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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told European Union and German trade officials over the weekend that the U.S. will move forward with President Donald Trump’s plan to raise EU car import tariffs to 25%, according to a statement made Monday on CNBC. “I was in contact with both European and German trade officials this weekend to help them understand why this was […]

Buffalo Sabres forward Sam Carrick is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a left arm injury and could return to practice on Tuesday. Carrick, 34, initially was expected to miss the Eastern Conference second-round playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens. The best-of-seven set begins Wednesday night in Buffalo. “(He’s) going to see our doctors today and thinks he’s further along than maybe I portrayed yesterday,” Sabres coach Lindy Ruff […]

DENVER (AP) — Two of the NHL’s best defenses and a pair of the game’s ironfisted goaltenders are squaring off in Round 2, promising a paucity of pucks flashing the red light in the Minnesota-Colorado series, right? Not in Game 1. A whopping 14 players scored Sunday night, Colorado goalie Scott Wedgewood gave up a half-dozen goals — one more than he allowed in his team’s sweep of the Los […]

After three straight 100-loss seasons — including a record 121 defeats in 2024 — the Chicago White Sox needed a little excitement. Munetaka Murakami has certainly provided that. The 26-year-old infielder from Japan is tied with Aaron Judge for the major league lead with 13 home runs. That accounts for nearly half of Murakami’s hits so far this season. He has 14 singles and no doubles or triples. This type […]

NEW YORK (AP) — John Sterling, the theatrical New York Yankees radio broadcaster known for extravagant, individualized home run calls, has died, the team and radio station WFAN announced Monday. He was 87. Sterling had undergone heart bypass surgery this winter and after the procedure was attended to by health care aides at his home in Edgewater, New Jersey. The team said he died at a New Jersey hospital. He […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For roughly 380 right whales left in the North Atlantic, which can die after getting tangled in fishing ropes or hit by ships, the Trump administration said this month it wants to delay new protections by almost a decade in favor of commercial fishing interests. The sleek black whales, which weigh as much as a midsized bulldozer, are critically endangered and their numbers have declined sharply […]

BERLIN (AP) — A driver plowed into people in the center of the German city of Leipzig on Monday and several were injured, police said. Few details were immediately available. Police didn’t immediately give a precise number of injured, but said there were no deaths, German news agency dpa reported. A statement posted on the Leipzig city website said the car and its driver had been stopped and no longer […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is breathing on his own after being hospitalized with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator, his spokesperson said Monday. Giuliani, 81, remains in critical but stable condition at a Florida hospital and is being monitored as a precautionary measure, spokesperson Ted Goodman said. Goodman said Giuliani’s condition was exacerbated by restrictive airway disease attributed to his exposure to dust […]

The Chicago Sky waived 2025 first-round draft pick Hailey Van Lith on Monday. The 24-year-old point guard averaged 3.5 points and 1.6 assists in 29 games (no starts) as a rookie in 2025. WNBA teams have until Thursday at 5 p.m. ET to make their final roster cuts before the regular season begins Friday. Van Lith averaged 12.5 points and 4.5 assists in two preseason games for Chicago, which opens […]