NHL leading goal scorer Leon Draisaitl left the Oilers' game against the Sharks on Thursday night with an undisclosed injury and is doubtful to return.

Championship leader Lando Norris topped the times for McLaren in first practice for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday as Yuki Tsunoda impressed on his Red Bull debut with the sixth-fastest lap at the Suzuka circuit.

Angel City FC sporting director Mark Parsons said forward Alyssa Thompson has set the standard in the opening weeks of the 2025 National Women's Soccer League season.

Chattanooga became the first team from the Southern Conference to win the NIT championship after beating UC Irvine 85-84.

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Chattanooga became the first team from the Southern Conference to win the NIT championship after beating UC Irvine 85-84.

South Carolina had to rally (twice) to reach the Final Four. Can the reigning champs still run it back?

With playoff positioning on the line, the Lakers and Warriors squared off in a Western Conference showdown.

Brooklyn coach Jordi Fernandez took the blame for Minnesota star Anthony Edwards' injury scare in Thursday night's game.

South Carolina had to rally (twice) to reach the Final Four. Can the reigning champs still run it back?

Ange Postecolgou has said his actions were misinterpreted after the Tottenham Hotspur head coach appeared to cup his ear and wave in the direction of the travelling Spurs fans.

Luka Doncic was short and to the point in describing his cold shootingin the Lakers' 123-116 loss the Warriors on Thursday, calling it an "unacceptable" performance.

A 50-year-old Georgia businessman was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for scamming former NBA players Dwight Howard and Chandler Parsons out of millions of dollars.

Luka Doncic was short and to the point in describing his cold shootingin the Lakers' 123-116 loss the Warriors on Thursday, calling it an "unacceptable" performance.

Luka Doncic was short and to the point in describing his cold shootingin the Lakers' 123-116 loss the Warriors on Thursday, calling it an "unacceptable" performance.

The Reds lost 1-0 to the Brewers on Thursday to become only the second team in the live-ball era (since 1920) to lose three consecutive 1-0 games.

President Donald Trump, center, arrives on Air Force One at Miami International Airport, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)2025-04-04T03:42:02Z WASHINGTON (AP) Top congressional Democrats on Thursday protested the reported firing of Gen. Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency, with one lawmaker saying the decision makes all of us less safe.The Washington Post reported late Thursday that Haugh and his civilian deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, had been dismissed from those roles. Haugh also headed U.S. Cyber Command, which coordinates the Pentagons cybersecurity operations. The Post report cited two current U.S. officials and one former U.S. official who requested anonymity.Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement: General Haugh has served our country in uniform, with honor and distinction, for more than 30 years. At a time when the United States is facing unprecedented cyber threats ... how does firing him make Americans any safer? Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, said he was deeply disturbed by the decision.I have known General Haugh to be an honest and forthright leader who followed the law and put national security first I fear those are precisely the qualities that could lead to his firing in this Administration, Himes added. The Intelligence Committee and the American people need an immediate explanation for this decision, which makes all of us less safe. Earlier Thursday, President Donald Trump said he had fired some White House National Security Council officials, a move that came a day after far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns directly to him about staff loyalty. Loomer during her Oval Office conversation with Trump urged the president to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal to his Make America Great Again agenda, according to several people familiar with the matter. They all spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive personnel manner. Always were letting go of people, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he made his way to Miami on Thursday afternoon. People that we dont like or people that we dont think can do the job or people that may have loyalties to somebody else.The firings come as Trumps national security adviser Mike Waltz continues to fight calls for his ouster after using the publicly available encrypted Signal app to discuss planning for the sensitive March 15 military operation targeting Houthi militants in Yemen. Warner said Thursday night, It is astonishing, too, that President Trump would fire the nonpartisan, experienced leader of the National Security Agency while still failing to hold any member of his team accountable for leaking classified information on a commercial messaging app even as he apparently takes staffing direction on national security from a discredited conspiracy theorist in the Oval Office.Haugh met last month with Elon Musk, whose Department of Government Efficiency has roiled the federal government by slashing personnel and budgets at dozens of agencies. In a statement, the NSA said the meeting was intended to ensure both organizations are aligned with the new administrations priorities. Haugh had led both the NSA and Cyber Command since 2023. Both departments play leading roles in the nations cybersecurity. The NSA also supports the military and other national security agencies by collecting and analyzing a vast amount of data and information globally.Cyber Command is known as Americas first line of defense in cyberspace and also plans offensive cyberoperations for potential use against adversaries. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered the office to pause some offensive cyberoperations against Russia, in another sign of how Trumps administration is transforming the work of the nations intelligence community.__Associated Press writers Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller and David Klepper contributed to this report.

