DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander’s long-awaited return to Comerica Park as a member of the Detroit Tigers was put on hold Saturday. Verlander, the major league’s oldest active player at 43, was placed on the 15-day injured list with left hip inflammation. On Sunday night, Verlander was scheduled to make his first start in a …
DALLAS (AP) — Avalanche defenseman Brent Burns became the second player in NHL history to appear in 1,000 consecutive games when Colorado faced against Central Division rival Dallas on Saturday. The bearded 41-year-old was recognized on the video board by the Stars early in the game, and plenty of Dallas fans joined a vocal Avs …
ROME, Italy (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni congratulated the police late Saturday for the arrest of an alleged crime boss and one of Italy’s most wanted fugitives. Authorities announced the arrest of Roberto Mazzarella, 48, following a raid Friday on a villa on the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy after allegedly using false …
Bring on postseason hockey in Buffalo. The Sabres’ playoff drought is finally over. Following an NHL-record 14 seasons of futility, during which the team finished no better than 19th in the league standings, the Sabres clinched a berth on Saturday when the New York Rangers defeated the Detroit Red Wings in regulation. Buffalo’s playoff drought …
Jeff Vierstra’s mother and two sisters all died following complications from IFor Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, but the scientist and skier is hoping an experimental treatment and the first known attempt to prevent the neurodegenerative disease can help save his life. Vierstra was only two years old when his mother died. All her siblings also died …
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen said Saturday that he and his Artemis II crewmates got to watch the film with their families before launching on the lunar fly-around. He said it was “a real treat” to view the movie while getting ready for his own space adventure. Gosling, a fellow Canadian, sent best wishes to the …
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Maria Jose Marin of Colombia went from a tight battle with Asterisk Talley to a runaway winner Saturday in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, closing with a 4-under 68 for a victory made easier after the 17-year-old Talley collapsed on the back nine. “It means the world to me,” said Marin, …
PRAGUE, April 4 (Reuters) – Authorities detained two more people in connection with the arson attack on a Czech optics and drone factory last month, Czech police and a public prosecutor’s office said on Saturday. A previously unknown pro-Palestinian activist group has claimed responsibility for the March 20 fire at an industrial complex in Pardubice, …
The Artemis II astronautson track for a flight around the dark side of the moon Monday, faced a relatively quiet day aboard their Orion crew capsule Saturday while engineers on the ground worked to solve a toilet issue. Overnight, Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen reached a …
Ousted Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Randy George, told Pentagon officials in an outgoing email that U.S. soldiers deserve “courageous leaders of character,” after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to step down and take immediate retirement. CBS News exclusively reported earlier this week on the general’s ousting, with one source saying Hegseth wants someone in the …