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(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)2025-05-03T11:29:17Z LONDON (AP) The rift between Prince Harry and his family has burst into the open again with the princes raw television interview after losing a court case over his security.In a long and at times emotional talk, the 40-year-old prince said he wants reconciliation, while re-airing grievances against the royal family, the U.K. government and the media.Here are key takeaways from Fridays BBC interview:A security feud has deepened the royal riftHarry said his father, King Charles III, wont speak to him because of this security stuff a legal wrangle over protection for the prince when he is in Britain.This, at the heart of it, is a family dispute, he said.Harry has been estranged from his family since he and his wife Meghan quit royal duties in 2020 and moved to the United States, alleging hostility and racist attitudes by the press and royal establishment. Harrys tell-all 2023 memoir Spare, stuffed with private details and embarrassing revelations, made things worse. But Harry said whats souring the relationship now is a decision to remove his police protection detail after he stopped being a working royal. On Friday the Court of Appeal in London rejected Harrys bid to restore the protection, saying a government committee was justified in deciding that security arrangements should be decided on a case-by-case basis whenever Harry visits the U.K. Harry blamed the palace, alleging that the decision to withdraw his security had been made at the direction of royal officials, who sit on the committee alongside representatives from the police and government. He said they were knowingly putting me and my family in harms way, hoping that the sense of threat would force us to come back.He suggested his father was part of the problem, saying hed asked the king to step out of the way and let the experts do their job. Harry highlighted health concerns about the kingKing Charles, 76, has been treated for an undisclosed cancer for more than a year. Buckingham Palace has given infrequent updates, and has not disclosed what form of cancer the king has.Harry, who has met his father only once, briefly, since his diagnosis early last year, said I dont know how much longer my father has.He held out little hope of another meeting soon.The only time I come back to the U.K., is, sadly, for funerals or court cases, he said.After taking several months off last year, Charles has returned to a full slate of public duties. This week he told a reception for cancer charities that being diagnosed was a daunting and at times frightening experience. He added: I can vouch for the fact that it can also be an experience that brings into sharp focus the very best of humanity.Harry fears for his life and safetyHarry has well-founded concerns for the safety of himself and his family.He is fifth in line to the throne, behind his brother William and Williams three children. He spent 10 years in the British army, serving two tours of duty in Afghanistan in the war against the Taliban. Harrys lawyer said in court papers that al-Qaida had published a document that said Harrys assassination would please Muslims. Harry said that before 2020 he was placed in the highest tier of risk for royals, alongside his late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II.Since then, he has been stripped of government-funded police protection, and also denied permission to pay for it himself, leaving private security his only option something he says leaves him at risk.Whether I have an official role or not is irrelevant to the threat risk, Harry said.He claimed that some people want history to repeat itself, an apparent reference to the death of his mother Princess Diana. She was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997 while being pursued by paparazzi.He worries his children will lose part of their heritageHarry, Meghan and their children Archie, 5, and 3-year-old Lilibet, currently live in California, and Harry said he cant see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K.The prince said he loves Britain and its really quite sad that I wont be able to show my children my homeland.Harry claimed that he and his family are endangered when visiting Britain because of hostility aimed at him and Meghan on social media and through relentless hounding by news media. Harry wants reconciliation with his family but it may not be imminentHarrys explosive memoir Spare scattered bitterness and blame at Charles, Queen Camilla Harrys stepmother and his elder brother William.In the interview, he said he could forgive his family, and even the British press that he reviles and has repeatedly sued, for their role in events of recent years.I would love reconciliation with my family. Theres no point in continuing to fight anymore, Harry said.Historian Anthony Seldon said Harry had chosen his words deliberately to signal he wants to make a new start.From this point on, from this speech, there will not be a significant turn back again. There will be no more spiteful books, Seldon told Sky News. He has signaled he wants to be back in a way that needs to be worked out. 