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Orioles put RHP Grayson Rodriguez on the IL with shoulder inflammation and activate LHP John Means 05/01/2024 05:16pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles put right-hander Grayson Rodriguez on the 15-day injured list Wednesday because of shoulder inflammation, and they activated lefty John Means. Means has not pitched yet for the Orioles this season because of a forearm strain. Rodriguez's move is retroac Defending champ Jason Day, hometown favorite Jordan Spieth headline Byron Nelson 05/01/2024 05:12pm • McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Jason Day was something of an oh-by-the-way winner of the Byron Nelson 14 years ago when Jordan Spieth generated plenty of headlines as the local teenager contending on the weekend. Now Day is the defending champion, thanks to a victory perhaps just as important as that firs United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy 05/01/2024 04:52pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Confe What are the most unforgettable Kentucky Derby races over 149 years? We picked 10 05/01/2024 04:52pm • A look at 10 memorable editions of the Kentucky Derby, with the 150th running coming up on Saturday: 1933 (59th Derby) Brokers Tip, ridden by Don Meade, came up the rail to challenge leader Head Play and jockey Herb Fisher. They ran side-by-side down the stretch, with Meade and Fisher grabbing arms Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke have a running joke about ‘Wildcat,’ their Flannery O’Connor movie 05/01/2024 04:45pm • Ethan Hawke and his daughter Maya Hawke have a running joke about their Flannery O’Connor movie. “Wildcat,” which Ethan directed and Maya stars in as O’Connor, was made with complete sincerity. It’s a deeply creative investigation into the Southern Catholic novelist and short story writer Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to force a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson 05/01/2024 04:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose sides in a difficult showdown after Democratic leaders announced they would provide the votes to save the Republican speak Kenta Maeda gets first win for Tigers, 4-1 over Cardinals 05/01/2024 04:23pm • DETROIT (AP) — Kenta Maeda got his first win for Detroit, allowing four hits over six innings in a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday as the Tigers took two of three games in the series. Matt Vierling had three RBIs for the Tigers, who are 31-16 against St. Louis in interleague The Kentucky Derby is turning 150 years old. It's survived world wars and controversies of all kinds 05/01/2024 04:18pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — As a record crowd cheered, American Pharoah rallied from behind and took aim at his remaining two rivals in the stretch. The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky D How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 5/1/2024 05/01/2024 04:15pm • U.S. stocks finished mixed after the head of the Federal Reserve said the cuts to interest rates that Wall Street craves so much are still likely, even if they’re delayed because of stubbornly high inflation. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% Wednesday after seeing a big afternoon rally evaporate. The Do The Latest | In Israel, Blinken pushes Hamas to agree on Gaza cease-fire deal 05/01/2024 04:08pm • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel on Wednesday to press for a cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war, saying “ the time is now ” and warning that Hamas would bear the blame for any failure to reach an agreement to halt the war in Gaza. On his seventh visit since the latest wa High-scoring Avalanche await winner of Stars-Golden Knights in next round after dispatching Jets 05/01/2024 03:44pm • DENVER (AP) — The high-scoring, fast-flying Colorado Avalanche are so much more than the Nathan MacKinnon Show. The supporting cast for the Avalanche played an integral role as they eliminated the Winnipeg Jets in five games during their first-round series. The Avalanche had 12 different players f The unexpected announcement of a prime minister divides Haiti's newly created transitional council 05/01/2024 03:39pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A surprise announcement that revealed Haiti’s new prime minister is threatening to fracture a recently installed transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for the gang-riddled Caribbean country. Four of seven council members with voting powers said Tuesda James, Ham face uncertain futures with Lakers after being eliminated from playoffs by Nuggets again 05/01/2024 03:24pm • DENVER (AP) — The futures of LeBron James and Darvin Ham with the Los Angeles Lakers are murky after their first-round playoff exit. One might choose to leave and the other might not have a choice. For James, the decision is his — whether he wants to wear purple and gold again in his 22nd NBA s Georgia governor signs law requiring jailers to check immigration status of prisoners 05/01/2024 03:21pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Jailers in Georgia must now check the immigration status of inmates and apply to help enforce federal immigration law, under a bill that gained traction after police accused a Venezuelan man of beating a nursing student to death on the University of Georgia campus. Gov. Brian Kemp s Mbappé leads full-strength PSG at Dortmund in Champions League semifinal 05/01/2024 02:48pm • DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Kylian Mbappé was to lead an attacking trio including Ousmane Dembelé and Bradley Barcola for Paris Saint-Germain as the French champions had a full-strength squad for the Champions League semifinal first leg at Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday. Mbappé scored twice in bot