The interior of the destroyed Gordon-Hardy building after a severe weather passed through an industrial industrial park on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Jeffersontown, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)2025-04-04T05:35:30Z LAKE CITY, Ark. (AP) Parts of the Midwest and South faced the possibility of torrential rains and life-threatening flash floods Friday, while many communities were still reeling from tornadoes that destroyed whole neighborhoods and killed at least seven people.Forecasters warned of catastrophic weather on the way, with round after round of heavy rains expected in the central U.S. through Saturday. Satellite imagery showed thunderstorms lined up like freight trains to take the same tracks over communities in Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, according to the national Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.The bulls-eye centered on a swath along the Mississippi River and included the more than 1.3 million people around Memphis, Tennessee.More than 90 million people were at risk of severe weather from Texas to Minnesota to Maine, according to the Oklahoma-based Storm Prediction Center. Those killed in the initial wave of storms that spawned powerful tornadoes on Wednesday and early Thursday were in Tennessee, Missouri and Indiana. They included a Tennessee man and his teen daughter whose home was destroyed, and a man whose pickup struck downed power lines in Indiana. In Missouri, Garry Moore, who was chief of the Whitewater Fire Protection District, died while likely trying to help a stranded motorist, according to Highway Patrol spokesperson Sgt. Clark Parrott. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said entire neighborhoods in the hard-hit town of Selmer were completely wiped out and said it was too early to know whether there were more deaths as searches continued. He warned people across the state to stay vigilant with more severe weather predicted. Dont let your guard down, he said during a Thursday evening news conference. Dont stop watching the weather. Dont stop preparing yourself. Have a plan.With flattened homes behind him, Dakota Woods described seeing the twister come through Selmer.I was walking down the street, Woods said Thursday. Next thing you know, I look up, the sky is getting black and blacker, and its lighting up green lights, and its making a formation of a twister or tornado. Flash flood threat looms over many states By late Thursday, extremely heavy rain was falling in parts of southeastern Missouri and western Kentucky and causing very dangerous/life threatening flash flooding in some spots, according to the National Weather Service.Heavy rains were expected to continue there and in other parts of the region in the coming days and could produce dangerous flash floods capable of sweeping away cars. The potent storm system will bring significant, life-threatening flash flooding each day, the National Weather Service said.Water rescue teams and sandbagging operations were being staged across the region, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency was ready to distribute food, water, cots and generators.Water rescues were already underway in flooded parts of Nashville, Tennessee, where the rain could persist for days after an unnerving period of tornado warnings that drained the batteries of some city sirens, the fire department said. Western Kentucky prepared for record rain and flooding in places that normally do not get inundated, Gov. Andy Beshear said. At least 25 state highways were swamped, mostly in the west, according to a statement from his office Thursday.Flash flooding is particularly worrisome in rural areas of the state where water can quickly rush off the mountains into the hollows. Less than four years ago, dozens died in flooding across eastern Kentucky.Extreme flooding across the corridor that includes Louisville, Kentucky, and Memphis, which have major cargo hubs, could also lead to shipping and supply chain delays, said Jonathan Porter, chief meteorologist at AccuWeather.Forecasters attributed the violent weather to warm temperatures, an unstable atmosphere, strong wind shear and abundant moisture streaming from the Gulf. Tornadoes leave path of damage, and more could be comingUnder darkened skies Thursday morning, the remains of a used car dealership in Selmer stood roofless and gutted, with debris scattered across the car lot and wrapped around mangled trees. Some homes were ripped to their foundations in the Tennessee town, where three tornadoes were suspected of touching down.The Tennessee Highway Patrol released video of lightning illuminating the sky as first responders scoured the ruins of a home, looking for anyone trapped.In neighboring Arkansas, a tornado near Blytheville lofted debris at least 25,000 feet (7.6 kilometers) high, according to weather service meteorologist Chelly Amin. The states emergency management office reported damage in 22 counties from tornadoes, wind, hail and flash flooding.The home where Danny Qualls spent his childhood but no longer lives was flattened by a tornado in northeast Arkansas.My husband has been extremely tearful and emotional, but he also knows that we have to do the work, Rhonda Qualls said. He was in shock last night, cried himself to sleep. Workers on bulldozers cleared rubble along the highway that crosses through Lake City, where a tornado with winds of 150 mph (241 kph) sheared roofs off homes, collapsed brick walls and tossed cars into trees.Mississippis governor said at least 60 homes were damaged. And in far western Kentucky, four people were injured while taking shelter in a vehicle under a church carport, according to the emergency management office in Ballard County.___Walker IV reported from Selmer, Tennessee, and Seewer from Toledo, Ohio. Associated Press writers Andrew DeMillo in Little Rock, Arkansas; Jonathan Mattise in Nashville, Tennessee, Seth Borenstein in Washington; Isabella OMalley in Philadelphia; Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire; Bruce Schreiner in Louisville, Kentucky; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Hallie Golden in Seattle; and Ed White in Detroit contributed. JOHN SEEWER Seewer covers state and national news for The Associated Press and is based in Toledo, Ohio. twitter mailto

