By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — The letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley to the person now in charge of steadying the U.S. Center for SafeSport laid bare his views of festering problems at an agency he portrayed as having lost its way. Among the concerns the Iowa Republican outlined in that March
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By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Elza van den Heever’s portrayal of Salome sticks to her when she leaves the Metropolitan Opera for a rented apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. “Every night I wake up with the most disturbing nightmares, just random things that I dream and feel so real,” the
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday observed the formal exchange of a dozen cooperation agreements, including on defense, as part of efforts to strengthen ties between the two Mediterranean nations. Erdogan was in Rome to attend a fourth so-called Intergovernmental Summit between Italy and Turkey
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, April 30 COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. SECN — Kennesaw St. at Georgia COLLEGE SOFTBALL 6 p.m. ACCN — Liberty at Virginia 8 p.m. ACCN — Clemson at Georgia Tech GOLF 3 p.m. GOLF — PGA Professional Championship: Final Round, PGA Golf
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference New York 3, Detroit 2 Saturday, April 19: New York 123, Detroit 112 Monday, April 21: Detroit 100, New York 94 Thursday, April 24: New York 118, Detroit 116 Sunday, April 27: New York 94, Detroit 93 Tuesday, April 29: Detroit 106, New York 103
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Indiana 117, Milwaukee 98 Denver 112, L.A. Clippers 110, OT New York 123, Detroit 112 Minnesota 117, L.A. Lakers 95 Sunday, April 20 Oklahoma City 131, Memphis 80 Boston 103, Orlando 86 Cleveland 121, Miami 100 Golden State 95, Houston 85 Monday, April 21
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Florida 3, 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 at Tampa Bay, 7:30
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
Continue Reading All Times EDT Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Cincinnati 7 2 1 22 15 12 Columbus 6 1 3 21 14 8 Philadelphia 6 3 1 19 19 9 Charlotte FC 6 3 1 19 16 8 Inter Miami CF 5 1 3 18 16 10 Nashville 5 4 1 16 19
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 18 12 .600 — Boston 17 14 .548 1½ Tampa Bay 14 15 .483 3½ Toronto 13 16 .448 4½ Baltimore 11 18 .379 6½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 18 12 .600 — Cleveland 16 13 .552 1½ Kansas City 15
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 21 9 .700 — Philadelphia 16 13 .552 4½ Atlanta 14 15 .483 6½ Washington 13 17 .433 8 Miami 12 17 .414 8½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 18 12 .600 — Cincinnati 16 13 .552 1½ Milwaukee 15 15 .500
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump ’s interview with ABC News aired after he held a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his second term. The rally was his largest political event since returning to the White House in a state that has been especially rocked by his
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By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that his country and the Philippines would start talks on two proposed defense pacts to further boost their security alliance and would continue to fight aggression in disputed Asian waters in an obvious rebuke of China. Ishiba and Philippine
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It took well over a century for the Sycamore Gap tree to spread its limbs into the elegant canopy that made it a beloved site saddled between two hills along the ancient Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. It took less than three minutes to cut it down
Continue Reading By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press CHATHAM, Ill. (AP) — Residents of a small central Illinois city on Tuesday mourned the loss of three children and a teenager killed in a startling crash in which a car barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp. Authorities said it didn’t appear to be a targeted
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Superman already has a lot on his broad shoulders. It seems unfair to add the fate of Hollywood to his worries. But that’s the kind of pressure that comes with being one of the biggest stars in the comic book universe, who is getting a grand reintroduction at a
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By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney ’s Liberals fell short of winning an outright majority in Parliament on Tuesday, a day after the party scored a stunning comeback victory in a vote widely seen as a rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump. The vote-counting agency Elections Canada finished
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By WILL WEISSERT, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WARREN, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday celebrated the 100th day of his second term — yet spent much of his rally marking it in campaign mode, fixated on past grudges and grievances. He repeatedly mocked his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, attacking
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese authorities say 22 people have been killed and 3 injured in a fire at restaurant in the northern city of Liaoyang. No word was given on the cause of the fire, which broke out shortly after noon, but images from the scene showed huge flames spurting from the windows and
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By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press In pain so bad he couldn’t stand, Chris Meek was rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening ruptured gallbladder. When he emerged from surgery, he learned he had kidney cancer that thankfully hadn’t yet spread. Meek, a social studies teacher in Wilmington, North Carolina, was 47 at the time. But
Continue Reading By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press In pain so bad he couldn’t stand, Chris Meek was rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening ruptured gallbladder. When he emerged from surgery, he learned he had kidney cancer that thankfully hadn’t yet spread. Meek, a social studies teacher in Wilmington, North Carolina, was 47 at the time. But
Continue Reading NUUK, Greenland (AP) — King Frederik X of Denmark arrived in Greenland on Tuesday, kicking off a visit to the semiautonomous territory that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to annex because of its strategic Arctic location. Frederik’s trip to the island’s capital city of Nuuk follows the new Greenlandic prime minister’s visit to Copenhagen earlier
Continue Reading NUUK, Greenland (AP) — King Frederik X of Denmark arrived in Greenland on Tuesday, kicking off a visit to the semiautonomous territory that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to annex because of its strategic Arctic location. Frederik’s trip to the island’s capital city of Nuuk follows the new Greenlandic prime minister’s visit to Copenhagen earlier
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By HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Eurovision winner Nemo is standing up for transgender rights. They have posted details on social media for how people in the U.K. can contact members of parliament to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling that will exclude transgender women from women’s toilets, hospital wards and sports teams. The
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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An unprecedented blackout across Spain and Portugal upended the lives of millions across the Iberian Peninsula, a stark reminder of modern society’s reliance on electricity, and how quickly life can descend into chaos when the grid goes down. Power was nearly completely restored across the region
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By JACK BROOK and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press A deaf mother trying to escape her abusive husband came to a domestic violence shelter seeking help, but she couldn’t communicate fluently with American Sign Language. Shelter workers contacted Activating Change, a group that provides sign language interpreters who are trained to help people experiencing trauma. Over
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By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A federal appeals court has paused a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England this week so it can consider an emergency motion filed by the government. The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New York,
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters in Wisconsin could be seeing double on Election Day if the practice of fusion voting — which allows the same candidate to appear on the ballot under multiple party lines — makes a comeback in the battleground state. A lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to legalize
Continue Reading By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major orders canceled. Containers of products left stranded overseas. No roadmap for what comes next. The Trump administration raised tariffs on goods from China to 145% in early April. Since then, small business owners who depend on imports from China to survive have become increasingly
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Angie Craig on Tuesday became the latest Minnesota Democrat to enter the increasingly competitive race for a U.S. Senate seat currently held by the retiring Sen. Tina Smith. In her launch video, Craig vows to “break through the chaos” and fight back against “a president
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