Free beers on opening day? Good day to be a Baltimore Orioles fan. Nearly 46,000 fans packed Oriole Park at Camden Yards Thursday for opening day, and they were treated to a nice surprise. Mike Arougheti, a new owner of the team, met a flock of fans in the concourse to introduce himself. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON …
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HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia’s top diplomat said on Thursday he will step down in the wake of a criminal probe over the use of expensive private flights by his office when he acted as the Baltic country’s prime minister between 2019-2023. Following a meeting with Prime Minister Evika Silina, Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins told reporters that he will leave his …
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war-ravaged enclave. The International Court of Justice issued two new so-called provisional measures in a case brought by South Africa accusing …
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The prime ministers of Ukraine and Poland said they made progress Thursday toward meeting demands of Polish and western European farmers who want restrictions on cheap Ukrainian food imports that they say undermine their livelihoods, but they announced no breakthrough. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal was in Poland for talks with his counterpart, Donald Tusk, to …
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Chris “Mad Dog” Russo will never hold back how he feels about something sports related, and it came on Wednesday with March Madness as the topic. Russo’s biggest gripe? The games starting way too late for him on the East Coast. “Give us a chance to watch the damn thing, will you please?” Russo said in his weekly “What are …
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Deion Sanders, known in the football world now as “Coach Prime,” is enjoying some time in the Dominican Republic sun with spring break at Colorado in full swing. But he had a stern warning to give his players as they embark on spring break, as well. “Right now, I’m thinking about when we get back [to Boulder] and check in …
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Once the face of Alabama football, Nick Saban is now learning to adjust to normal life. Saban officially retired on Jan. 10 after winning seven national championships, six of which came during his 17-year tenure with the Crimson Tide. But now the legendary head coach is learning how to send out emails, pick up his own prescriptions and even proper …
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Before the first pitch at Camden Yards to kick off the 2024 MLB season, the Baltimore Orioles honored the Maryland Transportation Authority for its quick response after the cargo ship crash that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The vessel struck the Baltimore bridge, named after the man who wrote America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” March 26. Two bodies …
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JERUSALEM – On a visit to Egypt last weekend, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a stop at the border crossing between the most populous Arab state and the war-stricken Gaza Strip. At the Rafah crossing, Guterres described seeing a “long line of blocked relief trucks waiting to be let into Gaza.” Immediately after that, the Israelis accused the U.N.’s top …
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BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired rockets with heavy warheads at towns in northern Israel, saying it used the weapons against civilian targets for the first time Thursday in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes the night before that killed nine, including what the group said were several paramedics. There were no reports of Israelis hurt in the rocket …
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