The USMNT remained at 16th in the latest FIFA rankings released Thursday, while Canada climbed to a new all-time high and Mexico moved up two spots following last month's Concacaf Nations League finals.

Angel City FC sporting director Mark Parsons said forward Alyssa Thompson has set the standard in the opening weeks of the 2025 National Women's Soccer League season.

Warriors forward Jimmy Butler briefly left Thursday's 123-116 win over the Lakers due to a left forearm issue before returning in the fourth quarter and said his status for Friday's game against Denver is uncertain.

Alpine rookie Jack Doohan walked away from a big crash during practice for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou bemoaned the time-consuming VAR process that saw Pape Sarr's goal chopped off in their 1-0 defeat at Chelsea on Thursday.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca said he could have blown his side's chances of hanging on for a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday.

The USMNT remained at 16th in the latest FIFA rankings released Thursday, while Canada climbed to a new all-time high and Mexico moved up two spots following last month's Concacaf Nations League finals.

Angel City FC sporting director Mark Parsons said forward Alyssa Thompson has set the standard in the opening weeks of the 2025 National Women's Soccer League season.

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, left, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot address the media during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)2025-04-04T06:59:11Z BRUSSELS (AP) Britain and France on Friday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet in ceasefire talks to bring a halt to fighting in Ukraine and ramped up pressure on Moscow by insisting that he owes the United States an immediate answer.Russia has effectively rejected a U.S. proposal for a full and immediate 30-day halt in the fighting after a Kremlin official said on Monday that Moscow views efforts to end its three-year war with Ukraine as a drawn-out process.Our judgment is that Putin continues to obfuscate, continues to drag his feet, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy told reporters at NATO headquarters, standing alongside his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in a symbolic show of unity.Britain and France are helping to lead a multinational effort known as the coalition of the willing to set up a force to police any future peace in Ukraine. Lammy said that while Putin should be accepting a ceasefire, he continues to bombard Ukraine. Its civilian population. Its energy supplies. We see you, Vladimir Putin. We know what you are doing.Barrot said that Ukraine had accepted ceasefire terms three weeks ago, and that Russia now owes an answer to the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed frustration with Putin and Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after he promised last year to bring the war to a swift conclusion. Russia has been flip-flopping, continuing its strikes on energy infrastructure, continuing its war crimes, Barrot said. It has to be yes. It has to be no. It has to be a quick answer. He said that Russia shows no intention of halting its military campaign, noting that Putin on Monday ordered a call-up intended to draft 160,000 conscripts for a one-year tour of compulsory military service.The two foreign ministers pledged to continue helping to build up Ukraines armed forces the countrys best security guarantee since the U.S. took any prospect of NATO membership off the table. Coalition army chiefs were due to meet in Kyiv on Friday. Defense ministers from the group will meet at NATO headquarters next Thursday. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Delia Acarapi, who says her daughter died in an explosive attack, cries near the Hijos de Ingenio gold mine in Yani, Bolivia, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)2025-04-03T17:29:50Z SORATA, Bolivia (AP) A powerful explosion killed at least five people, including a pregnant woman and 1-year-old baby, during a standoff between rival groups of gold miners early Thursday in northwestern Bolivia, police said, a rare instance of territorial disputes between the nations mining cooperatives turning fatal.The blast thundered through the Yani mining camp as two rival mining groups dispute access to the gold mine near the mountain town of Sorata, some 150 kilometers (about 90 miles) northwest of the countrys administrative capital of La Paz, said Col. Gunther Agudo, a local police officer. Several gold deposits straddle the remote area. Agudo had initially reported six people killed but revised the toll to five after firefighters finished recovering the bodies from under the rubble. The dead included three men, a pregnant woman and an infant, he said. Bolivias deputy interior minister, Jhonny Aguilera, said the suspected perpetrator of the attack was killed by the explosion, which was detonated by remote control.The predawn explosion at the mine struck a three-story house and set cars and tractors alight. The fires wrecked several other structures and cut electricity. Bolivias mining industry stands out for its huge sector of cooperatives legal groups of artisanal miners which drive 58% of mining production, according to the