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Drury, Noesen help Hurricanes beat Islanders 6-3 to clinch NHL playoff 1st-round series in 5 games 05/01/2024 02:33am • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — This time, the Carolina Hurricanes didn't miss their chance to close out the New York Islanders on home ice. Jack Drury scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Stefan Noesen cleaned up a fluky puck bounce off the boards for another one 8 seconds later as the Car Rojas and Castellanos homer in the 9th, leading the Phillies to a 7-5 comeback win over the Angels 05/01/2024 01:23am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Johan Rojas hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning moments after Nick Castellanos' tying shot, sending the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night. Trailing 5-4 with one out and nobody on base in the ninth, the Phillie Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall St tumble. Most markets in the region close for holiday 05/01/2024 01:18am • HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks fell Wednesday with most of the markets in the region closed for a holiday. Meanwhile, U.S. stocks closed out their worst month since September. Oil prices were lower and U.S. futures were mixed. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.8%, down to 38,089.09 in early tradin Study says El Nino, not climate change, was key driver of low rainfall that snarled Panama Canal 05/01/2024 01:14am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The climate phenomenon known as El Nino — and not climate change — was a key driver in low rainfall that disrupted shipping at the Panama Canal last year, scientists said Wednesday. A team of international scientists found that El Nino — a natural warming of the central Pa Brewers call up hot-hitting Tyler Black in effort to help struggling offense 05/01/2024 12:13am • MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers called up infielder Tyler Black on Tuesday, adding the hot-hitting 23-year-old to an already young and inexperienced lineup. Black was called up from Triple-A Nashville ahead of the Brewers game against the Tampa Bay Rays in an effort to add some punch to a s Haiti's transitional council names a new prime minister in the hopes of quelling stifling violence 04/30/2024 11:56pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s newly installed transitional council chose a little known former sports minister as the Caribbean country’s prime minister Tuesday as part of its monumental task of trying to establish a stable new government amid stifling violence. Fritz Bélizaire was cho Rangers' Max Scherzer scratched from 2nd scheduled rehab start because of sore thumb 04/30/2024 11:43pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers right-hander Max Scherzer was scratched from his second scheduled rehab start Tuesday because of thumb soreness. The soreness is similar to what Scherzer experienced last year before being sidelined for the end of the regular season and the start of the playof Knies scores in overtime, Matthews-less Maple Leafs avoid elimination with 2-1 win over Bruins 04/30/2024 11:15pm • BOSTON (AP) — Toronto didn't have its biggest scoring threat on the ice for a must-win matchup with Boston. But the Maple Leafs did just enough to put the Bruins' latest playoff lead in jeopardy. Matthew Knies scored less than three minutes into overtime off a feed from John Tavares and Toronto b Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election 04/30/2024 10:18pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s main opposition coalition said Tuesday it won’t take part in the North African country’s upcoming presidential election unless President Kais Saied’s political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored. More than 20 political opponents have b 5 takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution 04/30/2024 09:06pm • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they have in three prior meetings. Coming into Ottawa, many feared the effort would stall to craft the first legally binding treaty on plastics pollution, The Latest | Blinken says Israel will open a major aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza 04/30/2024 08:49pm • Israel plans on opening a major humanitarian aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza, said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday. Israel's war against Hamas has flattened huge swaths of Gaza's north, and famine is imminent for the hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain. Blinken How Columbia University's complex history with the student protest movement echoes into today 04/30/2024 08:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — College students taking up space and making demands for change. University administrators facing pressure to get things back under control. Police brought in to make arrests. At other schools: students taking note, and sometimes taking action. Columbia University, 2024. And Columbi What's causing the catastrophic rainfall in Kenya? 04/30/2024 08:32pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The torrential rains and deadly floods that have hit Kenya since March have been some of the most catastrophic in the country in recent years. At least 169 people have died due to the heavy rains, with at least 91 missing, according to the latest government figures. In the mo Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months for allowing money laundering 04/30/2024 08:24pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced Tuesday to four months in prison for looking the other way as criminals used the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism. U.S. District Judge Richard A. Campaign to build new California city submits signatures to get on November ballot 04/30/2024 08:02pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A wealthy Silicon Valley-backed campaign to build a green city for up to 400,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area has submitted what it says are enough signatures to qualify the initiative for the November election. The campaign submitted more than 20,000 signatures but w