All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Florida 4, Tampa Bay 1 Tuesday, April 22: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 2 Thursday, April 24: Florida 2, Tampa Bay 0 Saturday, April 26: Tampa Bay 5, Florida 1 Monday, April 28: Florida 4, Tampa Bay 2 Wednesday, April 30: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 3
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 20 Carolina 4, New Jersey 1 Toronto 6, Ottawa 2 Vegas 4, Minnesota 2 Monday, April 21 Washington 3, Montreal 2, OT Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1 Dallas 4, Colorado 3, OT Los
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By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species and whether industry had a hand in drafting it. Senators Adam Schiff, Sheldon Whitehouse and Cory Booker sent a letter Monday to the departments
Continue Reading All Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 8 1 2 26 22 8 Minnesota United 5 2 4 19 15 10 Portland 5 3 3 18 21 19 San Diego FC 5 4 2 17 21 15 Los Angeles FC 5 4 2 17 17 16 Austin FC 5 5
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 19 16 .543 — Boston 18 18 .500 1½ Tampa Bay 16 18 .471 2½ Toronto 16 18 .471 2½ Baltimore 13 20 .394 5 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 22 13 .629 — Cleveland 20 14 .588 1½ Kansas City 20
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 23 13 .639 — Philadelphia 19 15 .559 3 Atlanta 16 18 .471 6 Washington 16 19 .457 6½ Miami 13 21 .382 9 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 22 14 .611 — Cincinnati 18 18 .500 4 Milwaukee 18 18 .500
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By The Associated Press The Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 plus travel costs if they leave voluntarily as it accelerates its mass deportation agenda. The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that people who use the CBP Home app to announce their “self-deportations” would get the money
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By SALLY HO and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development retreats from long-established fair-housing protections for transgender people. In recent months, HUD has been targeting the Obama-era Equal Access Rule that expanded protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
Continue Reading By SALLY HO and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development retreats from long-established fair-housing protections for transgender people. In recent months, HUD has been targeting the Obama-era Equal Access Rule that expanded protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
Continue Reading By SALLY HO and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development retreats from long-established fair-housing protections for transgender people. In recent months, HUD has been targeting the Obama-era Equal Access Rule that expanded protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
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By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Hundreds of activists defied threats from Mali ’s military government and demonstrated over the weekend in the first pro-democracy rally since soldiers took power by force almost four years ago. The demonstrators in the capital, Bamako, protested a new bill initiated by Mali’s transitional government to
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By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press While cutting together scenes for the new series “Forever,” Mara Brock Akil, who has created shows like “Girlfriends,” “Being Mary Jane,” and “The Game,” recalls asking her video editor to pause for a moment. Was there a problem? No. Akil was watching someone very right: the show’s female lead, Lovie
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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — About 3,000 labor union members went on strike early Monday at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut, as negotiations over wages, retirement benefits and job security broke down. Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers were picketing at manufacturing locations in East Hartford and Middletown,
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MADRID (AP) — Thousands of rail passengers in Spain were hit with delays after copper cables used in the signaling system of a high-speed line traveling south from Madrid to Seville were stolen at five locations, authorities said Monday. The theft, which happened late Sunday, affected dozens of trains traveling between Madrid and the southern
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By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, won Romania’s first-round presidential election redo by a landslide after capitalizing on widespread anti-establishment sentiment. The 38-year-old leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, or AUR, will face a pro-Western reformist
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 100-year-old Royal Air Force veteran accepted the thanks of a nation Monday as Britain paused to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day and honor the men and women who fought to save the country during World War II. The day featured a procession
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Georgia state Sen. Josh McLaurin announced Monday that he’s running for lieutenant governor in 2026, saying he would make opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies a key part of his campaign. Burt Jones, the current Republican lieutenant governor, is expected to run for governor next year,
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — There’s the Jon Ossoff who built his political career around criticizing Donald Trump. There’s also the Ossoff who works with Republicans, advancing the interests of Georgia’s farmers and military bases. But they’re the same guy — a 38-year-old first-term U.S. senator from Georgia who says his
Continue Reading OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett to remain board chair at Berkshire Hathaway when vice-chairman Greg Abel takes over as CEO to start 2026.
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By CATHERINE GASCHKA and LORNE COOK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The European Union launched a drive on Monday to attract scientists and researchers to Europe with offers of grants and new policy plans, after the Trump administration froze U.S. government funding linked to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. “A few years ago, no one
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The federal sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations of violence, began on Monday in New York City with jury selection that could last several days. Opening statements by lawyers
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Pakistan have been scrambling resources both military and diplomatic to respond to a crisis triggered by a massacre in Indian-controlled Kashmir that for days have raised fears of a conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals. On Wednesday, Pakistani officials said India fired missiles that struck
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — The seventh season of Swedish slow TV hit “The Great Moose Migration” ended Sunday night after 20 days of 24-hour live coverage. The show, called “Den stora älgvandringen” in Swedish, began in 2019 with nearly a million people watching. In 2024, the production hit 9 million viewers on SVT Play, the streaming
Continue Reading AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Search and rescue teams recovered the bodies of a Belgian mother and her son on Monday in Jordan, police said a day after the woman and her three children were reported missing in flash flooding. The other two children were found alive. Sunday’s flooding in southern Jordan also led to the
Continue Reading TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Cleveland at Washington 6:35 p.m. (Postponed) Final San Diego 4 N.Y. Yankees 3 Final Milwaukee 5 Houston 1 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 0 Final Athletics 7 Seattle 6 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE Final Atlanta 4 Cincinnati 0 Final L.A. Dodgers 7 Miami 4 Final Chicago
Continue Reading Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Monday, May. 05. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To
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By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand ’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from the Hobbit films, one bearing a bellowing wizard Gandalf. With 50-foot (15-meter) wingspans and weighing 2,600 pounds (1.1 ton) each, the
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