latest government figures. The thousands of groups also wield political clout in the resource-rich country where they have representation in Parliament. Cooperatives historically emerged in Bolivia as more established mining operations dismissed legions of workers in the risky, boom-and-bust business, compelling miners to organize themselves when commodity prices slumped and lay-offs loomed. Over the decades, cooperatives have increasingly fought over the chance to extract minerals hurling rocks and dynamite sticks at each other and against unionized, salaried workers from Bolivias state-run mining company, Comibol. Comibol came to dominate the crucial industry under former President Evo Morales, a socialist leader who governed the landlocked Andean nation from 2006 to 2019 and barred foreign companies from having a controlling stake in mineral extraction.In Thursdays clash, the struggle for control of certain veins of the gold reserve between two rival cooperatives had simmered for years, said Jhony Silva, a legal adviser to one of them. Gold remains one of Bolivias main mineral exports, with almost $2.87 billion worth of the mineral shipped out of the country in 2023. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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A person watches at site of an under construction high-rise building that collapsed after an earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April, 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)2025-04-04T08:18:26Z BANGKOK (AP) Search teams pulled more bodies from the ruins of buildings on Friday, a week after a massive earthquake rocked Myanmar killing more than 3,100 people, as the focus turns toward the urgent humanitarian needs in a country that was already devastated by civil war.United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher, who is also the emergency relief coordinator, was to arrive Friday in an effort to spur action following the quake. Ahead of his visit, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the international community to immediately step up funding for quake victims to match the scale of this crisis, and he urged unimpeded access to reach those in need.The earthquake has supercharged the suffering with the monsoon season just around the corner, he said Thursday. Myanmar authorities said Thursday that 3,145 people had been killed, with another 4,589 people injured and 221 missing, and did not immediately update the figures on Friday. Britain, which had already given $13 million to purchase emergency items like food, water and shelter, pledged an additional $6.5 million in funds to match an appeal from Myanmars Disasters Emergency Committee, according to the U.K. Embassy in Yangon. Many international search and rescue teams were also on the scene, and eight medical crews from China, Thailand, Japan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Philippines, Indonesia and Russia were operating in Naypyitaw, according to Myanmars military-run government. Another five teams from India, Russia, Laos and Nepal and Singapore were helping in the Mandalay region, while teams from Russia, Malaysia and the ASEAN bloc of nations were assisting in the Sagaing region. The Trump administration has pledged $2 million in emergency aid and sent a three-person team to assess how best to respond given drastic cuts to U.S. foreign assistance.On Friday, five bodies were recovered from the rubble in the capital Naypyitaw and the second-largest city of Mandalay, near the epicenter of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake March 28, authorities said. The last reported rescue came Wednesday, some 125 hours after the quake struck, when a man was saved from the wreckage of a hotel in Mandalay. The quake also shook neighboring Thailand, bringing down a high-rise under construction in Bangkok, where recovery work continued Friday. Overall, 22 people have been found dead and 35 injured in Bangkok, primarily from the construction site.Myanmars military seized power in 2021 from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking what has turned into a civil war.The quake worsened an already dire humanitarian crisis, with more than 3 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 20 million in need even before it hit, according to the United Nations. As concerns grew that ongoing fighting could hamper humanitarian aid efforts, the military declared a temporary ceasefire Wednesday, through April 22. The announcement followed unilateral temporary ceasefires announced by armed resistance groups opposed to military rule. On Thursday, however, there were renewed airstrikes in Kayah state, also known as Karenni, in eastern Myanmar, according to witnesses. The military has said that it would still take necessary measures against resistance groups, if they use the ceasefire to regroup, train or launch attacks, and the groups have said they reserved the right to defend themselves._____Associated Press Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report. DAVID RISING Rising covers regional Asia-Pacific stories for The Associated Press. He has worked around the world, including covering the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Ukraine, and was based for nearly 20 years in Berlin before moving to Bangkok. twitter mailto

