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Josef Newgarden gives Roger Penske his 19th win in dramatic Indianapolis 500Video
INDIANAPOLIS — Josef Newgarden finally captured his long-awaited Indianapolis 500 on Sunday and gave team owner Roger Penske his 19th victory and first since buying Indianapolis Motor Speedway, making an audacious pass of defending race winner Marcus Ericsson during a frantic 2.5-mile sprint to the finish. After the race was...
Scane, Taylor score 4 goals each, Northwestern women dominate Boston College for lacrosse titleVideo
CARY, N.C. — Izzy Scane scored four goals to set two Northwestern scoring records and lead the top-seeded Wildcats to their first NCAA women’s lacrosse championship in 11 years with a dominating 18-6 win over third-seeded Boston College on a rain-soaked Sunday afternoon. Freshman Madison Taylor also had four goals...
Turkey’s Erdogan declares victory in presidential runoff, extends rule into 3rd decadeVideo
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection Sunday, according to unofficial results, in a victory that extends his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade as the country reels from high inflation and the aftermath of an earthquake that leveled entire cities. A third term gives Erdogan...
‘The Little Mermaid’ makes box office splash with $95.5 million opening
“The Little Mermaid” made moviegoers want to be under the sea on Memorial Day weekend. Disney’s live-action remake of its 1989 animated classic easily outswam the competition, bringing in $95.5 million on 4,320 screens in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. And Disney estimates the film starring Halle Bailey...
Police: 3 killed in shootout involving outlaw biker gangs at New Mexico motorcycle rally
RED RIVER, N.M. — Three men killed in a weekend shootout at a New Mexico motorcycle rally were members of rival outlaw biker gangs, and the violence stemmed from a previous altercation between them in Albuquerque, authorities said Sunday. New Mexico State Police said three other bikers are facing charges...
Jan. 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the U.S. is coming after their haul
Less than two months after he pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol, Texas resident Daniel Goodwyn appeared on Tucker Carlson’s then-Fox News show and promoted a website where supporters could donate money to Goodwyn and other rioters whom the site called “political prisoners.” The Justice Department now wants Goodwyn...
What’s next on the debt ceiling: Selling the plan and making a deal into a law
WASHINGTON — After weeks of negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have announced an ” agreement in principle ” to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and avoid a potentially catastrophic default. The agreement includes spending cuts demanded by Republicans, but it is short of the reductions in...
Debt ceiling deal: What’s in, what’s out of the agreement to avert U.S. default
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an agreement in principle on legislation to increase the nation’s borrowing authority and avoid a federal default. Negotiators are now racing to finalize the bill’s text. McCarthy, R-Calif., said the House will vote on the legislation on Wednesday,...
Venice police investigate bright green liquid in Grand Canal
MILAN — Police in Venice are investigating the source of a phosphorescent green liquid patch that appeared Sunday in the city’s famed Grand Canal. The governor of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, posted a photo of the green liquid that spread through the water near the arched Rialto Bridge. The...
White’s putback as time expires lifts Celtics past Heat, forces Game 7 in East finals
MIAMI — The Boston Celtics were a tenth of a second away from elimination. The Miami Heat were a tenth of a second from the NBA Finals. Derrick White owned that final moment. White scored on a putback as time expired and the Boston Celtics moved to the brink of...
More businesses require teens to be chaperoned by adults, curbing their independence
PARAMUS, N.J. — Jennifer Sepulveda used to drop off her 14-year-old son, Jorden, at the local mall on a Friday or Saturday night, where he would catch a movie with his friends and then hang out afterwards at the food court or elsewhere. Not anymore. Starting April 18, Garden State...
GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust, a sudden, historic rebuke of a GOP official who rose to be a star of the conservative legal movement despite years of scandal and alleged...
Ty Dellandrea scores twice in 3rd, Stars stay alive with Game 5 victory over Golden KnightsVideo
LAS VEGAS — Ty Dellandrea scored twice in a 1:27 span midway through the third period, and the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-2, on Saturday night to stay alive in the Western Conference Final. The Stars escaped elimination for the second game in a row and head...
Biden, McCarthy reach final deal to prevent default, now must sell to CongressVideo
WASHINGTON — With days to spare before a potential first-ever government default, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached final agreement Sunday on a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling while trying to ensure enough Republican and Democratic votes to pass the measure in the coming week....
Palou balances plans with Ganassi vs. McLaren as Spaniard tries to win Indy 500Video
INDIANAPOLIS — Few had heard of Alex Palou when he arrived in IndyCar after several years of racing in Japan. It was 2020, during the pandemic and a season of no spectators, and the Spaniard drove for one of the smallest teams in the series. But the next year he...
Judge: School district can bar student from wearing Mexican and American flag sash at graduation
DENVER — A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued the school district. Judge Nina Y. Wang wrote that wearing a sash during a...
Keith Tkachuk’s words came at just the right time for PanthersVideo
SUNRISE, Fla. — Keith Tkachuk never played a game for the Florida Panthers and hadn’t recorded an assist at the NHL level in nearly 13 years. That is, until March 29. That’s the day he might have had the biggest helper in Florida’s season — by calling the Panthers “soft,”...
Low expectations for Jimmie Johnson entering Coca-Cola 600Video
CONCORD, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson has won eight Cup Series races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, more than any driver in NASCAR history. And yet the seven-time champion said he has never felt more ill-prepared for a race heading into Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600. Johnson retired from full-time stock car racing...
Man who opened emergency door on South Korea flight told police he felt suffocated
SEOUL, South Korea — A passenger who opened an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea told police that he felt suffocated and tried to get off the plane quickly as it approached landing, reports said Saturday. Twelve people were slightly injured when the man opened the door...
Pope Francis resumes regular appointments after canceling schedule with a fever
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis resumed regular appointments on Saturday, one day after canceling his schedule due to a fever. The pontiff held a number of private meetings, including with visitors from Georgetown University who were in town for a conference with a Jesuit-run journal. According to Vatican News, a...
Threat to Queen Elizabeth during 1983 U.S. trip detailed in FBI documents
WASHINGTON — The FBI has disclosed a potential threat to Queen Elizabeth II during her 1983 trip to the United States. The documents were released this week on the FBI’s records website. Queen Elizabeth II died last September after a 70-year reign. The queen’s West Coast visit with her husband,...
5 questions to consider as you get ready for the ‘Succession’ finale
There’s no Iron Throne, but the stakes feel just as high. “Succession,” the critically acclaimed drama chronicling a Murdoch-esque feuding billionaire family, wraps its four-season run on Sunday with a highly anticipated 88-minute finale. And just like another tentpole HBO show, “Game of Thrones,” there’s no shortage of theories over...
Former U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger celebrates 100th birthday
Former diplomat and presidential adviser Henry Kissinger marks his 100th birthday on Saturday, outlasting many of his political contemporaries who guided the United States through one of its most tumultuous periods including the presidency of Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War. Born in Germany on May 27, 1923, Kissinger remains...
Vice President Harris, 1st woman to give commencement speech at West Point
NEW YORK — Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman to deliver a commencement speech at West Point, lauded graduating cadets Saturday for their noble sacrifice in serving their country, but noted they were entering an “unsettled world” because of Russian aggression and the rising threats from China. “The world...
McCarthy says negotiators are ‘closer to an agreement’ on debt crisis, but no deal yet
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Saturday that Republican negotiators were “closer to an agreement” that would resolve the looming debt crisis, but had not reached a deal with President Joe Biden. The Republican speaker gathered top allies behind closed doors at the Capitol as negotiators pushed for a...
