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Belmont Park will resume live racing after air quality improves ahead of Belmont Stakes
ELMONT, N.Y. — Live racing will resume at Belmont Park on Friday following significant improvement in air quality conditions in the state, the New York Racing Association announced. Both Belmont and Saratoga reopened for training Friday morning, and the 11-card race will start at 12:50 p.m. The NYRA said in...
Putin says Russian tactical nuclear weapons to be deployed to Belarus next month
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow will deploy some of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, a move that the Belarusian opposition described as an attempt to blackmail the West. Putin said during a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that work on building...
Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in dispute with makers of dog toy
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday gave whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s reason to raise a glass, handing the company a new chance to win a trademark dispute with the makers of the Bad Spaniels dog toy. In announcing the decision for a unanimous court, Justice Elena Kagan was in...
Some in Georgia GOP seek purity test as Trump appears at convention
ATLANTA — Georgia’s state Republican convention gets underway Friday with Donald Trump still expected on Saturday, even as a right-wing party faction seeks to punish GOP officials it considers ideological traitors by banning them from future primary election ballots. Trump could feed an air of vengeance after announcing Thursday that...
France hails hero with a rucksack who intervened in knife attack on children
LE PECQ, France — The attacker slashed at the 24-year-old man with the knife that he used to savagely stab one young child after another. But rather than run, Henri held his ground — using a weighty backpack he was carrying to swing at the assailant and parry his blade....
A dam collapses and thousands face the deluge — often with no help — in Russian-occupied Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — For days, the Ukrainian teenager has waited in the attic, just down the street from the cemetery of her flooded town, marking time with her 83-year-old grandfather and two other elderly people and hoping for help to escape the deluge of a catastrophic dam collapse. But help...
Climate activist Greta Thunberg won’t be school striking after graduation but vows to still protest
STOCKHOLM — Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg said Friday she will no longer be able to skip classes as a way to draw attention to climate change because she is graduating from high school. Thunberg, 20, started staging Friday protests outside the Swedish parliament building during school hours in 2018....
James Watt, sharp-tongued and pro-development Interior secretary under Reagan, dies at 85
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — James Watt, the Reagan administration’s sharp-tongued, pro-development interior secretary who was beloved by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists, Beach Boys fans and eventually the president, has died. He was 85. Watt died in Arizona on May 27, son Eric Watt said in a statement Thursday. In...
Panthers win in OT, stop Golden Knights from running away with Stanley Cup Final
SUNRISE, Fla. — Overtime. Season on the line. The Florida Panthers keep finding ways to flourish in those moments. And for the first time, they’ve won a game in the Stanley Cup Final. Carter Verhaeghe snapped a wrister from the slot into the high back of the net 4:27 into...
Heat still confident, Nuggets remain focused as NBA Finals reach Game 4
MIAMI — Jimmy Butler showed up in plush blue slippers for what officially was called practice. Kyle Lowry was trying to distract him during an interview session. Nikola Jokic continued to say how he doesn’t care about statistics. Jamal Murray talked about all the fun he’s having. At this point,...
Oklahoma tops Florida State, wins 3rd straight Women’s College World Series titleVideo
OKLAHOMA CITY — Jordy Bahl threw three innings of perfect relief, and Oklahoma won its third straight Women’s College World Series title and seventh overall, beating Florida State, 3-1, on Thursday night for a two-game sweep. The Sooners finished 61-1 and extended their Division I-record win streak to 53 games....
QB questions linger over 49ers headed into summer break
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brock Purdy resumed his throwing program, Trey Lance looked healthy and showed off his improved mechanics and Sam Darnold got acclimated to a new offense. The San Francisco 49ers ended their offseason program and headed off for summer break with some encouraging signs about their quarterback...
Trump indicted: What to know about the documents case and what’s next
Donald Trump’s indictment on 37 counts of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate represents the most serious legal jeopardy so far for Trump, coming less than three months after he was charged in New York with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Here’s a look at the charges,...
Canada’s Corey Conners shares lead at Canadian Open as PGA Tour resumes following LIV dealVideo
TORONTO — Corey Conners shot a bogey-free 5-under-par 67 on Thursday to share the first-round lead at the RBC Canadian Open, the first PGA Tour event since its announcement of a merger with Saudi-funded rival LIV Golf. Conners is seeking to become the tournament’s first Canadian winner in 69 years....
Panthers hand first-team reps over to rookie QB Bryce YoungVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bryce Young’s time is now in Carolina. The Panthers have given Young the first-team reps in practice this week, a move coach Frank Reich called the next step in the rookie quarterback’s progression. Reich anticipates Young will continue to get first-team reps “for now” as the Panthers...
Rick Hendrick hopes rough racing settles down after Chase Elliott suspension
LE MANS, France — Rick Hendrick fully supports Chase Elliott as he returns from a one-race suspension for deliberately wrecking Denny Hamlin, but the team owner believes on-track aggression has gotten out of control this season and NASCAR sent a message by parking the superstar. “Until something was done, I...
Trump charged over classified documents in 1st federal indictment of an ex-presidentVideo
MIAMI — Donald Trump said Thursday that he has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, igniting a federal prosecution that is arguably the most perilous of multiple legal threats against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White House. The Justice Department...
MLS hopes Lionel Messi will boost attendance, TV viewers and market shareVideo
NEW YORK — After two decades competing against Real Madrid, Manchester United and Brazil, Lionel Messi will be going against the NFL, Major League Baseball and the NBA. Major League Soccer is hoping for a breakout boost to its television audience and market share after Messi joins Inter Miami next...
Main suspect in 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway arrives from Peru to face chargesVideo
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, arrived in the United States from Peru on Thursday to face charges that he attempted to extort money from the missing teen’s mother. An FBI-operated plane carrying van der Sloot landed at Birmingham’s...
Udonis Haslem spent career with Heat but almost went to Nuggets
MIAMI — There is some irony in the Denver Nuggets being the last team that Udonis Haslem will face. They were the team that almost got him out of Miami. In the summer of 2010, when most of the eyes in the NBA free agent world were on Miami for...
Bulls run again on Wall Street as S&P 500 climbs 20% above October lowVideo
NEW YORK — Stocks rose just enough Thursday for Wall Street to barrel into a new bull market as the S&P 500 keeps rallying off its low from last autumn. The index rose 0.6% to carry it 20% above a bottom hit in October. That means Wall Street’s main measure...
Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights ActVideo
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama, with two conservative justices joining liberals in rejecting a Republican-led effort to weaken a landmark voting rights law. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh...
Karolina Muchova grinds way to French Open final, will face Iga Swiatek
PARIS — As it is, Karolina Muchova was the unseeded, unexpected participant in the French Open semifinals. And then, dealing with cramping legs nearly three hours into the match, she was just one point from losing to No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, who entered Thursday with a 12-0 Grand Slam record...
NASCAR and its growling Next Gen car take over Le Mans, looking to make statement on a global stageVideo
LE MANS, France — The engine of the Chevrolet Camaro has a distinct growl that cannot go unnoticed even among the most elite sports cars in the world at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. When the Hendrick Motorsports crew fired up the car inside Garage 56, NASCAR chairman Jim...
Florida woman who fatally shot neighbor appears in court, sheriff releases details of racist threats
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A white Florida woman accused of shooting and killing her Black neighbor told investigators she had been threatened by the victim for months leading up to the slaying, according an arrest report released Thursday that detailed allegations of racist epithets and physical threats to the victim’s...
