Category: Associated Press
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Rockies INF Murphy reinstated from 10-day injured list
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies reinstated infielder Daniel Murphy from the 10-day injured list before their game Wednesday against the Washington Nationals.
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Tennessee House OKs sports betting bill, clearing key hurdle
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee bill to allow sports betting has passed the House, a key hurdle in a state that has been historically hesitant to expand gambling.
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Police find what they believe is the body of a 5-year-old Illinois boy who went missing and charge his parents
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — Police find what they believe is the body of a 5-year-old Illinois boy who went missing and charge his parents.
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Acting Baltimore mayor settles in as Pugh stays out of sight
BALTIMORE (AP) — When Bernard “Jack” Young automatically became Baltimore’s acting mayor earlier this month, he emphasized that he’d act only as a “placeholder” for the elected mayor as she departed on a leave of absence amid an accelerating scandal focused on her self-published children’s books.
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49ers pick up 5th-year option on DL DeForest Buckner
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have picked up the fifth-year option on defensive lineman DeForest Buckner’s rookie contract.
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New Jersey gov: We could be top US sports bet market by 2020
SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s quick growth in sports gambling means it could surpass Nevada next year as the top sports betting market in the United States, its governor said Wednesday.
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Review: A portrait of Rudolf Nureyev in ‘The White Crow’
The great Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev does not come across as particularly likable in “The White Crow ,” Ralph Fiennes’ elegant biopic of his early years.
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Spain considers playing Super Cup in Saudi Arabia
BERLIN (AP) — The Spanish soccer federation is looking into playing its Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, prompting human rights concerns about the showpiece being staged in the Middle East nation.
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Sri Lankan woman loses most of her family in Easter bombings
NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Before the undertakers could move in, Anusha Kumari wrested herself away from her sisters and flung herself on the three coffins, wailing. In an instant on Sunday, the 43-year-old woman was left childless and a widow when suicide bombers launched a coordinated attack on churches and luxury hotels in and near Sri Lanka’s capital of Colombo.
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NCAA: Replay official now allowed to overturn targeting call
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel adjusted the targeting rule in college football, allowing video review officials to overturn calls if any element of the penalty cannot be confirmed.