AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Justin Storm pitched 5 2/3 innings of scoreless relief with 10 strikeouts and Southern Miss exploded for eight runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat Pennsylvania 11-2 at the Auburn Regional. Southern Miss has won three straight elimination games to force a decisive rematch with the Quakers for
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United States military released video Monday of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the U.S. vessel to slow to avoid a collision.
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) — Tens of thousands fewer women were incarcerated in the U.S. between 2019 and 2020 due to COVID-19, but as prison populations creep back to pre-pandemic norms, more children are being separated from their mothers, putting them at greater risk of health and behavioral problems,
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Erik Spoelstra bristled at the suggestion the Miami Heat somehow solved Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets by allowing the superstar to score at will while taking away his passing lanes and his penchant to elevate his teammates. “Yeah, that’s ridiculous,” Spoelstra interjected after Miami’s 111-108
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lucas Di Yorio scored in the first half and Club León secured its first CONCACAF Champions League title with a 1-0 victory over Los Angeles FC. León won the first leg of the final 2-1 in Mexico on Wednesday night, and the Liga MX club
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, CNN New York (CNN) — Instagram announced Sunday it had lifted its ban on Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist who has launched a presidential bid, two years after it shut down Kennedy’s account for breaking its rules related to Covid-19. “As he is now an active candidate for president of
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The Central Oregon Diversity Project has called for the resignation of state Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson, R-Prineville, the Oregon House minority leader, after a photo was posted on social media of her son posing by a WWII German plane on display in Madras and giving an apparent Nazi salute.
Continue ReadingFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Jared Wegner and Kendall Diggs each homered and Arkansas beat Santa Clara 6-4 in an elimination game at the Fayetteville Regional. Arkansas advances to a rematch with TCU on Monday. The Horned Frogs walloped Arkansas earlier Sunday, 20-5, to send the Razorbacks into the elimination game with Santa Clara. A TCU
Continue ReadingSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Matt Hogan hit a two-out two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning and Oral Roberts beat Dallas Baptist 6-5 to extend the nation’s longest active win streak and win the Stillwater Regional. Oral Roberts, which has won program record (D-I era) 21 consecutive games, is just the eighth No.
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has thanked Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen for Denmark’s role in a Western alliance “standing up” for Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia’s 15-month-old invasion. Monday’s visit is the first of a pair of critical meetings Biden is holding with European allies this
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: the following contains spoilers about the premiere of “The Idol.” The expression “From the sublime to the ridiculous” has seldom felt more fitting than in watching “The Idol,” HBO’s new wannabe-sexy drama, a week after the “Succession” and “Barry” finales. Although the series premiere isn’t as
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Duncan Robinson didn’t take a shot through three quarters. The Miami Heat forward was simply saving his best for when his team needed him most. Over a nearly two-minute spurt in the fourth quarter, Robinson scored all of his 10 points in helping rally the Heat
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Swedish legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic has announced his retirement from a glittering soccer career at the age of 41, leaving Italy’s Serie A as the league’s oldest-ever goal scorer. The star striker made the announcement following his team AC Milan’s season finale 3-1 victory over Hellas Verona on
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI and STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writers MADRID (AP) — Hanging from a highway bridge in Madrid, an effigy of one of the world’s most famous Black soccer players stands as a graphic reminder of the racism sweeping through European soccer. And they are everywhere. In Italy, where monkey chants swirled in April
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI and STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writers MADRID (AP) — Hanging from a highway bridge in Madrid, an effigy of one of the world’s most famous Black soccer players stands as a graphic reminder of the racism sweeping through European soccer. And they are everywhere. In Italy, where monkey chants swirled in April
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI and STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writers MADRID (AP) — The vicious, relentless and high-profile racist insults directed at Brazilian soccer player Vinícius Júnior underscore an entrenched and decades-old issue that refuses to go away in the world’s most popular sport. It is a deeper societal problem that is manifested in soccer matches
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI and STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writers MADRID (AP) — The vicious, relentless and high-profile racist insults directed at Brazilian soccer player Vinícius Júnior underscore an entrenched and decades-old issue that refuses to go away in the world’s most popular sport. It is a deeper societal problem that is manifested in soccer matches
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Many big companies, including Target and Bud Light’s parent, are still backing Pride events in June despite the minefield that the monthlong celebration has become for some of them. Target and Bud Light recently came under fire for their efforts to appeal to the LGBTQ+ community,
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal trial over Oregon’s voter-approved gun control measure opened Monday in Portland, marking a critical next step for one of the toughest gun control laws in the nation after months of being tied up in the courts. The trial, which is being held before a
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal trial over Oregon’s voter-approved gun control measure opened Monday in Portland, marking a critical next step for one of the toughest gun control laws in the nation after months of being tied up in the courts. The trial, which is being held before a
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