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US says it struck a commercial ship trying to breach blockade and reach Iran 05/30/2026 02:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military stopped a merchant vessel trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room, the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday. The Gambia-flagged cargo ship Lian Star ignored more than 20 warnings from U.S. forces overnight Coco Gauff’s French Open title defense ends in the third round after loss to Anastasia Potapova. 05/30/2026 02:13pm • PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff’s French Open title defense ends in the third round after loss to Anastasia Potapova. Brendan Sorsby has made thousands of bets totaling at least $90,000, court documents show 05/30/2026 02:12pm • LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has made thousands of bets totaling at least $90,000 while in college, including at least 40 bets on Indiana football when he was a Hoosiers freshman in 2022, according to court filings before a scheduled hearing in the transfer player's White Sox place slugger Munetaka Murakami on IL, call up INF Jacob Gonzalez 05/30/2026 02:05pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami is expected to miss four to six weeks with a Grade 2 right hamstring strain. Manager Will Venable shared details on Murakami's injury and a revised timeline for the first baseman's absence from Chicago's lineup after the White Sox placed h Pulisic: `One will bounce off your knee and go in' and then `everything goes in after that' 05/30/2026 01:49pm • FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — In a career-worst scoreless slump, Christian Pulisic is confident goals will come for him at the World Cup. “I’ve had this happen before in my career," he said Saturday, a day before the U.S. faces Senegal in the Americans’ next-to-last warmup match. "There’s diffi Polymarket Promo Code WTOP: Get $50 Bonus for Spurs-Thunder Game 7, Saturday MLB 05/30/2026 01:46pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Dive into a big Saturday of MLB games and an electric Game 7 between the Spurs and Thunder tonight with a bonus in hand after signing u Hurricanes' longtime holdovers savor breakthrough moment in reaching Stanley Cup Final 05/30/2026 01:30pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The on-ice celebration was underway for the Carolina Hurricanes after securing their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in two decades. Rod Brind'Amour hugged and congratulated his players, all while reminding them there was another series ahead. Then came veteran forward Jor AI helped a musician with Parkinson’s finish his new album when he could no longer play guitar 05/30/2026 01:27pm • LONDON (AP) — Samuel Smith spent years writing songs with a guitar in his hands. Now, the London-based singer-songwriter is using artificial intelligence tools to help him continue making Americana music after Parkinson's disease largely took away his ability to play guitar. Smith, who was diagnos Israeli launches strikes near ancient heritage castle site in southern Lebanon 05/30/2026 01:26pm • ADLOUN, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli air force and artillery strikes were reported on Saturday near the strategic mountain site of a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon as fighting raged in villages close to the city of Nabatiyeh. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported airstrikes and Twins designate struggling pitcher Simeon Woods Richardson for assignment, recall John Klein 05/30/2026 01:25pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Minnesota Twins designated struggling starting pitcher Simeon Woods Richardson for assignment on Saturday. The 25-year-old Woods Richardson is winless in 12 games (10 starts) this season for the last-place Twins. His seven losses and 41 earned runs allowed are tops in the maj 'To call it a ceasefire is a joke': Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza with AP 05/30/2026 01:08pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli combat soldier saw his teammates yelling in celebration, congratulating one another. They had just struck a vehicle of Palestinians driving near the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip, killing everyone inside. The reservist said scenes like this had becom Truck carrying returning refugees crashes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 22 05/30/2026 12:55pm • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from neighboring Pakistan overturned on a highway in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 22 people and injuring about 36 others, most of them women and children, officials said. The accident occurred in Laghman prov Unsung American Zachary Svajda sweeps into 2nd week of the French Open and pays tribute to late dad 05/30/2026 12:41pm • PARIS (AP) — Unsung American tennis player Zachary Svajda is just as surprised as anyone that he’s into the second week at the French Open. After all, he had won only one tour-level match on clay before competing in the main draw at Roland Garros for the first time. He had never even played on a Iowa Democrats hoping to flip a US Senate seat are torn over which of 2 hopefuls has the best shot 05/30/2026 12:32pm • AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrats say they want to vote in Tuesday’s U.S. Senate primary for the candidate who gives the party its best chance to flip a Republican-held seat in November. Some just haven’t decided which of the two state lawmakers in the race fits the bill. “I am having a lot o DOJ seeks recusal of judge from Georgia election case over reported attendance at Fani Willis event 05/30/2026 12:31pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a judge to recuse herself in a fight over Georgia election records, arguing that she attended an event honoring Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who prosecuted President Donald Trump, raising questions about the judge's ability to