Will Zalatoris out for PGA Tour season with back surgery
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Will Zalatoris out for PGA Tour season with back surgery

Will Zalatoris spent the Masters weekend having back surgery that will end his PGA Tour season having played just seven times since returning from a previous back injury.Zalatoris, who lost in a playoff at the PGA Championship and was one putt away from forcing a playoff in the U.S. Open last year, announced Monday on… […]

USWNT captain Sauerbrunn writes open letter to New Zealand
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USWNT captain Sauerbrunn writes open letter to New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The captain of the U.S. women’s national team, Becky Sauerbrunn, has written an open letter to Kiwis in which she praises New Zealand for its commitment to gender equality and women’s rights, saying there “could not be a more fitting host for our base camp during the first round” of… […]

Arlington County seeks cash for land to expand Arlington cemetery
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Arlington County seeks cash for land to expand Arlington cemetery

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A trial underway in federal court will decide whether the U.S. government must pay up to $21 million to compensate a Virginia county for a parcel of land taken to expand Arlington National Cemetery.The cemetery expansion project is expected to add 50,000 to 60,000 burial spaces and extend its ability to… […]

Pirates’ Oneil Cruz out at least 4 months with broken ankle
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Pirates’ Oneil Cruz out at least 4 months with broken ankle

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates will have to see if they can keep their hot start going without Oneil Cruz. The 6-foot-7 shortstop had surgery late Sunday to repair a fractured left ankle and is out at least four months.Cruz’s left leg bent awkwardly underneath him as he tried to score from third on… […]

Barcelona held by Girona to 0-0 home draw in Spanish league
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Barcelona held by Girona to 0-0 home draw in Spanish league

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona failed to rebound from its humiliating loss to Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey semifinals and was held to a 0-0 home draw with Girona in the Spanish league on Monday.The result still allowed Barcelona to increase its lead over second-place Madrid to 13 points with 10 matches remaining. Madrid… […]

Rosalynn Carter marks 96th birthday at home with the former president, butterflies and ice cream
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Rosalynn Carter marks 96th birthday at home with the former president, butterflies and ice cream

Updated [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   ATLANTA (AP) — Rosalynn Carter celebrated her 96th birthday at home Friday with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, and other family members, while the surrounding community of Plains, Georgia, honored the former first lady’s years of public health advocacy.The latest milestone comes as Rosalynn Carter… […]

Prosecutor urges life sentence for Michigan shooter who killed 4 students
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Prosecutor urges life sentence for Michigan shooter who killed 4 students

By ED WHITE Updated [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor urged a judge Friday to impose a life sentence on the teenager who killed four students at his Michigan school, arguing that his methodical planning and “appetite for violence” should keep him locked up forever.“He only stopped because… […]

MORE Republican states sending troops to DC…
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MORE Republican states sending troops to DC…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three more Republican governors authorized the deployment of National Guard troops to Washington on Monday, part of President Donald Trump’s escalating show of force that he says is designed to crack down on crime and boost immigration enforcement in the nation’s capital. The announcements by Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana brought the number […]

TX Dems ending two-week walkout over gerrymandered map plan…
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TX Dems ending two-week walkout over gerrymandered map plan…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats who ended a walkout Monday found themselves shadowed by law enforcement officers to keep them from repeating the protest that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts and fulfill President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps. Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what […]

SHOWDOWN OVAL OFFICE
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SHOWDOWN OVAL OFFICE

Today’s live updates have ended. Read what you missed below and find more coverage at apnews.com. U.S. President Donald Trump says he has called Russian President Vladimir Putin and begun to arrange a meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a critical step toward bringing a possible end to Russia’s war on Ukraine . […]