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PHOENIX (AP) — Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami tied a Major League Baseball rookie record by homering in his fifth straight game, crushing a 451-foot shot to right-center field against the Arizona Diamondbacks for his 10th homer of the season. He is the 13th rookie in big-league history to go deep in five straight, …
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans edged on Thursday toward their goal of advancing a $70 billion plan to fund the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies for the next three years, while ignoring demands from Democrats for guardrails on immigration enforcement agents and their operations. The funding plan, laid out …
KOLKATA, India (AP) — Voting in one of India’s most closely watched state elections began Thursday after a national voter roll revision removed millions of names and raised concerns over disenfranchisement in West Bengal, one of the few large states not governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party. The election has national implications. Modi’s …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 24-29-32-49-63, Powerball: 11, Power Play: 2 (twenty-four, twenty-nine, thirty-two, forty-nine, sixty-three, Powerball: eleven, Power Play: two) Estimated jackpot: $100 million Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Photos You …
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Duchene tied it or Dallas on a power play midway through the third period, seconds after his backcheck on Matt Boldy averted a short-handed goal that would’ve put Minnesota up by two, and the Stars and Wild headed to overtime Wednesday night in Game 3 of their spirited first-round …
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 37 points and nine assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Phoenix Suns 120-107 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points in the series-opening win on Sunday, going 5 for 18 from the field. He …
WASHINGTON/DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, April 23 (Reuters) – Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as it tightened its grip on the strategic waterway after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was indefinitely calling off attacks, with no sign of peace talks restarting. The status of a two-week-old ceasefire, due to expire earlier this week, remained …
April 23 (Reuters) – Libya’s eastern-based coast guard of the Libyan National Army rescued at least 404 migrants on board 10 boats after they had “faced harsh conditions at sea,” the Tobruk Red Crescent said on Wednesday. Tobruk is a coastal city in eastern Libya near the border with Egypt. The Red Crescent in the …
April 22 (Reuters) – A large contingent of Russian firefighters was battling a blaze for the third day on Wednesday at the Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea after a Ukrainian drone attack, and officials said air quality in the city had sharply deteriorated. On Tuesday, two industry sources said the Tuapse oil refinery, …
April 23 (Reuters) – Ukraine could face increased risks in securing U.S. anti-missile defences if the war in Iran goes on for an extended period of time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. Zelenskiy, interviewed by CNN, said Ukraine received limited numbers of such weaponry because U.S. production was limited, but so far it …