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Francisco Lindor hits home run, snaps skid as Mets beat Reds 3-1 04/07/2024 05:30pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Francisco Lindor hit a home run and ended an 0-for-24 skid as the New York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 on Sunday. Lindor was 1 for 31 this season coming into the game. It was the third-longest hitless streak of his career, but Lindor felt like a breakthrough was coming. “ PHOTOS: Runners take on the 51st annual Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Race in DC 04/07/2024 03:38pm • toggle audio on and off change volume WTOP Book Report: Writing for 'The Girls': TV trailblazer Stan Zimmerman discusses iconic career 04/07/2024 12:56pm • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series written by Terik King. Read more of that coverage. Television aficionados and fans of iconic sitcoms have much to feast upon in "The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore" (Indigo River), the new memoir from renowned television writer/prod DC day care owner honored for evacuating 16 kids ahead of gas explosion 04/07/2024 12:45pm • A Southeast D.C. day care operator was honored Saturday for helping save the lives of 16 children at the Baby Einstein Child Development Center in January. There were 16 children inside the center on Marion Barry Avenue, in the heart of Anacostia, when the day care center's owner and director Reg 2 women who say abortion restrictions put them in medical peril feel compelled to campaign for Biden 04/07/2024 10:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas woman who went into premature labor, developed sepsis and nearly died and a Louisiana woman who said restrictive abortion laws prevented her from getting medical help for a miscarriage are now campaigning for President Joe Biden as the Democrat highlights how women's heal New Zealand teams win men's and women's titles at the Hong Kong Sevens 04/07/2024 08:24am • HONG KONG (AP) — New Zealand won the men’s and women’s titles at the Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday to cap off a tournament that sets a scene for rugby at the Paris Olympics. The All Blacks Sevens scored the first two tries in a 10-7 win over France in the men’s final to successfully defend the A Dubai company’s staggering land deals in Africa raise fears about risks to Indigenous livelihoods 04/07/2024 03:03am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Matthew Walley's eyes sweep over the large forest that has sustained his Indigenous community in Liberia for generations. Even as the morning sun casts a golden hue over the canopy, a sense of unease lingers. Their use of the land is being threatened, and they have organized Alabama falls to the UConn machine in the Final Four, but the Tide certainly made it fun for a while 04/07/2024 12:40am • GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Alabama's Grant Nelson drove the lane before winding up and throwing down a poster-worthy dunk over 7-foot-2 Donovan Clingan in the second half, defying conventional wisdom by challenging the big man at the rim. No, the Crimson Tide weren't good enough to beat mighty UConn o UConn's bid for repeat title has reached its final challenge: Purdue and star Zach Edey 04/07/2024 12:33am • GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — UConn has blown through the NCAA Tournament again to reach college basketball's final night, this time with a chance to claim the first repeat championship in 17 years. The final test is facing a Purdue team that spent an entire season proving it had recovered from one of th Murray's return sparks Nuggets to 142-110 win over Hawks as Denver moves into first place in West 04/07/2024 12:29am • DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray 's return rippled through Denver's roster in a rout of the Atlanta Hawks that left coach Michael Malone in a great mood and the Nuggets in sole possession of first place in the tight Western Conference playoff race. Murray returned from a strained right knee after missin Varlamov has season-high 41 saves for third shutout of season as Isles beat Predators 04/06/2024 11:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Semyon Varlamov had a season-high 41 saves for his third shutout of the season, and the New York Islanders beat the Nashville Predators 2-0 Saturday night, getting a crucial win in their playoff push. Noah Dobson and Kyle Palmieri scored as the Islanders won their fourth straight Riley, Braves fight back from early 6-run deficit to beat Diamondbacks 9-8 04/06/2024 10:46pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Riley had three hits, the last an eighth-inning single that drove in the go-ahead run, and the Atlanta Braves overcame a six-run, first-inning deficit to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-8 on Saturday night. The Diamondbacks failed to hold a 6-0 lead after they blew a 5-2 adva Oneil Cruz's RBI single in 11th inning lifts Pirates to 5-4 win over Orioles 04/06/2024 08:47pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz singled home the winning run in the 11th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. Cruz drove in automatic runner Henry Davis from second base. Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins temporarily kept the game tied whe Defending champ Tiafoe, top-seeded Shelton advance to U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship final 04/06/2024 07:26pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Defending champion Frances Tiafoe and top-seeded Ben Shelton will play for the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship title after winning semifinal matches on Saturday. Tiafoe, ranked 21st, defeated Luciano Darderi 6-2, 7-6 (2) and looks to become the event's first repeat champion sinc Blackhawks cool off surging Stars 3-2 behind Mrazek, Bedard 04/06/2024 07:22pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Connor Bedard, Andreas Athanasiou and Seth Jones scored in the second period, and the Chicago Blackhawks stopped Dallas' franchise-record win streak at eight games with a 3-2 victory over the Stars on Saturday. Petr Mrazek made 42 saves for last-place Chicago, which improved to 8-6-