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Rose Zhang withdraws from this week's LPGA tournament because of illness after playing three holes 05/16/2024 02:51pm • JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Rose Zhang found an opponent she couldn't beat in the Mizuho Americas Open — an upset stomach. Zhang withdrew from the event in the the shadow of the New York City skyline on Thursday because of illness after completing only three holes of the opening round. Zhang starte BMX racing world championships hit South Carolina with Olympic berths on the line 05/16/2024 02:24pm • The almost nomadic nature of high-level BMX racing means that American riders such as Alise Willoughby, the two-time world champion and a former Olympic silver medalist, rarely get to compete in front of friends and family. Last year's World Cup schedule took riders to Turkey, the Netherlands, Franc Scheffler, Spieth, McIlroy all going for different slices of history when they tee it up at PGA 05/16/2024 06:00am • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Right when it felt like there was no stopping Scottie Scheffler on any of golf's biggest stages, along came a few viable candidates, just in time for the PGA Championship. Rory McIlroy has won his last two starts, hitting top form as he returns to Valhalla Golf Club, the sit Palestinians recount painful history with war in Gaza as a reminder 05/15/2024 09:31pm • Dawud Assad still has nightmares of the day Jewish militias attacked his village of Deir Yassin outside Jerusalem 76 years ago. Assad, then 16, peered out his front window to see his village ablaze. As his uncles shot back at the militias firing upon them, Assad escaped. But more than 100 Palestinia Ludvig Aberg aims to build on his Masters runner-up finish by winning 1st major at PGA Championship 05/15/2024 06:53pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ludwig Aberg is everything but wide-eyed as he soaks it all in before his PGA Championship debut. Judging from how impressively he has navigated his first year on the PGA Tour, nothing seems to faze him. The 24-year-old from Sweden is just over a month removed from his major NASCAR planning in-season tournament in 2025, with opening race in Atlanta 05/15/2024 06:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Following the lead of the NBA, the NASCAR Cup Series is planning a five-race, bracket-style tournament in the midst of the 2025 season, beginning with a night event at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The tournament, which comes with a $1 million prize to the winner, is part of a new media r Cancer claims Iditarod champion Rick Mackey. His father and brother also won famed Alaska race 05/15/2024 04:42pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rick Mackey, the winner of the 1983 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, has died of lung cancer, his daughter told The Associated Press Wednesday. Mackey, who died Monday, was 71. The Mackey name is closely tied to the history of the Iditarod, the grueling race that takes musher Olympic triathlete Taylor Knibb wins US cycling time trial to earn spot in Paris in a second sport 05/15/2024 03:29pm • Olympic triathlete Taylor Knibb stunned even herself by winning the women's time trial at the U.S. road cycling championships. Now, she will have the opportunity to compete in two different sports at this year's Paris Games. Knibb ripped over the flat, out-and-back course around Charleston, West Vir Defending champion Rose Zhang is the focus on the LPGA Tour after snapping Nelly Korda's streak 05/15/2024 01:40pm • JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — For a change, Rose Zhang is the center of attention on the LPGA Tour. Not only is the 20-year-old the defending champion at the Mizuho Americas Open, she put an end to Nelly Korda's record-tying run of five straight tournament titles by winning for the first time in almost Editorial Roundup: United States 05/15/2024 12:36pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 11 The New York Times on college campus protests Protesting the world’s wrongs has been a rite of passage for generations of American youth, buoyed by our strong laws protecting free speech and free assembly. Yet the students and Retail sales were unchanged in April from March as inflation and interest rates curb spending 05/15/2024 12:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Americans unexpectedly paused their spending in April from March as inflation continued to sting and elevated interest rates made taking on debt more burdensome. Retail sales were unchanged, coming in well below economists' expectations, and follow a revised 0.6% pace in March, acc Final Preakness at Pimlico before rebuilding stirs nostalgia mixed with relief for needed fixes 05/15/2024 05:22am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Preakness days in recent years have featured water and plumbing miscues. A large section of the grandstand at Pimlico Race Course has been rendered unusable because it's condemned, and much of the rest of the storied but decaying track is a relic to the sport of king's heyday many Protesters throng streets of Georgia's capital after parliament passes so-called 'Russian law' 05/14/2024 10:31pm • TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Huge throngs of protesters blocked streets in the capital of Georgia and milled angrily outside the parliament building after lawmakers on Tuesday approved a “foreign influence” bill that critics call a Russian-style threat to free speech and the country’s aspirations Newgarden focused only on defending Indy 500 win. Has moved past Penske cheating scandal 05/14/2024 09:17pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Josef Newgarden is focused only on defending his Indianapolis 500 victory. If the recent Team Penske cheating scandal has stained his reputation, the two-time IndyCar champion doesn't really care. It was business as usual for Newgarden on Tuesday's opening day at Indianapolis M 10 Steps to Maximize Your IRA 05/14/2024 08:00pm • Individual retirement accounts were designed not only as a vehicle for retirement savings but also to provide tax advantages. If you are contributing to an IRA, you may be overlooking a few simple strategies for maximizing your account value and minimizing taxes on your withdrawals. Contributions to