Jonas King keeps climbing.

Trib HSSN diamond team of the week – Thomas Jefferson Jaguars softball

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple A, 10-17) dropped the series finale to St. Paul (Twins), 3-1. 3B Enmanuel Valdez (.275) homered in the ninth inning for the Indians’ run. 2B Termarr Johnson (.162) was 0 for 1 with a walk. CF Mitch Jebb (.375) was 0 for 4 with a strikeout. DH Davis Wendzel (.274) went 1 for 4 with three strikeouts. C Rafael Flores Jr. (.202) went 1 ...

Payton Pritchard made six of Boston’s 24 3-pointers and scored 32 points and Jayson Tatum had 30 points and 11 assists to help the Boston Celtics spoil Joel Embiid’s return from an appendectomy and beat the Philadelphia 76ers 128-96 on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

Editorial cartoons for the week of April 27.

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 27.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — University at Buffalo linebacker Red Murdock was starting to wonder if he’d get drafted at all when the Denver Broncos made him “Mr. Irrelevant” as the 257th and final pick of the NFL draft on Saturday.

NEW YORK — “Michael,” the big-budget Michael Jackson spectacle, shrugged off bad reviews and a troubled production to launch with $97 million in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, shattering a record debut for music biopics.

At first glance, AI companions for lonely seniors can seem dystopian, looking less like innovation than a bleak sign of social failure.

BERLIN — For people living with disabilities, barriers to tourism can range from the obvious — such as an out-of-service elevator — to the unseen, like an outing that’s too long or a setting that’s too loud.

BALTIMORE — Less than 24 hours after the Boston Red Sox shockingly fired manager Alex Cora and five members of his coaching staff, infielder Trevor Story said the club’s path forward feels unclear.

A veteran future Hall of Fame returning starter. A trusted longtime backup. The previous year’s late-round rookie who turned some heads.

PORTLAND, Ore. — San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama is available to play Sunday in Game 4 of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers after clearing the NBA’s concussion protocol.

RUNAWAY BAY, Texas — A tornado-producing thunderstorm left at least two people dead in northern Texas and displaced at least 20 families, with many homes sustaining major damage, authorities said Sunday.

The Pittsburgh Pirates were seeking their first sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers in a decade, but Kyle Harrison proved to be a roadblock.

WPIAL schools with NFL draft picks in their history had a current player represent them at the NFL Draft.

The left knee of Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards remained structurally intact when he was injured during Game 4 of his team’s Western Conference first-round playoff series, but he is likely to miss multiple weeks, a person with knowledge of the situation said Sunday.

The 2026 NFL Draft has wrapped.

A Clairton woman is accused of fatally shooting a man in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood last week.

No one wants the meat on their dinner table to have come from an animal that suffered unnecessarily or from a system that puts workers in harm’s way. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what will happen if the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) moves forward with its proposal to increase slaughter line speeds in poultry and pork production.

Does the “Phans of Philly” group have any money left after they bought I-95 billboard space to mock Sidney Crosby?

A 51-year-old woman shot and killed a man in Duquesne early Sunday morning, according to Allegheny County Police.

LONDON — The fabled 2-hour barrier for a marathon has been broken, officially, in an once-inconceivable achievement in sports.

SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine — People streamed into the central square of Slavutych in the early hours of Sunday, placing candles on a large radiation hazard symbol laid out on the ground as a midnight commemoration began for those killed in the Chernobyl disaster 40 years ago and the thousands who risked deadly radiation exposure to contain its aftermath.

KYIV, Ukraine — Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia killed at least 16 people, authorities said, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted fresh warnings about the risks posed by attacks near the plant during Russia’s more than four-year invasion of its neighbor.