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Salvador Perez homers, Bobby Witt Jr. scores 4 times as Royals beat Mets 11-7 04/13/2024 06:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Salvador Perez hit his milestone 250th homer and Bobby Witt Jr. scored four times to lead the Kansas City Royals to an 11-7 win over the New York Mets on Saturday. Perez, who won the 2015 World Series MVP when Kansas City beat the Mets in five games, laced a two-run single in the s Tips to keep your information safe, as DC police warn of credit card skimming devices 04/13/2024 12:04pm • D.C. police are warning residents about a spike in credit card readers used to steal information, otherwise known as skimmers, at retailers in the area. Credit card skimming devices have been located by employees and removed from five establishments across the District from March 25 through Apri Far fewer young Americans now want to study in China. Both countries are trying to fix that 04/13/2024 11:37am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Garrett, a 27-year-old graduate student, always thought he would study in China, but the country’s restrictive COVID-19 policies made it nearly impossible and now he sees interest among fellow scholars wane even after China reopened. Common concerns, he said, include re 'I don't take it for granted': DC native Rajah Caruth makes his mark in NASCAR’s Truck Series 04/13/2024 07:53am • Rajah Caruth is not your average 21-year-old. On a normal day, he wakes up early in the morning and hits the gym, and before he can think about his classes at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, the D.C. native heads to the car shop for a different kind of study hall: learning to impro Tennessee Vols wrap up spring practice with Nico Iamaleava finally under center 04/13/2024 06:00am • The Nico Iamaleava era finally has arrived at Tennessee. Sure, the No. 2 quarterback in the 2023 recruiting class debuted in the Vols' rout of Iowa in the Citrus Bowl. Now the quarterback caps Tennessee's spring practice Saturday giving fans a glimpse of how much he's grown before the Vols' season o Ohtani hits 175th home run in Major League Baseball, tying Matsui for most by a Japanese-born player 04/13/2024 03:04am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani's 175th home run in the majors was not only a milestone, it was record-tying. Ohtani equaled Hideki Matsui for the most homers by a Japanese-born player with a solo shot during the first inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers' game against the San Diego Padres on Friday Kuzmenko scores hat trick, leads Calgary to a 6-3 victory over Anaheim in Silfverberg's home finale 04/13/2024 01:46am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Andrei Kuzmenko scored three goals, Nazem Kadri had a goal and two assists, and the Calgary Flames withstood Anaheim's third-period rally for a 6-3 victory over the Ducks on Friday night. Kuzmenko got his second career hat trick with two goals in the final 5:38 after Anaheim Knicks top Nets 111-107, earn home-court advantage in 1st round of playoffs and stay alive for No. 2 04/12/2024 10:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks will be at Madison Square Garden to begin the first round of the playoffs. They could even be on their home court again to start the second round. Jalen Brunson had 30 points and 11 assists after a slow start, OG Anunoby scored all of his 15 points in the third Jury convicts former DEA agent of obstruction but fails to reach verdict on Buffalo bribery charges 04/12/2024 07:35pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents. But jurors acquitted Joseph Bongiovanni of a charge that he improperly wiped his DEA cellphone and failed to reach a verdict on a dozen Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users 04/12/2024 06:30pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people's search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content. Google announced the move in Monday's tax day. Here's what last-minute filers should keep in mind 04/12/2024 03:23pm • Millions of Americans are planning on asking Uncle Sam for extra time to file their taxes. The IRS estimates about 19 million taxpayers will take that option. For those who were banking on getting professional, no-cost or low-cost tax preparation done, Rob Bader, director of tax operations for Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here's what's happening in other states 04/12/2024 02:59pm • Developments this week in Arizona underscored something that was already apparent about the 2024 elections in the United States: Abortion is going to loom large as an issue in state and federal elections — including the presidential race — and directly in the form of referendums in some states. Bryson DeChambeau puts on a Masters clinic and takes a 1-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler 04/11/2024 11:01pm • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau was the mad scientist who calculated barometric pressure and the decay of spin rate in altitude when trying to figure out how to best play the game. Then he became the incredible bulk, adding 40 pounds of muscle and mass with a diet of some 3,500 calories a da 9 red flags that could trigger an audit 04/11/2024 08:00pm • An audit occurs when the IRS chooses to review a taxpayer's accounts and financial information to ensure they reported all required income and followed all tax laws. According to a 2023 report from Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, the IRS audited 3.8 out of every Surprise: There another tax deadline on April 15 04/11/2024 08:00pm • If you have income from self-employment, gig economy work, investments or retirement plan withdrawals, you need to know about another tax deadline on April 15, 2024: the due date for first quarter estimated tax payments. If you work and don't have income taxes automatically withheld from your pay