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Sign inNews ArticlePublishedMay 03, 2026 at 08:04 PM EDTupdatedMay 03, 2026 at 08:05 PM EDTBy Cole SullivanThe New York Yankees waited as long as possible to make a final decision on Anthony Volpe, who is returning from offseason torn labrum surgery.When the team opened his 20-day rehab window, the expectation was that Volpe would step right back into his everyday shortstop role once healthy. That had been the plan throughout his recovery.However, things became more complicated for manager Aaron Boone as Jose Caballero continued to excel in Volpe’s absence.More news: Is OF James Tibbs III The Next Future Star Player For the Dodgers?...More news: Red Sox, Phillies 6-Year Veteran Pitcher Dies“Caballero is playing the heck out of the position and is playing really well,” Boone said. “That complicates it… José has played himself into more playing time. I love the idea of Jose being in a super-utility role because he’s so good at it, but you also can’t ignore he’s played so well defensively at shortstop and been a real spark for us offensively.“We’re off to a really good start,’’ Boone added. “[Caballero] has been right in the middle of that defensively [and] offensively. So he’s earned some opportunities there. It’s
By Updated on: May 1, 2026 / 9:34 PM EDT / CBS Miami Add CBS News on Google President Trump signed an executive order Friday tightening U.S. sanctions on Cuba, expanding penalties on the island's government and foreign companies that do business with it.The order builds on sanctions introduced earlier this year and signals that Cuba remains a priority for the administration, even as the United States navigates other international conflicts in Iran and elsewhere, experts say.The executive order is aimed at Cuban government officials, people accused of corruption and people who operate in the country's energy, defense or financial services sectors. It does not name any specific sanctioned individuals.The new measures also increase pressure on foreign financial institutions by threatening their access to U.S. markets if they continue to work with Cuban government entities. The administration says the sanctions are also intended to discourage deeper involvement from foreign adversaries.Andy Gómez, a professor of Cuban studies at the University of Miami, said the executive order carries broader geopolitical implications. He said it can be seen as a warning to countries like Russia and China to keep their distance."This is the hidden message behind what has been written, and that's how
Carl Court / GettyA competitor poses for photographers near the finish line of the Maldon Mud Race on April 26, 2026, in Maldon, England. More than 350 runners took part in the annual race, tackling the mud of the Blackwater Estuary over a 400-yard (366-meter) course. Many competitors run in costume, and aim to raise as much money as possible for charity.Ted Shaffrey / APA giant statue of Nipper the dog, a trademark symbol long used by the electronics and communications company RCA, sits atop a building in the warehouse district of Albany, New York, on April 21, 2026.Lisi Niesner / ReutersRobotic dogs with silicone heads modeled after Kim Jong Un and Jeff Bezos move about in the interactive art installation “Beeple. Regular Animals” by the artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann), at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany, on April 30, 2026.Jakub Porzycki / Jakub Porzycki / ReutersA curious kitten checks out the photographer in Marrakesh, Morocco, on April 25, 2026.Petr David Josek / APCorgis compete during the Czech Corgi Run in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 25, 2026.Sarah Stier / GettyNelly Korda and her caddie Jason McDede jump into Poppie’s Pond after winning the Chevron Championship 2026 at Memorial Park
Cuba’s government has said new sanctions imposed on the island by Donald Trump amounted to “collective punishment”, as an enormous 1 May procession outside the American embassy in Havana vowed to “defend the homeland”.In an executive order on Friday, the US president said he would impose sanctions on people involved in broad sections of the Cuban economy, as he seeks to put more pressure on Havana after ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this year.The latest sanctions constituted “collective punishment” of the nation’s people, said Cuba’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodriguez. “We firmly reject the recent unilateral coercive measures adopted by the #UnitedStates government,” he posted on X in English.Trump has mused about taking over Cuba, which lies 145km from Florida and has been under a nearly continuous US trade embargo since Fidel Castro led a communist revolution in 1959.On Friday, Trump used a speech in Florida to again suggest the US could launch operations against Cuba.“On the way back from Iran, we’ll have one of our big – maybe the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, the biggest in the world, we’ll have that come in, stop about 100 yards offshore and they’ll say, ‘Thank you very much. We give up.’”The
