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Middle East latest: Israel hits southern Beirut with airstrike, killing at least 3 people

Middle East latest: Israel hits southern Beirut with airstrike, killing at least 3 people

The Israeli military struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs early Tuesday, killing at least three people, in an attack it said targeted a member of the Hezbollah militant group.
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Athletics bat boy Stewart Thalblum takes down drone in left field

Athletics bat boy Stewart Thalblum takes down drone in left field

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When a drone suddenly appeared near the left-field wall at Sutter Health Park on Monday night, veteran Athletics bat boy Stewart Thalblum decided to help thwart it.
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Carson Kelly becomes 1st Cubs player to hit for the cycle in 32 years

Carson Kelly becomes 1st Cubs player to hit for the cycle in 32 years

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Carson Kelly had come close to hitting for the cycle, yet that elusive triple kept holding him back. He had just two triples over a 10-year big league career before Monday night.
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Athletics usher in new era playing Cubs at West Sacramento's Sutter Health Park

Athletics usher in new era playing Cubs at West Sacramento's Sutter Health Park

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mark Kotsay regularly walks around the field before games to add some steps to his daily count. For the Athletics manager on Monday, that meant also surveying the field conditions at his new home ballpark.
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An outside probe says a Japanese TV station didn't support its worker in a sexual assault case

An outside probe says a Japanese TV station didn't support its worker in a sexual assault case

TOKYO (AP) — An independent investigation of a sexual assault case linked to one of Japan’s top celebrities said Monday that Fuji Television Network failed to support its female employee, adding that management lacked human rights awareness.
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An outside probe says a Japanese TV station didn't support its worker in a sexual assault case

An outside probe says a Japanese TV station didn't support its worker in a sexual assault case

TOKYO (AP) — An independent investigation of a sexual assault case linked to one of Japan’s top celebrities said Monday that Fuji Television Network failed to support its female employee, adding that management lacked human rights awareness.
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An outside probe says a Japanese TV station didn't support its worker in a sexual assault case

An outside probe says a Japanese TV station didn't support its worker in a sexual assault case

TOKYO (AP) — An independent investigation of a sexual assault case linked to one of Japan’s top celebrities said Monday that Fuji Television Network failed to support its female employee, adding that management lacked human rights awareness.
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Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher along the French-Swiss border

Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher along the French-Swiss border

GENEVA (AP) — Scientists at the world's largest atom smasher have released a blueprint for a much bigger successor that could help solve remaining enigmas of physics. The plans for the Future Circular Collider — a nearly 91-kilometer (56.
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Celebrity-Birthdays-Apr01

Celebrity Birthdays for April 1: Actor Don Hastings (``As The World Turns'') is 91. Actress Ali MacGraw is 86. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 81. British pop musician Robin Scott is 78. Keyboardist Billy Currie of Ultravox is 75.
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Today-Music-History-Apr01

Today in Music History for April 1: In 1917, Scott Joplin, the ``King of Ragtime,'' died in a mental institution in New York City. Joplin fell into a deep depression -- which eventually led to insanity -- after the failure of his opera ``Treemonisha.
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