Billy O'Keefe celebrates victory in a six-man-scramble at a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peter's Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)2025-04-04T04:13:18Z SHIPLEY, England (AP) Sitting around a wrestling ring, churchgoers roared as local hero Billy OKeeffe body-slammed a fighter named Disciple. Beneath stained-glass windows, they whooped and cheered as burly, tattooed wresters tumbled into the aisle during a six-man tag-team battle.This is Wrestling Church, which brings blood, sweat and tears mostly sweat to St. Peters Anglican church in the northern England town of Shipley. Its the creation of Gareth Thompson, a charismatic 37-year-old who says he was saved by pro wrestling and Jesus and wants others to have the same experience. Thompson says the outsized characters and scripted morality battles of pro wrestling fit naturally with a Christian message.Boil it down to the basics, its good versus evil, he said. When I became Christian, I started seeing the wrestling world through a Christian lens. I started seeing David and Goliath. I started seeing Cain and Abel. I started seeing Esau having his heritage stolen from him. And Im like, We could tell these stories. Gareth Angel Thompson, founder of the Kingdom Wrestling charity stands ringside at St Peters Church in Shipley before one of the charitys monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Gareth Angel Thompson, founder of the Kingdom Wrestling charity stands ringside at St Peters Church in Shipley before one of the charitys monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More A match made in heavenChurch attendance in the U.K. has been declining for decades, and the 2021 census found that less than half of people in England and Wales now consider themselves Christian. Those who say they have no religion rose from 25% to 37% in a decade.That has led churches to get creative in order to survive.Youve got to take a few risks, said the Rev. Natasha Thomas, the priest in charge at St. Peters. She acknowledged that she wasnt entirely sure what it was I was letting myself in for when she agreed to host wrestling events. Rev. Natasha Thomas is preaching to spectators before the Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Rev. Natasha Thomas is preaching to spectators before the Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Its not church as you would know it. Its certainly not for everyone, she said. But its bringing in a different group of people, a different community, than we would normally get.At a recent Wrestling Church evening, almost 200 people older couples, teenagers, pierced and tattooed wrestling fans, parents with excited young children packed into chairs around a ring erected under the vaulted ceiling of the century-old church. After a short homily and prayer from Thomas, it was time for two hours of smackdowns, body slams and flying headbutts. The atmosphere grew cheerfully raucous, as fans waved giant foam fingers and hollered knock him out! at participants.Some longtime churchgoers have welcomed the infusion of energy. Spectators cheer proceedings during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peter's Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Spectators cheer proceedings during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peter's Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Spectators cheer proceedings during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peter's Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Spectators cheer proceedings during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peter's Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More I think its absolutely wonderful, said Chris Moss, who married her husband Mike in St. Peters almost 50 years ago.You can look at some of the wrestlers and think she scrunched her face in distaste. But talking to them made her realize you shouldnt judge a book by its cover.Wrestling was a lifelineThompson, whose wrestling moniker is Gareth Angel, both wrestles and presides over the organized mayhem. Hes a mix of preacher and ringmaster, wearing a T-shirt that says Pray, eat, wrestle, repeat.Hes loved wrestling since it provided solace and release during a troubled upbringing that saw him survive childhood sexual abuse and a period of homelessness as a teenager.I could watch Shawn Michaels and the Rock and Stone Cold (Steve Austin) and I could be like, I want to be like them, he said. So its always been an escape for me, and a release and a way to get away from stuff. But then God has obviously turned that around now and its become this passion. Gareth Angel Thompson body slams Young Johnty during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Gareth Angel Thompson body slams Young Johnty during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More He found Christianity in 2011, ran his first Wrestling Church event in a former nightclub-turned-church in 2022, and moved to St. Peters last year.As well as the monthly Saturday night shows, his charity Kingdom Wrestling runs training sessions for adults and children in a back room of the church, along with womens self-defense classes, a mens mental health group and coaching for children who have been expelled from school.For many in the close-knit community of U.K. wrestlers and fans, religion is a new ingredient, but not an unwelcome one.Im mainly here for the wrestling, said 33-year-old Liam Ledger, who wrestles as Flamin Daemon Crowe. Sitting in a pungent changing room as wrestlers discussed fight plans, donned knee pads and laced up their many-holed boots, he said its a bit surreal when baptisms are held between bouts.It works both ways, he said. Theres people that come here that are big on religion, and theyre here for all of that sort of stuff. And then they go, Oh, actually this wrestling is sort of fun. Kiara, Kingdom Wrestlings reigning womens champion, said the organization has helped her bring her Catholic faith into her wrestling life.Its thanks to Kingdom Wrestling that Ive had the confidence to pray in the locker room now before matches, said Kiara, 26, known outside the ring as Stephanie Sid. I invite my opponent to pray with me, pray that we have a safe match, pray that theres no injuries and pray that we entertain everybody here. A cross is seen on the hand of Gareth 'Angel' Thompson, founder of the Kingdom Wrestling charity during a wrestling bout at St Peter's Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) A cross is seen on the hand of Gareth 'Angel' Thompson, founder of the Kingdom Wrestling charity during a wrestling bout at St Peter's Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Stephanie Sid who goes by the stage name Tiara poses for a picture before a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peter's Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Stephanie