News ArticlePublishedMay 03, 2026 at 10:03 PM EDTBy Jordan SiglerFor a third straight season, the Orlando Magic were sent home after the first round of the playoffs. The Magic appeared to be on their way to winning the series at halftime of Game 6 when they took a 60-38 lead into halftime while being up three games to two on the Detroit Pistons, but Orlando scored just 19 points in the second half of a humiliating loss.On Sunday, the Magic won the first quarter 22-20, but were outscored by a combined 21 points in the second and third quarters. More News: Celtics Make Ugly NBA History in Game 7 Loss to 76ers...More News: Joel Embiid is Worried About Knicks FansMagic forward Paolo Banchero made a heroic effort in Game 7, scoring a game-high 38 points to go along with nine rebounds and six assists (both were team highs).During his postgame news conference, Banchero admitted that he had doubts the Magic had enough talent on the roster to make a deep push in the Eastern Conference in response to a reporter’s question."This is the third straight time we haven't gotten out of the first round," Banchero said, via ESPN. "So, if
The former New York City mayor is "critical but stable," his spokesman said.May 3, 2026, 7:11 PMRudy Giuliani is hospitalized in critical condition, his spokesman said on Sunday. The spokesman, Ted Goodman, said in a statement the 81-year-old former New York City mayor is critical but stable.The statement does not say what happened.Popular Reads"Mayor Rudy Giuliani is currently in the hospital, where he remains in critical but stable condition," the statement said. "Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he's fighting with that same level of strength as we speak. We do ask that you join us in prayer for America's Mayor -- Rudy Giuliani."Giuliani served as New York City's mayor from 1994 to 2001.
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Sunday launched a wave of strikes against Russian oil targets, hitting a key loading port on the Baltic Sea and two tankers that Ukraine alleges were illegally used to transport Russian crude. A nighttime drone strike sparked a blaze at Russia’s largest oil exporting port on the Baltic Sea, the port of Primorsk, according to Russian regional Gov. Alexander Drozdenko. The port, operated by Russia’s state oil firm Transneft, is capable of handling hundreds of thousands of barrels per day. Primorsk, which was targeted multiple times in March, lies over 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from Ukraine, between the Russian-Finnish border and Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg. Local Gov. Drozdenko said that the drone strike did not cause an oil spill, but gave no immediate further comment regarding casualties or damage. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces destroyed several military and other targets, while also inflicting significant damage on oil port infrastructure. “One more Russian carrier of Kalibr missiles is out of action. Major General Yevhen Khmara reported on the successful destruction of targets in the Primorsk port,” Mr. Zelenskyy wrote in a Telegram post on Sunday. PHOTOS: Ukraine hits key Russian
World May 3, 2026 12:02 PM EDT VIENNA (AP) — Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe. HiPP, which recalled some of its baby food jars in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic after the case came to light last month, said in a statement Saturday it was "greatly relieved" by the arrest, and would provide further updates as verified details come in. WATCH: Study finds many supermarket baby foods are unhealthy. Here's what parents should know The Burgenland State Criminal Police Office, under the direction of prosecutors, said a probe was launched after poison turned up in a baby food jar purchased at a supermarket in the city of Eisenstadt on April 18. It said the suspect was being questioned, and that no further details would be immediately provided. The Burgenland public prosecutor's office has announced an investigation into suspected "intentional endangerment of the public." In an email to The Associated Press on Sunday, the Burgenland police office said the suspect was arrested in Salzburg state, to the west. The Austrian Press Agency reported that an expert report
Not too long after James Gunn and Peter Safran stepped up to lead DC Studios into the future, they were riffing about Supergirl. The Tom King comic series, “Supergirl: World of Tomorrow” was one of the ideas they were especially excited about, and Gunn had a very specific image in his head.He just didn’t yet know her name.“He goes, ‘you know the young girl from ‘House of the Dragon’? The young queen or princess? That’s how I picture it, like a young punk rock girl who is just totally badass and tough,’” Safran told The Associated Press. “I was like, yeah, that sounds fantastic, and we haven’t seen that before.”Milly Alcock, now 26, had just started to break out playing Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (later portrayed by Emma D’Arcy) in the “Game of Thrones” prequel, when she got a request for a self-tape for the secretive Supergirl project. Alcock had been working in her native Australia since she was a teenager, but her world was suddenly getting bigger very quickly.A few weeks later, she was summoned for a screen test (her first ever). She boarded a 24-hour flight from Sydney to Atlanta and gave it her best shot.“I kind of had
