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27 Apr 2022, 05:30
Sport
PHOENIX : Mikal Bridges scored 31 points in a stellar all-around game, Chris Paul added 22 points and 11 assists and the top-seeded Phoenix Suns beat the New Orleans Pelicans 112-97 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference first-round series.
27 Apr 2022, 05:10
ANAHEIM, Calif. : Mike Trout homered and drove in three runs, and Patrick Sandoval pitched seven innings of two-hit ball Tuesday night as the surging Los Angeles Angels defeated the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 for their third straight victory.
TAMPA, Fla. : Steven Stamkos reached the 100-point mark for the first time in his NHL career by scoring two goals and assisting on two more, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Tuesday night for their fourth consecutive victory.
27 Apr 2022, 05:00
Five-star forward Malik Reneau is officially an Indiana Hoosier. IU recently announced the addition of the No. 28 recruit in the country to its roster. "Malik has enjoyed success at the highest level in high school and brings a competitive and winning presence to our program," Hoosiers coach Mike Woodson said in a statement. "He's an outstanding offensive player who continues to expand his game. He has great touch and tremendous footwork and he uses his quickness to his advantage. He has a great ...
Domestic
WEBSTER ROAD Closed between Paulding and Tillman roads 8 a.m. Wednesday through 3 p.m. Friday.
The Fort Wayne woman accused in the homicide of her 9-year-old stepson in December has pleaded guilty. Alesha L. Miller, 30, of Fort Wayne is expected to be sentenced to 30 years in prison at a May 24 hearing after pleading guilty Thursday to felony aggravated battery and to two counts of felony neglect of a dependent. The state will drop a fourth felony charge of neglect, which is a higher level felony than the other neglect charges.
Fort Wayne police are investigating a reported fight at a north-side bar that is partly owned by a police officer. Police were called at 2:37 a.m. Sunday to Elev8 Lounge at 5745 St. Joe Road.
News
U.S. regulators are calling on Amazon to improve its procedures for dealing with severe weather like hurricanes and tornadoes that could threaten workers at its warehouses dotted across the country. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday sent a "Hazard Alert Letter" to the Seattle-based e-commerce giant Tuesday following the agency's investigation into the deadly collapse of a company warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, in December. Six people died and another was critically in...
NEW YORKÂ : Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans had signs of previous infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in a report Tuesday. The researchers examined blood samples from more than 200,000 Americans and looked for virus-fighting antibodies made from infections, not vaccines. They found that signs of past infection rose dramatically between December and February, when the more contagio...
TOKYO : A Japanese woman recognized as the world's oldest person, Kane Tanaka, has died at age 119, about eight months short of her goal of reaching 120. Born on Jan. 2, 1903, Tanaka loved playing the board game Othello and had a penchant for chocolate and fizzy drinks. She was certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest living person in 2019 when she was 116. In media occasions, she said she was still enjoying life and hoped to live until 120.
INDIANAPOLIS : Two Statehouse veterans have a fight on their hands : challenged by fellow Republicans for not being conservative enough. Rep. Matt Lehman, R-Berne, is running against Russ Mounsey in House District 79 while Rep. Dan Leonard, R-Huntington, takes on Lorissa Sweet in House District 50.
Restoration work at Lakeside Park
INDIANAPOLIS : NCAA President Mark Emmert is stepping down after 12 tumultuous years leading an association that has become increasingly marginalized while college sports has undergone massive changes and been besieged by political and legal attacks. NCAA Board of Governors Chairman John DeGioia announced the move Tuesday and said it was by mutual agreement. Emmert, 69, will serve in his role until a new president is found or until June 30, 2023.
CLARKSVILLE : The federal government is accusing a southern Indiana town of discriminating against a man with HIV who applied to become a police officer. The Justice Department said it filed a lawsuit Monday against Clarksville.
Cy Young Award-winner Blake Snell will make a rehab appearance with the TinCaps on Thursday at Parkview Field, the team announced Tuesday. Snell, 29, is working his way back from a groin injury that has kept him from pitching for the Padres this season. San Diego is playing a series in Cincinnati before heading to Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
Down 2-0 in a best-of-7 series, their hopes of successfully defending the Kelly Cup championship teetering on the brink of demise, the Komets still have an air of positivity. They took a day off to refocus, held productive practices Monday and Tuesday mornings, then got on the bus to Wheeling, West Virginia, where they must defeat the underdog Nailers at least twice to force the series back to Memorial Coliseum.