Sid who goes by the stage name Tiara poses for a picture before a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peter's Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Going for growthOnly a handful of people have gone from watching the wrestling to attending Sunday-morning services at St. Peters, but Wrestling Church baptized 30 people in its first year. Thompson, whose brand of born-again Christianity is more muscular than many traditional Anglicans, plans to expand to other British cities. One day, he says, he may start his own church.There has long been overlap between Christianity and wrestling in the U.S., where figures like Thompsons hero Shawn Michaels proudly proclaim their faith. But Britain is a less religious place, and Shipley, a former mill town 175 miles (280 kilometers) north of London, is a long way from the Bible Belt.Thompson, though, is unfazed by doubters.People say, Oh, wrestling and Christianity, theyre two fake things in a fake world of their own existence, he said. If you dont believe in it, of course you will think that of it. But my own personal experience of my Christian faith is that it is alive and living, and it is true. The wrestling world, if you really believe in it, you believe that its true and you can suspend your disbelief.You suspend it because you want to get lost in it. You want to believe in it. You want to hope for it. A six-man-scramble plays out in the ring at a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) A six-man-scramble plays out in the ring at a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Tucker, a former WWE NXT UK wrestler, stands on the ropes at the Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Tucker, a former WWE NXT UK wrestler, stands on the ropes at the Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Wrestlers Will Valour, left speaks with fellow competitor Lawson, both stage names, backstage at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one of the Kingdom Wrestling's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Wrestlers Will Valour, left speaks with fellow competitor Lawson, both stage names, backstage at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one of the Kingdom Wrestling's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Wrestlers prepare backstage for a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peter's Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025.(AP Photo/Jon Super) Wrestlers prepare backstage for a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peter's Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025.(AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Wrestler Liam Ledger aka Daemon Crowe sits backstage at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one of the Kingdom Wrestling's monthly shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Wrestler Liam Ledger aka Daemon Crowe sits backstage at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one of the Kingdom Wrestling's monthly shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Wrestling themed memorabilia is seen backstage at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one of Kingdom Wrestling's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Wrestling themed memorabilia is seen backstage at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one of Kingdom Wrestling's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Wesley Nsereko, right, is proclaimed victor over Daemon Crowe aka Liam Ledger by referee Kate Crosby during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Wesley Nsereko, right, is proclaimed victor over Daemon Crowe aka Liam Ledger by referee Kate Crosby during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More A six-man-scramble spills out of the ring at a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) A six-man-scramble spills out of the ring at a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Wrestling figurines are seen backstage at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one of Kingdom Wrestling's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Wrestling figurines are seen backstage at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one of Kingdom Wrestling's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Mini wrestling belts are seen with self-help and religious themed books backstage at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one of Kingdom Wrestling's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Mini wrestling belts are seen with self-help and religious themed books backstage at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one of Kingdom Wrestling's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Sarlett high fives fans as she makes her ringwalk before fighting Tiara during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Sarlett high fives fans as she makes her ringwalk before fighting Tiara during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Referee Katie Crosby holds up the contested belt before Tiaras bout against Sarlett, left, during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Referee Katie Crosby holds up the contested belt before Tiaras bout against Sarlett, left, during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More A detail is seen on the shirt of Gareth 'Angel' Thompson, founder of the Kingdom Wrestling charity at St Peter's Church in Shipley after one of the charity's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) A detail is seen on the shirt of Gareth 'Angel' Thompson, founder of the Kingdom Wrestling charity at St Peter's Church in Shipley after one of the charity's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Kingdom Wrestling merchandise is seen for sale at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one the charity's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Kingdom Wrestling merchandise is seen for sale at St Peter's Church in Shipley before one the charity's monthly wrestling shows, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Wrestler Brandon Prince makes his ringwalk at the Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Wrestler Brandon Prince makes his ringwalk at the Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Stephanie Sid aka Tiara is proclaimed winner over Sarlett during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Stephanie Sid aka Tiara is proclaimed winner over Sarlett during a Kingdom Wrestling show at St Peters Church in Shipley, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More ___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the APs collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. JILL LAWLESS Lawless is an Associated Press reporter covering U.K. politics and more. She is based in London. twitter mailto

