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Texas Tech’s appeal to have quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s eligibility restored was denied by the NCAA on Friday, according to multiple media reports. Sorsby was one of the most coveted quarterbacks in this year’s transfer portal class after he left Cincinnati. He entered a treatment program for a gambling addiction on April 27. He was ruled ineligible by the NCAA after admitting to gambling on college football games, among other sports. […]

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo will hold its third parliamentary election in 18 months this weekend as frustration grows over a continued political impasse in the small Balkan country that is aspiring to move closer to the European Union and NATO. The early parliamentary vote on Sunday was scheduled after Kosovo’s main political parties failed to agree on who should replace former President Vjosa Osmani, whose mandate ended in late […]

SYDNEY, June 6 (Reuters) – A man has died after being attacked by a shark while fishing off the coast of Western Australia state, police said on Saturday, the third fatal ‌shark attack in Australia in three weeks. The 35-year-old was attacked on Saturday morning while spearfishing with family off the state’s south coast at Michaelmas Island, close to the town of Albany, about 388 km (241 miles) south of […]

By Lucy Raitano, Iain Withers and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) – European retail investors are among those jockeying for a piece of the hotly anticipated SpaceX initial public offering, but some observers warn the deal could prove a bumpy ride for those without the resources that institutional investors have behind them. SpaceX is considering allocating as much as 30% of the deal to individual investors – an unusually […]

The Minnesota Twins will reassess center fielder Byron Buxton on Saturday after he exited the team’s Friday game due to a right shoulder contusion. Buxton left a half-inning after crashing into the outfield wall while making a leaping catch. “I think we’ll see how he is tomorrow,” Minnesota manager Derek Shelton said after the Twins’ 5-3 win over the Kansas City Royals in Minneapolis. “That’s the biggest thing. The fact […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama described himself in a rather unusual way when Game 2 of the NBA Finals was over on Friday night. “Very blurry,” Wembanyama said. The San Antonio Spurs’ situation, though, is very clear. They’re in trouble. Big trouble. And Wembanyama pointed the finger of blame squarely at himself. The Spurs had an epic comeback and an epic disaster in the same fourth quarter, falling to […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Samira Bou Saab had hoped to see the execution of the man who was sentenced to death for killing her son. Instead, he eventually could be released under a sweeping draft amnesty law in Lebanon that is revealing the country’s complex history of loyalties and conflict. Lebanon’s largest amnesty since the end of its devastating 1975-90 civil war is expected to occur in the coming weeks, once […]

MPONDWE BORDER, Uganda (AP) — Leah Masika was on the verge of tears as she thought of her valuable consignment of plantain stuck in a long convoy of trucks on both sides of the Uganda-Congo border. Her cargo, destined for Uganda, was starting to leak water, and would go bad within hours if there was no movement. The Ugandan trader was awaiting clearance from authorities for trucks to pass through […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV’s weeklong visit to Spain will bring him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice and, recently, a political crisis for the ruling Socialist Party. Leo is expected to double down on his messages of unity amid polarization, peace as war rages, welcome for migrants and hope for young Spaniards in the era of artificial […]