Reba McEntire's pick Asher HaVon wins 'The Voice' as 3 coaches take their final bows (2024)

MIAMI — While heavy gunfire was paralyzing Haiti’s capital in late February, a man using a fake name approached a 45-foot cargo container parked in a Fort Lauderdale lot. He asked if he could drop off three parcels — two boxes and a folding casino table — to ship to the besieged country.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia is preparing to intensify its offensive along Ukraine’s northern border as the death toll rose to 14 in an aerial bomb attack on a large construction supplies store in the city of Kharkiv. The Kharkiv governor says the bombing on Saturday afternoon also left 43 injured and 16 missing. In a video statement from Kharkiv, Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia is preparing offensive actions northwest of Ukraine’s second largest city. Moscow’s troops have in recent weeks captured villages in the Kharkiv area as part of a broad push.

For Ari Huffman, the case for divesting from Israel is clear-cut — at least morally.

An international aid group says more than two weeks of fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group over a major city in the western Darfur region killed at least 123 people. It said Sunday that the fighting in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province, also wounded more than 930 people. El-Fasher has become the center of the conflict between the military and the Rapid Support Forces. The city is the last stronghold that is still held by the military in the sprawling Darfur region. Sudan’s conflict began in April last year when soaring tensions between the leaders of the military and the RSF exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country.

Sheriff says at least 2 dead after severe weather sweeps across Texas and Oklahoma, causing extensive damage and outages.

LOS ANGELES — Owning a vacation home in South Lake Tahoe could get more costly if residents approve a ballot measure that imposes a tax of up to $6,000 on housing units left vacant for more than half a year.

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The 2024 French Open is underway at Roland Garros. Play in the first round has started on Sunday after a ceremony to inaugurate the new retractable roof above Court Suzanne Lenglen. There is no rain in the forecast for Day 1, so that might be the only use of the movable cover atop the second-largest stadium at the tournament facility. The main arena, Court Philippe Chatrier, has had its retractable roof since the 2020 tournament. Among the players scheduled to play Sunday are four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and two-time major winner Carlos Alcaraz.

The International Committee of the Red Cross says the Houthis rebels in Yemen have released more than 100 war prisoners linked to the country’s long-running conflict. It says release took place Sunday morning in the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa. The unilateral release came more than a year after Yemen’s warring sides freed more than 800 prisoners in a major exchange in the country in April last year. Thousands of people are still believed to be held as prisoners of war since the conflict erupted in 2014.

It was a night of celebration for Barcelona after another Women’s Champions League title, and for the women’s game in general after another season with significant growth in the sport. Barcelona defeated Lyon 2-0 to win its third European trophy and add to its recent dominance in the sport to cap a year that saw increased attendance, additional revenue and more participation by women across all levels of the sport. The final won by Barcelona came as soccer officials celebrated the success of a five-year plan to boost the women’s game.

All 18-year-olds in Britain will have to perform a year of mandatory military or civilian national service if the governing Conservative Party wins the July 4 national election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to bring back a form of national service for the first time since 1960. Under the plan, a small minority of 18-year-olds would spend 12 months in the military. The rest would spend one weekend a month working for charities, community groups or public organizations. It was unclear how it would be made mandatory. Sunak is seeking to energize his election campaign after a faltering start. The opposition Labour Party dismissed the plan as a gimmick. Polls currently put Labour well ahead of the Conservatives.

Human rights Professor Hassan Abdel Salam has spent the past seven years teaching his students at the University of Minnesota about genocides around the world. On the last day of his class on global Islamophobia in April, he said he was quitting the classroom to oppose what he described as g…

Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox took to social media Friday to announce he has another baby on the way.

MINNEAPOLIS — Consider a couple of snapshots from Game 2 of the Western Conference finals, stark images of the Mavs’ best hope and the Wolves’ current predicament:

The Kansas City Royals are surging at the right moment.

