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A wild hook and a big leg kick as Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson open the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Masters got started beneath whispy white clouds and a bright blue spring sky Thursday when Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson once again struck the ceremonial tee shots down the first fairway at Augusta National.Well, mostly down the first fairway.
After the 90-year-old Player hit his shot down the middle, and celebrated with a big leg kick, the 86-year-old Nicklaus stepped up. His son, Jackie, placed his ball on the tee, and the Golden Bear offered a tongue-in-cheek warning to the patrons lining the tee box — “Oh, boy, watch... Read More
AP study: MLB average salary hits a record $5.34M as the Mets lead spending again
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball's average salary rose 3.4% on opening day to a record $5.34 million, according to a study by The Associated Press, and the New York Mets topped spending at the season's start for the fourth straight year.Mets outfielder Juan Soto is the highest-paid player for the second consecutive season at $61.9 million and was followed by New York Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger at $42.5 million.
Philadelphia pitcher Zack Wheeler and Mets third baseman Bo Bichette tied for third at $42 million. Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr... Read More
'We got our butts kicked': Republicans reckon with Democratic success ahead of the midterms
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The bluntest assessment of Republican failures during this week's elections in Wisconsin came from one of their own.“We got our butts kicked,” said U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who is running for governor.
He was referring to Democratic victories in campaigns for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the mayor's office in Waukesha, a conservative suburb outside Milwaukee. But some Republicans were also rattled by a special election in Georgia, where their candidate to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress won by a much slimmer margin than the party... Read More
US filings for jobless aid jump to 219,00 last week but remain within stable range of past few years
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits rose last week before Iran, Israel and the U.S. announced a two-week ceasefire deal that injected a degree of optimism into a still-clouded global economic picture.The number of Americans applying for jobless aid for the week ending April 4 jumped by 16,000 to 219,000 from the previous week’s 203,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s more than the 210,000 new filings analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet were expecting but within the range of the past several years.
Filings for... Read More
Ceasefire in the Iran war teeters with disagreements over Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A tentative ceasefire in the Iran war staggered Thursday under the weight of Israel’s bombardment of Beirut, Tehran’s continued chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, and uncertainty over whether talks expected on Saturday can find common ground.Iran and the U.S. — which both declared victory after Tuesday night's ceasefire announcement — appeared to apply pressure. Semiofficial news agencies in Iran suggested forces have mined the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway for oil whose closure has proved Tehran’s greatest strategic advantage... Read More
Top Stories
- Ceasefire in the Iran war teeters with disagreements over Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz
- Key inflation gauge remains elevated in February before Iran war
- Oil prices jump back up near $100 a barrel on skepticism over fragile US-Iran ceasefire
- Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats
- Trump's Iran war widens rift with European nationalists once viewed as MAGA allies
- UK and Norway led a military operation to deter Russian submarines in the North Atlantic
- Scheffler, McIlroy, DeChambeau lead star-studded field at Masters
- At least 182 killed as Israel strikes central Beirut after saying Iran truce doesn't apply there
- Russia's internet crackdown leads to a spring of growing discontent
- Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife convicted of attempted manslaughter
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