ATLANTA : Travis Demeritte hit his first big league homer in nearly three years and made an impressive catch to back another strong outing by Max Fried, giving the Atlanta Braves a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. The World Series champions won for only the third time in their last eight games. The Cubs have lost six of seven.
LAS VEGAS : Draft night Thursday will include prospects walking a red carpet above the Bellagio fountains, a theater built specifically for the proceedings where they hope to hear their names called early, and the aura of gambling everywhere. How about that for something different for the NFL?
About 600 people gave former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a standing ovation Tuesday when he finished his keynote speech at the Allen County Republicans Lincoln Day Dinner. Then they began to cheer when Steve Shine, chairman of Allen County Republicans, thanked Pompeo and while listing his accomplishments added "and quite possibly the next president of the United States of America."
A $466,373 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help Parkview Health expand Veggie Rx to HEAL, a program aimed at reducing the prevalence of food insecurity and chronic health conditions in Allen County. Parkview announced Tuesday that the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded the grant through the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program. The initiative supports greater food access and nutrition security for low-income and at-risk communities.
WASHINGTON : One of the largest providers of military housing in the United States continues to respond inadequately to mold and other structural problems, threatening the health and safety of service members and their families, according to a Senate panel's investigation. The allegations against Balfour Beatty Communities LLC are focused on housing provided to service members at Fort Gordon Army Base in Georgia and Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. The company oversees about 1,700 homes at the bases...
WASHINGTON : The Biden administration is scrapping old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs, speeding an ongoing trend toward more efficient lighting that officials say will save households, schools and businesses billions of dollars a year. Rules finalized by the Energy Department will require manufacturers to sell only energy-efficient light bulbs starting next July, accelerating a longtime industry practice to use compact fluorescent and LED bulbs that last 25 to 50 times longer than incandescent...
Peaceful perch
NEW YORK : The New York Yankees were fined $100,000 by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred for using their dugout phone to relay information about opposing teams' signs during the 2015 season and part of 2016. The fine was disclosed in a Sept. 14, 2017, letter from Manfred to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman that is set to be unsealed in U.S. District Court in New York this week as part of a dismissed lawsuit by a fan. The letter's contents were first reported Tuesday by SNY, and the letter was ob...
NEW YORK : Vincent Trochek had a goal and an assist, rookie Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 31 shots and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3 Tuesday night to clinch the Metropolitan Division title. Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen and Jordan Martinook also scored for Carolina, and Brady Skjei had two assists. The Hurricanes, who won their second straight division title after winning the realigned Central Division in last year's shortened season, set franchise records with 53 wins and 114 poi...
Freimann Square trim-up
The TinCaps entered Tuesday with the best offense in the Midwest League. A Notre Dame product shut them down. Former Irish standout Joe Boyle tossed five shutout innings for the first-place Dayton Dragons, gave up just one hit and earned his first professional victory as the Dragons beat Fort Wayne 4-0 in the opener of a six-game series at Parkview Field.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. : Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles would rather avoid calling what he has done with his team's roster a rebuild. Whether he likes calling it constructing a team or a rebuild, the Bears are heading into Poles' first NFL draft badly in need of players and short on draft picks.
INDIANAPOLIS : The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has suspended the officers involved and launched two investigations after a man in custody died after being shot with a Taser. The department's Critical Incident Response Team arrived at the scene of the incident Monday on the city's northeast side to conduct a criminal investigation. The department's Internal Affairs department is conducting a separate investigation, IMPD said.
PORTLAND : Jack Ronald, the former editor and publisher of The Commercial Review and a member of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame, has died at age 73. Ronald spent decades in journalism in Portland and around the world, training journalists in the former Soviet republics and elsewhere overseas.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. : Ja Morant scored on a layup with a second left, and the Memphis Grizzlies rallied from 11 points down in the fourth quarter to edge the Minnesota Timberwolves 111-109 on Tuesday night and grab a 3-2 lead in their first-round Western Conference series. Morant, named the NBA's most improved player on Monday, struggled mightily much of the game. But he turned it on in the fourth quarter, scoring 18 points : including 9 of 10 at the free-throw line.
Roger Penske has tweaked qualifying for next month's Indianapolis 500 to add a shootout that will determine the first four starting rows for "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing." Penske told The Associated Press the tweaks will create a high-pressure atmosphere on the second day of qualifying.
