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Today in Sports - The Boston Marathon is canceled for the first time in history due to coronavirus 05/27/2023 10:00am • May 28 1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S. 1904 — Bryn Mawr, ridden by Eugene Hildebrand, wins the Preakness Stakes by one length over Wotan. 1946 — The Washington Senators beat New York 2-1 in the first night ga Today in History: May 27, Queen Mary's maiden voyage 05/27/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, May 27, the 147th day of 2023. There are 218 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 27, 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, unanimously struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act, a key compone Fernando Alonso out to end 10-year F1 drought with victory in Monaco 05/26/2023 12:54pm • MONACO (AP) — Ten years after last winning a Formula One race, Fernando Alonso fancies his chances of victory in the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday. The 41-year-old Spanish driver has four third-place finishes in five races with Aston Martin this season. “I will attack more than any other weekend,â UK's Treasury chief accepts that recession may be necessary to get inflation down 05/26/2023 09:49am • LONDON (AP) — Britain's Treasury chief said he would be prepared to see the U.K. economy slip back into recession if further interest rate hikes are necessary to bring down inflation. With the Bank of England expected to keep raising rates following higher-than-anticipated inflation figures this w Flight cancellations, strikes raise fears of new summer travel chaos in Europe 05/26/2023 08:36am • LONDON (AP) — British Airways canceled dozens of flights Friday, blaming computer problems for disrupting plans for thousands of passengers at the start of a busy holiday weekend — a rocky kickoff to the summer travel season in Europe. The technical glitches and strikes by airport staff across E Spanish Socialists under pressure in key regional elections 05/26/2023 07:33am • MADRID (AP) — Spain goes to the polls on Sunday for local and regional elections seen as a bellwether for a national vote in December, with the conservative Popular Party steadily gaining ground on the ruling Socialists in key regions. Spain's 17 regional governments, plus two autonomous cities, h US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms 05/26/2023 02:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — About 10% of people appear to suffer long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study of nearly 10,000 Americans that aims to help unravel the mysterious condition. Early findings from the National Institutes of Healthâ Anniversary of George Floyd's killing: Changes were made, but short of 'reckoning' on racial justice 05/25/2023 10:16pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, and the fervent protests that erupted around the world, looked to many observers like the catalyst needed for a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing. For more than nine minutes, a white officer pressed his knee How Long Does It Take to Build Credit? 05/25/2023 08:00pm • How fast can you improve your credit score? If you need to borrow money but have poor credit -- or no credit score at all -- it can feel like an eternity before the number is acceptable to lenders. Still, with positive changes in your credit managing habits, you can see credit score improvements occ COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use 05/25/2023 01:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer received full approval on Thursday for its COVID-19 pill Paxlovid that's been the go-to treatment against the coronavirus. More than 11 million prescriptions for Paxlovid have been dispensed since the Food and Drug Administration allowed emergency use in late 2021. The eme War and economy push immigration to Britain to record high in 2022 05/25/2023 11:08am • LONDON (AP) — The number of people moving to Britain reached a record high of more than 600,000 in 2022, government figures showed Thursday, sparking renewed debate about the scale of immigration and its impact on the U.K. Net migration – the difference between the number of people arriving and Today in Sports - Week Ahead, May 26 - June 1 05/25/2023 10:05am • May 26 1925 — In Detroit’s 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox, Ty Cobb becomes the first to collect 1,000 career extra-base hits. He finished his career with 1,139. 1959 — Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches 12 perfect innings before losing to the Milwaukee Braves, 1-0 in the 13th Lawyer for Russian tennis player suspected of match-fixing says she has been cleared 05/25/2023 05:47am • A Russian tennis player arrested on suspicion of match-fixing during the 2021 French Open has been cleared of charges by the Paris prosecutor's office, her lawyer said Thursday, adding that she would compete at this year's clay-court Grand Slam. Frédéric Bélot said in a message to The Associated Cambodian union chief who led long-running casino strike gets 2-year prison sentence 05/25/2023 04:44am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A labor union leader who led a long-running strike against Cambodia’s biggest casino was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for incitement to commit a felony, while eight fellow union members received lesser terms that do not include time behind bars. Chhim Sit Friends to foes: How Trump and DeSantis' relationship has deteriorated over the years 05/25/2023 12:24am • MIAMI (AP) — It wasn't always this way. Before Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis were leading rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, they were allies. Trump gave DeSantis' gubernatorial bid an early boost by tweeting his support even before DeSantis formally entered the race. In his 2