Muti: Pandemic year silenced culture, leaving world stunned
RAVENNA, Italy — Conducor Riccardo Muti has once again reopened the Italian musical season in his adopted hometown of Ravenna after another — and if a...
Vaccine a shot in the arm for Campbell’s Olympic preparation
BRISBANE, Australia — Australian swimmer Cate Campbell has had to incorporate something new into her fine-tuning as she prepares for a fourth Olympics...
Bystanders stop man who stabbed 4 at New Zealand supermarket
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Shoppers and staff at a New Zealand supermarket were being praised for their bravery Monday after authorities said they mana...
German Catholics to bless gay unions despite Vatican ban
BERLIN — Germany's powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offe...
Inside Arizona’s election audit, GOP fraud fantasies live on
PHOENIX — On the floor of Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where Sir Charles Barkley once dunked basketballs and Hulk Hogan wrestled King Kong Bundy, 46 ta...
Capitol rioters make questionable claims about police
PHOENIX — Joshua Matthew Black said in a YouTube video that he was protecting the officer at the U.S. Capitol who had been pepper sprayed and fallen t...
Blackhawks welcome fans back with 4-2 win over Stars
CHICAGO — Alex DeBrincat scored two more goals, Kevin Lankinen made 37 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks welcomed fans back to the United Center with a...
Gaudreau, Tkachuk help Flames top Sens, stay in playoff race
CALGARY, Alberta — Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk each had a goal and two assists as the Calgary Flames beat the Ottawa Senators 6-1 Sunday night...
Man shot to death at Vancouver’s airport in gang incident
RICHMOND, British Columbia — A man was shot to death at the Vancouver International Airport in what authorities said appeared to be a gang-related inc...
Towns, Russell each score 27 points, T-Wolves throttle Magic
ORLANDO, Fla. — Karl-Anthony Towns and D’Angelo Russell each scored 27 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves built a 30-point halftime lead, led by 43...
Rory McIlroy wins at Quail Hollow to end victory drought
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rory McIlroy found his comfort zone at Quail Hollow and left with a trophy he badly needed.
Walsh’s 2-run double propels Angels to 2-1 win over Dodgers
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jared Walsh hit a two-run double in the third inning and the Los Angeles Angels held on for a 2-1 victory Sunday over the slumping L...
PSG losing grip on title after draw at Rennes, Monaco wins
PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain's title defense hangs by a thread after a 1-1 draw at Rennes on Sunday left it three points behind leader Lille with only ...
Madrid held by Sevilla, misses chance to take lead in Spain
MADRID — Real Madrid missed its chance to go top of the Spanish league with only three rounds left by drawing 2-2 with Sevilla at home on Sunday, keep...
Tucker has 4 RBIs to lead Astros over Blue Jays 7-4
HOUSTON — Kyle Tucker hit a three-run homer and tied a career high with four RBIs as the Houston Astros built a big lead early and held on for a 7-4 w...
Super League rebel Juventus loses 3-0 to Milan, drops to 5th
MILAN — Juventus lost 3-0 at home to AC Milan on Sunday and dropped to fifth to leave its chances of qualifying for the Champions League in peril, on ...
Metcalf turns in respectable 100 time, finishes last in heat
WALNUT, Calif. — Seattle Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf couldn't catch the field in his heat of a 100-meter race at the USA Track and Field Golden Games...
Taylor’s 10th-inning RBI helps Brewers beat Marlins 2-1
MIAMI — Tyrone Taylor hit a two-out, tiebreaking single in the 10th inning, and seven Milwaukee Brewers pitchers combined on a six-hitter to beat the ...
United makes City wait to capture EPL title, West Brom down
The wait goes on for Manchester City. Time is up for West Bromwich Albion.
Zverev beats Berrettini to win his 2nd Madrid Open title
MADRID — Alexander Zverev continued his impressive form going into the French Open by winning his second Madrid Open title on Sunday.
Sturgeon: Scotland independence vote matter of when, not if
LONDON — Scotland's leader told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Sunday that a second Scottish independence referendum is “a matter of when, not i...
‘Sitting duck’ Max Verstappen laments loss in Spanish GP
MONTMELÓ, Spain — Track violations were not Max Verstappen's undoing this time.
Top judges in Brazil want review after deadly police raid
BRASILIA, Brazil — Several justices from Brazil’s Supreme Court say a ruling last year that banned police operations in Rio de Janeiro favelas, or slu...
The Latest: France welcomes EU curb on AstraZeneca vaccine
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the decision from the European Union not to renew its order for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Sabres’ high expectations unravel with last-place finish
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Sabres were so confident they had moved forward corner from their miserable past, the team’s marketing department included owner T...
At 220-9, Zimbabwe avoids another 3-day defeat vs Pakistan
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Pakistan requires just one more wicket to complete another easy win after Zimbabwe resumed Sunday on 52-4 in its first innings of t...
Micronesians feel hatred in Hawaii, decry police shooting
HONOLULU — Comments on social media about a 16-year-old boy shot and killed by Honolulu police have been so hateful that a Catholic priest, who hails ...
British government in talks over venue switch for CL final
LONDON — The British government is holding talks about getting the all-English Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea moved to Wem...
Late VAR drama denies Cologne in Bundesliga relegation fight
BERLIN — Cologne had an injury-time equalizer ruled out through VAR before Freiburg scored twice to win 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
Nebraska death sentences continue despite no execution drugs
OMAHA, Neb. — Three times in the past four years, Nebraska prosecutors have sought death sentences, and each time they have been successful. Within a ...