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Verstappen wins again. This time he takes first Formula 1 sprint race of the season 04/20/2024 12:40am • SHANGHAI (AP) ��� Max Verstappen, continuing his dominance in Formula 1, took Saturday's first sprint race of the season ��� the prelude to the full-blown Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes on the ninth of 19 laps and stretched out his lead to win by 13 second Panama Papers trial's public portion comes to an unexpectedly speedy end 04/19/2024 11:22pm • PANAMA CITY (AP) ��� The public portion of a trial of more than two-dozen associates accused of helping some of the world���s richest people hide their wealth came to an unexpectedly speedy conclusion Friday when a Panamanian judge said she would take the two weeks of trial arguments and testimony u Cam Booser walked away from baseball in 2017 and became a carpenter. Now he's in the major leagues 04/19/2024 10:09pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Cam Booser thought he was done with baseball seven years ago. Turns out, baseball wasn't done with him. The left-handed pitcher walked away from the game in 2017, discouraged by a string of injuries from Tommy John surgery to a broken back sustained when he was hit by a car while Mario Andretti offended by F1 rejection. 'If they want blood, well, I���m ready,' says 1978 champ 04/19/2024 09:38pm • LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) ��� Mario Andretti said Friday he was deeply offended by the language Formula One Management used in denying his family and General Motors the opportunity to join the global motorsports series. The 1978 Formula 1 world champion posted on social media he was ���devastated��� BNSF Railway says it didn't know about asbestos that's killed hundreds in Montana town 04/19/2024 08:10pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) ��� BNSF Railway attorneys told a Montana jury Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. Attorneys for the c What we know about the shooting of an Uber driver in Ohio and the scam surrounding it 04/19/2024 07:47pm • It was a common scam that ended with an uncommon outcome, tragically in an Ohio driveway. William J. Brock fatally shot an Uber driver because he wrongly assumed she was part of a scheme to extract $12,000 in supposed bond money for a relative, authorities said this week. Lo-Letha Hall was a victim Wesley Bryan has a big finish to restore lead at Puntacana on the PGA Tour 04/19/2024 07:33pm • PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) ��� Wesley Bryan went from comfortably leading at the start to needing a big finish at the end Friday in the Corales Puntacana Championship, and he got every bit of that for a 6-under 66 to move back in front of Justin Lower. Bryan was tied for the lead in the mor Mexico's president is getting a little sloppy in the rush to finish projects before his term ends 04/19/2024 07:32pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s president is in a rush to finish the big legislative and building projects he promised before his term ends in September, and experts say officials are getting a bit sloppy amid all the haste. This week, legislators from the governing Morena party mistakenly submitte F2 champion Pourchaire to make IndyCar debut as Malukas' injury keeps McLaren driver on sidelines 04/19/2024 07:25pm • LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) ��� Reigning Formula 2 champion Theo Pourchaire will make his IndyCar debut on the streets of Long Beach with Arrow McLaren as the 20-year-old Frenchman becomes the latest replacement for injured driver David Malukas. Pourchaire said Friday that he was initially contacted abo Here���s how Phish is using the Sphere's technology to give fans something completely different 04/19/2024 06:38pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Phish opened its four-night stay at the Sphere Thursday with a four-hour show that used the advanced technology in the $2.3 billion arena to deliver a show that even the band's most ardent fans have never experienced before. ���We came in really wanting to do a show that was a gre Ex-Philadelphia police officer pleads guilty in shooting death of 12-year-old boy 04/19/2024 06:32pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� A fired Philadelphia police officer pleaded guilty Friday to murder in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy, who prosecutors have said was on the ground and unarmed when the officer fired the fatal shot. Edsaul Mendoza also pleaded guilty to possession of an instrument of Michael Porter Jr.'s younger brother, Coban, sentenced to 6 years in prison for fatal DUI crash 04/19/2024 05:15pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Former University of Denver basketball player Coban Porter, the younger brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for killing a 42-year-old woman in a drunken driving crash last year. Denver District Court Judge Ericka Englert told A convicted rapist is charged with murder in the killing of a Connecticut visiting nurse 04/19/2024 05:04pm • A convicted rapist was charged with murder and attempted sexual assault Friday in the killing of a visiting nurse at a Connecticut halfway house for sex offenders in October ��� a crime that spurred calls for better safety measures for home health care workers. Authorities added the charges against Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom 04/19/2024 04:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to check her in. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, The EPA is again allowing summer sales of higher ethanol gasoline blend, citing global conflicts 04/19/2024 03:31pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� The Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way Friday for a higher blend of ethanol to be sold nationwide for the third summer in a row, citing global conflicts that it says are putting pressure on the world's fuel supply. The agency announced an emergency waiver that will