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Police divers at Baltimore bridge collapse struggle with 'zero visibility' underwater 04/12/2024 09:40pm • The mission is daunting at the site of the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, as crews have to remove 50,000 tons of debris. Nonetheless, police divers are there continuing an investigation into the collapse. Visibility under the water is extremely poor NFL and its players' union approve 8 new position-specific helmets for quarterbacks and linemen 04/09/2024 10:30am • Eight new position-specific helmets for quarterbacks and linemen have been approved by the NFL and the NFL Players Association. Two of the new models manufactured by Riddell are designed for quarterbacks while six helmets are made for offensive and defensive linemen. Quarterbacks now have three choi Former major league pitcher Pat Zachry dies at 71 04/06/2024 07:08pm • Pat Zachry, who won a share of the 1976 National League Rookie of the Year for the World Series champion Cincinnati Reds and was traded to the New York Mets the following year for Tom Seaver, has died. He was 71. Zachry died Thursday at son Josh's home in Austin, Texas, following a lengthy illness, Police use tear gas in clashes between Roma and Lazio fans ahead of capital derby 04/06/2024 09:48am • ROME (AP) — There were clashes between Roma and Lazio fans hours before the capital derby on Saturday. Around 200 Lazio fans fought with a group of about 100 Roma fans near the Stadio Olimpico in the morning, according to Italian media reports. Police intervened, using tear gas to separate the gro Juan Soto soaks in fan fervor during pinstripes debut, winds up flinging bat and helmet 04/05/2024 07:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto soaked in the fan fervor on his first day in pinstripes and wound up flinging his bat and helmet in response to his futility. “Just frustration that comes out,” Soto said after the New York Yankees lost 3-0 to the Toronto Blue Jays in their home opener Friday. “You Blue Jays beat Yankees 3-0 in New York home opener behind Clement's tiebreaking pinch homer 04/05/2024 07:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Pinch-hitter Ernie Clement had a tiebreaking solo home run off Caleb Ferguson leading off the seventh inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees 3-0 Friday in New York’s home opener. “The Toronto faithful may not like this but I was the biggest Yankees fan growing up, s Rescue teams in Taiwan searching for family feared trapped in rockslide following earthquake 04/05/2024 02:34am • HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescue teams are searching for a family of five feared trapped in a rockslide following Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25 years, which has left at least 12 dead. Two bodies have been found in the Taroko National Park, a tourist attraction famous for its rugged, mountainou The true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time 04/04/2024 04:27am • DOVHENKE, Ukraine (AP) — Yukov says the same thing to all the mothers. He tells them to talk about their dead children, so they will be remembered. There is one person in particular whose story Yukov does not want forgotten: Oleksandr Romanovych Hrysiuk — Sasha, to his mother, Olha. In a cryptic The true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time 04/04/2024 04:25am • DOVHENKE, Ukraine (AP) — The smell in the car is sick and sweet, the overpowering scent of corpses that have lain too long in muck and ruin, the ones the dogs didn’t devour. Oleksii Yukov, a 38-year-old martial arts instructor who leads a team of volunteer body collectors in Ukraine, doesn’t n Video shows California deputies fatally shooting abducted teen as she surrenders 04/02/2024 05:56pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A teenage girl who had been kidnapped by her father was following a sheriff's deputy's instructions and appeared to be surrendering when other deputies fatally shot her during a gun battle on a Southern California highway, according to recently released video and audio. Savannah Brandon Saad scores in OT to help the Blues beat the Oilers 3-2 04/02/2024 01:09am • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brandon Saad scored 2:09 into overtime, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Monday night. Brayden Schenn scored twice and Jordan Binnington stopped 36 shots to help St. Louis improve to 8-2-1 in its last 11 games. The Blues are three points behind Los Angeles f A car bomb in a Syrian opposition-held town kills at least 3 people, including 2 children 03/31/2024 03:49pm • BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb exploded in a busy market in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-based Syrian opposition fighters early Sunday, killing at least three people, rescue workers and a war monitor said. The bomb exploded in the town of Aziz in Aleppo province. Volunteers with the Syri Shohei Ohtani could be more open with teammates without 'buffer' Mizuhara, Dodgers manager says 03/27/2024 10:07am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani's life will be fundamentally different in the coming weeks and months without Ippei Mizuhara, his interpreter and constant companion ever since he moved to the majors from Japan. Although the changes caused by Mizuhara's firing amid allegations of gambling and After a county restricted transgender women in sports, a roller derby league said, 'No way' 03/27/2024 01:07am • SEAFORD, N.Y. (AP) — They zip around the rink, armed with helmets, pads and mouthguards. They push, bump and occasionally crash out as they jostle for position on the hardwood floor. But for the women of the Long Island Roller Rebels, their biggest battle is taking place outside the suburban stri Hunger deepens as relentless gang violence targets Haiti's capital 03/26/2024 03:01pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs have intensified their rampage in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital, setting fire to a school and looting pharmacies across the road from the country’s largest public hospital. The attacks that began Monday and continued into early Tuesday mark nearly a mo