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Semien homers, Pérez throws 7 strong innings, Smith picks up 100th save as Rangers top Pirates 3-2 05/24/2023 05:18pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Texas Rangers reliever Will Smith popped into Bruce Bochy's office on Tuesday night and told his manager he was growing antsy for a chance to get back to work following an unexpected week off. Not that Smith was complaining. Texas' offense has been so hot of late, there'd been li A.J. Foyt returns to the Indy 500, his legacy long secured and grief fresh from his wife's death 05/24/2023 03:56pm • WALLER, Texas (AP) — A.J. Foyt was 15 when a boat that he and two friends were riding in capsized in a storm. The young Foyt clung tightly to a buoy until a fishing vessel found him, too late for one of the other boys that had already drowned. Not long afterward, Foyt and some buddies were climbin Missouri attorney general urges Kansas City police to enforce transgender care restrictions law 05/24/2023 03:33pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday vowed to take “any legal action necessary” against Kansas City if its police department does not enforce a law banning transgender transition procedures for minors. Bailey, a Republican, said in a letter to the Kansas Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/24/2023 02:47pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Ready for a digital euro? At 25, European Central Bank preps for future of money 05/24/2023 02:30pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — As it marks its 25th anniversary Wednesday, the European Central Bank is readying a proposed design for a digital version of the euro, responding to pressure from developing technology that could change how money is used over the bank's next decades. ECB President Christ Germany cracks down on climate activists after Scholz brands protest group's tactics 'nutty' 05/24/2023 01:41pm • BERLIN (AP) — German police raided 15 properties linked to the Last Generation climate activist group Wednesday, seizing assets as part of an investigation into its finances in a sign of growing impatience with disruptive protest tactics also seen in other European countries. Members of the group A.J. Foyt returns to the Indy 500, his legacy long secured and grief fresh from his wife's death 05/24/2023 01:41pm • WALLER, Texas (AP) — A.J. Foyt was 15 when a boat that he and two friends were riding in capsized in a storm. The young Foyt clung tightly to a buoy until a fishing vessel found him, too late for one of the other boys that had already drowned. Not long afterward, Foyt and some buddies were climbin Jayhawks' Kevin McCullar Jr returning for last season of eligibility 05/24/2023 01:08pm • Kevin McCullar Jr. said Wednesday that he will return to Kansas for his final year of eligibility, likely rounding out a roster that could make the Jayhawks the preseason No. 1 next season. McCullar transferred from Texas Tech to Kansas for last season, when he started 33 of 34 games and averaged 10 Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live 05/24/2023 12:07pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend’s birthday party on a farm, 5-year-old Carter Manson clutched his small chest. “He just kept saying ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,’’’ his mother, Catherine, recalled tearfully. “I picked him up and to Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of NYC find hostility 05/24/2023 11:54am • NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Before he left Mauritania, the West African nation of his birth, Mohamed thought of New York as a place of “open arms,” a refuge for immigrants fleeing dire circumstances. Now that he’s here, seeking political asylum from a government he feared would kill him, he doesn' Authorities capture 1 inmate who escaped Ohio prison, but convicted murderer still on the lam 05/24/2023 11:37am • LIMA, Ohio (AP) — One of two inmates who escaped from an Ohio prison was captured early Wednesday in Kentucky after a police pursuit of a stolen car the men were believed to be in ended in a crash and a foot chase, authorities said. James Lee, 47, was captured at the scene but Bradley Gillespie, 5 Best ways to spend your tax refund 05/24/2023 11:25am • With tax filing season in the rearview mirror, most Americans have received their refunds -- or will soon. But what should you do with the money once it arrives? Whenever you get a windfall, it can be tempting to splurge on something fun. While it can be great to treat yourself with extra cash, a Islamic scholar acquitted of rape by Swiss court, but potential trial awaits Tariq Ramadan in France 05/24/2023 10:00am • GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss court on Wednesday acquitted noted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan on charges of rape and “sexual constraint," citing lack of material evidence more than a decade after the alleged actions, contradictory witness statements and what resembled love messages to the accused. The Edmunds: Who offers hands-free driving systems for 2023? 05/24/2023 06:18am • Fully automated self-driving cars are still a thing of the future. But you can get a taste of what they’ll be like if your vehicle has what’s commonly described as hands-free driving capability. A vehicle so equipped can automatically accelerate, brake and steer for the driver without the driver Russia extends arrest of US journalist Evan Gershkovich by 3 months 05/24/2023 12:32am • MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Tuesday extended the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by three months in a closed-door hearing emblematic of the secrecy that has marked the case against the first United States correspondent since the Cold War to be detained in Russia on spy