NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_Ohtani, Los Angeles, .364; Betts, Los Angeles, .347; Willi.Contreras, Milwaukee, .341; Merrill, San Diego, .329; W.Smith, Los Angeles, .329; Turner, Philadelphia, .327; Ozuna, Atlanta, .326; K.Marte, Arizona, .320; Turang, Milwaukee, .319; L.García, Washington, .318. RUNS_Betts, Los Angeles, 24; K.Marte, Arizona, 23; E.De La Cruz, Cincinnati, 22; Acuña, Atlanta, 21; Ohtani, Los Angeles, 20; C.Walker, Arizona, 20; Alonso, New York, 19; Willi.Contreras, Milwaukee, 19; Gurriel, Arizona, 18; Ozuna, Atlanta, 18. RBI_Ozuna, Atlanta, 27; Gurriel, Arizona, 22; Willi.Contreras ..read more

AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Altuve, Houston, .357; Kwan, Cleveland, .347; Rosario, Tampa Bay, .341; Perez, Kansas City, .337; Peña, Houston, .330; Rutschman, Baltimore, .327; Soto, New York, .319; Mountcastle, Baltimore, .316; Witt, Kansas City, .316; A.García, Texas, .315. RUNS_Greene, Detroit, 21; Kwan, Cleveland, 21; Henderson, Baltimore, 20; Witt, Kansas City, 20; Semien, Texas, 18; Altuve, Houston, 16; Alvarez, Houston, 16; A.García, Texas, 16; J.Ramírez, Cleveland, 16; Trout, Los Angeles, 16; Ward, Los Angeles, 16. RBI_Ward, Los Angeles, 23; Perez, Kansas City, 22; A.García, Texas, 22; J.Nay ..read more

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 16 8 .667 — New York 16 8 .667 — Boston 14 11 .560 2½ Toronto 13 11 .542 3 Tampa Bay 13 13 .500 4 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 17 7 .708 — Kansas City 14 10 .583 3 Detroit 14 11 .560 3½ Minnesota 9 13 .409 7 Chicago 3 20 .130 13½ West Division W L Pct GB Seattle 12 11 .522 — Texas 12 12 .500 ½ Los Angeles 10 15 .400 3 Oakland 9 15 .375 3½ Houston 7 17 .292 5½ ___ East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 16 6 .727 — Philadelphia 15 9 .625 2 New York 13 11 .542 4 Washington 10 13 .435 6½ M ..read more

It was all about the Washington Capitals at Cardinal Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, when the school held an hourlong pep rally for the Caps, complete with cheers, hockey lessons from Caps staff and a visit from mascot Slapshot. In the sun-drenched schoolyard on McKinley Road, students sat on the ground in orderly rows for a boisterous afternoon rally as the Capitals prepare for their first home playoff game Friday. Washington dropped the first two games of its first round playoff matchup against the New York Rangers on Tuesday. “I love the Caps, I think that they’re ar ..read more

BOSTON (AP) — The Miami Heat have broken their franchise record for 3-pointers in a playoff game. Jaime Jaquez Jr. connected on Miami’s 21st 3 of the game with 5:37 left in the fourth quarter of its Game 2 playoff matchup at Boston on Wednesday night. It breaks Miami’s previous mark of 20, set May 22, 2021, at Milwaukee. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA Source ..read more

NEW YORK (AP) — The former Instagram influencer known as “ Jay Mazini ” who swindled millions of dollars from online followers and a network of Muslims during the pandemic was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Jebara Igbara, 28, of New Jersey, had pleaded guilty to fraud charges, admitting that he created a Ponzi scheme that involved cryptocurrency frauds netting around $8 million. Prosecutors say the money funded a decadent lifestyle that included luxury cars and a lot of gambling. Exploiting the economic chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, Igbara leveraged connec ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals right-hander Alec Marsh was hit on his throwing arm by a line drive, forcing him to leave in the fifth inning against Toronto on Wednesday night. After Marsh (3-0) pitched four scoreless innings, Addison Barger hit a 91-mph fastball back up the middle leading off the fifth. After being struck, Marsh picked up the ball and threw to first to retire Barger. The Royals said Marsh had a forearm contusion. Angel Zerpa took over for Marsh on the mound. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb Source ..read more

D.C. is adding cameras to some school bus stop arms, as part of a push to crack down on drivers who don’t slow down when buses are stopped. To start, stop-arm cameras will be placed on 25 school buses maintained by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education. The agency said it has over 600 buses as part of its fleet. Sharon Kershbaum, acting director of D.C.’s Department of Transportation, said the program is “another element of our safety enhancement efforts.” “We really want to make sure that drivers are clear, that when the school buses have the stop arm out, and the light’s flashi ..read more

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand for dawn services and street marches Thursday to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day, as tensions mount in U.S.-China rivalry in the region. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attended a dawn service in his country’s largest city, Auckland, while Australian Prime Minister Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saw the sun rise at a World War II memorial in the wilds of Australia’s nearest neighbor, Papua New Guinea. April 25 is the date in 1915 when the Australia and New Zealand Army Co ..read more

HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut Senate pressed ahead Wednesday with one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm, including manufactured videos or deepfakes. The vote was held despite concerns the bill might stifle innovation, become a burden for small businesses and make the state an outlier. The bill passed 24-12 after a lengthy debate. It is the result of two years of task force meetings in Connecticut and a year’s worth of collaboration among a bipartisan group of legislators from other stat ..read more