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Start time for Marlins-Yankees game Monday pushed back 4 hours due to total solar eclipse

NEW YORK (AP) - The scheduled start time for Monday's game between the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins has been changed because of the total solar eclipse. New York was initially set to host the Ma...

Apr 04, 2024

LeBron James says popularity of women's basketball is due to familiar stars

WASHINGTON (AP) - LeBron James figures there's at least one obvious explanation for the surging popularity of the NCAA women's basketball tournament. Recognizable stars. "I don't think there's much di...

Apr 04, 2024

No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after spending millions trying to recruit a candidate

NEW YORK (AP) - The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization were unable to attract a candidate willing to...

Apr 04, 2024

Caitlin Clark of Iowa is the AP Player of the Year in women's hoops for the 2nd straight season

Caitlin Clark is capping her illustrious college career with another record-breaking season and another set of prestigious awards. The star guard from Iowa was honored Thursday as The Associated Press...

Apr 04, 2024

Biden tells Israel's Netanyahu future US support for war depends on new steps to protect civilians

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden told Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that future U.S. support for Gaza war depends on new steps to protect civilians and aid workers. Biden...

Apr 04, 2024

Voodoo doll, whoopie cushion, denture powder among bizarre trash plucked from New Jersey beaches

BRICK, N.J. (AP) - Jersey Shore beach season is almost here, and if last year is any indication, it will soon be time to pack the voodoo dolls, whoopie cushions, zip ties and denture powder. Those wer...

Apr 04, 2024

Oklahoma executes man convicted of double slaying in 2002

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning. Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection a...

Apr 04, 2024

Rescuers search for people out of contact in Taiwan after strong earthquake

HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) - Rescuers searched for dozens of people out of contact Thursday a day after Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century damaged buildings, caused multiple rockslides and k...

Apr 03, 2024

Police remove migrants from central Paris square ahead of the Olympics

PARIS (AP) - French police on Wednesday removed dozens of migrants, including families with young children, from the forecourt of Paris City Hall as the capital prepares to mark 100 days to the start ...

Apr 03, 2024

Bodies of 6 foreign aid workers slain in Israeli strikes are transported out of Gaza

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Egyptian state media say the bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in a series of Israeli strikes have been transported out of the Gaza Strip before their repatriation. Qah...

Apr 03, 2024