MAPLEWOOD, N.J. Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actress whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Chers mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died. She was 89. Dukakis died Saturday morning in her home in New York City, according to Allison Levy, her agent at ...

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CINCINNATI The Cincinnati Bengals focused on their lines during this years NFL draft. If they got it right, Joe Burrow should enjoy much better protection in his second season. Burrow, the top overall pick in 2020, had his rookie year cut short when his pocket collapsed on him during a Week ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Tennessee Titans have completed their extreme makeover of one of the NFLs worst defenses. Gone are seven players who started at least three games last season, including three in the secondary to create salary cap space. In are free agent signees linebacker Bud Dupree, ...

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INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard gambled during this weekends NFL draft. He filled one need by adding pass rushers with his first two picks. Then he waited until the last of his seven selections to find a possible left tackle for new quarterback Carson Wentz. ...

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OAKLAND, Calif. Matt Harvey won his third straight start and the Baltimore Orioles took advantage of Oaklands sloppy play to score six runs in the third inning Saturday in an 8-4 win over the Athletics. The Athletics made two errors and threw a pair of wild pitches to help Baltimore break ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Medina Spirit fought off three challengers in the stretch to win the Kentucky Derby by a half-length on Saturday, making Bob Baffert the winningest trainer in the races 147-year history, with seven victories. Jockey John Velazquez earned his fourth Derby victory on Saturday aboard ...

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Jose Urquidy scattered four hits over seven shutout innings and the Houston Astros made an early lead stand up, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Saturday. Jose Altuve doubled on the first pitch of the game, leading to a three-run inning. Houston got three hits in the first inning ...

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NEW YORK The New York Jets offense was downright offensive on most Sundays the past few seasons. Pick by pick early in the NFL draft, Joe Douglas went to work on changing all that. The Jets went with offense on their first four selections, kicking things off by taking their newest franchise ...

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HOUSTON The Houston Texans addressed needs at quarterback and receiver in the NFL draft despite tying a franchise low with just five selections this year. Houston entered the draft without a first- or second-round pick because of its 2019 trade with Miami for left tackle Laremy Tunsil. New general ...

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UNIONDALE, N.Y. Anthony Beauvillier scored twice and Semyon Varlamov stopped 28 shots for his league-leading seventh shutout of the season as the New York Islanders beat the rival Rangers 3-0 Saturday night to clinch a playoff spot for the third straight year. Mathew Barzal added a breakaway goal ...

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HOUSTON Stephen Curry bounced back from a rough first half with 23 of his 30 points in the third quarter, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 113-87 on Saturday night. Curry was just 2 for 12 in the first half, then didnt even need to play in the fourth quarter []
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A look at whats happening around the majors on Sunday: ___ CENTURY MARK Corey Kluber goes for his 100th career victory when he starts for the Yankees at home against Detroit. The 35-year-old Kluber (1-2, 4.15) is 99-60 in a big league career that started in 2011. The two-time AL Cy Young ...

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PITTSBURGH Jack Flaherty pitched six solid innings to keep his record perfect and Paul DeJong hit a three-run homer in the first inning to send the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-5 on Saturday night. Flaherty (5-0) struck out nine while winning his fifth straight start. He gave ...

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ATLANTA Trae Young scored 33 points, Clint Capela had 20 points and 11 rebounds and the Atlanta Hawks snapped a three-game slide with a 108-97 victory over the undermanned Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. Playing without their two best players Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic the Bulls took their ...

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JACKSON, Miss. Aqeel Glass threw three touchdown passes, Gary Quarles ran for two TDs, and Alabama A&M beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 40-33 on Saturday in the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game. Alabama A&M (5-0) won its second title and played in its seventh SWAC championship game. The ...

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DENVER Nathan MacKinnon bounced back from a rare scoreless night with a goal and an assist to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. MacKinnon had his 15-game points streak ended Friday night and failed to get a shot on goal for the first []
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ORLANDO, Fla. Cole Anthony made a 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds remaining, giving him a career-best 26 points and the Orlando Magic a 112-111 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. Anthony, a rookie who hit a game-winning shot earlier in the season against Minnesota, drilled the high-...

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SAN DIEGO Blake Snell earned his first win for the San Diego Padres, backed by Manny Machados early three-run homer in a 6-2 victory Saturday over the San Francisco Giants. Pinch-hitter Jurickson Profar connected on a solo homer in the eighth inning and Jake Cronenworth added a two-run single...

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GLENDALE, Ariz. Jonathan Marchessault scored on a power play at 3:04 of overtime, Marc-Andre Fleury moved into a tie for the third on the NHLs all-time wins list and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Saturday night. The Coyotes got off to a slow start a night after ...

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MADRID Two young Senegalese men met on a Europe-bound migrant boat in 2006, a year that saw a record influx of Africans to Spains Canary Islands. Since then, one died of a heart attack running away from Spanish police and the other is running in a polarized election Tuesday for a seat in [...

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BEIJING Chinese tech giant Baidu rolled out its paid driverless taxi service on Sunday, making it the first company to commercialize autonomous driving operations in China. Unlike previous Baidu autonomous driving demonstrations in Beijing, this was the first time there was no safety driver sitting ...

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ATLANTA The fatal shootings of eight people six of them women of Asian descent at Georgia massage businesses in March propelled Claire Xu into action. Within days, she helped organize a rally condemning violence against Asian Americans that drew support from a broad group of activists, elected ...

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LONDON Pernille Harders late header made the difference for Chelsea, and Lieke Martens scored twice for Barcelona, as they took a step closer to becoming European champions. Both teams advanced to the Womens Champions League final when Chelsea beat Bayern Munich 4-1 after Bara topped Paris ...

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MIAMI The teenage killer who lured a friend into a bathroom stall at their suburban Miami middle school 17 years ago and cut his throat has died in prison. Florida Department of Corrections online records show Michael Hernandez, 31, died Thursday. He had been incarcerated at Columbia Correctional ...

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TEHRAN, Iran Iran will free prisoners with Western ties in Iran in exchange for billions of dollars from the United States and the United Kingdom, state television reported Sunday. The U.S. immediately denied the report, while the U.K. did not respond. The state TV report quoted an anonymous ...

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PORTIMAO, Portugal Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton won the Portuguese Grand Prix for a 97th career win on Sunday and extended his championship lead over Max Verstappen to eight points. The Mercedes driver started from second on the grid behind teammate Valtteri Bottas, who finished third behind ...

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BERLIN At least 93 police officers were injured and 354 protesters were detained after traditional May Day rallies in Berlin turned violent, the citys top security official said Sunday. More than 20 different rallies took place in the German capital on Saturday and the vast majority of them ...

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down. The law signed ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. The U.S. top trade negotiator will begin talks with the World Trade Organization on ways to overcome intellectual property issues that are keeping critically needed COVID-19 vaccines from being more widely distributed worldwide, two White House officials said Sunday. The White House...

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NEW YORK Corey Kluber handcuffed Detroit batters to gain his 100th career win with his most dominant performance since 2018, and the New York Yankees beat the Tigers 2-0 Sunday to complete their first series sweep this season and get back to .500. Kluber (2-2) looked like the pitcher who won AL Cy...

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