BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona coach Hansi Flick was in the dugout for Sunday’s clasico against Real Madrid following the death of his father. Barcelona is hosting Madrid at Camp Nou with the opportunity to seal a second straight Spanish league title by avoiding defeat against its fiercest rival. The death of Flick’s father was …
DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) – Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been moved to a hospital in the capital, Tehran, and has been granted a suspension of her sentence on heavy bail, a foundation run by her family said on Sunday. Mohammadi, 54, won the prize in 2023 while in prison for …
CHICAGO (AP) — For Michael Winger, 1 was the loneliest number. And for the Washington Wizards, it was the best ping-pong ball. Let’s explain: Winger, the president of Monumental Basketball, was the Wizards’ representative inside the sequestered room where the NBA draft lottery was taking place Sunday. The first ball was 4, the second ball …
The sailboat used by Brian and Lynette Hooker in their travels around the Bahamas — named “Soulmate” — has been seized by U.S. Coast Guard investigators, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation. The boat departed Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas on Friday and it was on its way to the U.S. when …
NEW YORK (AP) — Abraham H. Foxman, who was a forceful advocate for American Jews as national director of the Anti-Defamation League for nearly three decades, has died, the ADL said Sunday. He was 86. The ADL said in a statement that it “deeply mourns the loss of our longtime national director,” without providing details …
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, May 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. was disappointed in a move by Taiwan’s opposition-controlled parliament to approve defense spending short of what Washington believes is needed, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday. “Our position on Taiwan’s defense budget … is that it was disappointing in that there was some stuff left on the cutting …
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Quarterback RJ Day said he is committing to play at Northwestern beginning in 2027, putting him in line to join his father in the Big Ten Conference. “Excited for the next step and ready to get to work,” Day posted in a message thanking coaches and family. Chip Kelly is the …
May 10 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday posted on social media that three Polish and two Moldovan prisoners had been released from Belarusian and Russian detention. In a post on Truth Social, Trump credited special envoy John Coale for the release, and thanked Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko for his “cooperation and friendship.” …
CHICAGO, May 10 (Reuters) – A search team recovered the body of a U.S. soldier who went missing near a cliff during a training exercise in Cap Draa, Morocco, the U.S. Army said on Sunday. • Moroccan searchers found the remains on Saturday in the water within a mile (1.6 km) of where the soldier …
This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” amid the fragile ceasefire with Iran, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly join. Plus Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu discusses whether his party can take control of the House in November and former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has the latest on the hantavirus outbreak.