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Capitol Hill Classic 10K, 3K cause traffic closures around Lincoln Park 05/18/2024 10:05am • The 43rd NCB Capitol Hill Classic will take place Sunday, shutting down major roads from the Supreme Court to RFK Stadium. The 10K, 3K and fun run are also raising money for local students, closing the school funding gap for Capitol Hill Cluster School. The 10K starts bright and early, at 8:30 a. Today in Sports - Lucy Li becomes youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open at 11 years 05/18/2024 10:00am • May 19 1909 — In his first title defense Jack Johnson fights ‘Philadelphia’ Jack O’Brien to a no decision in 6 rounds in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to retain his world heavyweight crown. 1910 — Cy Young, the career leader in major league victories, wins No. 500 as the Cleveland Indians def Nootbaar, Winn hit 2-run homers, Cardinals drop Red Sox below .500 with 10-6 win 05/18/2024 12:28am • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lars Nootbaar and Masyn Winn hit two-run homers, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston 10-6 on Friday night to drop the Red Sox below .500 for the first time since the season’s opening week. Nolan Arenado had three hits that included an RBI single in the eighth after entering Landslide forces closure of iconic Southern California chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright's son 05/18/2024 12:06am • RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — A decades-old landslide that’s rapidly accelerating has forced the dismantling of Wayfarers Chapel, an iconic Southern California church that was designed by one of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright's sons and built among soaring redwoods and sweeping Pacific A meeting of baseball's oldest managers with Washington back in Texas to face Bochy-led Rangers 05/18/2024 12:06am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The last time Ron Washington and Bruce Bochy had managed against each other in Texas was during the 2010 World Series. Baseball's oldest two managers are facing each other in a three-game series this weekend, with the 72-year-old Washington back in Texas as a visiting manag Preakness Odds 05/17/2024 10:43pm • The field for Saturday’s 149th Preakness Stakes, with post position, horse’s name, jockey’s name and odds: PP Horse Jockey Odds 1. Mugatur Joe Bravo 20/1 2. Uncle Heavy Irad Ortiz Jr. 20/1 3. Catching Freedom Flavien Pratt 6/1 5. Mystik Dan Brian Hernandez Jr. 5/2 6. Seize the Grey Jaime Torre Youngkin vetoes bills on skill games, contraception and Confederate heritage tax breaks 05/17/2024 10:33pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin took action on a final batch of bills from the year's regular legislative session Friday, signing seven but vetoing 48, including closely watched measures that would have ended a tax break for a Confederate heritage organization and allowed small Some in Houston facing no power for weeks after storms cause widespread damage, killing at least 4 05/17/2024 09:54pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses in the region, blowing out windows on downtown high rises and flippi Paul Skenes puts on dazzling show in 2nd major league start for Pittsburgh Pirates 05/17/2024 09:42pm • CHICAGO (AP) — This time, Paul Skenes brought his fastball. Not the one he struggled to command during an uneven major league debut. The dazzling one, the triple-digit heat that goes exactly where he wants it to go. The result was one impressive show. Skenes turned in a dominant performance during A man investigated in the deaths of women in northwest Oregon has been indicted in 3 killings 05/17/2024 09:40pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who has been under investigation in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found scattered across northwest Oregon last year has been indicted in two of those killings — as well as in the death of a woman whose body was found in Washington state. A grand jury indi US ambassador to Japan visits southern islands at the forefront of China tension 05/17/2024 09:30pm • TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Japan stressed Friday the importance of increased deterrence and his country’s commitment to its key ally as he visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of Tokyo's tension with Beijing. Rahm Emanuel visited Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost isl Trucks are rolling across a new US pier into Gaza. But challenges remain to getting enough aid in 05/17/2024 09:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplies. The shipment is the f A mayoral candidate and 5 other people killed in gunfire at a campaign rally in southern Mexico 05/17/2024 09:12pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — A mayoral candidate and five other people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a campaign rally in the violence-wracked southern Mexico state of Chiapas, officials said. State prosecutors said a young girl was among the six people killed in the gunfire late Thursday, along wit As Japan's yakuza weakens, police focus shifts to unorganized crime hired via social media 05/17/2024 09:01pm • TOKYO (AP) — A senior member of yakuza was arrested for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards near Tokyo in April, a case seen as an example of Japanese organized crime groups struggling with declining membership. Police agents who were busy dealing with thousands of yakuza members just a few years ago Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave few pardons before rushing to clear Army officer who killed a protester 05/17/2024 08:56pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In issuing a full pardon to a former Army sergeant convicted of murder in the shooting death of an armed Black Lives Matter protestor, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pushed a limited executive power to its absolute limit to get a desired outcome in a politically charged cas