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President Donald Trump, driven by his son Eric Trump, arrives at Trump National Doral during the LIV Golf Miami tournament, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2025-04-03T22:08:00Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump offered a rosy assessment after the stock market dropped sharply Thursday over his tariffs, saying, I think its going very well.The markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the country is going to boom, he said when asked about the market as he left the White House to fly to one of his Florida golf clubs. President Donald Trump, driven by his son Eric Trump, arrives at Trump National Doral during the LIV Golf Miami tournament, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) President Donald Trump, driven by his son Eric Trump, arrives at Trump National Doral during the LIV Golf Miami tournament, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,600 points on Thursday as U.S. stocks led a worldwide selloff after the Republican presidents announcement of tariffs against much of the world ignited a shock like none seen since the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump on Wednesday announced a minimum tariff of 10% on imports, with the tax rate running much higher on products from certain countries like China and those from the European Union.The announcement jolted markets worldwide, but Trump said that was to be expected. He compared the United States to a sick patient in need of surgery when asked by a reporter for his reaction to the worst stock market drop in years.I think its going very well. We have an operation, like when a patient gets operated on and its a big thing. I said this would exactly be the way it is, he said, an apparent reference to the selloff. He talked about trillions of dollars in investment that is coming into our country from companies that want to make their products in the U.S. to avoid tariffs. The rest of the world wants to see is there any way they can make a deal, he said.Later, speaking with the reporters on aboard Air Force One, Trump said that hed be open to using tariffs to negotiate with other countries and that it would depend on whether they had something phenomenal to offer in return. He maintains that other countries have been taking advantage of the U.S. for a long time and he wants it to stop. US President Donald Trump appears on a television screen at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) US President Donald Trump appears on a television screen at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More For many years, weve been at the wrong side of the ball and Ill tell you what, I think its going to be unbelievable, Trump said as he left the White House to attend a Saudi-backed golf tournament at his club in Doral, Florida.____ DARLENE SUPERVILLE Superville covers the White House for The Associated Press, with a special emphasis on first ladies and first families.

