eagles, who certainly look the part of a team deserving to be among the final eight in the NCAA Tournament
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Even back when Jamal Murray was racking up 50-point games in the NBA bubble, Denver coach Michael Malone marveled as much over his Canadian point guard’s pinpoint passes as his magnificent moves and fadeaway baskets. “Well, I’ve long said that Jamal is not just a scorer,”
Continue ReadingBy IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Cavan Biggio hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Minnesota Twins 7-6 and avoid a three-game sweep. Biggio’s fifth homer of the season came off Emilio Pagán, who began the eighth by giving
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Una sección de la I-95 en dirección norte en Filadelfia se derrumbó después de que un camión cisterna se incendiara debajo de la carretera, dijeron funcionarios de Filadelfia el domingo por la mañana. “Tuvimos un colapso en la 95 lado norte, y el lado sur está comprometido por un
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The Miami Heat may be down 3-1 in the NBA Finals against the Nuggets heading into Game 5 on Monday night in Denver, but they hardly consider themselves out. Heat forward Jimmy Butler says the team’s belief is at an all-time high. The Nuggets have history
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