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Denver launches ambitious migrant program, breaking from the short-term shelter approach

May. 21, 2024 01:56 AM EDT

DENVER (AP) — In a hotel conference room in Denver, Dallenis Martinez attended orientation with hundreds of other migrants Monday for the city's new, ambitious migrant support program, which includes six month apartment stays and intensive job preparation for those who can't yet legally work. ...

Bichette has 4 hits, Berríos snaps 4-start winless streak, Blue Jays beat White Sox 9-3

May. 20, 2024 19:04 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Bo Bichette had three doubles among his four hits, José Berríos pitched six solid innings to snap a four-start winless streak, and the Toronto Blue Jays won consecutive games for the first time in more than three weeks by beating the struggling Chicago White Sox 9-3 on Monday. ...

Sour Patch Kids Oreos? Peeps Pepsi? What's behind the weird flavors popping up on store shelves

May. 20, 2024 14:48 PM EDT

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream usually draws customers with gourmet takes on classics like vanilla and pistachio. But occasionally, the artisanal ice cream maker headquartered in New York slips in what it calls a “shock flavor,” like Hidden Valley Ranch or pizza. Surprising flavor...

6 people injured, hospitalized after weekend shooting on Chicago's West Side

May. 19, 2024 13:21 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police said six people were injured, three of them critically, in a weekend shooting on the city's West Side. A group of men were standing on a street around 10 p.m. Saturday in the city's East Garfield Park neighborhood when they were struck by shots fired...

6 Penn students among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during attempt to occupy building

May. 18, 2024 16:19 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A half-dozen University of Pennsylvania students were among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during an attempt to occupy a school building, university police said Saturday. Their arrests came a week after authorities broke up a protest encampment on...

Jury finds Chicago police officer not guilty in girlfriend's 2021 shooting death

May. 18, 2024 10:29 AM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer has been acquitted in the 2021 fatal shooting of a woman who was the mother of his child. A Cook County jury on Friday found Pierre Tyler, 32, not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Andris Wofford. ...

Judge and Stanton homer to back effective Cortes as streaking Yankees top White Sox 4-2

May. 17, 2024 23:17 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton homered, Nestor Cortes won for the first time in 5 1/2 weeks and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory. Alex Verdugo and Stanton hit consecutive RBI doubles off starter...

Chicago Tribune staffers' unequal pay lawsuit claims race and sex discrimination

May. 17, 2024 13:59 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Tribune is being sued by some of its staffers, who say they and other women and Black journalists are being paid less than their white male counterparts. The complaint filed Thursday in federal court in Chicago also names Tribune Publishing Co. and Alden...

Scottie Scheffler isn't the first pro golfer to be arrested during a tournament

May. 17, 2024 13:23 PM EDT

Scottie Scheffler's arrest hours before his second-round tee time at the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, will go down as one of the most shocking in professional golf history. It certainly wasn't the first, though. Tiger Woods and John Daly are probably the highest-profile...

Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University in Chicago

May. 16, 2024 20:36 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Police began dismantling a pro-Palestinian encampment early Thursday at DePaul University in Chicago, hours after the school's president told students to leave the area or face arrest. Officers and workers in yellow vests cleared out tents at the student encampment...