By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Pavin Smith and pinch-hitter Jordan Luplow homered in a five-run sixth inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 8-6. Daulton Varsho and David Peralta also homered for the Diamondbacks, who have won five of their last six and have 15 homers in that
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By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Pavin Smith and pinch-hitter Jordan Luplow homered in a five-run sixth inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 8-6. Daulton Varsho and David Peralta also homered for the Diamondbacks, who have won five of their last six and have 15 homers in that
Continue Reading HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Carter Holton threw six shutout innings to lead No. 8 seed Vanderbilt to a 3-1 victory over No. 9 seed Mississippi in the single-elimination first round of the SEC Tournament on Wednesday night. Vanderbilt (36-19) moves on to play No. 1 seed Tennessee (49-7) on Wednesday as the tourney switches to
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By Rhea Mogul, CNN A court in southern India on Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison in a ruling that found he abused his wife over their wedding dowry, leading to her death by suicide. The district court in Kerala state found Kiran Kumar guilty under India’s “dowry death” law, which allows
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Corbin Burnes outlasted Blake Snell in a showdown of recent Cy Young Award winners and Tyrone Taylor hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 4-1. Mike Brosseau also homered for the Brewers, who ended the Padres’ winning streak
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Andy Rose and Steve Almasy, CNN An 18-year-old gunman on Tuesday fatally shot 19 children and two adults at a Texas elementary school before he was killed by law enforcement officers, officials said. The shooter — identified by Texas officials as Salvador Ramos, of Uvalde — also shot his grandmother before crashing
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will win the Republican nomination for a third term in office, CNN projects, defeating state Land Commissioner George P. Bush in a runoff. Paxton, who has been beset by criminal probes and is under indictment, finished first in a four-way March 1 primary but failed to
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By Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN Republican voters in Georgia on Tuesday showed there are limits to how seriously the party will entertain former President Donald Trump’s grievances. Election deniers endorsed by Trump were trounced in a series of primaries against Republican officials who had rejected the former President lies about the
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic had 30 points and 14 rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks avoided being swept with a 119-109 victory over Golden State in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals. Dorian Finney-Smith had 23 points and Reggie Bullock had 18 points for Dallas on 6-of-10 shooting
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN A wild expanse on North Carolina’s Outer Banks has earned the top spot on an annual list of America’s best beaches. Ocracoke Island’s Lifeguarded Beach is the No. 1 stretch of sand for 2022, according to coastal scientist Stephen Leatherman, also known as “Dr. Beach.” Leatherman, a professor and director of
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By Isabelle Chapman, Daniel A. Medina, Nicole Chavez, Dakin Andone and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school Tuesday was on the premises for up to an hour before law enforcement forcibly entered a classroom and killed him, officials said Wednesday. “It’s going to be
Continue Reading JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Pavin Smith and pinch-hitter Jordan Luplow homered in a five-run sixth inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 8-6. Daulton Varsho and David Peralta also homered for the Diamondbacks, who have won five of their last six and have 15 homers in that stretch,
Continue Reading EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his second goal of the game with 3:27 left in regulation, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 5-3 to take a 3-1 lead in the second-round playoff series. Evander Kane scored his NHL-leading 11th and 12th goals of the postseason, and Zach Hyman added a goal
Continue Reading By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — William Contreras singled home Ronald Acuña Jr. in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 6-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Bryce Harper put Philadelphia ahead 5-4 in the top of the ninth with a two-run homer off closer Kenley Jansen.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The new Tokyo stadium used at last year’s Olympics is being looked at as a venue for the track and field world championships. An inspection team from World Athletics is in the Japanese capital this week. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has said that he hoped
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer A person with direct knowledge of the agreement tells The Associated Press that North America’s top women’s hockey players are teaming up with former tennis star Billie Jean King and Los Angeles Dodgers chairman Mark Walter to explore launching a pro league within the next year. The person spoke
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will overcome a Republican primary challenge from US Rep. Jody Hice, a Donald Trump ally whose campaign was centered on false claims about the 2020 election, CNN projects. Raffensperger’s victory caps a Georgia primary election in which Republican voters roundly rejected Trump’s attempts at retribution
Continue Reading By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Danny Jansen hit a three-run homer and a solo shot, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-1. Kevin Gausman threw six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and no walks. He allowed four hits and beat the
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Trevino hit a game-ending single in the 11th inning, fulfilling a dream of his father who died nine years ago, and the ailing New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-6. Trevino’s father was an enormous Yankees fan who used to challenge Trevino with
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees lost All-Stars DJ LeMahieu and Giancarlo Stanton to injuries, although the early diagnosis on LeMahieu suggests New York dodged a serious issue. LeMahieu was scratched with left wrist discomfort and Stanton exited a 7-6, 11-inning win over Baltimore with right calf tightness. Major league-leading New York also placed closer
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