Associated Press stories, Page 127
Bad blood. Noah Lyles shoved by Kenny Bednarek after his win in 200 meters at U.S. nationalsVideo
Noah Lyles landed the day’s biggest blow on the track, passing Kenny Bednarek for the win, then looking his way to talk some trash. Bednarek’s answer was a two-handed shove in the back after the finish line, some more heated words and a challenge for a rematch that can’t come...
3rd child dies nearly a week after a boat collision near Miami, Coast Guard says
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard says a third child has died nearly a week after a barge struck and sank a boat during a sailing camp near Miami. All six people on the sailboat were pulled from the water after the collision, and four kids were rushed to a...
Rangers right-hander Jacob DeGrom is fastest to 1,800 career strikeouts in MLB history
SEATTLE — Texas Rangers right-hander Jacob deGrom became the fastest pitcher in major league history to reach 1,800 career strikeouts by games and innings Sunday. In the second inning against Seattle, deGrom got Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford to swing through a 98.7 mph four-seam fastball for his fourth K of...
Boeing workers who build fighter jets plan to go on strike
NEW YORK — Boeing workers who build fighter jets are planning to go on strike Monday at midnight Central Daylight Time. About 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, voted to reject a modified four-year labor agreement with Boeing, the International Association of...
William Byron has enough fuel to win NASCAR Cup race at Iowa SpeedwayVideo
NEWTON, Iowa — William Byron admitted he was nervous as he headed into the final laps of the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway. “But I feel like we’ve been on the other side of this in the last month and a half,” he said. Byron fought off...
Cameron Young wins first PGA Tour title by demolishing field at Wyndham Championship
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Cameron Young finally got his first PGA Tour victory Sunday after seven runner-up finishes, and he made it look easy. He had five straight birdies early to build a nine-shot lead and coasted home to a 2-under-par 68 to win the Wyndham Championship by six shots. He...
Play ball, take 2: The Braves take the MLB Speedway Classic at Bristol after rain suspension
BRISTOL, Tenn. — A record crowd of 91,032 for a regular-season Major League Baseball game got to see all the pomp and pageantry with the MLB Speedway Classic before the rain washed out the game itself in the bottom of the first inning. Fans returning Sunday only wanted to watch...
Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ has died
LOS ANGELES — Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday. Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a prolonged illness, said her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan. “We are heartbroken...
Bills RB Cook cites ‘business’ as reason he sits out practiceVideo
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills aren’t commenting on the reason behind James Cook not participating in practice Sunday in what could be viewed as the running back’s next step in escalating his bid to extend the final year of his contract. Cook, who watched the two-hour session from the...
Not just Big Bird: Things to know about the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its funding cuts
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps pay for PBS, NPR, 1,500 local radio and television stations as well as programs like “Sesame Street” and “Finding Your Roots,” said Friday that it would close after the U.S. government withdrew funding. The organization told employees that most staff positions will end...
Miyu Yamashita of Japan wins Women’s British Open for 1st major title
PORTHCAWL, Wales — Miyu Yamashita of Japan captured her first major title Sunday when she withstood a charge by Charley Hull by not making a bogey until the outcome of the Women’s British Open was no longer in doubt. She closed with a 2-under-par 70 for a two-shot victory. Yamashita...
Former U.S. soldier suspected of killing 4 in Montana remains at large
The former U.S. soldier suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar was still at large early Sunday and may be armed after escaping in a stolen vehicle containing clothes and camping gear, officials said. Authorities believe 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown killed four people on Friday morning at The...
Texas Democrats leave the state to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump
Texas Democrats are leaving the state in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps that Republicans hope will net them several additional U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm elections. The dramatic move Sunday could expose Democrats to fines and other...
Rookie TE Mason Taylor, son of Hall of Fame pass rusher, shining at Jets campVideo
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Mason Taylor remembers running around the fields as a wide-eyed kid at New York Jets training camp, visiting his famous father and rooting him on at games. He’s back, 15 years later. And now, it’s his turn. The rookie tight end, son of Pro Football Hall...
Raiders safety Lonnie Johnson Jr. suffered broken leg in mock game, AP source says
HENDERSON, Nev. — Raiders safety Lonnie Johnson Jr. broke his right leg in Las Vegas’ mock game on Saturday, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on Sunday on condition of anonymity because the specifics of the injury were not...
Miyu Yamashita of Japan wins the Women’s British Open for her first major title
PORTHCAWL, Wales — Miyu Yamashita of Japan captured her first major title Sunday when she withstood a charge by Charley Hull by not making a bogey until the outcome of the Women’s British Open was no longer in doubt. She closed with a 2-under 70 for a two-shot victory. Yamashita...
Americans finish strong with a relay record at swim worlds
SINGAPORE — The United States, which had a frustrating swim world championships, ended on a high note Sunday with a record in the women’s 4x100 medley relay in the last event of the eight-day championships. The Americans swam a time of 3 minutes, 49.34 seconds, breaking their own old record...
Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck to undergo Tommy John surgery
BOSTON — Boston Red Sox right-hander Tanner Houck’s attempt to come back this season is over. Manager Alex Cora said Saturday that Houck will undergo Tommy John surgery. An All-Star last season, the 29-year-old Houck went on the injured list in mid-May with a right flexor strain after going 0-3...
At this summer camp run by grandmas, kids learn cooking skills and life advice
LOS ANGELES — The smell of frying garlic and ginger is inescapable as it wafts through the room, while a row of fidgety kids watches an older woman in a blue plaid apron cooking in front of them. “When I was growing up my mom used to make this a...
Brutal arrest of Black student in Florida shows benefits of recording police from new vantage pointVideo
A video that captured the brutal arrest of a Black college student pulled from his car and beaten by officers in Florida has led to an investigation and calls for motorists to consider protecting themselves by placing a camera inside their vehicles. William McNeil Jr. captured his February traffic stop...
‘They roll right over’: Many Democrats call their party weak and ineffective, AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON — Many Democrats see their political party as “weak” or “ineffective,” according to a poll that finds considerable pessimism within Democratic ranks. Republicans are more complimentary of their party, although a small but significant share describe the GOP as “greedy” or say it is generally “bad.” The poll conducted...
Rescue workers in Chile find the body of one of 5 miners trapped in a copper mine
BOGOTA, Colombia — Rescue teams found a body inside a section of a Chilean copper mine that collapsed two days earlier during a moderate earthquake, the mine’s director said Saturday. Rescuers have been trying to reach five miners who were trapped Thursday evening in the El Teniente mine in central...
Weakened Gil now a tropical storm in the eastern Pacific with no threat to land expected
MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Gil weakened into a tropical storm in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday and was not forecast to threaten land. The Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm’s maximum sustained winds dropped to 65 mph. It was about 1,440 miles west of the southern tip...
Britain hopes a crackdown on people-smugglers’ social media ads will help curb Channel crossings
LONDON — Britain says people who advertise fake passports or people-smuggling services on social medial could face up to five years in prison, in the government’s latest effort to deter migrants from crossing the English Channel in small boats. The government said Sunday that anyone convicted of creating online materials...
Pope Leo XIV tells 1 million Catholic youths that they are ‘the sign a different world is possible’
ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with the next generation of faithful that they are “the sign that a different world is possible” where conflicts can be resolved with dialogue, not weapons. In his...
