By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A proposal to help finance a new ballpark for Major League Baseball’s Athletics in Las Vegas has revived nationwide debates about public funding for private stadiums. And that has pitted Nevada’s powerful tourism industry and labor unions against some progressive groups, raising concerns
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Animal lovers can now witness three times the cuteness at the North Carolina Zoo. Three sand cat kittens were born on May 11 to first-time mother Sahara, 3, and father, Cosmo, 9, according to the North Carolina Zoo. The weeks-old kittens, who were tiny enough to fit in
Continue ReadingFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Cade Pilchard started and pitched six scoreless innings to earn Santa Clara a 9-3 win over Arizona in an elimination game in the Fayetteville Regional that was delayed by a lengthy bout with inclement weather. Weather postponed Saturday’s nightcap, a winner’s bracket game between host Arkansas and TCU. That game must
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, Nouran Salahieh, Isabel Rosales and Jaide Garcia, CNN (CNN) — An investigation is underway after over a dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento, California, by private jet “with no prior arrangement or care in place,” Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said Saturday. California officials on Saturday met with the group,
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Grief-stricken Ridgeview High School students and staff and the Redmond community on Monday were mourning the loss and supporting the family of a 17-year-old junior at the school who drowned while swimming at Steelhead Falls on Saturday.
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Una niña de 4 años, que se escapó de la casa de alquiler de Florida en la que se alojaba su familia, fue encontrada muerta en un canal a orillas del agua, anunció este viernes la oficina del sheriff. Los ayudantes del sheriff llevaban varias horas buscando a Evelyn K. Geer
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Freshman starter Turner Spoljaric pitched six strong innings and Jacob Walsh cleared the bases with a three-run double to earn Oregon an 8-7 win over top-seeded Vanderbilt at the Nashville Regional on Saturday night. The Ducks (39-20) await the winner of an elimination game between the Commodores and Xavier on Sunday.
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter is now 98 years old as he receives hospice care. His fellow Georgian, Martin Luther King Jr., would have been 94. The two men never met during all their time in Atlanta. But the Rev. Bernice King tells The Associated Press that Carter has been
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ARGYLE, N.Y. (AP) — Seth Jacobs has about 100 bins packed with marijuana flower sitting in storage at his upstate New York farm. And that’s a problem. There aren’t enough places to sell it. The 700 pounds (318 kilograms) of pungent flower was harvested last year as part of New
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ARGYLE, N.Y. (AP) — Seth Jacobs has about 100 bins packed with marijuana flower sitting in storage at his upstate New York farm. And that’s a problem. There aren’t enough places to sell it. The 700 pounds (318 kilograms) of pungent flower was harvested last year as part of New
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans still reeling from an April election that saw conservatives lose majority control of the state Supreme Court for the first time in 15 years hope to use their upcoming state convention to unify and refocus on the 2024 presidential race in which Wisconsin will
Continue ReadingBy LISSETTE ROMERO Associated Press NAUCALPAN, Mexico (AP) — A quick-count sampling of votes for governor of Mexico’s most populous state suggested a victory late Sunday for the candidate from the governing party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which would end nearly a century of uninterrupted rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Preliminary results
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Zach Whitecloud scored the go-ahead goal in the third period to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. Adin Hill made a remarkable stick save among his 33 stops in net. Original
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI, SHEIKH SAALIQ and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press BALASORE, India (AP) — The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday. Authorities worked
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN Singapore (CNN) — China’s defense minister on Sunday accused the United States and its allies of trying to destabilize the Indo-Pacific – just hours after warships from the two countries were involved in a near collision. In a combative speech to the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore,
Continue ReadingBy DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Claressa Shields successfully defended her undisputed middleweight title with a lopsided unanimous decision over Maricela Cornejo on Saturday night in the first boxing card at Little Caesars Arena. Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) with a score of 100-89 on one card and 100-90 on the other two. Shields
Continue ReadingCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Senior Zane Denton hit two home runs — his second career multi-homer game — Maui Ahuna scored the go-ahead run on Hunter Ensley’s RBI double and Tennessee beat top-seeded Clemson 5-4 to advance to the regional championship. No. 2-seed Tennessee awaits the winner between UNC-Charlotte and Clemson, both of which would
Continue ReadingFRISCO, Texas (AP) — Hany Mukhtar scored late in the second half to rally Nashville SC to a 2-1 victory over FC Dallas. Mukhtar, the reigning league MVP, took a pass from Daniel Lovitz and scored the winner in the 77th minute. It was his 10th goal of the season, tying Los Angeles FC’s Dénis
Continue ReadingCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Campbell’s two-run home run in the top of the first inning got Texas headed in the right direction, Lebarron Johnson threw a complete game, and the No. 2 regional seed Longhorns defeated top-seeded Miami 4-1 in the winner’s bracket of the Coral Gables Regional. Johnson scattered seven hits and
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Sophia Smith and Christine Sinclair scored for the Portland Thorns in a 2-0 rivalry win over OL Reign. The National Women’s Soccer League match was part of a doubleheader with the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers at Lumen Field in Seattle. The Houston Dash earned its fourth
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