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Commercial salmon fishing to open in California for the first time since 2022 as population rebounds 04/12/2026 06:07pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Federal fishery managers voted Sunday to open waters off the coast of California to commercial salmon fishing for the first time since 2022, with the population rebounding after wet winters ended a long drought. The decision by the Pacific Fishery Management Council to a Busch ends 0-for-30 slide with tying single, Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to beat Pirates 7-6 04/12/2026 06:06pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Michael Busch ended an 0-for-30 slide with a tying, two-run single in the eighth inning and Carson Kelly had a winning single in the ninth as the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on Sunday. Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam and a solo homer off Ovechkin, Capitals keep postseason hopes alive with 3-0 victory over Penguins 04/12/2026 06:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Logan Thompson stopped 24 shots, and the Washington Capitals kept their slim playoff hopes alive by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 Sunday in perhaps the final home of Alex Ovechkin's brilliant career. To reach the postseason, the Capitals must defeat Columbus in the seaso Orioles 1B Ryan Mountcastle out with broken bone in left foot 04/12/2026 05:56pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Baltimore Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle has a broken fourth metatarsal bone in his left foot and will go on the injured list. ���It���s tough,��� manager Craig Albernaz said after Baltimore���s 6-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Albernaz did not offer Phillies rookie Andrew Painter overcomes migraine, pitches five innings in relief in loss to D-backs 04/12/2026 05:45pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Philadelphia Phillies rookie right-hander Andrew Painter, who was scratched from his scheduled start Sunday because of a migraine, instead threw five innings of relief after spending the morning throwing up. Righty Zach Pop got the emergency start instead of Painter, giving up 'DC's greatest athlete ever': Capitals fans react to Ovechkin's possible last home game 04/12/2026 05:45pm • Hockey star Alex Ovechkin may have played his final game on D.C. ice for the Washington Capitals Sunday afternoon. The Capitals took on the Pittsburgh Penguins in Washington's regular-season home finale, winning 3-0 to keep their slim playoff hopes alive. The 40-year-old Ovechkin said before Sund Kurtz hits his first homer of the season and the Athletics sweep the slumping Mets, 1-0 04/12/2026 05:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Nick Kurtz hit his first home run this season, sending the Athletics to a 1-0 victory Sunday and a three-game sweep of the slumping New York Mets. Aaron Civale (2-0) allowed four hits in 5 2/3 innings as the Athletics won their fifth straight. They swept the Mets for the first time Tillman Scholars make connections with each other and the community at annual Pat's Run 04/12/2026 05:37pm • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) ��� The room intimidates whether it's the first gathering or the 20th, so much intellect, achievement and initiative squeezed into a confined space. The uneasiness begins to peel away during initial conversations, then dissipates more during the 1-mile walk to the start of the race Islamabad Talks: What does the abrupt end mean for future negotiations? 04/12/2026 05:36pm • Talks in Pakistan between American and Iranian representatives ended without an agreement after 21 hours of negotiations, leaving a two-week ceasefire in doubt. Vice President JD Vance, who led the U.S. delegation in Islamabad, said talks came to a close after Iranian counterparts refused to agre Colorado Rockies' Kyle Freeland scratched from start in first inning due to shoulder soreness 04/12/2026 05:31pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Left-hander Kyle Freeland was scratched from a scheduled start for the Colorado Rockies at the San Diego Padres on Sunday after the game began because of soreness in the back of his pitching shoulder. Right-hander Jimmy Herget warmed up quickly and opened the bottom of the first. Contreras and Story each get 4 hits to help the Red Sox beat the Cardinals 9-3 04/12/2026 05:27pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Willson Contreras homered against his former team and matched a career high with four hits, leading the Boston Red Sox past the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 on Sunday. Trevor Story also had four hits for the Red Sox. Contreras launched a two-run shot in the second inning and finished w NASA already has next Artemis flight in its sights following astronauts' triumphant moon flyby 04/12/2026 05:23pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Never-before-glimpsed views of the moon���s far side. Check. Total solar eclipse gracing the lunar scene. Check. New distance record for humanity. Check. With NASA���s lunar comeback a galactic-sized smash thanks to Artemis II, the world is wondering: What���s next? And how do you Lille crushes Toulouse to maintain Champions League push and Lyon snaps winless run 04/12/2026 05:20pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Lille maintained its strong push for an automatic Champions League place with a 4-0 win at Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Lille moved up to third and one point ahead of fourth-placed Marseille, with the top three entering the lucrative Champions League directly next season and the sid Police say 1 person killed and 6 injured in shooting at a Chick-fil-A in New Jersey 04/12/2026 05:19pm • UNION, N.J. (AP) ��� Police say one person was shot and killed and six others were injured in what they call a mass shooting at a Chick-fil-A in Union, New Jersey. Investigators do not believe the attack at about 9 p.m. Saturday was random, according to a press release issued Sunday from the Union C Basallo's homer, Alonso's 2 RBIs help Orioles defeat Giants 6-2 04/12/2026 05:19pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Samuel Basallo hit a two-run homer, Pete Alonso also drove in two runs and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Sunday. Baltimore has won five of six games and moved above .500 for the first time since its opening day victory. Casey Schmitt homered