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A plane that crashed and erupted into a fireball was on its way to pick up former St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina and his family in Texas, Molina confirmed on social media. The crash occurred Sunday at the airport in La Romana, Dominican Republic, minutes after the private, U.S.-registered Gulfstream G200 jet took off. The crew reported an issue with the plane and was attempting to return to the […]

The U.S. Open will honor five-time champion Roger Federer with an exhibition event at this summer’s tournament. “Roger Federer: An Icon Returns to New York” will take place on Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. ET at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. Federer, 44, will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., a few days later. The Swiss star, a 20-time Grand Slam champion who […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Knicks fever has set the stage for Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs to be a must-see event — inside Madison Square Garden and out on the streets and in bars across New York City. With the Knicks in the finals for the first time since 1999 and leading the series 2-0, their first home game this round is a hot […]

The reigning MVP and Cy Young Award winners in the American League are both on the injured list. One is on his way back, the other went on the IL just in the last few days. Aaron Judge has a stress fracture in a rib that will keep the slugging outfielder out of the lineup for the New York Yankees for a while. The Detroit Tigers have been without ace […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s former Chief Justice David Maraga said he was arrested on Monday alongside other activists protesting planned construction inside Nairobi National Park. Maraga was detained and later released while staging a sit-in on a major road outside the national park’s main gate. He was wearing a green T-shirt similar to those worn by other activists. The police have yet to comment on the reason for his […]

MADRID (AP) — Pope Leo XIV told Spain’s Catholic hierarchy on Monday to provide reparations to survivors of clergy sexual abuse and deal with the crisis transparently, ahead of an expected meeting with survivors during his weeklong visit to the country. Leo told Spanish bishops the entire church community should have an “ever more determined commitment to prevention and a culture of care.” The Spanish hierarchy had largely dismissed the […]

BERLIN (AP) — A pop-up art show featuring contemporary art, including video and audio installations, photography and traditional oil paintings, is set to open at Germany’s Bellevue Palace this week before the German presidential residence closes for renovation. At a press preview on Monday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was pleased that the mostly emptied-out Berlin residence was being opened to art and to the public. “We need art,” […]

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that could potentially devastate the nation’s cattle industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. The screwworm is actually a fly, which produces a larva that eats live flesh instead of dead material. Females lay their eggs in open wounds of any warm-blooded […]

By Michael S. Derby June 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. public’s inflation outlook was little changed in May despite the strong upward pressure on prices resulting from the war in the Middle East, a survey released by the New York Federal Reserve showed on Monday. Inflation a year from now was expected to be 3.5% versus 3.6% in April, while respondents saw inflation three years and five years from now […]