Football was the first sport Jayson Alexander recalls wanting to play, but it was far from the only one that piqued his interest.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tommy Splaine lined a run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth inning and Arizona rallied from a three-run deficit to beat Southern California 4-3 in the Pac-12 baseball tournament championship game. The championship game was the final Pac-12 game for the confer…

LOS ANGELES — Near-record ocean temperatures and a strengthening La Niña could spell trouble for the East Coast of the United States, with federal forecasters warning of an 85% chance of above-normal Atlantic hurricane activity this year, and predicting as many as 25 named storms.

Francisco Alvarez was seen walking around Citi Field with a smile as wide as Broadway on Saturday morning. Finally, the Mets catcher was cleared to take batting practice with the team for the first time since undergoing UCL thumb surgery in Los Angeles in April.

MIAMI GARDENS — Dominican-born undrafted rookie offensive lineman Bayron Matos had an interesting — but essential — first English phrase learned when he moved to the United States at 17 years old: “I’m hungry.”

Afghan officials say renewed heavy rains have triggered more flash floods in Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people, including a set of parents and their eight children in the northeast. The unusually heavy seasonal rains have been wreaking havoc on multiple parts of the country, killing hundreds of people and destroying property and crops. The floods Saturday night hit northeastern Badakhshan and northern Baghlan provinces. The family killed was in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, said a provincial official Sunday. In Baghlan province, at least 40 houses were destroyed in Doshi district. A local official, speaking on condition of anonymity, reported that five bodies have so far been found in the province.

Fiji-born winger Jone Naikabula scored two tries in a Player of the Match performance for Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo who beat Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights 24-20 in an extraordinary Japan Rugby League One final. Replacement center Yuto Mori scored the winning try in the 74th minute of a see-sawing final to give the Brave Lupus their sixth national title in Japan rugby’s professional era and their first since 2010.

Aid trucks have begun entering Gaza from southern Israel through a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of it earlier this month. Egypt refuses to reopen its side of the Rafah crossing until control of the Gaza side is handed back to Palestinians. But under U.S. and Israeli pressure it agreed to divert traffic through Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing, Gaza’s main cargo terminal. That crossing has been largely inaccessible because of fighting linked to Israel’s offensive in Rafah. Israel says it has allowed hundreds of trucks to enter, but United Nations agencies say it is usually too dangerous to retrieve the aid on the other side.

Team Penske's Josef Newgarden is the defending winner of the Indianapolis 500 and he is a favorite for Sunday's race. Race day has arrived and there are concerns rain could delay or even postpone the race. That would disrupt Kyle Larson's day. He is trying to become just the fifth driver to compete in both the Indy 500 and NASCAR's longest race, the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the same day. Newgarden and two Penske teammates will be on the front row when the race begins.

The Edmonton Oilers host the Dallas Stars in game three of the third round of the NHL Playoffs with the series tied 1-1.

Both the Colorado Rockies and the Philadelphia Phillies are looking for a series win with a victory on Sunday.

The Chicago White Sox aim to break their three-game home skid with a win over the Baltimore Orioles.

The Pittsburgh Pirates will aim to sweep a three-game series with a victory over the Atlanta Braves.

The Seattle Mariners will aim to stop their four-game road losing streak in a matchup with the Washington Nationals.

The Cleveland Guardians will look to keep an eight-game win streak intact when they play the Los Angeles Angels.

The Tampa Bay Rays will try to stop a six-game slide when they take on the Kansas City Royals.

The Detroit Tigers lead 2-1 in a four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Boston Red Sox aim to break their four-game home losing streak with a victory against the Milwaukee Brewers.

The New York Mets are looking to end their four-game home skid with a win against the San Francisco Giants.

The Arizona Diamondbacks and Miami Marlins meet on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

The Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros play on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

The Texas Rangers will attempt to end their eight-game road losing streak in a matchup with the Minnesota Twins.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will aim to break their three-game road losing streak in a matchup with the Cincinnati Reds.

The Chicago Cubs look to stop their three-game losing streak with a win over the St. Louis Cardinals.