NEW YORK (AP) — Jung Hoo Lee homered in consecutive at-bats off Carlos Rodón for his first career multi-homer game, and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the New York Yankees 5-4 Sunday. San Francisco has won nine of 12 games and took a regular-season...
Crow-Armstrong Homers Twice and Cubs Take Series With Victory Over Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his first two home runs of the season, including a go-ahead solo shot in the seventh inning, Michael Busch homered against his former team again and the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Sunday night. Ethan Roberts (1-0), the fourth of...
Rory McIlroy Showed He Can Handle the Tough Times. It Made Him a Masters Champion
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy began "the best day of my golfing life” by finding a note in his locker at Augusta National before he got ready for what turned out to be one of the wildest final rounds ever at the Masters. It was from Angel Cabrera, a thoughtful...
Magic-Hawks, Warriors-Grizzlies on Tuesday, Bulls-Heat and Kings-Mavs on Wednesday
Steve Kerr, the basketball fan, raves about the play-in tournament and the drama that it creates down the stretch of the NBA's regular season and leading into the official start of the playoffs. Kerr, the basketball coach, doesn't like it so much. “I haven’t loved it because we’ve been on...
Pfizer Ends Development of Potential Pill Obesity Treatment
Pfizer is ending the development of its potential once-daily pill treatment for obesity before venturing into the biggest and most expensive level of clinical testing. The drugmaker said Tuesday that it would stop studying danuglipron after a participant in one of its trials experienced a possible drug-induced liver injury that...
Retrial Opens for Sarah Palin’s Libel Suit Against The New York Times
NEW YORK — A retrial is set to begin Monday for Sarah Palin’s lawsuit claiming The New York Times libeled her in an editorial eight years ago. The onetime Republican vice presidential candidate and ex-governor of Alaska gets another chance to prove to a federal jury that the newspaper defamed...
Israel Intensifies Strikes Across Gaza on Palm Sunday and Hits a Hospital in the North
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — A wave of Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday hit a hospital and other sites, killing at least 21 people, including children, as Israel vowed to expand its security presence in the small coastal strip. The predawn strike on Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City was the latest...
Russian Missiles Hit Ukrainian City of Sumy, Killing More Than 30
UMY, Ukraine — Russian missiles struck the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing at least 34 people, officials said, in the second large-scale attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week. The two ballistic missiles hit around 10:15 a.m.,...
What to Know About Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and the Alleged Arson at His Official Residence
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man is facing charges after authorities say he broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion in the middle of the night, set a fire that left significant damage and forced Gov. Josh Shapiro, his family and guests to evacuate the building during the Jewish holiday of Passover....
Madera County Authorities Arrests Man in Child Sexual Abuse Material Case
A 30-year-old man has been arrested on charges of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material, following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Madera County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Bobby Dean Alexander, a suspected transient, was identified as a suspect after detectives...