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US military says it shot down Iranian drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz, then struck surveillance radar sites 06/05/2026 07:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — US military says it shot down Iranian drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz, then struck surveillance radar sites. FACT FOCUS: Is inflation a red state vs. blue state issue? It's increasing no matter how you cut it 06/05/2026 06:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — After cooling slowly in 2024 and 2025, inflation is rising again, squeezing most Americans' budgets and making it harder to afford gas, groceries, and other necessities. Inflation reached 3.8% in April from a year earlier, the highest in three years. So, how bad is it really? La Jury awards $176M for wrongful deaths of young brothers struck by California socialite's car 06/05/2026 06:53pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury has awarded $176 million to the parents of two young brothers killed in a hit-and-run collision when a California socialite's car struck them in a crosswalk nearly six years ago. The jury found both Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson, a former Los Angeles Dod NCAA panel makes a small change in Division I eligibility proposal, could vote on it in late June 06/05/2026 06:51pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Division I Cabinet put off a vote on the age-based eligibility model it is considering and instead made minor adjustments to the proposal Friday. The Cabinet removed language about starting an athlete's eligibility clock after their high school graduation. The proposal Red Sox option struggling pitcher Brayan Bello to Triple-A Worcester, move Crochet to 60-day IL 06/05/2026 06:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Red Sox optioned right-hander Brayan Bello to Triple-A Worcester on Friday, a day after the pitcher allowed eight runs against the Baltimore Orioles and expressed frustration about questions regarding his role as a starter or a reliever. Bello is 2-6 with a 6.34 ERA in 1 Scheffler 'felt like I was going to shoot 90' and salvages 72 at the Memorial 06/05/2026 06:39pm • DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was 10 shots behind after two rounds at the Memorial, a tournament he has won the last two years. He felt like he could have shot 90. He hit a shank out of the bunker. He said it was as bad as he has hit the ball in some two years. And there was part of him fe SEC's Sankey says superleague idea 'not consistent with the truth' 06/05/2026 06:37pm • Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey said there's no talk of a merger with the Big Ten and called the notion that the SEC wants to form a super league — the specter of which is being leveraged by lawmakers as a central threat to the future of college sports — as “not consistent wit the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday Par Scores 06/05/2026 06:36pm • Friday At Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, Ohio Purse: $20 million Yardage: 7,569; Par: 72 Second Round J.T. Poston 70-65—135 -9 the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday Scores 06/05/2026 06:36pm • Friday At Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, Ohio Purse: $20 million Yardage: 7,569; Par: 72 Second Round J.T. Poston 70-65—135 Ryan Gerard Matt Chapman has 2 HRs, a career-high 8 RBIs, as Giants go deep 7 times to rout Cubs 18-3 06/05/2026 06:33pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Chapman hit his fourth career grand slam in the fourth inning and added a three-run shot to cap San Francisco's seven-run sixth inning and the Giants pounded the slumping Chicago Cubs 18-3 on Friday. Willy Adames and Casey Schmitt each added a pair of home runs as the Giants de Vegas-Carolina Stanley Cup Final is 'a new series' going into Game 3 after Canes' comeback 06/05/2026 06:26pm • Before the Carolina Hurricanes made their comeback, before the Vegas Golden Knights needed a goal with 81 seconds left in regulation to tie it and before Seth Jarvis scored in overtime, the sound of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final was silence. The same crowd that roared at the start of the series wa Trump's deportation agenda is about to get a $70B infusion from Congress 06/05/2026 06:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With virtually no strings attached, Congress is on the verge of providing a sizable infusion of cash to the Department of Homeland Security, powering President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda for the remainder of his term in the White House. The nearly $70 billion packag Stocks slump as Big Tech sinks and a strong May jobs report boosts odds for higher interest rates 06/05/2026 06:15pm • The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October Friday as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market and a strong jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will be forced to hike interest rates at some point this year. The S&P 500 sank 2.6%, its Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong public health measures 06/05/2026 06:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread, according to a new analysis by U.S. health officials. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a range of scenarios ge These houses of worship are older than America. How they outlasted wars, schisms and lawsuits 06/05/2026 06:05pm • (RNS) — On Ash Wednesday this year, about a dozen people attended a noon service at Boston’s Old North Church, founded in 1723. Two days later, a handful of worshippers took part in a Shabbat service at Newport, Rhode Island’s Touro Synagogue, dedicated in 1763. Congregations participating in