Just months into the pandemic, Matthew Haines, like landlords across the country, learned he was barred from evicting tenants who didn’t pay their rent under a federal eviction moratoriumthat lasted almost a year — costing him and his investors over $1 million. Now, the 57-year-old Texan is hoping to get some relief. Haines is among more than 1,500 property owners who filed a federal lawsuit arguing the moratorium enacted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention violated the Fifth Amendment by unlawfully denying them compensation. Plaintiffs range from those who lost thousands of dollars to one who lost over $14.5 million. After initially losing in the Court of Federal Claims in 2022, the plaintiffs won on appeal and are now in settlement discussions with the Justice Department. Landlords are hoping to recoup as much as $1.5 billion — a fraction of what the industry lost. “It’s important for us to stand up when a group like the CDC unilaterally, functionally, decides that they have a right to oversee our business,” said Haines, who owns three rental communities with 240 units in Arlington and Irving, Texas. “What I hope that we will accomplish and, to some extent, we already have,
The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports.New attacks on the strait, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil normally passes, threatened to deepen the global energy crisis and push the countries into renewed conflict as the war entered its eighth week.A fragile ceasefire is due to run out by Wednesday. Iran said it had received new proposals from the United States, and Pakistani mediators were working to arrange another round of direct negotiations.Iran’s joint military command said “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state ... under strict management and control of the armed forces.” It warned it would continue to block transits while the U.S. blockade remained in effect.Revolutionary Guard gunboats opened fire on a tanker and an unknown projectile hit a container vessel, damaging some containers, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. India’s foreign ministry said it summoned Iran’s ambassador over the “serious incident” of firing on two India-flagged merchant ships, especially after Iran earlier let
World May 3, 2026 11:49 AM EDT CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Two U.S. service members are missing in southwestern Morocco after taking part in annual multinational military exercises in the North African country, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) said Sunday. The service members are U.S. Army soldiers who went missing while on a hike, a U.S. defense official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity as they were not allowed to speak publicly about the issue. READ MORE: Why Gen Z protests are shaking Morocco and how the government has responded "They were not actively taking part in any training. The day's exercises had concluded, and, from our understanding, they were out on a recreational hike," the official said. AFRICOM said the U.S., Morocco and other countries participating in the African Lion exercise have launched a search and rescue operation. "The incident remains under investigation and the search is ongoing," it said in a statement. The incident happened on Saturday at about 9 p.m., the Moroccan military said, near the Cap Draa Training Area near Tan Tan, close to the Atlantic Ocean. The terrain is mountainous, a mix of desert and semidesert plains. The search team includes helicopters,
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Cherie DeVaux spent the week talking a lot about the possibility of becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner as she got ready to be just the 18th to enter a horse in the crown jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown with Golden Tempo. Charging from the back of the pack and down the stretch to win the Derby, Golden Tempo made history for DeVaux, taking her breath away in the process and rendering her nearly speechless. “I don’t even have any words right now,” DeVaux said. “I just can’t.” DeVaux is just the second female trainer to win any Triple Crown race after Jena Antonucci won with Arcangelo in the 2023 Belmont Stakes. She won the Derby in her first opportunity, eight years after starting her own stable. “Being a woman or my gender has never really crossed my mind in this journey of mine,” DeVaux said. “I’m glad I can be a representative of all women everywhere that we can do anything we set our minds to.” During the week, DeVaux shifted from downplaying what it would mean to be the first woman to train a Derby winner to understanding she’s a
