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Column: Hardest part of Masters awaits Scottie SchefflerVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. Tiger Woods still held out a faint ray of hope as he peered into the future after his second round and reminded everyone the adage is true — the Masters really doesn’t start until the back nine Sunday. With Scottie Scheffler, the hottest player in golf, carrying a...
Scheffler scuffles late but takes 3-shot lead into final round of Masters; Woods shoots 78Video
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler spent all day fending off the cold wind at the Masters, slipping on a vest over his layers of clothing after every shot on every hole. One more round and his next wardrobe change might be a green jacket. Scheffler looked oblivious to the harsh...
Tiger Woods shoots career-worst 78 at MastersVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods used to turn weekends at Augusta National into gripping theater, relentlessly charging up the leaderboard one fearless drive, one feathery iron, one nervy putt at a time. Not now. Maybe not ever again. The magic the five-time Masters champion summoned so easily for so long...
Police: 3 dead in Georgia gun range shooting; 40 weapons stolen
ATLANTA — Police are searching for at least one armed suspect in connection with the killing of the owner of a gun range in Georgia and his wife and grandson, authorities said Saturday. The Grantville Police Department said via Facebook that the robbery occurred Friday evening. When officers arrived at...
Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination
PHILADELPHIA — Danielle Russell was in the emergency department at an Arizona hospital last fall, sick with covid-19, when she made the mistake of answering completely when she was asked what medications she was on. “I said yes, I was taking methadone,” said Russell, a doctoral student who also was...
Olympics figure skater Alysa Liu retires at age 16
Alysa Liu, a 2022 Olympian and world championships bronze medalist, is retiring from competitive figure skating at age 16. Considered the future of U.S. women’s skating and already a two-time national champion, Liu posted her decision Saturday on Instagram. “I honestly never thought i would’ve accomplished as much as i...
War crimes watch: A devastating walk through Bucha’s horror
BUCHA, Ukraine — There is a body in the basement of the abandoned yellow home at the end of the street near the railroad tracks. The man is young, pale, a dried trickle of blood by his mouth, shot to death and left in the dark, and no one knows...
Mexico’s converted island prison ready to receive tourists
MEXICO CITY — A small archipelago off Mexico’s Pacific coast that had been home to an island prison colony is now ready to receive tourists. Getting to Islas Marias, however, will be a challenge for even the sturdiest tourist: a five-hour boat ride in often choppy waters. But some people,...
More flee east Ukraine after deadly train station strike
KYIV, Ukraine — Civilian evacuations moved forward in patches of battle-scarred eastern Ukraine on Saturday, a day after a missile strike killed at least 52 people and wounded more than 100 at a train station where thousands clamored to leave before an expected Russian onslaught. In the wake of the...
Rachel Balkovec cheered, wins debut managing Yankees Single-A affiliateVideo
LAKELAND, Fla. — Cheered by many fans who came just to see her make history, Rachel Balkovec debuted with a win Friday night as the first woman to manage the affiliate of a Major League Baseball team. Balkovec guided the New York Yankees’ Single-A Tampa Tarpons over Lakeland, 9-6. “I’ve...
CNN: Trump Jr. text shows ideas to overturn 2020 election
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr. texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2020 presidential election with strategies for overturning the result if Trump’s father lost, CNN reported Friday. The text was sent two days before Joe Biden was declared the winner, according to CNN. It...
Amazon seeks to overturn union win, says vote was tainted
Amazon is seeking to overturn the historic union victory at one of its New York City warehouses, arguing in a legal filing Friday that union organizers and the National Labor Relations Board acted in a way that tainted the results. It now wants to redo the election. The e-commerce giant...
Nationals, Mets benches, bullpens clear after Francisco Lindor bean
WASHINGTON — Benches and bullpens emptied, and the New York Mets and Washington Nationals confronted each other on the infield grass after Francisco Lindor was struck by a pitch from Steve Cishek in the fifth inning Friday night. New York manager Buck Showalter led the charge after one of his...
Denver, Minnesota State match up in Frozen Four for NCAA titleVideo
BOSTON — Denver is going for a record-tying ninth NCAA hockey championship. Minnesota State is hoping for its first. It will be the bluebloods vs. the new blood in the Frozen Four final Saturday night. “We’re here to win a national championship,” said Denver forward Bobby Brink, who led the...
Tiger Woods has an up-and-down 2nd round at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods’ second round at the Masters on Friday seemed like a constant ride from one end of the success spectrum to the other, his fortunes changing at an almost dizzying pace during one stretch of the afternoon. Not his best, not his worst, but plenty good...
Browns agree to deal with former Steelers QB Josh DobbsVideo
CLEVELAND — The Browns added another quarterback as they try to figure out what to do with Baker Mayfield. Cleveland agreed to a one-year contract with former Pittsburgh Steelers backup QB Josh Dobbs on Friday, a deal first tweeted by his agent Mike McCartney and confirmed by a person familiar...
Scottie Scheffler builds 5-shot Masters lead; Tiger Woods makes cut
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The wind roaring through the Georgia pines gave Tiger Woods and so many others all they could handle Friday in the Masters. And then Scottie Scheffler made it feel even tougher. In his debut as the new No. 1 player in the world, Scheffler looked the part....
Masters notes: Rory McIlroy a bit frustrated but eager for more
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy opened his Masters with a pair of 73s that left him in the mix, if a bit frustrated over missed opportunities on a golf course he has grown to know well. He’s in his 14th Masters and still seeking his first green jacket, something many...
Kevin Spacey asks judge to toss Anthony Rapp’s sex abuse suit
NEW YORK — Actor Kevin Spacey asked a judge Friday to throw out actor Anthony Rapp’s sex abuse lawsuit, saying through his lawyers that allegations that he abused the then-teenage Rapp at a 1980s party are false. The lawyers wrote in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that the alleged...
Recipe for success at Martinsville: Beating and banging
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — A lot of the talk in NASCAR has been about how the sturdiness of the Next Gen car allows for more physical racing, a point the first six winners — all 30 years old or under — have celebrated with playoff spots likely secured. That physicality is...
Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap
LOS ANGELES — The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. The move comes after a meeting of the academy’s Board of Governors to discuss a response...
2 acquitted, jury hung on 2 more in Michigan governor kidnap plot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Two of four men were acquitted Friday in a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, motivated by fury at the Democrat’s tough covid-19 restrictions early in the pandemic. The jury’s verdicts against Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta were read in the federal court...
Aaron Judge, Yankees fail to agree to long-term contract
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge began what could be his last season with the New York Yankees after failing to agree to a long-term contract by the slugger’s opening-day deadline to reach a deal. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said the team offered an eight-year contract worth $230.5 million to...
Musk says Tesla will build vehicle designed to be a robotaxi
Tesla will build a vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi, and it will start making three new vehicles next year, CEO Elon Musk told fans at a party celebrating the opening of a Texas factory. Musk didn’t give details of the robotaxi other than to say it will “look...
Suspected extremist attack kills 16 soldiers in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — An attack by suspected Islamic extremist rebels on a military unit in Burkina Faso Friday has killed at least 16 security forces and injured many others, the army announced. A dozen military soldiers and four volunteer fighters who work alongside the army died when their military...
