By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Steve Asmussen is caught off guard when asked about his achievements, mainly because he’s too focused on training horses to reflect. With Triple Crown victories in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, North America’s winningest trainer is hoping to finally add a Kentucky Derby win
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By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Steve Asmussen is caught off guard when asked about his achievements, mainly because he’s too focused on training horses to reflect. With Triple Crown victories in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, North America’s winningest trainer is hoping to finally add a Kentucky Derby win
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By Natasha Bertrand, CNN President Joe Biden has asked Congress to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it easier for highly educated Russians to obtain visas to work in the United States, according to a section of the White House’s Ukraine supplemental budget request submitted to lawmakers last week and reviewed by CNN.
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been ruled out of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals with a bruised right thigh. Smart was hurt Sunday in the loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1. Boston coach Ime Udoka said Smart experienced some swelling, pain and restricted movement over the past two
Continue Reading By REBECCA SANTANA, EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press People on both sides of the abortion divide have been anticipating that the Supreme Court this summer would reverse the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. On Monday night, a leaked draft opinion written in February that would overturn Roe
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El reloj marcaba las 10:11 de la noche, hora de la Ciudad de México, del 3 de mayo de 2021 cuando, sorpresivamente, un tramo elevado de la línea 12 del metro de la capital mexicana se vino abajo, causando la muerte a 26 personas e hiriendo a otras cien. A
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By Jack Bantock, CNN Liverpool’s pursuit of an unprecedented quadruple remains intact after a spectacular second-half comeback saw the Reds overcome a huge scare against Villarreal in the Champions League semifinal on Tuesday. Three goals in rapid succession from Fabinho, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane rocketed Liverpool to a 3-2 victory (5-2 on aggregate) and
Continue Reading FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech kicker Jonathan Garibay is among 20 undrafted rookie free agents to agree to contracts with the Dallas Cowboys. Garibay had a 62-yard field goal last season that was the longest game-winning kick in the final minute in FBS history. It was also the longest field goal in Texas Tech
Continue Reading FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech kicker Jonathan Garibay is among 20 undrafted rookie free agents to agree to contracts with the Dallas Cowboys. Garibay had a 62-yard field goal last season that was the longest game-winning kick in the final minute in FBS history. It was also the longest field goal in Texas Tech
Continue Reading By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Minnesota Twins infielder Miguel Sanó will undergo surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his left knee and there’s no timeframe for his return. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli says the procedure will take place later this week. Sanó was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday. He
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The parents of Austin Tice, an American journalist kidnapped in Syria nearly a decade ago, told CNN they received support from President Joe Biden on efforts to bring their son home. In an interview with Jake Tapper on “The Lead” Tuesday, Marc Tice said Biden told them “he supported the efforts
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Shakhtar Donetsk is heading directly to the next Champions League group stage after Villarreal was eliminated in the semifinals. The upgrade should guarantee Shakhtar tens of millions of dollars in Champions League prize money next season. Amid so much turmoil in Ukrainian soccer, Shakhtar has been
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs forward Kyle Clifford has been given a one-game suspension for a boarding incident in Toronto’s playoff-opening win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. The NHL’s department of player safety issued the suspension on Tuesday following a hearing with Clifford. It described the incident as a forceful hit to a defenseless
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a Texas-style abortion ban that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The bill signed Tuesday takes effect immediately with the governor’s signature, effectively ending abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The Oklahoma Supreme Court denied an
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, CNN A lawyer for embattled GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn argued Tuesday in federal court that states can’t enforce basic age or residency requirements for congressional candidates, let alone enforce a constitutional ban against insurrectionists from holding office. James Bopp Jr. pushed this maximalist view at a hearing of the 4th US Circuit
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS declared itself the most popular prime-time television network for the season, even though there are still more than three weeks to go. CBS’ announcement on Tuesday came despite a close race with second place NBC — CBS is averaging 6.35 million to NBC’s 6.25
Continue Reading By MARK PRATT Associated Press When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy autographed a baseball for an American collector in 2019, he probably had no idea it would one day be used to help his nation during a time of need. Auctioneer RR Auction of Boston said Tuesday that the official Rawlings Major League baseball is being
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN Daniel Radcliffe might be known for his role as Harry Potter, but now fans can see him play another cultural icon: “Weird Al” Yankovic. The teaser trailer for “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” a new biopic about the comedy singer, dropped on Tuesday. And in the minute-long trailer, Radcliffe holds nothing
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Months into a complex trial over their role in flooding Washington with highly addictive painkillers, the nation’s three largest opioid distributors have agreed to pay the state $518 million. Most of the money will be directed toward easing the addiction epidemic. Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A jury has convicted a man for fatally stabbing an 11-year-old Houston boy as the child walked home from school in 2016. Andre Timothy Jackson was found guilty of murder Tuesday in the death of Josue Flores following a trial that began last week. He faces
Continue Reading By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old child has been hospitalized in critical condition after being mauled by a coyote on the front porch of the child’s Dallas home. The attack happened about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in a neighborhood just north of White Rock Lake in Dallas. A police statement
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CNN’s Sara Sidner reports on the children victimized by Russian attacks in Bucha and speaks with a grandmother who says a Russian sniper killed her 7-year-old grandchild.
Continue Reading By Sara Sidner, Sandi Sidhu, Oleksandra Titorova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Deep in a pine forest in Ukraine’s Bucha district, a bumpy dirt road dead-ends in a small tidy cemetery. There, a figure dressed in black, her head covered with a scarf, hunches over a fresh mound of dirt blanketed in flowers and adorned with
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken’s first season ended up looking like nearly every other NHL expansion season from the past 30 years. The comparisons with the last expansion team , the Golden Knights, were inevitable and the high bar set by Vegas in its first season almost ensured
Continue Reading By Mick Krever and Olha Konovalova, CNN The warm spring air is coming to eastern Ukraine. The roads are lined with red tulips, and people are reopening their summer kitchens, small buildings outside traditional homes used to isolate the heat and smells of cooking in the hotter months. It was in her elderly mother’s wood-frame
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace, CNN Norman Mineta, who oversaw the Department of Transportation during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, died on Tuesday afternoon. He was 90. “My dad passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon at his home surrounded by his family,” David Mineta said in a statement provided by Mineta’s former chief of staff, John Flaherty.
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston, CNN J.D. Vance, the Trump-backed candidate in Ohio’s contentious GOP Senate primary, has won the nomination, CNN projected Tuesday. Even as most candidates in the race ran toward former President Donald Trump, the primary is the first Senate contest of the year to test the power of his endorsement. In the other
Continue Reading CNN, WKEF By Maeve Reston, CNN Voters are casting the final ballots in Tuesday’s primary elections in Ohio and Indiana, kicking off a pivotal month of contests that will test the power of former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. All eyes are on two Republican primaries in the Buckeye State: The Senate contest will determine the
Continue Reading By Maryna Marukhnych, Natalie Gallón, Nick Paton Walsh, Tim Lister, Denis Lapin and Julia Presniakova, CNN Civilians evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol have described their harrowing ordeal after arriving in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia. CNN’s team in Zaporizhzhia saw the arrival of five buses with evacuees and witnessed emotional scenes
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El Liverpool impuso su marca y su contundencia para ser el primer finalista de la Champions League. El conjunto inglés sufrió en el primer tiempo y vio cómo el Villarreal se iba con dos goles de ventaja al descanso, lo que empataba transitoriamente la serie. Pero en el segundo tiempo
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