Associated Press stories, Page 2488
Corey Kluber hopes to return to Indians this season
CLEVELAND — Corey Kluber’s broken right arm isn’t all that’s hurting him. Less than a week after absorbing the impact of a 102 mph line drive during a start in Miami, Cleveland’s two-time AL Cy Young Award winner said Tuesday he still is coming to grips with his injury. “You...
NASCAR’s Denny Hamlin treated after carbon monoxide seeps into car
DOVER, Del. — Denny Hamlin suffered from nausea and double vision from carbon monoxide that seeped into his Toyota at the end of the NASCAR race at Dover. Hamlin felt ill after Monday’s race and was attended to by medical staff on pit road after he finished 21st. Hamlin was...
Houston’s Dana Holgorsen among new coaches primed for success
Success for a college football coach is best determined over an extended period of time. Impatient Florida State fans might not want to hear that these days. Willie Taggart will enter Season 2 as Seminoles coach trying to rebound from maybe the worst debut of any of last season’s first-year...
Tuukka Rask, Bruins turn focus to Hurricanes in Eastern Conference finals
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Boston Bruins got some timely goals in their tight Eastern Conference semifinal series with Columbus, and when the goals weren’t coming, Tuukka Rask stood tall. The Finn turned in his best playoff performance so far in Monday night’s 3-0 win over the Blue Jackets in Game...
Hard part for Wells Fargo champ Max Homa was waiting his turnVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — He was among the best as an amateur, winning a prestigious national title and moving onto the PGA Tour. While he never thought it was going to be easy, making it tougher was seeing so many peers from his college days collecting trophies as he wondered when,...
John Daly approved to use cart at PGA Championship
John Daly was approved to use a cart next week in the PGA Championship because of arthritis in his right knee that he said keeps him from walking more than six holes on the golf course. He will be the first player to ride a cart in a major championship...
Sandra Bland’s own video of 2015 Texas traffic stop surfacesVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — Cellphone video recorded by Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a Texas jail after a confrontational 2015 traffic stop, shows for the first time her perspective as a white state trooper draws his stun gun and points it at close range while ordering her out...
After paying out almost $500M for concussions, NFL wants restrictions
PHILADELPHIA — The NFL concussion fund has paid out nearly $500 million in its first two years, but some players’ lawyers say there aren’t enough doctors in the approved network to evaluate dementia claims. They went to court Tuesday to oppose a rule to require retired players to be tested...
Liverpool stuns Barcelona 4-0 to reach Champions League finalVideo
LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool delivered the greatest in a long line of famous comebacks to reach the Champions League final on Tuesday, beating Lionel Messi’s Barcelona 4-0 at Anfield to overturn a three-goal deficit from the first leg. Divock Origi scored twice, either side of goals by halftime substitute Georginio...
Burn victims sue Conagra after cans of Pam cooking spray explode
DETROIT — Eight burn victims sued the maker of Pam cooking spray Tuesday, saying they were severely injured when cans of the spray exploded in their kitchens. The plaintiffs’ attorney, J. Craig Smith, says larger cans of Pam and similar cooking sprays made by Conagra Brands have a faulty, U-shaped...
1 dead, 8 hurt in Colorado school shooting, 2 in custodyVideo
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Two students opened fire Tuesday inside a charter school in an affluent suburban Denver community not far from Columbine High School , killing a teenager, wounding eight and spreading minutes of terror before they were taken into custody with no injuries, authorities said. Douglas County Sheriff...
Sharks hope for Joe Pavelski’s return before Game 7 against Avalanche
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Captain Joe Pavelski was getting staples put into his bloody head when the San Jose Sharks staged an epic comeback in Game 7 of the opening round against Vegas. Now that the Sharks have been forced into another ultimate game after missing a chance to eliminate...
Worsening U.S.-China trade tensions rattle financial marketsVideo
The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 470 points Tuesday amid a broad sell-off on Wall Street as the United States and China moved closer to an escalation of their already costly trade war. The United States was set to impose higher tariffs on China on Friday, a day...
Derby winner Country House out of Preakness because of illnessVideo
After being declared the winner of the Kentucky Derby by disqualification, Country House will not run in the Preakness because of illness, ending any chance at a Triple Crown this year. Trainer Bill Mott said Tuesday the long-shot winner of horse racing’s biggest event no longer was being considered to...
Cuba cancels Conga Against Homophobia parade
HAVANA — The Cuban government has cancelled a parade widely seen as a sign of progress on gay rights. The state-run Center for Sex Education run by Mariela Castro, the daughter of Communist Party First Secretary Raul Castro, said in a Facebook post Tuesday that the Conga Against Homophobia scheduled...
Google offers cheaper Pixel phones to spur sales
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google is releasing cheaper versions of its smartphone in an effort to appeal to budget-minded consumers who aren’t willing to spend $800 on the Pixel 3. The more affordable phones are a response to a worldwide slowdown in smartphone sales, which has been partially driven by...
Georgia governor signs abortion ban after fetal heartbeat
ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed into law one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws, a measure that bans the procedure once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant. Kemp, a Republican,...
U.S. pregnancy deaths up, and report says most are preventable
More U.S. women are dying from pregnancy-related causes, and more than half of those deaths are preventable, government health officials said in a report Tuesday. Although these deaths are rare — about 700 a year — they have been rising for decades, especially among black women. “An American mom today...
China marriage market targets Pakistan’s Christian minority
GUJRANWALA, Pakistan — Muqadas Ashraf was just 16 when her parents married her off to a Chinese man who had come to Pakistan looking for a bride. Less than five months later, Muqadas is back in her home country, pregnant and seeking a divorce from a husband she says was...
World War II vet, 95, dies during ‘Honor Flight’ trip
SAN DIEGO — A 95-year-old former soldier died last weekend aboard a so-called Honor Flight carrying World War II veterans home to San Diego after an all-expenses-paid weekend trip to Washington, D.C. Frank Manchel collapsed about an hour before the chartered American Airlines jet was due to land Sunday, The...
Wolf commutes life sentences of 3 more Pennsylvania inmates
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is commuting life sentences of three inmates, bringing his total to eight, more than any of the state’s governors over the past quarter century. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wolf acted last week in the case of a man sentenced in 1988 for standing by...
Court TV’s all-trial coverage set for relaunch with ex-KDKA reporter Julie Grant
Court TV is ending its long recess. The channel for legal junkies that thrived during the trial-crazy 1990s comes back from the dead after more than a decade Wednesday amid a crime-story craze that its backers hope will launch it into a long new life. “The timing could not be...
Google expected to show off new hardware, AI at annual event
SAN FRANCISCO — Google CEO Sundar Pichai is expected to showcase much-anticipated updates to the company’s hardware lines and artificial intelligence. Google will also likely address privacy updates as concerns about data sharing continue to plague the tech industry. Facebook dedicated much of its own conference last week to addressing...
Meatsplainer: How new plant-based burgers compare to beef
NEW YORK — If you want to skip meat, a new era of options is here. Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are among the companies racing to tap into the massive U.S. market of meat eaters by more closely mimicking the taste of beef than vegetarian patties of the past....
Alexander? James? Arthur? Guessing game on royal baby’s name
LONDON — Now that everyone knows Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have a baby boy, there is widespread speculation about what he will be called. Royals have a way of taking their time about naming babies and the couple is known to want to do things at their own...
