SAN DIEGO – Matthieu Pavon made an 8-foot putt for a dramatic birdie on No. 18 at Torrey Pines South for a one-shot victory in the Farmers Insurance Open on Saturday that made him the first Frenchman to win on the PGA Tour. Pavon raised his arms in celebration and shouted before hugging his caddie…
Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the airline’s planes. The airline said in a statement that it has completed its final inspection of their group of the aircraft. They said they resumed flying the Max…
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — National Treasure came up a nose short in his previous race, finishing second in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile to Cody’s Wish at Santa Anita on Nov. 4. But on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, at a distance an eighth of a mile longer, he had plenty left and won the $3 million…
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled by a former employee will relaunch its print edition next month, its editor said, a move made possible in large part by fundraising campaigns and community contributions. The Eugene Weekly will return to newsstands on…
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government has acknowledged that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors because of a toxic mix of cartel violence and land disputes. But two tourist guides in the southern state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, say two other sites that the government claims are still…
CARACAS, Venezuela — The U.S. government and nearly 30 conservative world leaders on Saturday condemned the decision of Venezuela’s highest court to block the presidential candidacy of opposition leader María Corina Machado. The Biden administration, however, remained noncommittal about reimposing economic sanctions on Venezuela, which it has threatened to do if the government of President…
Madison Chock and Evan Bates have become so dominant in ice dance that not even a sudden illness could stop them Saturday. Two days after they began developing flu-like symptoms, the longtime figure skating partners took to the ice and laid down a free dance at the U.S. championships that was good enough for gold….
ARLINGTON, Texas – The World Series champion Texas Rangers have two multiple Cy Young Award winners who could return to their rotation sometime in the middle of the summer. Three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer said Saturday that he is progressing from December surgery to repair a herniated disk in his lower back, while two-time…
DENVER – Philadelphia star Joel Embiid missed the 76ers’ game at Denver for a fourth consecutive season Saturday after the team’s medical staff determined he shouldn’t play. The Sixers scratched Embiid minutes before tipoff after he had discomfort in his balky left knee during warmups. It denied basketball fans another marquee matchup with Nikola Jokic…
Ukraine’s foreign ministry criticized HBO this week after Milos Bikovic was cast in the third season of “The White Lotus,” saying without evidence that the Serbian actor had supported Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. HBO announced on Jan. 12 that Bikovic, 36, would be joining the dark comedy about wealthy tourists at island…
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