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CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Chapman joined some select San Francisco baseball company — including Willie Mays — with his massive day at the plate on Friday. The 33-year-old third baseman hit his fourth career grand slam, a three-run homer and added a sacrifice fly to finish with a career-high eight RBIs in the Giants’ 18-3 rout of the slumping Chicago Cubs. The eight RBIs tied the Giants’ San Francisco-era individual […]

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sided with 20 Democratic states and halted an effort by the Trump administration to force states to comply with a range of conditions to get billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun granted a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit challenging the conditions for getting SNAP funding. Among them are restrictions related to “gender ideology,” “immigration,” […]

(Corrects day of pardon to Thursday in paragraph 1; White House announced the pardon on Friday, paragraph 2) WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump granted a pardon on Thursday to former U.S. Representative Stephen Buyer, who was sentenced to 22 months in prison for engaging in insider trading in 2018 as a consultant to T-Mobile US Inc ahead of its $23 billion merger with Sprint. The White House […]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Friday said it was expanding its investigation into the origins of the hantavirus outbreak that struck an Atlantic cruise ship last month, sending scientists to trap and test rats in the western province of Mendoza while lab results are pending from the southernmost city of Ushuaia. Argentine authorities said biologists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were joining the mission […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrat Xavier Becerra advanced Friday to the general election for California governor after pitching himself as an experienced choice to lead the nation’s most populous state and succeed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Becerra leaned on his more than 35 years in public office — including as state attorney general and U.S. health secretary — to argue that he was the most qualified candidate in a crowded […]

California Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui advanced to the November ballot on Friday after facing a reelection challenge from a younger Democrat. Matsui, 81, has been in Congress since she replaced her late husband, former Rep. Bob Matsui, in the Sacramento-based seat in 2005. She faced a primary challenge from fellow Democrat Mai Vang, a member of the Sacramento City Council, and is one of several older Democrats challenged by younger […]

June 5 (Reuters) – Former world 100 metres silver medallist Marvin Bracy-Williams has received a 12-year suspension for his third anti-doping rule violation, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced on Friday.  The 32-year-old American, who won silver at the 2022 World Championships, was suspended for three whereabouts failures that occurred on July 1 2025, February 24 2026 and April 1 2026. Whereabouts protocol requires an athlete to inform anti-doping authorities where […]

The Milwaukee Brewers moved left-handed pitcher DL Hall to the 15-day IL with a left pectoral strain as part of several moves made Friday. Hall, 27, was one of two Brewers relievers to suffer injuries in Thursday’s 12-9 home loss to the San Francisco Giants. In the fifth inning, Hall hopped after releasing his 27th pitch of the day, and after meeting with Brewers manager Pat Murphy and the Milwaukee […]

June 5 (Reuters) – Russian attacks killed five people in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region in three separate incidents on Friday, the regional governor said. Oleksandr Prokudin, writing on Telegram, said a strike on a district of the region’s main city, also called Kherson, killed three people in their 70s and 80s whose bodies were found in damaged homes. An attack on a petrol station north of the city killed one […]