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Ty Gibbs earns 1st NASCAR Cup victory at Bristol, beating Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Outdueling two NASCAR Cup Series champions for the first victory of his career, Ty Gibbs made an emphatic and emotional breakthrough Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. The win came in the 131st Cup start for the grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner and former Super...
Cuba’s president warns U.S. against attacking island or trying to depose him
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the U.S. has no valid reason to carry out a military attack against the island or to attempt to depose him. Speaking in an interview on NBC News’ Meet the Press program, the president said an invasion of Cuba would...
Rory McIlroy goes back-to-back at the Masters to join Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy is the Masters champion again, this time without falling to his knees on the 18th green and sobbing over finally achieving his lifelong dream. That didn’t make Sunday at Augusta National any easier. McIlroy coughed up a six-shot lead in the third round. He fell...
‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ rockets to $629 million worldwide at the box office
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” enjoyed otherworldly success at the box office in its second weekend in theaters. The Universal and Illumination sequel added $69 million from 4,284 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday. That brings its running domestic total to $308.1 million and its...
The NHL playoffs have plenty of fresh blood, and a new Stanley Cup champion will be crowned
The Stanley Cup will have a new home this year after the back-to-back champion Florida Panthers had their season derailed by injuries. They’re not the only perennial contender to miss the playoffs, either, with the Buffalo Sabres among the roughly half dozen newcomers in the 16-team field. The Pittsburgh Penguins...
Oil prices rise after the U.S. says it would block Iranian ports starting Monday
NEW YORK — Oil prices rose in early market trading Sunday after the U.S. said it would blockade Iranian ports beginning Monday. The price of U.S. crude oil rose 8% to $104.24 a barrel and Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose 7% to $102.29. Brent crude has swung dramatically...
NASA already has next Artemis flight in its sights following astronauts’ triumphant moon flyby
HOUSTON — Never-before-glimpsed views of the moon’s far side. Check. Total solar eclipse gracing the lunar scene. Check. New distance record for humanity. Check. With NASA’s lunar comeback a galactic-sized smash thanks to Artemis II, the world is wondering: What’s next? And how do you top that? “To people all...
Eric Swalwell suspends campaign for California governor after being accused of sexual assaultVideo
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has suspended his campaign for California governor after he was accused of sexual assault. Swalwell continues to deny the allegations. He said in a social media post Sunday he’s suspending his campaign but will fight what he called “serious, false allegations that have been...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after ‘painful’ election result
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat on Sunday after what he called a ″painful″ election result, ending 16 years in power for a powerful figure in the far-right movement allied with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Partial official results show opposition leader...
Trump threatens Strait of Hormuz blockade after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks end without agreementVideo
ISLAMABAD — President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would “immediately” begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement. U.S. Central Command announced that it will blockade all Iranian ports beginning Monday at 10...
Lessons learned in ’70s have made U.S., world economies less vulnerable to oil shocks
WASHINGTON — The world economy is experiencing a disorienting flashback to the 1970s. Oil prices are once again surging in the wake of war in the Middle East, driving up the cost of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel and threatening a return to stagflation — the toxic mix of higher...
Couturier and Cates have 3-point games to lead the Flyers past the Jets 7-1
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Sean Couturier had two goals and an assist, and Noah Cates added a short-handed goal and two assists to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 7-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night. Porter Martone, Matvei Michkov, Travis Sanheim and Nick Seeler also scored for the...
US Vice President JD Vance says talks with Iran ended after 21 hours without reaching agreement
ISLAMABAD — Vice President JD Vance said negotiations ended early Sunday between the United States and Iran without a peace deal after the Iranians refused to accept American terms to not develop a nuclear weapon. The high-stakes talks ended after 21 hours, Vance said, with the vice president in constant...
The final day of the NBA regular season awaits, with a whole lot left to be decided
Sunday is the final day of the NBA regular season, and here’s a full listing of all the playoff and postseason matchups that have been decided: None. There are 10 teams that are locked into specific seeds in the Eastern and Western Conferences, there are 10 other teams that know...
Rory McIlroy’s resilience will be tested again after 6-shot lead evaporates at the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy never seems to make anything easy at the Masters. Year after year, for more than a decade, the Northern Irishman threw away chances at completing the career grand slam. And when he finally accomplished the feat last year, McIlroy did it only after recovering from...
Moving day: Record scoring leaves 12 players within 6 shots of the lead entering 4th round Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters looked as if it might be a runaway entering the weekend. Moving day changed all of that. When the sun set on one of the wildest Saturdays in Masters history that featured dramatic movement on the leaderboard, Rory McIlroy’s six-shot lead had evaporated, leaving the...
Rory McIlroy stumbles at the Masters and now shares the lead with Cameron Young
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy’s march to another Masters title took a ride through the Georgia pines and into the water and all sorts of places he didn’t want to be Saturday, including having to share space at the top of the leaderboard with Cameron Young. This one-man show has...
Scheffler moves up with a 65 at the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler needed something special over the final two days to rally at the Masters. This was certainly a start. Scheffler matched this week’s lowest score at Augusta National by shooting a 7-under-par 65 on Saturday as the field closed the gap on Rory McIlroy. By the...
NASCAR drivers on the gas as Cup Series returns to action at Bristol Motor Speedway
After a rare weekend outside of a race car, Kyle Larson returns to Bristol Motor Speedway raring to go. The defending NASCAR champion spent the first of only two off weeks in a 36-race schedule on a family vacation in his native California. While he enjoyed watching his kids race,...
Artemis II’s moon-traveling astronauts return home to cheers after a record-breaking trip
HOUSTON — Still marveling over their moon mission, the Artemis II astronauts received a thunderous welcome home Saturday from hundreds who took part in NASA’s lunar comeback that set a record for deep space travel. The crew of four arrived at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center and Mission...
Pope Leo XIV blasts ‘delusion of omnipotence’ fueling the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran
ROME — In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fueling the U.S.-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace. Leo presided over an evening prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica on the same day the United...
U.S. and Iran hold historic talks in Pakistan on war’s fragile ceasefire
ISLAMABAD — The United States and Iran began historic face-to-face negotiations Saturday in Pakistan, days after a fragile, two-week ceasefire was announced, as the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week. The White House confirmed the direct nature of the talks, a...
Democrats embrace DEI as ‘American values’ at National Action Network
NEW YORK — Ever since President Donald Trump started purging diversity initiatives last year, the letters “DEI” have faded from corporate boardrooms and Democratic stump speeches. But that wasn’t the case for the past few days at the annual National Action Network conference in New York, where Democratic politicians and...
Officials: Stabbings on New York subway leave 3 hurt as officers shoot and kill knife-wielding man
NEW YORK — A man with a machete who attacked three people randomly at a major New York City subway station Saturday morning was shot and killed by police, authorities said. Officers responding to a 9:40 a.m. emergency call of an assault at the 42nd Street-Grand Central station encountered the...
Unsettled and uncertain: What the Iran war means around the world as U.S. and Iran enter talks
The long-term fallout of the war in Iran is only beginning to take shape, but this much is clear: The conflict has left the Middle East unsettled, alliances strained and the world facing uncertain shifts in the balance of economic and military power. Iran’s theocracy is tattered but alive, with...
