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Brunson, Towns lead Knicks past Hawks in Game 1 of series
NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson scored 28 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 of his 25 in the second half and the New York Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks, 113-102, on Saturday night in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference playoff series. OG Anunoby added 19 points, and Josh Hart had...
Boldy has 2 goals, assist as Wild overwhelm Stars to open series
DALLAS — Matt Boldy had two goals with an assist, Joel Ericksson Ek scored two power-play goals and rookie goalie Jesper Wallstedt stopped 27 shots in his postseason debut to help the Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars, 6-1, on Saturday in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series....
Bengals get star DT Lawrence from Giants for 10th overall pick
The Cincinnati Bengals have acquired three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence from the New York Giants for the 10th overall pick in next week’s NFL draft, two people with knowledge of the trade told the Associated Press on Saturday night. Both people spoke on condition of anonymity because the...
Kyle Larson returns to Kansas hoping to end 32-race drought
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — It has been nearly a year since two-time champion Kyle Larson reached victory lane in the NASCAR Cup Series. He knows the way to the one at Kansas Speedway quite well. That was the site of his last victory in NASCAR’s top series — and two...
Mitchell scores 32 as Cavaliers defeat Raptors in Game 1 of East 1st-round series
CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell scored 32 points, Max Strus had 24 off the bench and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors, 126-113, on Saturday in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. James Harden had 22 points and 10 assists, and Evan Mobley had 17 and seven...
Murray, Jokic lead Nuggets to win over Timberwolves in opener of 1st-round series
DENVER — Jamal Murray scored 30 points, going 16 of 16 from the free-throw line, and Nikola Jokic had a triple-double as the Denver Nuggets shook off a sluggish start to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 116-105, on Saturday in the opener of their first-round playoff series. Jokic had 25 points,...
Fitzpatrick overcomes slow start, leads Scheffler by 3 at Hilton Head
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Matt Fitzpatrick had a slow start that brought Scottie Scheffler back into the mix Saturday until holing two shots from off the green on the back nine that sent him to a 3-under-par 68 and a three-shot lead in the RBC Heritage. Scheffler, the world’s...
Stankoven, Hall, Andersen help Carolina top Senators to open NHL playoffs
RALEIGH, N.C. — Logan Stankoven and Taylor Hall scored, and Frederik Andersen came through with a big third-period performance in net to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators, 2-0, on Saturday to open their first-round playoff series. Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour had gone with Andersen’s veteran experience as...
Life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the Titanic auctioned off for over $900,000
LONDON — A life jacket worn by a passenger on RMS Titanic as she escaped the sinking steamship on a lifeboat sold at auction on Saturday for 670,00 pounds ($906,000). The flotation device was worn by Laura Mabel Francatelli, a first-class passenger on the doomed ocean liner, and is signed...
Dominican Republic and Haiti to reopen airspace in May, restoring flights after more than 2 years
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The governments of the Dominican Republic and Haiti have agreed to reopen their airspace starting in May, allowing flights between their countries for the first time in more than two years. The decision, announced Friday in a joint statement, clears the way for connections between...
Ukrainian police shoot dead gunman who killed at least 5 and took hostages in a supermarket
KYIV, Ukraine — A gunman who killed at least six people in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, before taking hostages and barricading himself inside a supermarket on Saturday has been shot and killed by police, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s special tactical police units stormed the store after attempts to contact the gunman...
Trump signs order to speed review of psychedelics, including the controversial drug ibogaine
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday directed his administration to speed up reviews of certain psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine, which recently has been embraced by combat veterans and conservative lawmakers despite having serious safety risks. Ibogaine and other psychedelics remain banned under the federal government’s most restrictive category for...
Trump’s dyslexia barbs stir anguish and anger, perpetuating a myth about the learning disability
WASHINGTON — Lauryn Muller was scrolling on social media when she saw a clip of President Donald Trump belittling California Gov. Gavin Newsom for having dyslexia. It stirred a well of emotion for the 18-year-old Muller, bringing back memories of her own struggles learning to read and the times she...
Canadian man facing 14 murder charges to plead guilty to aiding suicide
VANCOUVER, British Colombia — A Canadian man facing murder charges for allegedly selling lethal substances online to people at risk of self-harm has agreed to plead guilty to counseling or aiding suicide, his lawyer confirmed Saturday. In turn, Canadian prosecutors will withdraw all 14 murder charges laid against Kenneth Law,...
Powerful winds and reported tornadoes rip through the Midwest, leaving heavy damage but no deaths
A destructive burst of strong winds and reported tornadoes across the Upper Midwest left rural communities Saturday sifting through the destruction that was left behind. Damage was severe in some communities — roofs ripped off homes, power lines tangled, and roads impassable because of debris. However, no deaths were reported....
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 1 and wound dozens
A civilian was killed and dozens more wounded in overnight Russian attacks across Ukraine, local officials said Saturday. One person was killed in a strike on Mykolaivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, local leader Vadym Filashkin said in a post on social media. Other officials reported at least 26 people...
Pope Leo XIV says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate Trump but will keep preaching peace
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that it was “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the Iran war, but that he would continue preaching the Gospel message of peace. Leo spoke to reporters aboard the papal plane flying from...
Iranian official says U.S. ‘maximalist’ demands stall face-to-face talks
ANTALYA, Turkey — Iran is not yet ready to hold a new round of face-to-face talks with U.S. officials, a senior Iranian official said Saturday, citing Washington’s refusal to abandon “maximalist” demands on key issues. In an interview with The Associated Press on the margins of a diplomacy forum in...
Iran says it has closed Hormuz again over U.S. blockade
CAIRO — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz quickly escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade choking off Iranian ports. Confusion over the strait, through which...
Fitzpatrick rides good bounce, great golf to 1-shot lead
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Matt Fitzpatrick had one good break and a lot of great golf for an 8-under-par 63 to take a one-shot lead Friday over Viktor Hovland on a blistering day of heat and big numbers in the RBC Heritage. Fitzpatrick was cruising along when his tee...
Traffic and trepidation in the Persian Gulf could keep gasoline prices from dropping quickly
NEW YORK — After U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz was fully open to commercial vessels after almost seven weeks of war, oil prices plunged 10% and the stock market rallied Friday. Motorists, hoping for relief at the pump, wondered how quickly gasoline...
Turning Point USA’s high school push in GOP states meets free speech and religion concerns
OMAHA, Neb.— Republican leaders across the U.S. are encouraging chapters of the conservative political group Turning Point USA in all public high schools in the wake last year’s assassination of co-founder Charlie Kirk, an effort they describe as countering the oppression of conservative voices in education. The group’s endorsement by...
$13 train fare spikes to $150 for World Cup fans attending matches in New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. — Sky-high ticket prices won’t be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this spring. Fans trying to get to MetLife Stadium from New York City can expect to shell out $150 for a round-trip train fare for...
Trump’s lawyers are in talks with the IRS to resolve president’s $10B lawsuit
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for President Donald Trump are engaged in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit the president filed against his own tax collection agency over the leak of his tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. In a federal court filing Friday, Trump...
Descendants say the theft of body parts from Pennsylvania grave sites is not a victimless crime
MEDIA — Judy Prichard McCleary believes her ancestors have gone to the afterlife, and that only their bodies are buried at the family mausoleum in a sprawling Philadelphia-area cemetery. Yet she remains rattled by the discovery that five of their nine crypts were disturbed — and the remains of a...
