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The long shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic creeps into the race for Ohio governor 05/02/2026 10:42am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dr. Amy Acton, a Democrat running unopposed in her party's primary for Ohio governor, faces some steep challenges in the coming general election. She is trying to be the first Democrat in 20 years to win the office in a state that has become dominated by Republicans. Her pres Black Americans face a new fight for racial representation after justices' Voting Rights Act ruling 05/02/2026 10:34am • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — At 16, Edward Blackmon Jr. was arrested during a protest for voting rights in his Mississippi hometown. He was loaded with schoolmates into a truck once used to haul chickens and was left in the summer heat before spending three nights in an overcrowded jail cell without a be Humpback whale 'Timmy' released in the North Sea after weeks stranded off Germany 05/02/2026 10:28am • BERLIN (AP) — A rescue team on Saturday released from a barge in the North Sea a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March, witnesses said. Nicknamed Timmy by German media, the whale was spotted swimming near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 3, far from DraftKings Kentucky Derby Promo Code: Get $100 Bonus for Epic Sports Saturday 05/02/2026 10:26am • There is nothing better than the first Saturday in May, especially when it coincides with one of the greatest weekends on the sports calendar. Today marks the running of the 152nd Kentucky Derby, and I'm gearing up for an incredible day of action. Between three separate NBA quarterfinal Game 7s—ki Today in Sports - Shohei Ohtani becomes 2nd pitcher to strike out 500 batters and hit 100 home runs 05/02/2026 10:10am • May 3 1902 — Alan-a-Dale wins the Kentucky Derby by a nose over Inventor, giving jockey Jimmy Winkfield his second straight Derby victory. Winkfield is the last black rider to win the Kentucky Derby. 1936 — NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits. 1941 — Whirlaway, rid Sports on TV for Sunday, May 3 05/02/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, May 3 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5 a.m. FS1 — AFL: Greater Western Sydney at Gold Coast AUTO RACING 1 p.m. FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, South Georgia Motorsports Park, Adel, Ga. (taped) 3 p.m. NBC — AMA Supercross Cham Jacobs powers New Zealand to 6-wicket win over Bangladesh to level T20 series 05/02/2026 10:04am • MIRPUR, Bangladesh (AP) — Bevon Jacobs hit his maiden half-century as New Zealand recovered from a shaky start to beat Bangladesh by six wickets in the rain-hit third T20 on Saturday, concluding the three-match series at 1-1. Jacobs' 31-ball 62 not out, including five fours and three sixes, helped Did you find an animal nesting near your house? Here's what to do 05/02/2026 10:00am • For four years, a mallard has nested behind a bush near the front door of Caitlin Deal's home in a Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb, offering an up-close glimpse of nature for her young son and lessons for how people can coexist with wildlife. The duck, dubbed Martha by the family, sits on her nest for a Confirmed cases of measles in DC and Virginia as country faces significant resurgence 05/02/2026 09:58am • Two cases of measles have been confirmed in the DC-area: Officials with the District's Department of Health announced a confirmed case of measles in the city on Thursday, and the Virginia Department of Health was notified of a confirmed case of measles that traveled through the Dulles International Yemen introduced the world to coffee. Now, its coffeehouse culture is booming in the US 05/02/2026 09:47am • SUNNYVALE, California (AP) — Hundreds of years ago, Yemen helped introduce the world to coffee. Lately, the mountainous, war-ravaged country that borders Saudi Arabia and Oman is exporting something else: its coffee culture. Yemeni coffeehouses are opening at a rapid pace across the U.S. The numbe New Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel begins leading first annual meeting without Warren Buffett on stage 05/02/2026 09:38am • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — New Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel begins leading first annual meeting without Warren Buffett on stage. Turkish Airlines Open Par Scores 05/02/2026 09:37am • Saturday At National GC - Irmak and Tuna Antalya, Turkey Purse: $2.8 million Yardage: 7,287; Par: 72 Third Round Mikael Lindberg, Sweden 66-73-70—209 -7 Turkish Airlines Open Scores 05/02/2026 09:37am • Saturday At National GC - Irmak and Tuna Antalya, Turkey Purse: $2.8 million Yardage: 7,287; Par: 72 Third Round Mikael Lindberg, Sweden 66-73-70—209 South Capitol Street reopens; 'barricade situation' remains after man scales Frederick Douglass Bridge 05/02/2026 09:32am • South Capitol Street at the Frederick Douglass Bridge in D.C. has reopened, but authorities continue to monitor a "barricade situation" after a person scaled one of the bridge's arches Friday. The man remains on top of the bridge as of Saturday. While all outbound lanes of the bridge have reop Trump likes the idea of the government owning some US companies but took a pass on Spirit Airlines 05/02/2026 08:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had no qualms about a government takeover of Spirit Airlines, so long as the terms could be portrayed as a financial victory in what would have been the latest addition to a taxpayer-backed conglomerate of business interests. But the budget carrier ceased