Month: May 2024

By Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Ryan Jeffers homered twice and Carlos Correa added a two-out, bases-clearing triple in the sixth inning as the Minnesota Twins rallied from a four-run deficit for a 7-6 win over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. Reliever Chris Stratton (2-3) allowed pinch-hitter Max Kepler’s RBI single and walked two batters

By Associated Press NEW YORK — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.

By Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. — Michael Mayer appreciated the reassuring call from the Raiders after they selected Brock Bowers with the No. 13 pick in April, though he wasn’t exactly thrilled they drafted a tight end. Mayer’s position. But once he had a chance to reflect, Mayer decided to embrace the situation. Having two

By Associated Press Bernadette McGlade leads an Atlantic 10 Conference built around basketball and focused on getting multiple bids to the NCAA men’s tournament much more than anything tied to big-time football. Yet her league is among dozens conferences and scores of schools that will feel the impact from the NCAA and major college conferences

By Associated Press LONDON | Even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy, Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest. Why, the officer demanded, had Kersh refused to eat his army rations of canned beef and vegetables, subsisting only on canned peaches? Was he trying to

By The Center Square via My Courier-Tribune Missouri voters will decide on two proposed changes to the state constitution during the primary election on Aug. 6. Amendment 1 would exempt from property taxes all real and personal property of childcare providers who provide the service outside of their home. Amendment 4 would require a minimum

By Metro Creative Fresh ingredients are the hallmark of a Mediterranean diet, which is one reason so many people have increasingly embraced this captivating cuisine in recent years. Rich in the use of fish, vegetables, fruit, cheese and olive oil, Mediterranean diets are both delicious and loaded with nutrition. Perhaps most surprising about the Mediterranean

By Metro Creative According to The Knot Real Weddings Survey, 57% of couples invited 101 or more guests to their weddings in 2023, suggesting that large weddings are in style. The Knot survey found that the average wedding size in 2023 was 115 guests, and that only 13% of couples invited between one and 50

By Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Nelson Velázquez homered twice, Salvador Perez hit his team-leading 10th homer of the season and the Kansas City Royals snapped a three-game skid with a 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night. Velázquez’s first homer came in Kansas City’s four-run third inning. After Minnesota jumped out to an

By Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea | North Korea on Thursday fired a barrage of suspected ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, according to South Korea’s military, days after its attempt to launch a military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure but still drew strong condemnation from its rivals. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said