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Pirates' Paul Skenes hits triple digits 17 times, strikes out 7 in big league debut vs. Cubs 05/11/2024 11:11pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes' stuff was as electric as advertised. A fastball that reached at least 100 mph 17 times. A slider that left major leaguers shaking their heads. An invention called a “splinker” that is a hybrid of a splitter and a sinker and dips and dives unlike any pitch anywher Small pro-Palestinian protests held Saturday as college commencements are held 05/11/2024 11:11pm • Small pro-Palestinian protests popped up sporadically Saturday as colleges and universities from North Carolina to California held commencement ceremonies, including dozens of graduating students at Virginia Commonwealth University who walked out on an address by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. While some of t Bo Nix gives Sean Payton fresh fodder for praise with array of impressive passes at Broncos minicamp 05/11/2024 08:07pm • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Through poise, patience, pinpoint passing and plenty of zing on his throws, Bo Nix gave Sean Payton fresh fodder to praise his first-round draft pick at the Denver Broncos' rookie minicamp on Saturday. “It’s almost like watching a good golfer,” said Payton, who also w Former Florida Gov. and US Sen. Bob Graham remembered for his civility at memorial service 05/11/2024 05:40pm • MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (AP) — Family and friends remembered former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham on Saturday as a politician who usually avoided rancor, enjoyed meeting regular Floridians and always behaved civilly, even behind closed doors. About 200 people gathered for a memorial service at Spurs present Victor Wembanyama with Rookie of the Year trophy at San Antonio College planetarium 05/11/2024 05:16pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs presented Victor Wembanyama with the NBA Rookie of the Year trophy on Saturday at the planetarium on the campus of San Antonio College — an appropriate venue, perhaps, for a player nicknamed “The Alien.” The 7-foot-3 center from France was a unanimous Patriots’ No. 3 draft pick Drake Maye wraps up first taste of NFL workouts at rookie minicamp 05/11/2024 05:07pm • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England quarterback Drake Maye’s day at rookie minicamp wasn’t done, not by a long shot. The No. 3 overall pick in the NFL draft was just getting started after wrapping up practice on Saturday. After all, Patriots coach Jerod Mayo said Maye had been at the team fac Jill Biden tells Arizona college graduates to tune out people who tell them what they 'can't' do 05/11/2024 05:02pm • Jill Biden on Saturday told Arizona community college graduates to tune out the people who like to tell them what they can't do. The first lady shared with graduates of Mesa Community College how her high school guidance counselor told her she wasn't college material and shouldn't waste her time go Joe Biden wants to remind 2024 voters of a record and an agenda. Often it's Donald Trump's 05/11/2024 04:48pm • SEATTLE (AP) — President Joe Biden is running for reelection on a record and an agenda -- often Donald Trump’s. In a hotel ballroom in Seattle, at fancy homes in California and at stops in Illinois and Wisconsin over the past week, Biden has been betting that reminding voters about Trump's presi A'ja Wilson and Nike announce the Las Vegas Aces star is getting a signature shoe 05/11/2024 04:11pm • By The Associated Press (AP) — Two-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson is getting a Nike signature shoe. The deal was announced Saturday as the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces prepared to play a preseason exhibition against the Puerto Rican national team at South Carolina, where Wilson starred What's the history of 'outside agitators'? Here's what to know about the label and campus protests 05/11/2024 02:11pm • Historically, when students at American universities and colleges protest — from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter — there's a common refrain that “outside agitators” are to blame. College administrators and elected officials have often pointed to community members joining prot Sports on TV for Sunday, May 12 05/11/2024 10:00am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, May 12 AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. TRUTV — FIM MotoGP: The Michelin Grand Prix de France, Le Mans, France 3 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: The Goodyear 400, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C. NBC — IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Ch Korda shoots 66 to keep bid alive for 6th straight LPGA Tour win. She trails Zhang, Sagstrom by 4 05/11/2024 08:33am • CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Nelly Korda has no intention of letting anyone run away with the Cognizant Founders Cup and end her bid to become the first player to win six straight LPGA Tour tournaments. Hear that Rose Zhang and Madelene Sagstrom. Faced with a 10-stroke deficit starting her second round Fr U.Md. class of 2024 hosts 'prom we never had' to make up for pandemic year 05/11/2024 12:07am • A global pandemic robbed them of their senior proms. Now that they're seniors again, University of Maryland students thought it's time they get their moment. "We didn't have graduation, we didn't have prom, we didn't have a lot of things. So we kind of wanted to backtrack and give students the op Sean 'Diddy' Combs asks judge to dismiss 'false' claim that he, others raped 17-year-old girl 05/10/2024 11:04pm • Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two co-defendants raped a 17-year-old girl in a New York recording studio in 2003, saying it was a “false and hideous claim" that was filed too late under the law. The legal move is the latest piece o WWII soldiers posthumously receive Purple Heart medals 79 years after fatal plane crash 05/10/2024 10:56pm • PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final days of th