Musicians Ashley Costello and Matt Montgomery bonded over a shared love of Huey Lewis and the News, ’80s-era Bugs Bunny and the macabre. The pair, who met nearly a decade ago, knew they wanted to try writing music together, but at the time they were busy with other projects. Montgomery was touring with rocker and…
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By KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — Multiple people were shot and injured Tuesday at a subway station in New York City during a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform. Initial reports were that five people had been shot, law enforcement sources said. Fire…
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A week before the Orioles shut out the Milwaukee Brewers in their home opener Monday, two pitchers vital to the victory were among those executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias said would need to either “step up” in 2022 or risk that the Orioles “move on” from them. Those who have gotten major…
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Q: Ira, you point to Dewayne Dedmon as a playoff-rotation player for the Heat to address the rebounding. But last year he was with the Heat when they were crushed on the glass by the Bucks in the playoffs. — Wes. A: But the Heat last year also were trying to get by with Trevor…
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Vince Velasquez made his major-league debut in Chicago. Pitching for the Houston Astros, Velasquez allowed three hits, struck out five and walked four in five scoreless innings against the White Sox on June 10, 2015. The right-hander, who signed a one-year deal with the Sox after the lockout, gets the start Tuesday in the home…
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The Chicago Bulls return to the postseason Sunday for the first time in five years, but at this point even the most optimistic fans have written them off. They head into Game 1 in Milwaukee having lost 15 of their last 22 games, and Giannis Antetokounmpo and the defending champion Bucks are healthy and ready…
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Chicago Cubs manager David Ross is inherently focused on the here and now with his team. But one perk of the lockout meant Ross spent time on the back fields at the Cubs complex in Mesa, Ariz., and got a glimpse of the future. Some of those players got time in Cactus League games, too,…
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By JOE McDONALD BEIJING (AP) — Some residents of Shanghai were allowed out of their homes as the city of 25 million eased a two-week-old shutdown Tuesday after a video posted online showed what was said to be people who ran out of food breaking into a supermarket. About 6.6 million people can go outdoors,…
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By DEEPA BHARATH “Good morning! Happy morning!” Rabbi Avraham Wolff exclaimed, with a big smile, as he walked into the Chabad synagogue in Odesa on a recent morning. Russian missiles had just struck an oil refinery in the Ukrainian city, turning the sky charcoal gray. Hundreds were lining up outside his synagogue hoping to receive…
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By WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline this summer, as his administration tries to tamp down prices at the pump that have spiked during Russia’s war with Ukraine. Most gasoline sold in…
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