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Whitey Herzog, Hall of Fame manager who led St. Louis Cardinals to 3 pennants, dies at 92 04/16/2024 06:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as "Whiteyball," has died. He was 92. Cardinals spokesman Brian Bartow said Carl Erskine, Dodgers pitcher and last surviving member of 'Boys of Summer,' dies at 97 04/16/2024 05:44pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters as a mainstay on the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, died Tuesday. He was 97. Erksine died at Community Hospital Anderson in his hometown of Anderson, Indiana, acc Fritz Peterson, Yankees pitcher who traded wives with teammate Mike Kekich, dies at age 81 04/16/2024 03:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Fritz Peterson, the New York Yankees pitcher who famously swapped wives and families with teammate Mike Kekich in 1973, has died. He was 81. Peterson died of lung cancer at his home in Winona, Minnesota, on Oct. 19, according to death records from the Winona County Vital Records De Few Marylanders are screened for lung cancer. Can this new $8M statewide effort change that? 04/16/2024 02:15pm • Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., in part because it's frequently diagnosed in later stages after it's already spread. Yet an infinitesimal number of people who are eligible for screening — which could help detect cancer earlier when it's easier to treat — ever ge UN envoy says of the threat to coral reefs: 'Are we faced with a colossal ecosystem tragedy? Yes' 04/16/2024 01:58pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The world is not doing enough to protect coral reefs, the United Nations’ special envoy for the ocean said Tuesday in defense of the marine ecosystems that protect biodiversity, sustain underwater life and produce some of the oxygen we breathe. In an interview with The Asso Salman Rushdie's 'Knife' is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit 04/16/2024 01:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In Salman Rushdie's first book since the 2022 stabbing that hospitalized him and left him blind in one eye, the author wastes no time reliving the day he thought might be his last. “At a quarter to eleven on August 12, 2022, on a sunny Friday morning in upstate New York, I was at 8 family members die in Mozambique’s latest capsizing, a week after another killed nearly 100 people 04/16/2024 12:27pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — At least eight people from one family have died after their homemade boat sank in central Mozambique, state media reported Tuesday. Monday's sinking on a tributary of the Zambezi River in Sofala province came days after nearly 100 people, many of them children, died in one Sudden cardiac arrest and sports: How you can save an athlete’s life 04/16/2024 10:01am • This content is provided by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Playing sports can help athletes of all ages learn lifelong skills such as setting goals and time management while getting in some exercise. Despite these benefits, there is a degree of risk involved with physical activity, such as b ‘Fought for his life’: How a construction worker was able to survive Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse 04/16/2024 06:33am • As the Dali cargo vessel approached Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, construction workers on it were repairing potholes. In the seconds before the ship struck the bridge, its pilot made a mayday call that enabled local law enforcement to help stop any additional traffic from dri A knife attack in Australia against a bishop and a priest is being treated as terrorism, police say 04/16/2024 12:00am • SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person, and sparked a riot was an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday after the stabbing at Christ the Good NASA confirms mystery object that crashed through roof of Florida home came from space station 04/15/2024 09:46pm • NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — NASA confirmed Monday that a mystery object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was a chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station. The cylindrical object that tore through the home in Naples on March 8 was subsequently WNBA will pay for flights for playoffs and back-to-backs. Expansion to 16 teams possible by 2028 04/15/2024 07:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA will once again pay for charter flights for the entire playoffs as well as for back-to-back games during the upcoming season that require air travel, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Monday. There are more back-to-back sets this season with the WNBA taking a long break Ship that caused bridge collapse had apparent electrical issues while still docked, AP source says 04/15/2024 07:00pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Hours before leaving port, the massive container ship that caused the deadly collapse of a Baltimore bridge experienced apparent electrical problems, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Monday, the same day FBI agents boarded the vessel amid a cri Steve Sloan, former coach and national title-winning QB at Alabama, has died at 79 04/15/2024 07:00pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Former college coach and administrator Steve Sloan, who played quarterback and served as athletic director at Alabama, has died at 79, his longtime friend Tommy Limbaugh told The Associated Press on Monday. Sloan died Sunday with his wife, Brenda Faw Sloan, by his side after t Endangered Bornean orangutan born at Busch Gardens in Florida 04/15/2024 06:13pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An endangered Bornean orangutan baby has been welcomed into the world at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida. The baby orangutan was delivered by cesarean section on Saturday, weighing just over three pounds (1.3 kilograms), park officials said. The mother, Luna, is recuperating