There is home-court advantage, and then there is the Angel Reese treatment.In a winner-take-all Game 7 that felt like a messy episode of "Love & Basketball", Detroit Pistons fans turned Little Caesars Arena into a house of psychological warfare.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!The target was Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr.The weapon was his own girlfriend.As the Magic big man stepped to the stripe during Detroit’s 116-94 blowout win, a deafening chant of "AN-GEL RE-ESE" rained from the rafters.The backstory is all soap opera.Before dating Carter Jr., Reese was linked to Pistons star Jalen Duren.The blood boiled over during this series when Angel Reese posted Instagram highlights of Carter Jr. dunking on Duren, captioned: "PLAY THE SONGGGGG."PACERS' GAME 1 HERO'S GIRLFRIEND TAKES SHOT AT KNICKS AFTER PLAYOFF COLLAPSEPistons fans did not forget. And the tactic worked.While Duren played like a man possessed with a 15-point and 15-rebound double-double, Carter Jr. looked rattled. Angel Reese of the Atlanta Dream reacts to a foul against the Washington Mystics in the second quarter of a preseason game at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Ga., on May 3, 2026. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images) Jalen
A few Saturdays ago, my wife and I spent the morning volunteering at a community garden in our San Francisco neighborhood. After a few hours of casual labor, we and the other volunteers dispersed to our respective destinations: tasty brunches, day trips to wine country, art-gallery tours. It was a perfectly normal day, by San Francisco standards.That very same Saturday, in the small Ohio town where I grew up, four people overdosed on heroin. A local police lieutenant coolly summarized the banality of it all: “It’s not all that unusual for a 24-hour period here.” He was right: in Middletown, Ohio, that too is a perfectly normal day.Folks back home speak of heroin like an apocalyptic invader, something that assailed the town mysteriously and without warning. Yet the truth is that heroin crept slowly into Middletown’s families and communities—not by invasion but by invitation.Very few Americans are strangers to addiction. Shortly before I graduated from law school, I learned that my own mother lay comatose in a hospital, the consequence of an apparent heroin overdose. Yet heroin was only her latest drug of choice. Prescription opioids—“hillbilly heroin” some call it, to highlight its special appeal among white working-class folks like
A few Saturdays ago, my wife and I spent the morning volunteering at a community garden in our San Francisco neighborhood. After a few hours of casual labor, we and the other volunteers dispersed to our respective destinations: tasty brunches, day trips to wine country, art-gallery tours. It was a perfectly normal day, by San Francisco standards.That very same Saturday, in the small Ohio town where I grew up, four people overdosed on heroin. A local police lieutenant coolly summarized the banality of it all: “It’s not all that unusual for a 24-hour period here.” He was right: in Middletown, Ohio, that too is a perfectly normal day.Folks back home speak of heroin like an apocalyptic invader, something that assailed the town mysteriously and without warning. Yet the truth is that heroin crept slowly into Middletown’s families and communities—not by invasion but by invitation.Very few Americans are strangers to addiction. Shortly before I graduated from law school, I learned that my own mother lay comatose in a hospital, the consequence of an apparent heroin overdose. Yet heroin was only her latest drug of choice. Prescription opioids—“hillbilly heroin” some call it, to highlight its special appeal among white working-class folks like
Former No. 1 pick Cade Cunningham continues to display why he and the Detroit Pistons are a team that others shouldn't take lightly in this year's postseason.Cunningham and the Pistons were facing consecutive must-win games against the hungry No. 8 seed, the Orlando Magic, and won both. That included an incredible comeback performance in Orlando Friday night, where Cunningham went off for another big scoring performance.He finished with 32 points on 10-23 shooting, but also grabbed three rebounds, dished out three assists, and had four steals plus a block to fill the stat sheet and power his team to victory.And Detroit looked done early on in the game, similar to other Game 6 squads that fell behind by large double-digit leads and never could come back to save their seasons. However, the Pistons overcame a 24-point deficit on the road, forcing a Game 7 in Detroit.More news: Dyson Daniels Calls Out Mitchell Robinson After Hawks-Knicks Scuffle...According to Cunningham's postgame remarks, this win was all about "fight to see another day" and having a "never say die" mentality on the basketball court.He and the Pistons clearly demonstrated that, outrebounding the Magic 52-38, scoring 13 points off Orlando's turnovers, and blocking eight
