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LGBTQ+ inclusive hockey leagues play on amid challenges and fresh interest due to 'Heated Rivalry' 04/28/2026 10:05pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Steven Thompson began playing hockey in 2017, but it wasn’t until he met Joey Gale that he truly felt seen in his new sport. Thompson said he had a few teammates who are part of the LGBTQ+ community on previous teams but one day he ran into Gale, who had doctored up his stick with Martín Pérez throws 5 scoreless innings as Braves beat Tigers 5-2 04/28/2026 10:04pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Martín Pérez threw five scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves beat Detroit 5-2 on Tuesday night for their 11th win in their last 13 games as the Tigers lost starter Casey Mize to an injury in the third inning. Ozzie Albies hit a two-run homer and Ronald Acuña Jr. was 2 for 3 w Gorman, Burleson and Walker drive in 3 runs apiece to lead Cardinals over Pirates 11-7 04/28/2026 10:00pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nolan Gorman homered and drove in three runs and Alec Burleson and Jordan Walker drove in three runs apiece to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. JJ Wetherholt and Ivan Herrera, the top two hitters in the Cardinals’ batting How is DC's tree population? One local nonprofit has the answer 04/28/2026 09:59pm • There are many benefits to trees: They keep you cool with shade, they absorb traffic noise, they’re pretty and they’re good for animals. So, how is D.C.'s tree population doing? The answer comes from Casey Trees, a D.C.-based nonprofit whose mission is to enhance and protect the tree canopy o White Sox right fielder Pereira leaves game against Angels with right shoulder soreness 04/28/2026 09:42pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox right fielder Everson Pereira left Tuesday night's game against the Los Angeles Angles with right shoulder soreness. The 25-year-old Pereira had an awkward swing during an at-bat in the fourth inning when he struck out swinging. He was replaced by veteran outfield United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel 04/28/2026 09:40pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it will leave OPEC effective May 1, stripping the oil cartel of its third-largest producer and further weakening its leverage over global oil supplies and prices. The UAE's decision had been rumored as a possibility for some De La Cruz and Burns power the Reds to a 7-2 victory over the Rockies 04/28/2026 09:35pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Elly De La Cruz homered and drove in four runs and Chase Burns reached 100 strikeouts faster than any other Cincinnati pitcher as the Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Tuesday night. De La Cruz sandwiched a pair of RBI singles around a two-run homer by Spencer Steer — his f The Latest: United Arab Emirates says it will exit OPEC, while US-Iran negotiations stall 04/28/2026 09:34pm • The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it will leave OPEC effective May 1, stripping the oil cartel of one of its largest producers. While the announcement won't have an immediate impact on world oil supplies that are constrained by the war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, i Tracy Sturdivant, the Ms. Foundation's next leader, wants to expand the feminist funder's coalition 04/28/2026 09:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — It is rare, the Ms. Foundation's next leader acknowledged, for a Black woman to take the helm of a major nonprofit from another Black woman. It is even rarer, she noted, for that organization to be financially healthy. And yet that is the position Tracy Sturdivant will enter when s Pete Alonso homers, Shane Baz earns first win as Orioles defeat Astros 5-3 04/28/2026 09:27pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Pete Alonso homered, Adley Rutschman drove in two runs, and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Houston Astros 5-3 on Tuesday night. Shane Baz allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings to earn his first victory since Baltimore acquired him from Tampa Bay in December as the Orioles won th Tennessee Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker steps down 04/28/2026 09:19pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker said Tuesday he is leaving the organization to pursue other opportunities. Brinker joined the Titans in 2023 and was elevated to president of football operations the following year. During Brinker's time in Nas Don Mattingly wins debut as Phillies interim manager as Jesús Luzardo helps blank Giants 7-0 04/28/2026 09:19pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Don Mattingly won his first game as Philadelphia's interim manager, as Jesús Luzardo threw seven innings to lead the last-place Phillies past the San Francisco Giants 7-0 on Tuesday night. Mattingly won hours after he was promoted from bench coach to replace the fired Rob Thom Washington state says Geo Group refuses to let health inspectors into detention facility 04/28/2026 09:19pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state on Tuesday asked a federal judge to force private prison operator The Geo Group to allow health inspectors into its for-profit immigration detention center in Tacoma, which has been the subject of thousands of complaints from detainees in recent years. Inspect Starmer averts ethics probe over Mandelson appointment but faces more pressure 04/28/2026 09:17pm • LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday averted a parliamentary inquiry over his choice of Peter Mandelson as British ambassador to Washington, but failed to quell questions about whether he bent the rules to make the controversial appointment. 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