President Donald Trump, driven by his son Eric Trump, arrives at Trump National Doral during the LIV Golf Miami tournament, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2025-04-04T04:01:36Z WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. job market is slowing at a time when Americans are increasingly anxious about what President Donald Trumps trade wars are going to do to the economy.When the Labor Department releases employment numbers for March on Friday, they are expected to show that U.S. businesses, government agencies and nonprofits added 130,000 jobs last month, down from 151,000 in February, according to a survey of forecasters by the data firm FactSet. The unemployment rate is forecast to tick up to 4.2% in March from 4.1% in February.Those would unspectacular but not terrible hiring numbers. But the fear is that things might get worse from here.President Donald Trumps trade wars including the sweeping Liberation Day import taxes he announced Wednesday threaten to drive up prices, disrupt commerce and invite retaliatory tariffs from Americas trading partners. Another threat comes from the presidents promise to deport millions of immigrants who are working in the United States illegally. In the past several years, those workers have eased labor shortages and helped the economy keep growing. If theyre deported or frightened out of the job market, companies could have to cut back on what they do or increase wages and raise prices, potentially feeding inflation. Likewise, purges of the federal workforce by Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to threaten weigh the labor market and push up unemployment. Still, the impact of Musks firings is only starting to show up.We do not expect DOGE-driven job cuts to be a sizable drag in the overall March hiring numbers, Shruti Mishra, economist at Bank of America, wrote in a commentary. The numbers are too small to move the needle on the broader labor market.Mishra forecasts 185,000 new jobs last month, considerably higher than economists consensus, partly because she expects hiring at leisure and hospitality companies like hotels and restaurants to rebound after being pushed down by unusually cold weather in January and February. The job market has cooled from the red-hot hiring days of 2021-2023. Employers added 151,000 jobs in February and 125,000 in January. Not bad but down from monthly averages of 168,000 last year, 216,000 in 2023, 380,000 in 2022 and a record 603,000 in 2021 as the economy surged back from COVID-19 lockdowns.The economy has been remarkably durable in the face high interest rates.In 2022 and 2023, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate 11 times to combat inflation. Economists expected the higher borrowing costs to tip the United States into recession. But they didnt. Consumers kept spending, employers kept hiring and the economy kept growing.Inflation came down allowing the Fed to cut rates three times last year. But then progress against inflation stalled, forcing the Fed to put off more rate cuts this year.Now there are increasing worries about the health of the economy. The University of Michigans consumer sentiment survey last month showed that two-thirds of American consumers expected unemployment to rise over the next year the highest reading in 16 years. The U.S. economy is in good shape at the start of the second quarter, but the ongoing trade war has increased the risk of near-term recession dramatically, Ershang Liang of PNC Economics wrote in a commentary Thursday.Still, the slowdown, if one is coming, may not show up in Fridays job numbers.Thomas Simons, chief economist at Jefferies, says the March numbers may be inflated by seasonal adjustments and end up getting revised lower in coming months. After we see more data, and eventually a number of revisions, this period of time in the labor market will probably look quite a bit worse than it does now, he wrote in a commentary Thursday.

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