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Mets’ Pete Alonso repeats as Home Run Derby champion
DENVER — Pete Alonso of the New York Mets became the third back-to-back Home Run Derby champion, beating No. 6 seed Trey Mancini in the final. Alonso and his blue-and-orange bat went 6 for 6 in a 28-second stretch to give him 23 homers in the final round after Mancini...
Lightning dent Stanley Cup after another Tampa boat parade
TAMPA, Fla. — Turns out the Stanley Cup is going to Montreal after all. But it will return to the Tampa Bay Lightning’s possession for an extended party. After the Lightning celebrated a second consecutive championship with another signature Champa Bay boat parade on Monday, hockey’s holy grail needed to...
USA Basketball falls again, this time to Australia
LAS VEGAS — These games don’t count. Right now, that is the only saving grace for USA Basketball. And for quite probably the first time in 29 years of NBA players suiting up for the national team, there was a smattering of boos when a game ended — on home...
Summer camps hit with covid outbreaks — are schools next?
The United States has seen a string of covid-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri and Kansas, in what some fear could be a preview of the upcoming school year. In some cases the outbreaks have spread from the camp...
Giannis the Great: Bucks star making his mark in NBA FinalsVideo
MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo shook his head, unwilling to place himself in the class of the only player with a longer streak of 40-point games in an NBA Finals. “I’m not Michael Jordan,” Antetokounmpo said. No, but he’s exactly the player the Milwaukee Bucks need if they are going to...
Lowry parts with the claret jug and sets off to win it backVideo
SANDWICH, England — Shane Lowry kept the silver claret jug for 722 days, the most by any British Open champion in some 75 years. He returned it on Monday to the R&A at Royal St. George’s with mixed emotions. Sure, he was sad to part with it. But that meant...
NASCAR’s Busch brothers closing in on Allisons’ record for Cup winsVideo
HAMPTON, Ga. — The Busch brothers are banging on the Allisons’ rear bumper for the top spot on the list of NASCAR Cup Series wins by siblings. On Sunday, however, the sibling rivalry between Kurt and Kyle Busch was the story. Thanks to Kurt’s win over runner-up Kyle at Atlanta...
Tennessee fires top vaccination official amid pandemic
NASHVILLE — Tennessee officials have fired the state’s top vaccination official, who had been facing scrutiny from Republican state lawmakers over her department’s outreach efforts to vaccinate teenagers against covid-19. Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the medical director for vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization programs at the Tennessee Department of Health, told The...
Zach Johnson tests positive for covid, withdraws from British OpenVideo
SANDWICH, England — Former champion Zach Johnson tested positive for the coronavirus before getting on a charter flight to the British Open, forcing him to join the growing list of withdrawals and ending his streak at playing 69 consecutive majors. The R&A said Johnson, who played in the John Deere...
Trump lawyers might be penalized over Michigan election case
DETROIT — A federal judge considering whether to order sanctions against some of former President Donald Trump’s lawyers spent hours Monday drilling deeply into details about an unsuccessful lawsuit that challenged Michigan’s 2020 election results. The lawsuit alleging widespread fraud was dropped after the judge found nothing but “speculation and...
Florida man tied to violent prison gang pleads guilty in Jan. 6 riot
A Florida man who was part of a white supremacist prison gang when he served time for attempted murder pleaded guilty Monday to joining the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, and will be released from jail this week after serving six months for his role in the Jan. 6...
Man arrested in alleged child abduction; mother found dead in TennesseeVideo
RAHWAY, N.J. — A man will be extradited to New Jersey to face charges in connection with the alleged abduction of a 2-year-old boy whose mother was found dead in Tennessee, authorities said Sunday. The Union County prosecutor’s office and Rahway police said 27-year-old Tyler Rios, of Highland Park, is...
Stock indexes notch more records ahead of earnings reports
Banks led stocks to modest gains Monday on Wall Street, nudging the major stock indexes to more record highs ahead of a busy week of corporate earnings reports from big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 gained 0.3% after bouncing back from an early stumble. The benchmark index, which has notched...
U.S. officials flag ‘small’ reaction risk with J&J vaccine
WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson’s covid-19 vaccine may pose a “small possible risk” of a rare but potentially dangerous neurological reaction, U.S. health officials said Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement it has received reports of 100 people who got the shot developing Guillain-Barré...
Gutter ball: Michigan man finds 160 bowling balls under home
NORTON SHORES, Mich. — A Michigan man made a striking discovery under his house when he went to demolish his back stairs: about 160 bowling balls. David Olson, 33, said he found one ball buried in the sand behind cinder blocks this month and continued finding more over the following...
France’s Macron orders all health workers to get vaccinatedVideo
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered all French health care workers to get virus vaccine shots by Sept. 15 and urged all of his compatriots to get vaccinated as soon as possible, to fight resurgent infections that are threatening the country’s economic recovery. In a televised address,...
Angels’ Shohei Ohtani a 2-way starter in All-Star Game; Pirates’ Bryan Reynolds, Adam Frazier in NL lineupVideo
DENVER — Shohei Ohtani will be the American League’s starting pitcher in Tuesday’s night’s All-Star Game and will bat leadoff, too, as the designated hitter in another landmark for the two-way Japanese sensation. A 27-year-old in his fourth major league season with the Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani is the first...
Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop GOP voting billVideo
AUSTIN — Democrats in the Texas Legislature on Monday bolted for Washington, D.C., and said they were ready to remain there for weeks in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws, forcing a dramatic new showdown over voting rights in America. Private planes carrying a large group...
Ohio IDs 117 noncitizens who voted or registered in 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s elections chief on Monday referred for possible prosecution 117 apparent noncitizens who either registered to vote or cast a ballot last year — a tiny fraction of the state’s electorate and a significantly reduced number from two years ago despite record 2020 turnout. Republican Secretary of...
Wildfires rage as U.S. West grapples with heat wave, drought
Firefighters were working in extreme temperatures across the U.S. West and struggling to contain wildfires, the largest burning in California and Oregon, as another heat wave baked the region, straining power grids. The largest wildfire of the year in California — the Beckwourth Complex — was raging along the Nevada...
Actor Drake Bell gets probation on child endangerment charge
Actor Drake Bell has been sentenced to two years’ probation on charges relating to a girl who met him online and attended one of his concerts in Ohio when she was 15. Jared “Drake” Bell, 35, was also sentenced to 200 hours of community service, all of it served in...
Cedric the Entertainer to host live Emmy Awards ceremony
Cedric the Entertainer will host the Emmy Awards in September as the ceremony returns to a live telecast after last year’s pandemic-forced virtual event. There will be a limited audience of nominees and guests at the Microsoft Theatre for the Sept. 19 show, CBS and the TV academy said Monday....
U.K. health chief: England will lift all lockdown restrictions
LONDON — All remaining lockdown restrictions in England will be lifted in a week despite a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, Britain’s health secretary said Monday, adding it’s the right time to allow Britons a chance to return to normal life. Sajid Javid told Parliament that Britain’s successful vaccine rollout...
Biden to talk crime with city, police leaders nationwide
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidate and other city and law enforcement leaders from around the country to talk about reducing crime. Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president and the likely next mayor of New York, plus Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and San...
EU puts digital levy plans on hold in face of U.S. criticism
BRUSSELS — In a gesture of goodwill to the United States, the European Union on Monday put work on plans for a digital tax levy on hold for the moment to concentrate on finalizing the historic tax decision endorsed by the Group of 20 nations over the weekend. In the...