Iran’s nuclear program is the main reason U.S. President Donald Trump said he had to attack the country on Feb. 28. Resolution of the dispute over that program could help move the two sides beyond a ceasefire and toward a negotiated end to the war.Mr. Trump has vowed for years to deliver a “much better” deal preventing Iran from attaining a bomb than what he calls the “disastrous” one concluded under President Barack Obama more than a decade ago.A comprehensive deal ending the Iran war could be the president’s last best opportunity to make good on his pledge. Why We Wrote This In the absence of renewed U.S.-Iran talks, the combatants are wrangling over the Strait of Hormuz. But the main dispute between the two is still Iran’s nuclear program, and President Donald Trump’s pledge to secure a better deal than did President Barack Obama. The Iran nuclear deal of 2015 – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA – was reached after more than two years of intense, marathon negotiations largely between the United States and Iran, though other signatories to the deal were all the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany.At
Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America’s artificial intelligence economy. Unionized workers are employed on a huge number of massive data center projects and scrambling to recruit new apprentices to feed the explosive demand. They’ve also become an ally of tech giants and tech-friendly government officials, echoing the talking point that the United States is in a critical national security race with China for AI superiority. Unions are a visible force in helping counter fierce opposition in communities and hostile legislation in Congress and legislatures, often aligning with traditional Republican pro-business constituencies and forcing Democrats to choose between them and progressives who want to take a harder line. Unions have aggressively answered complaints about data centers in ways that executives at tech giants and the development firms rarely do, unafraid to bluntly confront concerns about energy and water shortages, rising electric and water bills, or noise and quality-of-life objections. “When people say, you know, ‘data centers are the root of all evil,’ we’re just saying, ‘look, they do create a hell of a lot of construction jobs, which we
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 1, 2026 8:51 pm 1 min read Team Sahaidak/Lott skip Kadriana Sahaidak, right, and third Colton Lott discuss strategy as they play Team Schmiemann/Morris at the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, March 24, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Canada will not compete for its first world curling mixed doubles gold medal this year after a 6-4 loss to Sweden in semifinal action on Friday. The Gimli, Man., team of Kadriana and Colton Lott trailed the Swedes 5-2 after giving up a steal of three in the fifth end.The Canadians scored two in the sixth to cut into Sweden’s lead, but Therese Westman and Robin Ahlberg put the game away with a point in the seventh.“I thought we had a good game and we made lots of good shots,” Kadriana Lott said. “There were just some rocks that we didn’t get on the right side of the inch. They played well, and it was a very good mixed doubles game. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories. “We had some chances and some misses,
Posted May 2, 2026 12:24 pm 2 min read Team Sahaidak/Lott skip Kadriana Sahaidak, left, and third Colton Lott discuss strategy as they play Team Schmiemann/Morris at the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, March 24, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh. JMC GENEVA – Canada’s Kadriana and Colton Lott are world championship medallists. The married duo from Gimli, Man., earned a dominant 11-3 victory over Italy’s Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner on Saturday to win bronze at the world mixed doubles curling championship.The win marked Canada’s first medal at the world championship since 2019. It also marked Colton Lott’s second international medal of the 2025-26 season, after winning silver last month playing third for Team Matt Dunstone at the men’s worlds.“To share this together, to go on world stages to different parts of the world, it’s something we want to continue, and we’ll cherish these moments forever throughout our lives,” said Kadriana Lott, who earned her first career world medal. “Just super proud of us, and I’m happy to have that medal around our necks and happy to be standing at the podium at the end of this week.” Story continues below advertisement Canada, which fell to Sweden
BEIRUT (AP) — Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran after a "catastrophic deterioration" of her health, her foundation said Friday. The Narges Mohammadi Foundation said the Nobel Prize laureate had two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis. READ MORE: Iran sentences Nobel laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison Earlier Friday, Mohammadi had fainted twice in prison in Zanjan in northwestern Iran, according to the foundation. She was believed to have suffered a heart attack in late March, according to her lawyers who visited her a few days after the incident. At the time, she appeared pale, underweight and needed a nurse to help her walk. The hospital transfer comes "after 140 days of systematic medical neglect," since her arrest on Dec. 12, the foundation said. "This transfer was done as an unavoidable necessity after prison doctors determined her condition could not be managed on-site, despite standing medical recommendations that she be treated by her specialized team in Tehran," the foundation said. Help may be little too late, family says Mohammadi's family had advocated for her transfer
