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Colton Herta hopes to protect narrow points lead through IndyCar's biggest month 05/09/2024 06:30pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colton Herta arrives in Indianapolis with big goals every May. He hopes to win two poles, dreams of sipping the milk and believes a win at the series' marquee race just might catapult him to that elusive series title. But this is not just another May. For the first time in his Arizona State University scholar on leave after confrontation with woman at pro-Israel rally 05/09/2024 04:20pm • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State University officials say a postdoctoral research scholar remains on leave as the school investigates his videotaped confrontation with a hijab-wearing woman at a pro-Israel rally last weekend. Sunday’s event was held near the university’s Tempe campus and atte White House opens private gardens to the public for Mother's Day weekend 05/09/2024 10:37am • The White House will continue its annual tradition of opening its private gardens and South Grounds to the public, but this spring there's a special twist — it's happening Mother's Day weekend. Tours are available to the public from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. While the tours a Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to access basic goods 05/08/2024 12:36am • PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — The mayor of a major city in southern Brazil on Tuesday pleaded with residents to comply with his water rationing decree, given that some four-fifths of the population is without running water, a week after major flooding that has left at least 90 people dead and more t Greg Norman and Phil Mickelson make for an interesting week on LIV Golf 05/07/2024 11:54am • LIV Golf had another active week before and after Brooks Koepka won in Singapore for his first title of the year. Greg Norman, the CEO of the Saudi-funded league, had a couple of bold comments in an interview with Bloomberg that indicated LIV isn’t going anywhere. He said Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the go Lured by historic Rolling Stones performance, half-a-million fans attend New Orleans Jazz Fest 05/06/2024 08:15pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An extra day and the lure of an appearance by the Rolling Stones pushed attendance at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to a half a million people, organizers said Monday. That was the second highest attendance in the festival's history — just behind the 600,00 10 Best Places to Retire in Canada 05/06/2024 08:00pm • With its natural beauty, low population density and high-quality health care, Canada makes an attractive home for retirees. And while Canadian winters are known to be quite cold, there are plenty of coastal regions with surprisingly mild weather for seniors. Here are 10 retirement spots to consider Chad holds a presidential election after years of military rule 05/06/2024 04:02pm • N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad held its long delayed presidential election on Monday following three years of military rule under the interim president, Mahamat Deby Itno, a vote that analysts widely expected the incumbent to win. Deby Itno seized power after his father, who spent three decades in po Janet Jackson to play 2024 Essence Fest instead of the Smoothie King Center this summer 05/06/2024 03:07pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Janet Jackson will make her fourth appearance at the 2024 Essence Festival of Culture this summer in New Orleans. Jackson was originally scheduled to headline the Smoothie King Center on July 23 as part of her Together Again Summer 2024 tour, but her plans have changed. The appe Anti-war protesters leave USC after police arrive, while Northeastern ceremony proceeds calmly 05/05/2024 08:39pm • Students protesting the war in Gaza abandoned their camp at the University of Southern California early Sunday after being surrounded by police and threatened with arrest, while Northeastern University's commencement ended peacefully at Boston's Fenway Park. Developments in both places were being wa Trump says Biden is running a 'Gestapo' administration. It's his latest reference to Nazi Germany 05/05/2024 03:03pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump told Republican donors at his Florida resort this weekend that President Joe Biden is running a “Gestapo administration,” the latest example of the former president employing the language of Nazi Germany in his campaign rhetoric. The remarks Saturday at Mar-a-Lago w Madonna's biggest-ever concert transforms Rio's Copacabana beach into a massive dance floor 05/05/2024 11:37am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Madonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro's vast stretch of sand into an enormous dance floor teeming with a multitude of her fans. It was the last show of The Celebration Tour, her first retrospective, which kicked off in Octob Canelo Alvarez retains undisputed championship with unanimous decision over Jaime Munguia 05/05/2024 03:03am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The question of whether Canelo Alvarez can any longer knock out anyone likely won't go away with his unanimous victory Saturday night, but he remains the undisputed super middleweight champion because he was the stronger and more effective boxer. Alvarez (61-2-2), who closed as a 25 arrested at University of Virginia after police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters 05/04/2024 09:04pm • Twenty-five people were arrested Saturday for trespassing at the University of Virginia after police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to remove tents from campus, and demonstrators at the University of Michigan chanted anti-war messages and waved flags during commencement ceremoni Logan Sargeant is the only American driver in F1. His seat is in jeopardy as he heads into home race 05/04/2024 04:39pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The only American driver in Formula One had a somewhat decent showing in the Saturday sprint race ahead of the Miami Grand Prix. Then Logan Sargeant totally tanked in qualifying at a time his seat with Williams seems in serious jeopardy. The sprint race was won by three