By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — With opening day less than a week away, every team in Major League Baseball is hoping to finish spring training without any significant injuries. The New York Mets weren’t so fortunate when they found out ace Jacob deGrom will miss major time because of inflammation
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By Stella Chan and Christina Maxouris, CNN The city of Los Angeles has agreed to provide thousands of permanent beds for members of its unsheltered population, ending one part of a years-long battle with the LA Alliance For Human Rights over the homelessness crisis. The alliance — a group of residents, business owners and community
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By Mostafa Salem and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The Saudi-led military alliance and the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, who have been at war in Yemen since 2015, agreed to a two-month truce Friday, marking a significant step toward ending the conflict in years. The last coordinated cessation of hostilities nationwide was during peace talks in 2016. UN
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rose Zhang and Rachel Heck were flirting with the cut line at Champions Retreat. Now they’re right in the mix going into the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The second round concluded on Friday morning because of rain. And then the 60
Continue Reading By JOHN NICHOLSON AP Sports Writer RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Hinako Shibuno shot a 6-under 66 in The Chevron Championship to take the lead halfway through the second round. The 23-year-old Japanese player had a 9-under 135 total at Mission Hills, the tree-lined course in California hosting the major championship for the final time.
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with showers moving in after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Showers exit early, with clouds gradually diminishing during the day. Highs in the upper 50s to around 60. EXTENDED: Clouds start to move back in tonight ahead of our next front that will bring a chance for some light rain overnight. Those
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The Helias Catholic High School was placed on lockdown just before 12:30 p.m. on Friday after administrators addressed a threat made within the school building.
Continue ReadingBy Amy Cutler Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KTVK, KPHO) — Less than a mile from our state capitol sits one of the country’s largest homeless encampments, and it continues to grow. It sits right outside the sprawling Human Services Campus, which provides food, medical care, and legal services to the
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin and its supporters have celebrated the end of coronavirus restrictions with a noisy 1-0 win over Cologne in a Bundesliga game played in front of a sell-out 22,012-capacity crowd. Taiwo Awoniyi’s 12th league goal of the season helped Union overtake the visitors to move
Continue Reading By CHUCK KING Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets ace Jacob DeGrom will miss major time because of inflammation in his shoulder area, a huge blow to a team that heavily invested in making a deep run this season. DeGrom won’t throw for up to four weeks and there is no timetable
Continue ReadingBy Mary Kay Mallonee and Rashard Rose, CNN Police say they found five fetuses in a home in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, days after the indictment of several anti-abortion activists — including a woman believed to live in the home where the fetuses were discovered — on charges of blocking access to a reproductive health
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By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new-vehicle sales fell about 12% in the first quarter compared with a year ago, as the global computer chip shortage continued to slow factories amid high consumer demand. General Motors reported Friday that its sales were down 20% for the quarter, while Toyota sales were
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — New Florida basketball coach Todd Golden has rounded out his staff by hiring UNLV assistant Carlin Hartman. Hartman joins Mississippi State’s Korey McCray and Richmond’s Kevin Hovde on Florida’s bench. Golden called his staff “a grand slam.” He adds, “I couldn’t feel any better about
Continue Reading By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police say former U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside. A police report said Solo was arrested on Thursday in a shopping center
Continue Reading By CHUCK KING Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets ace Jacob DeGrom will miss major time because of inflammation in his shoulder area, a huge blow to a team that heavily invested in making a deep run this season. DeGrom won’t throw for up to four weeks and there is no timetable
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Solid hiring, strong wage gains and sharp price increases are drawing more Americans into the workforce. The trend, if sustained, would mean some long-awaited relief for businesses that have been desperate to fill jobs. The number of people either working or looking for work still hasn’t
Continue ReadingBy Briana Whitney Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KTVK, KPHO) — More than 30 puppies will have to wait longer for a Phoenix no-kill rescue to pick them up from Mexico after vandalism held up operations, not once, but twice. The owners are now thousands of dollars out of pocket, but are
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By Amanda Musa, CNN The Georgia Senate has approved a measure that would prohibit local school boards and administrators from discriminating “on the basis of race” by promoting or encouraging “divisive concepts” in classrooms. House Bill 1084, known as the “Protect Students First Act,” passed the state Senate Friday in a 32-21 vote, according to
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky is The Associated Press men’s college basketball player of the year. The 6-foot-9, 255-pound junior received 46 of 60 votes from a national media panel. Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis was second with 10 votes. Tshiebwe averaged 17.4 points and a national-best 15.1
Continue ReadingBy Paul Horton Click here for updates on this story SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (KTVK, KPHO) — We Paid It Forward at a furniture store in Scottsdale to David Shillinglaw, who does all he can to help teachers and students. Suzanne Hooper, who nominated him, said, “He takes time out of his day and takes old fabric
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