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Florida man executed for the killing of his brother’s teenage stepdaughter nearly 50 years ago 04/30/2026 06:22pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida man executed for the killing of his brother’s teenage stepdaughter nearly 50 years ago. Regions Tradition Tour Scores 04/30/2026 06:20pm • Thursday At Greystone GC Birmingham, Ala. Purse: $2.6 million Yardage: 7,249; Par: 72 First Round Alex Cejka 34-31—65 Stewart Cink Regions Tradition Par Scores 04/30/2026 06:19pm • Thursday At Greystone GC Birmingham, Ala. Purse: $2.6 million Yardage: 7,249; Par: 72 First Round Alex Cejka 34-31—65 -7 Stewar Alliant Energy: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/30/2026 06:18pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Alliant Energy Corp. (LNT) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $224 million. The Madison, Wisconsin-based company said it had net income of 87 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 82 cents per share. The results LIV Golf isn't the only sports property being reconsidered in Saudi reboot of investment strategy 04/30/2026 06:17pm • The billionaires in Saudi Arabia are pulling the plug on LIV Golf. It won’t be the first mega sports project they’ve given up on recently. Over the last several weeks, the Saudis have bailed on a Winter Olympics-style sports festival and sold one of their best soccer teams, all while shifting th Camp Mystic drops summer reopening plan over outrage by families and Texas lawmakers 04/30/2026 06:16pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Camp Mystic on Thursday halted plans to reopen this summer on the Texas river where floodwaters killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors, backing down in the face of outraged families and investigations that accused the all-girls Christian camp of dangerous safety and operat Pirates ace Paul Skenes has beaten just about everybody ... except the St. Louis Cardinals 04/30/2026 06:11pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The almost maniacal preparation Paul Skenes pours into every start is already the stuff of legend, just two years into his career. Still, even the Pittsburgh Pirates ace knows no matter how his pregame routine goes, he's never really sure what kind of stuff he's going to have on J. Craig Venter, who won the race to sequence the human genome, dies at 79 04/30/2026 06:09pm • J. Craig Venter, who mapped the first draft of the human genome and helped scientists understand how genes shape our lives, died Wednesday. He was 79. Venter’s death was announced by the J. Craig Venter Institute, a genomics research group with locations in La Jolla, California, and Rockville, Mar Britney Spears charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs 04/30/2026 06:08pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears was charged in California on Thursday with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, authorities said. The 44-year-old pop star was charged with a single misdemeanor count of driving under the combined influence of alcohol and at least one drug, the Ventur Takeaways from Hegseth's first hearings in Congress since the start of Iran war 04/30/2026 06:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared before Congress at a pair of hourslong hearings this week for the first time since the Trump administration went to war against Iran, with the Pentagon chief facing tough questions from skeptical Democrats. Hegseth seemed to emerge with sol Police identify 19-year-old charged after fight, shooting in Montgomery Co. high school parking lot 04/30/2026 06:02pm • Montgomery County police have identified the 19-year-old man who was arrested in the parking lot of Blake High School after a fight apparently led to a shooting that wounded a student. Djibia Gombo of Silver Spring, has been charged with first-degree assault after a fight broke out during the sch Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff undergoing testing after velocity drops in abbreviated start 04/30/2026 06:02pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff was undergoing tests Thursday to determine what led to the drop in velocity that caused him to leave his start against Arizona during the second inning. The two-time All-Star right-hander threw 21 pitches, and none of them exceeded 86.9 mph. The av Bucks make it official by announcing the hiring of former Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins 04/30/2026 05:58pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Taylor Jenkins was officially announced as the Milwaukee Bucks coach on Thursday, as the former Memphis Grizzlies coach takes over a team coming off a 50-loss season that snapped a string of nine straight playoff appearances. The Bucks said Jenkins will have an introductory news c Mexico to investigate US indictment of officials for alleged Sinaloa Cartel ties 04/30/2026 05:55pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is vowing an independent investigation of 10 current and former officials who have been indicted in the U.S. on charges of drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons in connection with the Sinaloa Cartel. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that she Amazon's Prime Video dives into college sports in partnership with Duke men's basketball 04/30/2026 05:53pm • DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Streaming provider Prime Video is diving into college sports by partnering with one of college basketball's biggest brands: Duke. Amazon and Duke announced Thursday they had reached a multiyear agreement to broadcast three of the Blue Devils' neutral-site nonconference matchups