By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS (Associated Press) DETROIT (AP) — Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to Pennsylvania and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution. The impacts are particularly hard on poor and minority […]

Not even the Athletics and their major league-worst pitching staff could snap the Yankees out of their offensive funk on Tuesday night. Oakland pitchers held the visiting Yanks to one lonesome run in a 2-1, A’s win. Only Josh Donaldson, in his return from a three-game benching, crossed the plate for the Yankees, as he […]

Steve Weiner’s Orioles-watching routine was as predictable as the seventh-inning stretch. Or so he thought. In this most promising of seasons, the Pikesville retiree takes comfort in the summerlong habit of settling in to watch games on a known network with broadcasters as familiar as old friends. But this season, with a half-dozen Orioles games […]

Douglas County’s Board of Education on Tuesday voted to appoint Jason Page to the seat on the school board that became vacant when member Elizabeth Hanson resigned during a public meeting in May. The board overseeing the Douglas County School District was split in its decision, voting 4 to 2 to appoint Page, who has […]

A man dressed as a bald eagle stands with a crowd in front of representatives of Topgolf during a public meeting in Timnath on Feb. 13, 2023. Residents in the fast-growing community near Fort Collins are trying to stop the company from building a facility in town, claiming Topgolf’s trademark safety nets pose a risk […]

The Avalanche acquired the rights to restricted free agent Ross Colton from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for the No. 37 pick in the 2023 draft, the team announced Wednesday morning. Colorado flipped the early second-round pick after receiving it via trade the previous day from Montreal. The Avalanche essentially traded Alex Newhook, also […]

By DAVID KOENIG (AP Airlines Writer) Travelers are getting hit with delays at U.S. airports again Wednesday, an ominous sign heading into the long July 4 holiday weekend, which is shaping up as the biggest test yet for airlines that are struggling to keep up with surging numbers of passengers. As of mid-morning on the […]

Liam Hendriks showed strength and resilience as he inspired the baseball world and beyond by returning to the mound after battling stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The Chicago White Sox reliever will receive the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance during the 2023 ESPY Awards. “In one of the most challenging years of my life, receiving the […]

Driving back to Colorado State University with a van full of students after a day of working to heal some beat-up land north of Fort Collins, I wondered: Could ecological restoration be a new form of outdoor recreation? We’d spent the day building a sawbuck fence around a spring. From the spring, gravity would carry […]

With roughly two weeks to go in the first half, the Yankees are in an odd position. With a 43-35, third-place record entering Tuesday’s series-opener in Oakland, they’re certainly not where they want to be. But things could also be a lot worse given all the injuries the team has endured. The Yankees — especially […]