Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona is feeling much better these days. He has a rod in his left foot that bothers him when he wears his beloved flip-flops, but that's a breeze compared with what he experienced in the past.
Presidential firsts can include not just what presidents do in office, but the identity of the presidents themselves.
Trea Turner has won a World Series in Washington and played for some great teams with the Dodgers. Now he's ready to settle down with the Philadelphia Phillies. He'll still have plenty of talented teammates. Turner signed an 11-year, $300 million contract that brought him back to the NL East.
Steven Kwan was a rookie surprise for the Cleveland Guardians in 2022. He batted .298 with 52 RBIs while helping the team win the AL Central title. Heading into his second big league season, Kwan doesn't sound as if he is feeling any additional pressure after his breakout performance.
J’Wan Roberts had a career-high 20 points and 12 rebounds as Houston held off Memphis 72-64. In other AP Top 25 action on Sunday, Zach Edey recorded his 21st double-double this season to lead Purdue past Ohio State and Jarkel Joiner took over for North Carolina State during a critical second-half stretch to beat North Carolina.
Greek racer AJ Ginnis has finished runner-up to gold medalist Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway in the men’s slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships to earn his country its first medal at a worlds in any Olympic sport on snow or ice.
After the U.S. Census Bureau released its first round of official 2020 population corrections in January, many states and cities still await action on the bulk of their counting issues and the funding shortfalls those mishaps can cause.
Middle age means staying a step ahead on both the medical and financial fronts.
A global target aims to eradicate the deeply entrenched practice of female genital cutting by 2030. Meanwhile, some women living with the consequences of what many activists call “mutilation” have been embarking on deeply personal journeys to heal.
California and Nevada could ban involuntary servitude as lawmakers move toward potential ballot measurers that would remove all forms of slavery from their state constitutions.
In just a year, NATO has moved from cautiously providing non-lethal support to Ukraine to exhorting allies to send heavier and more high-tech weapons.
Getting an abortion has long been extremely difficult for Native Americans and has become even tougher since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Among sermon writers, there is fascination — and unease — over the abilities of artificial-intelligence chatbots. For now, the consensus is this: Yes, they can write a competent sermon. But no, they can’t replicate the passion of actual preaching.
A bill in Kansas and similar legislation in at least seven other states have LGBTQ-rights advocates worrying about a sweeping Republican-led effort to erase the legal existence of transgender men and women.
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