By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The TPC Sawgrass is one of the most unpredictable courses in golf. And it got a most unpredictable leaderboard after one round of The Players Championship. The leader is Chad Ramey, who had never see the Stadium Course until this week. He shot
Continue Reading By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders have re-signed running back Ameer Abdullah and guard Netane Muti. Abdullah was used primarily as a pass-catching back and on special teams last season. He caught 25 passes for 211 yards and a touchdown, and averaged 20.9 yards on 26 kickoff
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CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A California, Missouri, man is facing several charges related to child pornography. Bryan Donley, 45, is charged with two counts of first-degree promoting child pornography and three counts of possession of child pornography. An initial arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday at the Moniteau County Courthouse. Donley was arrested Thursday. He
Continue Reading PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Michael Wacha was one of the last pitchers on the free-agent market this offseason, but the contract was well worth the wait for the veteran pitcher. Wacha signed last month with the San Diego Padres for a guaranteed $26 million over four years. Depending on bonuses and player or team options,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Durante una entrevista sin precedentes concedida a CNN desde el interior de la tristemente célebre prisión iranà de Evin, el estadounidense que lleva más tiempo encarcelado en ese paÃs le hizo una petición emotiva al presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, para que ponga “la libertad de los estadounidenses inocentes por
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By Holmes Lybrand and Casey Gannon, CNN Federal prosecutors accidentally turned over documents that could have included classified information to members of the far-right Proud Boys who are on trial for seditious conspiracy, including more than 1,000 internal messages between FBI agents. On Thursday, Judge Timothy Kelly gave the FBI more time to review the
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By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN More than a year after Congress signed into law a bill meant to help service members struggling with severe mental health problems, the Pentagon still has not issued guidance to the services to put the bill into practice. “We hear the rhetoric all the time, but we need
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Before coaching his first game at Georgetown — indeed, his first game as a head coach at any level of basketball — Patrick Ewing acknowledged that his tenure would be judged on one basis: his record. “People could call me ‘the greatest Hoya ever,’ but as
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By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors was sentenced Thursday to 42 years in prison. U.S. Southern District of Mississippi Judge Sul Ozerden handed down the sentence after Axel Cox, 24, pleaded guilty to a
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By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature has given final approval to a ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports. Supporters appeared Thursday to have the votes to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s expected veto. The Senate voted 28-11 to approve the bill imposing the ban
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature has given final approval to a ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports. Supporters appeared Thursday to have the votes to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s expected veto. The Senate voted 28-11 to approve the bill imposing the ban
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji’s former leader Frank Bainimarama is due to appear in court Friday after both he and the nation’s suspended police commissioner were arrested and held overnight in jail. The development adds another twist to the volatile political situation on the Pacific island nation, where Bainimarama
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge has ordered former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro to turn over to the US government certain emails from his time at the White House, granting the Justice Department a victory in a civil lawsuit the department brought against the ex-trade adviser. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said that
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, and several people were killed or wounded, police said. The shooting took place in the Gross Borstel district, a few kilometers (miles) north of the downtown area
Continue Reading By ALFREDO PEÑA, MARK STEVENSON and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A letter claiming to be from the Mexican drug cartel blamed for abducting four Americans and killing two of them condemned the violence and said the gang turned over to authorities its own members who were responsible. In a letter
Continue Reading By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent The Republican presidential race is just getting started, but Kim Schmett said he and his fellow conservatives are spending more time thinking about the end of the 2024 campaign and trying to answer one question above all. “We like him,” Schmett said. “The question is can he win?”
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are giving up on an effort to create a state-dominated board to oversee the troubled water system in the state’s capital city. But, the Republican-controlled state Legislature is still considering proposals to appoint rather than elect some judges and to expand the territory
Continue Reading By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Mushers encounter a multitude of variables in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska. This year that includes high heat. Mushers are contending with unseasonably warm temperatures because of a high-pressure system that is bringing warmer than normal temperatures. That has made for tough sledding
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El Juzgado Supremo de Investigación Preparatoria aceptó este jueves la petición del Ministerio Público de Perú y dictó 36 meses de prisión preventiva en contra del expresidente Pedro Castillo, quien es investigado por tráfico de influencias, organización criminal, colusión, de acuerdo con una resolución judicial. Durante la audiencia,
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The San Francisco 49ers added a league-high seven compensatory picks in next month’s NFL draft, giving them 11 total selections. The NFL awarded 37 compensatory picks to 16 teams on Thursday for the upcoming draft on April 27-29 in Kansas City, Missouri. Picks are awarded to teams in
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