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Robert Shwartzman shocks field, becomes 1st Indy 500 rookie since 1983 to win poleVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — A rookie driver for a brand-new team won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 on a strange day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Team Penske was disqualified before the final two rounds of qualifying. Prema Racing’s Robert Shwartzman, a 25-year-old with dual nationality in Israel and Russia, became...
‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ tops box office while The Weeknd’s movie falters
Death is not looming for the “Final Destination” franchise at the box office. Its sixth installment, “Final Destination: Bloodlines,” drew big crowds to movie theaters this weekend and easily topped the domestic charts with $51 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The movie earned the same internationally,...
‘Embarrassed’ Jon Rahm struggles to keep collapse at PGA Championship in perspectiveVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jon Rahm appeared on the verge of doing what few thought possible — overcoming a five-shot deficit on the final day of a major championship to beat Scottie Scheffler. And then came the collapse. After battling back to tie the top-ranked Scheffler with a birdie on the...
Team Penske has miserable Indy 500 qualifying day with 1 crashed car, 2 failed inspectionsVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — The only laps two-time defending Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden turned during qualifying Sunday were on foot after Team Penske was disqualified from making a run at the pole. Scott McLaughlin crashed, Newgarden and Will Power failed inspection, and the three Penske drivers who swept the front row...
Marco Andretti makes Indy 500 field in last-chance qualifyingVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Marco Andretti made the field for the Indianapolis 500 in last-chance qualifying Sunday, while Rinus Veekay sweated out a last-minute run by Dale Coyne Racing teammate Jacob Abel to earn the final spot on the 33-car starting grid. Marcus Armstrong, who wrecked during practice a day earlier, also...
Republicans look to get Trump’s big bill back on track with rare Sunday committee session
WASHINGTON — Republicans will look to get their massive tax cut and border security package back on track during a rare Sunday night committee meeting after that same panel voted against advancing the measure two days earlier, a setback that Speaker Mike Johnson is looking to reverse quickly. Deficit hawks...
Great Scottie! Scheffler pulls away to win PGA Championship for 3rd major titleVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Scottie Scheffler worked harder than he imagined and got the result everyone expected Sunday in the PGA Championship: a most pleasant walk to the 18th green with another major title secure in the hands of golf’s No. 1 player. Scheffler was flawless when he had to be...
NBA’s final 4 set: Thunder, Knicks, Wolves, Pacers remain as parity reigns againVideo
The parity era continues in the NBA. The New York Knicks haven’t won an NBA championship since 1973. The Indiana Pacers won their most recent title that year — in the ABA. The Oklahoma City Thunder franchise has one title in its history, that coming in 1979 when the team...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Thunder roll into West finals with 125-93 rout of Nuggets in Game 7Video
OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, Jalen Williams added 24 and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled into the Western Conference finals, beating the Denver Nuggets, 125-93, in Game 7 on Sunday. The top-seeded Thunder will host the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves starting Tuesday. It’s Oklahoma City’s first trip to...
New standards for Oklahoma high school students promote misinformation about the 2020 election
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma high school students studying U.S. history learn about the Industrial Revolution, women’s suffrage and America’s expanding role in international affairs. Beginning next school year, they will add conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election. Oklahoma’s new social studies standards for K-12 public school students, already infused...
Justice Department says it may drop criminal prosecution of Boeing over Max crashes
The Justice Department may drop its criminal prosecution of Boeing for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people, according to a weekend court filing. The department said in a Saturday status report that two representatives had met with...
The Carolina Hurricanes keep leaning on their penalty kill in another deep postseason pushVideo
RALEIGH, N.C. — There’s a moment of frustrated dread for any hockey team that comes with an official raising an arm to call a penalty triggering a power play. For the Carolina Hurricanes, that moment quickly flips to next-play belief. Their penalty kill has been the NHL’s best going back...
Residents dig out from tornado damage after storms kill 28 in Kentucky, Missouri and VirginiaVideo
LONDON, Ky. — Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods and remained on edge Sunday for more severe weather ahead after storms swept through parts of the Midwest and South, killing more than two dozen people. Kentucky was hardest hit as a devastating tornado damaged hundreds...
Joe Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday. The finding came after the 82-year-old reported urinary symptoms, which led doctors to discover a nodule on his prostate. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to...
Scott McLaughlin destroys car in huge crash ahead of Indianapolis 500 qualifyingVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Scott McLaughlin crashed his Team Penske car in Sunday afternoon practice and ruined his chance to repeat last year’s Indianapolis 500 pole-winning run. McLaughlin qualified Saturday inside the top 12 and was eligible to run for the pole later Sunday. But he spun at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and...
Authorities say suspect in California fertility clinic bombing left behind ‘anti-pro-life’ writings
A 25-year-old man the FBI believes was responsible for an explosion that ripped through a Southern California fertility clinic left behind “anti-pro-life” writings before carrying out an attack investigators are calling an act of terrorism, authorities said Sunday. Guy Edward Bartkus of Twentynine Palms, California, was identified by the FBI...
Trump’s tariffs may mean Walmart shoppers pay more, his treasury chief acknowledgesVideo
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Sunday that Walmart, the largest U.S. retailer, may pass along some of the costs from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to its shoppers through higher prices. Bessent described his call with the company’s CEO a day after Trump warned Walmart to avoid raising prices...
Phillies closer José Alvarado suspended for 80 games for positive drug test
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Phillies closer José Alvarado was suspended for 80 games on Sunday following a positive test for external testosterone under Major League Baseball’s drug-testing program. Alvarado, among the hardest-throwing relievers, became the second player suspended this year under the big league testing program after Atlanta outfielder Jurickson Profar....
Israel says it will allow ‘basic’ aid into Gaza after nearly 3 months of blockade
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel announced Sunday it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade, days after global experts on food security warned of famine. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a “starvation crisis” would jeopardize Israel’s new military offensive in Gaza,...
Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers
DENVER — Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the Republican-controlled U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings. It’s unclear whether the bill can pass...
The future of history: Trump could leave less documentation behind than any previous U.S. president
WASHINGTON — For generations, official American documents have been meticulously preserved and protected, from the era of quills and parchment to boxes of paper to the cloud, safeguarding snapshots of the government and the nation for posterity. Now, the Trump administration is scrubbing thousands of government websites of history, legal...
Federal officials launch investigation into Mexican tall ship that struck Brooklyn BridgeVideo
NEW YORK — Federal transportation officials have launched an investigation into why a Mexican navy tall ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge in a collision that snapped the vessel’s three masts, killed two crew members and left some sailors dangling from harnesses high in the air. The ship known as the...
FBI investigating explosion at California fertility clinic as act of terrorism
The person believed responsible for an attack targeting a Southern California fertility clinic Saturday posted rambling online writings before an explosion that investigators are treating as an act of terrorism, according to a law enforcement official. The suspect, who died in the explosion that tore through the clinic and rattled...
Caitlin Clark has triple-double to lead Fever past Sky as tempers flare after hard foulVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark opened the season with the third triple-double of her career, and the new-look Indiana Fever dominated the final 16 1/2 minutes Saturday to pull away from the revamped Chicago Sky, 93-58. Last season’s WNBA Rookie of the Year finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10...
ACC revenues and payouts climbed in 2023-24, but legal bills did, tooVideo
The ACC set league records for revenue and member payouts yet also had a growing legal bill amid since-settled lawsuits from members Clemson and Florida State, according to the league’s most recent tax filing. The 990 tax form covering the 2023-24 season reported the league’s revenue increased to about $711.4...
