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Reds pitching coach Derek Johnson takes leave of absence 06/05/2026 07:30pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cincinnati Reds pitching coach Derek Johnson is taking a leave of absence from the team because of personal reasons. The team announced the move Friday before opening a three-game set against the St. Louis Cardinals. No reason was given for the absence of the 54-year-old Johnson. Argentina expands hantavirus probe, sending teams to trap and test rats in Mendoza 06/05/2026 07:27pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Friday said it was expanding its investigation into the origins of the hantavirus outbreak that struck an Atlantic cruise ship last month, sending scientists to trap and test rats in the western province of Mendoza while lab results are pending from the UN food agency says millions are being pushed into hunger by Iran war 06/05/2026 07:25pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. food agency said millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high. The World Food Program said an analysis in three vulnerable countries found that an additional 2 J.T. Poston handles the wind at Memorial for low round of tournament and the lead 06/05/2026 07:22pm • DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — J.T. Poston stepped onto the putting green Friday at the Memorial just in time to feel the first gust of wind, knowing a tough course was about to get even harder. Part of him was eager to see how a new golf ball to help with the wind was going to perform. It's safe to say he w Cubs president Jed Hoyer says talented team will break out of slump, but needs to do so soon 06/05/2026 07:22pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs president Jed Hoyer isn’t panicking over his team’s protracted slump so far this season. Routed 18-3 by San Francisco on Friday, Chicago has won just six of its last 25 games and fell to 33-31 overall for fourth place in the NL Central. That follows a 20-3 run that The Latest: Judge blocks Trump administration’s asylum freeze on 39 countries 06/05/2026 07:10pm • A federal judge on Friday struck down a Trump administration policy that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to enter and stay in America — things like asylum, work permits, green cards, and citizenship applications. The judge said the policy threw countless immigrants' lives â Trump keeps the door open to a call with Taiwan's president even though China has warned against it 06/05/2026 07:09pm • ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday indicated that he may still speak with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te — even after China has publicly urged him not to directly engage with the leader of the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own. Trump first raised the i Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper arrested on domestic violence charges 06/05/2026 07:06pm • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver Broncos outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper was jailed Friday on domestic violence charges stemming from a fight with his girlfriend. Cooper, 28, was held on suspicion of two counts of domestic violence and one count of criminal mischief, according to Douglas County j 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