Omaha — Tuesday night, Nebraska Democratic nominee Cindy Burbank won the party primary, while Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts easily secured the GOP nomination. Local outlets and the Associated Press called races shortly after polls closed, and vote tallies published that evening showed Burbank leading decisively in the Democratic contest. This week...
HOUSTON — The Seattle Mariners routed the Houston Astros 10-2 on Tuesday night when Dominic Canzone hit his first career grand slam and Randy Arozarena collected four hits, including a home run, while Cal Raleigh snapped a 0-for-38 slump with a seventh-inning single, extending Seattle's streak over Houston. On Wednesday in...
Atlanta — On Tuesday night at Truist Park, the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 when Grant Holmes and three relievers combined on a one-hitter and Austin Riley and Mike Yastrzemski hit homers that fueled a four-run fifth inning; two days later in Atlanta the Cubs responded with a...
Park City, Utah. A Utah mother, Kouri Richins, was convicted in March of aggravated murder after prosecutors say she laced her husband Eric Richins’ cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl at their Park City-area home in 2022; she faces sentencing Wednesday and a jury also convicted her...
Chamblee, Georgia. Republican Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state and a candidate for governor, spoke Tuesday in Chamblee as part of a campaign push to reintroduce himself after his 2020 refusal to overturn the presidential election results; he told reporters he is stressing his conservative, Christian businessman credentials and has...
Washington: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Golden Qi Holdings, LLC and its owner Yuan Yao in Collin County on May 13, alleging they operated non-existent childcare and autism-therapy businesses in Allen, Texas to fraudulently obtain H‑1B visas and to deceive regulators. The filing names websites that purported to show...
Washington, United States. U.S. government data this week showed wholesale prices jumped sharply in April, with the Producer Price Index rising 6.0 percent year‑on‑year and 1.4 percent month‑on‑month; President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday he viewed the surge as short-term and tied the rise to disruptions from the Iran...
Missoula, Mont. residents questioned the proposed Midtown Commons mixed-use development at City Council public comment this week, expressing concern whether the project’s hundreds of housing units will be attainable for lower-income people. Missoula Redevelopment Agency project manager Annette Marchessault said the plan was not formally income-restricted and instead focuses on...
Minneapolis — Bailey Ober threw a two-hitter for his first career shutout, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 3-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday at Target Field. Byron Buxton stole home and Ryan Jeffers hit a two-run homer, and Ober completed the game using 89 pitches while striking...
Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Dodgers will give Shohei Ohtani a scheduled break from designated-hitter duties this week, benching him for Thursday’s game and removing him as the DH when he starts Wednesday, manager Dave Roberts said after Tuesday night’s 6-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants in which Ohtani...
