1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (853+ words) The column is taking a mini-break with the long holiday weekend, even as we keep a close eye on the 13th Cherry Blossom Classic, a nine-round Grand Prix event that wraps up this week in Sterling, Virginia. As our small contribution…...

9+ hour, 13+ min ago  (954+ words) NEW YORK " Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, died Monday at age 95. From his early days as a teen…...

11+ hour, 9+ min ago  (739+ words) MILWAUKEE " Jacob Misiorowski has been reaching new milestones for velocity just about every time he pitches, which might explain the Milwaukee Brewers right-hander's lack of surprise over his latest achievement. Misiorowski threw 57 pitches at least 100 mph - the most by any…...

11+ hour, 40+ min ago  (387+ words) BALTIMORE " After spending the last year-and-a-half struggling to build on an impressive rookie season, Colton Cowser is coming through in the clutch again. Cowser hit a walk-off home run for the second consecutive day on Monday to complete the Baltimore…...

12+ hour, 48+ min ago  (235+ words) NEW YORK " Sabrina Ionescu is getting the night off as the New York Liberty finish off a back-to-back set with Portland on Monday night. Ionescu made her season debut on Sunday against Dallas and played 30 minutes after missing the team's…...

12+ hour, 59+ min ago  (1157+ words) DALLAS " After three terms in the U. S. House and two unsuccessful campaigns for the U. S. Senate, Colin Allred said he's heard plenty about voters' suspicions that politicians are just trying to make a buck in Washington. "What about the stock trading in…...

14+ hour, 4+ min ago  (325+ words) DAKAR, Senegal " Senegal's president on Monday appointed a former banking executive as the new prime minister after his predecessor was sacked last week, a move that comes at a particularly tense moment as the African country grapples with debt and…...

14+ hour, 7+ min ago  (469+ words) TORONTO " Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday compared Alberta's vote on whether to move toward independence to Brexit, calling it a potential "dangerous bluff." Danielle Smith, the premier of Canada's oil-rich province of Alberta, said last week a vote…...

14+ hour, 3+ min ago  (429+ words) SAO PAULO " The Brazilian government said Monday it has committed 3. 1 billion reais ($617. 5 million) to foster ecological investment in the Amazon region, as part of a plan to expand a federal program known as Eco Invest that was announced during last…...

14+ hour, 51+ min ago  (550+ words) BEIRUT " Israel's air force targeted sites belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon, including in the country's eastern Bekaa Valley, late on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to intensify attacks on the Lebanese militant group. Netanyahu's warning came as…...