Topeka, Kansas. Local high school softball and baseball teams advanced through quarterfinal and semifinal rounds this week, with quarterfinals leading into semifinals on Wednesday, May 27 and championship games scheduled for Friday, May 29. KSNT and Yahoo Sports reported area matchups and scores, citing winners such as Rock Creek, Wamego,...
Saratoga Springs, Utah. Two toddlers reported missing after their father failed to return them for a scheduled custody exchange were located Tuesday evening in San Felipe, Mexico; law enforcement say 22-month-old Will Richman and 10-month-old Wesley Richman were found with their father, Dane Stephen Richman, who has been taken into...
LOS ANGELES — On Monday, the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3, overcoming early injuries and a score tied at three with a four-run seventh inning; Kiké Hernández returned from offseason elbow surgery and recorded an RBI double in his season debut, and Freddie Freeman delivered...
Portland. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders rallied at Thompson's Point on Memorial Day Monday, endorsing Graham Platner for U.S. Senate and Troy Jackson for governor after a prior stop in Orono; organizers reported attendance from roughly 1,700 to several thousand as Platner positions to face five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins in...
San Francisco — The Golden State Valkyries debuted their 2025 first-round pick Justė Jocytė on Monday at Chase Center, and she recorded five points and two assists in a 97-70 victory over the Connecticut Sun. Jocytė, drafted No. 5 overall in 2025, had spent 13 months developing overseas with Lithuania...
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Texas junior Farah O'Keefe closed with birdies on the 17th and 18th on Monday to win the NCAA women's individual golf championship at La Costa, finishing 12-under 276. O'Keefe finished two strokes ahead of Megha Ganne of Stanford as stroke play concluded and the field was trimmed...
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — SEC commissioner Greg Sankey left most answers open-ended Monday and said specifics would be worked out after three days of meetings with the league's coaches, athletic directors and presidents. He answered one question decisively, saying the SEC is bound by contracts with ESPN parent company Disney...
Charlotte, N.C. — On May 21, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a forecast projecting a below-average 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, estimating 8–14 named storms, 3–6 hurricanes and 1–3 major hurricanes for the June 1–Nov. 30 period; local meteorologists relayed the outlook while noting continued individual storm risk. Mobile and...
United States: The US military conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran on Monday, May 25, targeting missile launch sites and vessels attempting to lay mines near Bandar Abbas, CENTCOM said. Spokesman Tim Hawkins said the strikes destroyed two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels and struck a surface-to-air missile site to...
CLEVELAND — The New York Knicks swept the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday, defeating them 130-93 in Game 4 to clinch the Eastern Conference finals and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. Donovan Mitchell’s Cavaliers were outplayed across the series after a Game 1 collapse that...