News ArticlePublishedMay 02, 2026 at 04:29 PM EDTBy Hollie SilvermanDeputy Weekend EditorPortland police are investigating a deadly early‑morning crash at the Multnomah Athletic Club after a vehicle slammed into the building’s front entrance and caught fire, killing the driver and prompting a large emergency response. Officers and firefighters were called to the scene in the Goose Hollow neighborhood around 2:49 a.m. Saturday, where they found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames inside the doorway of the club at 1849 SW Salmon Street, a press release from the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) said.After firefighters extinguished the fire, responders discovered one person dead inside the vehicle. As investigators examined the wreckage, they found evidence of an explosive device, leading the PPB's Explosive Disposal Unit to secure the area and call in federal partners from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Technicians used specialized equipment to make the scene safe while officers expanded the perimeter and closed nearby streets.Police say it is too early to determine whether the crash was intentional, accidental, or connected to the device found inside the vehicle. Detectives from the PPB's Major Crimes Unit, along with federal investigators, are now working to piece together
Updated May 3, 2026, 7:15 p.m. ETMike Smith, the Hall of Fame jockey, arrived home in Southern California less than 24 hours after riding So Happy in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 2.“I just walked in the door actually,’’ Smith told USA TODAY Sports.There was no boisterous crowd waiting to celebrate.The poignant story of So Happy did not end as Smith and many hoped.There would be no victory for trainer Mark Glatt, who had his first Kentucky Derby horse while mourning the death of his wife in February. There would be no monumental ride for Smith, who at 59 would have become the oldest jockey to win the race.So Happy, who went off as the co-favorite at 5-1 in the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby, started fast before fading and finishing ninth in the 18-horse field.“I thought it was a good trip, man,’’ Smith said of the horse’s race. “I said, we're going a little quick, but he should be good here. And he ran good, man. It was a tough race, but we beat all the California horses and a lot of others."I was proud of him, man. He hung in there tough.’’But the fast start proved
May 3, 2026, 6:29 p.m. ETPat Kelsey and Louisville men's basketball continue to have a strong offseason in preparation for the 2026-27 college basketball season.The latest addition to the Cardinals comes from the high school ranks, as they landed five-star recruit Obinna Ekezie Jr., the No. 4 national prospect in the 2027 recruiting class according to 247Sports Composite rankings.He announced his commitment and re-classification to the Cardinals' 2026 recruiting class on Sunday on Instagram.The Cardinals won the recruiting Ekezie sweepstakes against Arkansas, BYU, Kentucky and Maryland, according to the Louisville Courier Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network. His dad, Obinna Ekezie Sr., played in the NBA for four seasons."I have chosen to commit to (the) University of Louisville as I feel it's the best situation to develop, showcase my game and strive to win a national championship," Ekezie told ESPN's Jeff Borzello and Paul Biancardi on why he chose Louisville. "Coach Kelsey separated himself with his detailed plan for my development, specifically being able to play and develop at both the 4 and 5. His excellent staff was completely bought in to helping me reach my goals. But honestly, what put it over the top was the visit. Louisville
The San Diego Padres have reached an agreement to sell control of the team to an investor group led by Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano.The family of late owner Peter Seidler formally announced the deal Saturday. The sale must still be approved by Major League Baseball.The deal with private equity billionaire Feliciano and his wife took shape last month at an MLB-record valuation of $3.9 billion. The Padres' announcement of the deal didn't give specifics on the members of the investor group or the purchase price.“The Padres are more than a baseball team; they are a unifying force in San Diego, rooted in community, connection and belonging,” Jones and Feliciano said in a joint statement. “As life and business partners, and as a family, we are honored to lead this next chapter together. We have worked hard for everything we have achieved, and we have built it together. We see that same spirit in this team and its fans, and we know what it takes to win. We are committed to showing up, listening and earning the trust of this community while building on the strong foundation established by the Seidler family.“This is about more than baseball — it’s
