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Starling Marte's HR keys surging Mets to sweep of Pirates with 9-1 victory 04/17/2024 05:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Starling Marte hit his 150th career homer Wednesday, powering the New York Mets to a 9-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a sweep of a three-game series. Marte, who spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Pirates, hit the milestone two-run homer off the railing beyo Faith Ringgold, pioneering Black quilt artist and author, dies at 93 04/13/2024 07:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Faith Ringgold, an award-winning author and artist who broke down barriers for Black female artists and became famous for her richly colored and detailed quilts combining painting, textiles and storytelling, has died. She was 93. The artist's assistant, Grace Matthews, told The As Pope will travel to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in longest trip of papacy 04/12/2024 07:18am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, confirming the longest trip of Francis’ papacy that is sure to test his health, stamina and mobility. The Vatican confirmed the Sept. 2-13 visit, saying t The show goes on for Paramount with ‘Gladiator II,’ a new Damien Chazelle movie and more 04/11/2024 05:08pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — With reports and rumors swirling about possible mergers and bids to acquire Paramount, the film studio put its best foot forward for theater owners at CinemaCon on Thursday. The historic studio announced a new film with Oscar-winning “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle, a � Jennifer Esposito joins WTOP to discuss directorial debut 'Fresh Kills' at Annapolis Film Festival 04/03/2024 04:07am • Jennifer Esposito grew up watching Hollywood masterpieces like "The Godfather," "Goodfellas" and "The Sopranos," and while she admired their filmmaking craft, she lamented how the women were left on the sidelines. So she wrote and directed a mafia film told entirely from the female perspectiv New York City honors victims of 1993 World Trade Center bombing 02/26/2024 06:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has marked the anniversary of the 1993 bombing at the old World Trade Center that blew open a massive crater underneath one of the 110-story twin towers, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others years before the deadly attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The Port NATO leader says Trump puts allies at risk by saying Russia can 'do whatever the hell they want’ 02/11/2024 05:40pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The head of the NATO military alliance warned Sunday that Donald Trump was putting the safety of U.S. troops and their allies at risk after the Republican presidential front-runner said Russia should be able to do "whatever the hell they want" to NATO members who don't meet t The Paris Olympics medals are made with pieces of the Eiffel Tower 02/08/2024 09:57am • PARIS (AP) — An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How’s that for a monumental prize? A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes’ necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Bob Beckwith, retired firefighter in famous image with Bush after 9/11, dies at 91 02/05/2024 05:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Beckwith, a retired firefighter whose chance encounter with the president amid the rubble of ground zero became part of an iconic image of American unity after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has died. He was 91. Beckwith died Sunday night in hospice care after dealing with can Ex-NBA guard Kevin Porter Jr. reaches plea deal, avoids jail time in NYC domestic assault case 01/23/2024 02:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. has reached a plea deal in a New York City domestic assault case that will keep him out of jail if he completes a court-ordered treatment program and stays out of trouble. Porter, 23, pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor assault and a Jets' Aaron Rodgers still focused on playing again this season and perhaps before Dec. 24 11/30/2023 06:02pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers was leaned back in a chair at a board room table in the New York Jets' facility surrounded by a dozen local reporters when a simple question jumpstarted the conversation. Why even attempt to come back this season? “Why?” the quarterback asked incredulous A timeline of key moments from former first lady Rosalynn Carter's 96 years 11/19/2023 05:18pm • PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Landmarks and notable events in the life of former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter: Aug. 18, 1927: Eleanor Rosalynn Smith is born at her family home in Plains, Georgia. She is the daughter of Wilburn Edgar Smith, a mechanic, and Allie Murray Smith, a seamstress and postal worker Jaylen Henderson leads Texas A&M to victory in Elijah Robinson's first game as interim coach. 11/18/2023 04:35pm • COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M quarterback Jaylen Henderson threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns and the Aggies defeated Abilene Christian 38-10 on Saturday to start the Elijah Robinson era. Robinson, A&M’s defensive line coach, is serving as the Aggies’ interim coach follow Today in Sports - Week Ahead, November 17 - 23 11/16/2023 10:00am • Nov. 21 1953 — Notre Dame ties Iowa 14-14 by faking injuries in both halves. With two seconds to go in the first half, a Notre Dame player stops the clock by faking an injury and the Fightin’ Irish score on the next play. With six seconds left in the game and Notre Dame out of timeouts, two play This year's Biden-Xi summit has better foundation but South China Sea and Taiwan risks won't go away 11/13/2023 10:33am • BEIJING (AP) — The course of events in the year since the last meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping offers cautious hope that they will have better luck this time around. But it also shows how easily any agreement they reach could once again veer off course. The U.S. and Chinese le