By Matt Villano, CNN Write about what you know. That’s why Eric Garcia wrote his 2021 book, “We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation.” As an autistic individual reporting on politics as senior Washington correspondent for The Independent, the 31-year-old Garcia had grown frustrated about the lack of understanding of autism as a disorder and
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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Brigette Lacquette played defense on Canada’s Olympic women’s hockey team in 2018. She is now a Chicago Blackhawks regional scout and the first Indigenous woman to scout in the NHL. Lacquette also serves on the NHL’s player inclusion and female hockey advisory committees. She says she is eager to push for
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving cost himself millions of dollars in salary. He may have cost the Brooklyn Nets any realistic chance of winning the NBA title. His decision not to be vaccinated against the coronavirus left him ineligible to play in New York for most of the
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Welcome to the playoffs, everybody. Especially you, Zach LaVine. When the Chicago Bulls make their debut in this postseason, LaVine will finally get to play in his first playoff game after 478 regular-season contests. That’s one of many interesting storylines to follow as this NBA postseason is set to
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By Michelle Watson, CNN Three sheriff’s deputies were shot Friday in Kansas after they exchanged gunfire with a motorist who authorities said pulled a gun on them. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene in Cowley County, and the three deputies were taken to a hospital where they’re expected to recover, the Kansas Bureau
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers inspecting luggage at Washington Dulles International Airport recently discovered an unusual find: three and a half pounds of bat meat. The charred meat was found in the baggage of a passenger from Maryland arriving from Ghana April 5, CBP said in a news release.
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RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have lifted some evacuation orders for a southern New Mexico mountain community hit by wildfire. Firefighters are working Saturday to contain a wind-driven blaze that killed two people and destroyed over 200 homes. A Village of Ruidoso spokesperson said about 60% of the estimated 4,500 people who were told to
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RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have lifted some evacuation orders for a southern New Mexico mountain community hit by wildfire. Firefighters are working Saturday to contain a wind-driven blaze that killed two people and destroyed over 200 homes. A Village of Ruidoso spokesperson said about 60% of the estimated 4,500 people who were told to
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trea Turner extended his hitting streak to 26 games with an RBI triple and Gavin Lux scored two runs while reaching base three times in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Chris Taylor had an early run-scoring triple as the Dodgers
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Adam Duvall hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning and Ozzie Albies homered for the second straight game for the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves, who rebounded from a rough series opener to beat the San Diego Padres 5-2. Kenley Jansen pitched
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 30 points and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the depleted Los Angeles Clippers 105-101 in a play-in and earn the West’s No. 8 seed for the playoffs. The Pelicans made the playoffs for
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Harry Styles has broken a Guinness World Record with his hit single “As It Was.” Styles, 28, broke the record for “most streamed track on Spotify in 24 hours (male),” according to a news release from Guinness. The song accumulated over 16 million streams in its first 24 hours on the
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Marco Gonzales rebounded from a rocky first start to throw seven solid innings, Adam Frazier had four hits including a two-run triple and two-run double, and the Seattle Mariners opened their home campaign with a 11-1 win over the Houston Astros. An offseason of high anticipation
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Marco Gonzales rebounded from a rocky first start to throw seven solid innings, Adam Frazier had four hits including a two-run triple and two-run double, and the Seattle Mariners opened their home campaign with a 11-1 win over the Houston Astros. An offseason of high anticipation
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, earned $610,702 during their first year in the White House and paid $150,439 in federal income taxes. That’s a tax rate of 24.6% for 2021, well over the average federal rate of around 14%. Those totals, released on Friday, tax
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Alan Trejo hit a three-run homer in his second at-bat this season, and the Colorado Rockies overcame a tough start by Germán Márquez to beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5. C.J. Cron also went deep and Kris Bryant had two hits against his former team. Trejo didn’t play
Continue Reading CNN’s Jake Tapper sits down for an exclusive interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the presidential palace in Kyiv. Watch the full interview on Sunday at 9am ET on ‘State of the Union.’
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Continue Reading By Joshua Berlinger and Joseph Ataman, CNN It’s Macron vs. Le Pen, round two. France’s presidential election will be a rematch of the 2017 contest, when the far right’s Marine Le Pen faced off against political newcomer Emmanuel Macron. Macron won that race by nearly two votes to one. But while the candidates remain the
Continue Reading This Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron will face far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in a presidential runoff. CNN’s Melissa Bell reports.
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Angels manager Joe Maddon ordered the second bases-loaded intentional walk of his career and only the third in the majors since at least 1950, and Shohei Ohtani homered twice to lead Los Angeles past the Texas Rangers 9-6. Corey Seager joins Barry Bonds in 1998 and Josh Hamilton in 2008 in
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Angels manager Joe Maddon ordered the second bases-loaded intentional walk of his career and only the third in the majors since at least 1950, and Shohei Ohtani homered twice to lead Los Angeles past the Texas Rangers 9-6. Corey Seager joins Barry Bonds in 1998 and Josh Hamilton in 2008 in
Continue Reading By KALANI TAKASE Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii (AP) — Hyo Joo Kim rallied with two late birdies for an even-par 72 to maintain a three-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship. After dropping strokes on the par-4 seventh and par-3 12th with her only bogeys of the week at breezy Hoakalei Country
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Toyin Owoseje, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will not join other members of the royal family for an Easter Sunday service at Windsor Castle this year, according to a royal source. It comes just a few days after it was announced that she would not be attending Thursday’s annual Maundy Service
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN When President Joe Biden labeled Russia’s actions in Ukraine “genocide” this week, the response by his team looked much different than when he declared, also unplanned, that Vladimir Putin shouldn’t be in power. Both comments caught advisers off guard, appearing nowhere in his scripted remarks and going well beyond the official
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former WNBA player Shoni Schimmel has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a former partner on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeastern Oregon. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Schimmel has been charged with assault by strangulation of an intimate dating partner and assault resulting in substantial bodily injury. The incident allegedly happened June 13,
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Sharif Paget, CNN A Georgia man was arrested in connection with a shooting at a Grantville, Georgia, shooting range that resulted in three deaths earlier this month, authorities said. Jacob Christian Muse, 21, faces three counts of “malice murder” in the shooting on April 8 at the Lock Stock & Barrel
Continue Reading A community in Georgia is in mourning — after three members of the same family were killed in an armed robbery last week.
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Aroldis Chapman walked home the winning run in the 11th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees. The Yankees didn’t score in either extra inning, and Baltimore finally pushed its automatic runner across in its half of the 11th.
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