RIO DE JANEIRO — Colombian superstar Shakira will give a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night in an event that Rio officials say will draw approximately 2 million people to one of the world’s most iconic waterfronts. The performance follows similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year, also attended by huge crowds that danced on the sprawling sands. It is part of Shakira’s “ Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran ” (“Women No Longer Cry”) world tour, named after her 2024 album. The Latina pop star said in an interview with Brazil’s TV Globo that she expects the Copacabana concert to be the biggest of her career. “For me it’s a dream. I always dreamed of singing on this beach, because I think it’s a magical place,” she said in Portuguese, adding that she learned the language before English. Brazil was one of the first countries where Shakira became successful back in the 1990s, thanks to her charisma and the connection she created with the Brazilian public, according to Felipe Maia, an ethnomusicologist who is pursuing a doctoral degree on popular music and digital technologies at Paris Nanterre University. Her historical
May 3, 2026, 4:51 p.m. ET"Full House" alumna Jodie Sweetin is setting the record straight on the "normal" life she lives, despite being a child star.The 44-year-old actress revealed in the April 21 episode of "The McBride Rewind" podcast that she received "a one-cent check the other day," her royalties from starring as middle child Stephanie Tanner during the show's eight-year run. Sweetin reprised her character in the 2016 to 2020 Netflix reboot, "Fuller House.""There's no syndication anymore because it's all in streaming," she noted. "Who gets paid for that? Nobody gets paid for that."TV actors receive residuals when the program is used beyond what is "covered by initial compensation": when it re-airs, comes out on video/DVD and is broadcast in syndication, according to SAG-AFTRA, the labor union covering screen and radio performers.Many actors rely on residuals to supplement their income until their next job arrives, but in the streaming era, those payments have plummeted, SAG-AFTRA has said."Sure, [in] my 20s, there would be money, but not reliable," Sweetin said. "You don't know how much it's going to be or how often they're going to run the show. So sometimes you're like, 'Oh, cool. That was nice.' Then sometimes you're
May 3, 2026, 5:19 p.m. ETLuka Doncic is still building towards a return, but it won't come in time for Game 1.The Los Angeles Lakers will be without Doncic for the start of their second-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reported on "Inside the NBA" on Sunday.Charania reports the Lakers are evaluating Doncic on a week-to-week basis and is currently on a "slow path" in his recovery from a Grade 2 hamstring strain that has kept him sidelined for the past month.Doncic returned to the practice floor during the Lakers' first round series, but has yet to progress to 3-on-3 or 5-on-5."He's doing more and more on the court," Charania reported. "But right now, still not full-fledged running or full-contact workouts."Doncic has missed 11 games since straining his left hamstring against Oklahoma City on April 2. The Lakers have gone 7-4 in that span but ran out to a 3-0 lead in the first round of the playoffs against the Houston Rockets, winning the series in six games.The odds are stacked against LA yet again with a matchup against the defending NBA champion Thunder, who won a league-best 64 games in
An Israeli court on Sunday extended for two days the detention of two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla, who were brought to Israel for questioning, a rights group representing them said. An Israeli court on Sunday extended for two days the detention of two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla, who were brought to Israel for questioning, a rights group representing them said. The flotilla of more than 50 vessels had set sail from France, Spain and Italy to break Israel's blockade of Gaza and bring supplies to the devastated Palestinian territory. They were intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off Greece early on Thursday, with Israel saying it had removed some 175 activists -- two of whom were taken to Israel for questioning. Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila appeared before a court in the southern city of Ashkelon on Sunday. AFP footage showed the pair being escorted into the courtroom, with Avila walking with his hands behind his back and Abu Keshek's feet in shackles. "The court extended their detention by two days," Miriam Azem, international advocacy coordinator at the rights group Adalah, told AFP. Read moreTwo foreign activists seized from Gaza aid