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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Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump, left, on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool, File)2025-05-03T17:38:29Z NEW YORK (AP) President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope Francis continues and just days before the conclave to elect his successor is set to begin. Trumps action drew rebukes from a group representing Catholic bishops in New York and among Italians.The image, shared Friday night on Trumps Truth Social site and later reposted by the White House on its official X account, raised eyebrows on social media and at the Vatican, which is still in the period of nine days of official mourning following Francis death on April 21. Catholic cardinals have been celebrating daily Masses in his memory and are due to open the conclave to elect his successor on Wednesday.The death of a pope and election of another is a matter of utmost solemnity for Catholics, for whom the pope is Christs vicar on Earth. That is all the more true in Italy, where the papacy is held in high esteem even by nonreligious Italians. The image featuring Trump in a white cassock and pointed miter, or bishops hat, was the topic of several questions during the Vaticans daily conclave briefing Saturday. Italian and Spanish news reports lamented its poor taste and said it was offensive, given that the period of official mourning is still underway. Left-leaning former Premier Matteo Renzi said the image was shameful. This is an image that offends believers, insults institutions and shows that the leader of the right-wing world enjoys clowning around, Renzi wrote on X. Meanwhile, the U.S. economy risks recession and the dollar loses value. The sovereignists are doing damage, everywhere. The Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, declined to comment.In the United States, the New York State Catholic Conference, which represents the bishops of the state in working with government, accused Trump of mockery. There is nothing clever or funny about this image, Mr. President, they wrote. We just buried our beloved Pope Francis and the cardinals are about to enter a solemn conclave to elect a new successor of St. Peter. Do not mock us.Italys left-leaning La Repubblica also featured the image on its homepage Saturday with a commentary accusing Trump of pathological megalomania.The White House did not immediately respond to questions about the backlash to the image or why the president had shared the image.But Jack Posobiec, a prominent far-right influencer and Trump ally who recently participated in a Catholic prayer event in March at Trumps Florida resort, defended the president.Im Catholic. Weve all been making jokes about the upcoming Pope selection all week. Its called a sense of humor, he wrote on X.The episode comes after Trump joked last week about his interest in the vacancy. Id like to be pope. That would be my number one choice, the thrice married president, who is not Catholic, told reporters.Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, piled on.I was excited to hear that President Trump is open to the idea of being the next Pope. This would truly be a dark horse candidate, but I would ask the papal conclave and Catholic faithful to keep an open mind about this possibility! Graham, R-S.C., wrote on X. The first Pope-U.S. President combination has many upsides. Watching for white smoke. Trump MMXXVIII! Vice President JD Vance, who is Catholic and was one of the last foreign officials to meet with Francis before the pope died, also joked about Secretary of State Marco Rubio becoming pope, suggesting Rubio could add it to the long list of titles he holds, including national security adviser and acting archivist. Beyond floating himself for the job, Trump also has put in a plug for Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York.I have no preference. I must say, we have a cardinal that happens to be out a place called New York whos very good. So well see what happens, he said.Dolan, 75, is one of 10 U.S. cardinals who will be voting in the conclave, but Trumps pitch might have cost Dolan support. The reason conclaves are held in secrecy, with cardinals sequestered for the duration, is to prevent outside secular powers from influencing their choice, as occurred in centuries past.There is an old saying about campaigning for the job of pope or of being promoted excessively, especially by outsiders: If you enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.While Trump attended Francis funeral, he and Vance have clashed with U.S. bishops in general and Francis in particular over the administrations hard line stance on immigration and its efforts to deport migrants en masse. 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He is also the main architect of the Vaticans China policy and its controversial 2018 deal with Beijing over bishop nominations -- a deal that the was sharply criticized by the first Trump administration.