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Caitlin Clark and the WNBA are getting a lot of attention. It's about far more than basketball 06/19/2024 04:03am • NEW YORK (AP) — Oh, you thought going to a WNBA basketball game might be an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days? Ha, good one. Some of the atmosphere in the public and media that has swirled around the professional women's league since the seas Ben Rice has the scoop for his major league debut with Yankees 06/19/2024 12:52am • NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Rice was ready with the scoop for his major league debut. After running to first base Tuesday night, the 25-year-old turned to the Bleacher Creatures during his first Yankee Stadium Roll Call. He rotated his right hand a half-dozen times over his glove as if eating, well, ri Luke Whitlock delivers on Olympic dream by teaming up with Bobby Finke on U.S. distance swim team 06/18/2024 11:16pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three years ago, Luke Whitlock watched the Tokyo Olympics and dreamed of the day he could compete on the American team. Now he's being mentioned in the same sentences as Michael Phelps. The 18-year-old soon-to-be college freshman at Florida became the youngest male swimmer to q 'We need to do everything and anything that we can': Bill proposed in Montgomery Co. would give kids $1,800 at birth 06/18/2024 09:15pm • A so-called "baby bonds" bill is being considered in Montgomery County, in which $1,800 would be invested for every child born in the Maryland county. The Child Investment Fund would be overseen by an 13-member committee, and the funds would be available for applicants once they reach age 18. California man charged with killing gay college student takes the stand 06/18/2024 08:43pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man charged with killing a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an alleged hate crime six years ago testified Tuesday about how the two men connected on social media and went to a park. It was the last time the victim was seen. Samuel Woodward, 26, took t The shooter who killed 5 at a Colorado LGBTQ+ club pleads guilty to 50 federal hate crimes 06/18/2024 08:35pm • DENVER (AP) — The shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an LGBTQ+ club that was a refuge in the conservative city of Colorado Springs pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison on Tuesday, but once again declined to apologize or say anythin Connor Hults halts North Carolina comeback bid to help Seminoles advance with 9-5 win at CWS 06/18/2024 06:58pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Connor Hults felt a whole lot better walking off the mound at the end of the game Tuesday than he did three days earlier. Hults pitched 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief to thwart North Carolina's comeback bid, and Jaxson West and Max Williams hit back-to-back homers in the ninth For years, crumbs of cannabis impacted a Maryland man's life. Now he sees a clearer future 06/18/2024 06:44pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — For years, a few crumbs of cannabis played an outsized role in shaping Shiloh Jordan’s life. With a stroke of a pen by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Jordan looks forward to that being in the past for him — as well as tens of thousands of other Marylanders who have been pardoned for NCAA College World Series Glance 06/18/2024 06:00pm • At Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, Neb. All Times EDT (Double Elimination; x-if necessary) Friday, June 14 Game 1 -- North Carolina 3, Virginia 2 Game 2 -- Tennessee 12, Florida St. 11 Saturday, June 15 Game 3 -- Kentucky 5, NC State 4, 10 innings Game 4 -- Texas A&M 3, Florida 2 Sunday, June Noam Chomsky's wife says reports of famed linguist's death are false 06/18/2024 05:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Noam Chomsky's wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports Tuesday that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue. “No, it is false,” she wrote Tuesday in response to an emailed query from The Associated Press. Noam Chomsky, 95, had been hospitalized in Brazil whil Kentucky-Florida game at CWS is postponed until Wednesday amid forecast of storms 06/18/2024 04:07pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The College World Series elimination game between Kentucky and Florida scheduled for Tuesday night was postponed until Wednesday because of inclement weather forecast for the Omaha area. The Wildcats and Gators will meet at 10 a.m. at Charles Schwab Field. The winner of the Flor For Dominicans, Celtics star Al Horford is a national treasure after NBA championship victory 06/18/2024 03:57pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Al Horford is being celebrated in the Dominican Republic after the Boston Celtics center became the first player from the country to win an NBA title on Monday. Horford — whose full name is Alfred Joel Horford Reynoso — has been congratulated by the president of t Teen sentenced after pleading guilty to 2022 shooting near Chicago high school that killed 2 teens 06/18/2024 02:53pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A teenager who pleaded guilty to a 2022 shooting near a Chicago high school that killed two teens and wounded two others has been sentenced to more than four decades in prison. A Cook County judge sentenced Christian Acevedo, 18, after he pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of murde Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida's investigation has destroyed her daughter's life 06/18/2024 02:46pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her transgender daughter to play girls high school volleyball assailed those who outed her child, saying Tuesday that the ensuing investigation destroyed the girl's life. Jessica Norton said her dau Lions sign Jake Bates, United Football League kicker who hit 3 FGs of at least 60 yards this season 06/18/2024 01:58pm • ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have signed all-United Football League kicker Jake Bates, who made three field goals from at least 60 yards for the Michigan Panthers this past season. Detroit announced the move Tuesday, adding depth at a position with veteran Michael Badgley. Undrafted