___ Winfield reported from Vatican City. NICOLE WINFIELD Winfield has been on the Vatican beat since 2001, covering the papacies of St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and the Francis pontificate and traveling the world with them. JILL COLVIN Colvin is an Associated Press national political reporter covering the 2024 presidential campaign. She is based in New York. mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Osama al-Raqab, 5, whose mother says his cystic fibrosis has worsened since the start of the war due to the lack of meat, fish and enzyme tablets to help him digest food, is being treated at the malnutrition clinic in Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)2025-05-03T17:16:25Z KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) The little boy is in tears and, understandably, irritable. Diarrhea has plagued him for half of his brief life. He is dehydrated and so weak. Attached to his tiny left hand is a yellow tube that carries liquid food to his frail little system.At 9 months old, Khaled is barely 11 pounds (5 kilos) half of what a healthy baby his age should be. And in Gazas main pediatric hospital ward, as doctors try to save her son, Wedad Abdelaal can only watch. After back-to-back emergency visits, the doctors decided to admit Khaled last weekend. For nearly a week, he was tube-fed and then given supplements and bottled milk, which is distributed every three hours or more. His mother, nervous and helpless, says thats not enough. I wish they would give it to us every hour. He waits for it impatiently ... but they too are short on supplies, Abdelaal says. This border closure is destroying us. The longer they stay in the hospital, the better Khaled will get. But Abdelaal is agonizing over her other children, back in their tent, with empty pots and nothing to eat as Israels blockade of Gaza enters its third month, the longest since the war started. Locked, sealed and devastated by Israeli bombings, Gaza is facing starvation. Thousands of children have already been treated for malnutrition. Exhausted, displaced and surviving on basics for over a year and half of war, parents like Abdelaal watch their children waste away and find there is little they can do. They are out of options. Acute malnutrition among children is spikingHospitals are hanging by a thread, dealing with mass casualty attacks that prioritize deadly emergencies. Food stocks at U.N. warehouses have run out. Markets are emptying. What is still available is sold at exorbitant prices, unaffordable for most in Gaza where more than 80% are reliant on aid, according to the United Nations.Community kitchens distributing meals for thousands are shuttering. Farmland is mostly inaccessible. Bakeries have closed. Water distribution is grinding to a halt, largely because of lack of fuel. In desperate scenes, thousands, many of them kids, crowd outside community kitchens, fighting over food. Warehouses with few supplies have been looted. The longest blockade on Gaza has sparked a growing international outcry, but it has failed to persuade Israel to break open the borders. More groups accuse Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war. Residents and humanitarians warn that acute malnutrition among children is spiraling. We are breaking the bodies and minds of the children of Gaza, Michael Ryan, executive director of emergencies at the World Health Organization, told reporters in Geneva. Because if we dont do something about it, we are complicit in what is happening before our very eyes. ... The children should not have to pay the price.Israel imposed the blockade March 2, then ended a two-month ceasefire by resuming military operations on March 18, saying both steps were necessary to pressure Hamas into releasing the hostages. Before the ceasefire collapsed, Israel believed 59 hostages were still inside Gaza, 24 of them alive and still in captivity. It hasnt responded to accusations that it uses starvation as a war tactic. But Israeli officials have previously said Gaza had enough aid after a surge in distribution during the ceasefire, and accused Hamas of diverting aid for its purposes. Humanitarian workers deny there is significant diversion, saying the U.N. monitors distribution strictly. A mother wants to help her son but cantKhaled has suffered from malnutrition since he was 2 months old. His mother managed it through outpatient visits and supplements distributed at feeding centers. But for the past seven months, Abdelaal, 31, has been watching him slowly shrivel. She, too, is malnourished and has had hardly any protein in recent months. After an exhausting pregnancy and two days of labor, Khaled was born a low-weight baby at 4 1/2 pounds (2 kilos) but otherwise healthy. Abdelaal began nursing him. But because of lack of calcium, she is losing her teeth and producing too little milk. Breastfeeding needs food, and I am not able to give him enough, she says. Khaled has four other siblings, aged between 9 and 4. The family has been displaced from Rafah and now lives in a tent further north in Mawasi Khan Younis.As food ran out under the blockade, the family grew dependent on community kitchens that serve rice, pasta and cooked beans. Cooking in the tent is a struggle: There is no gas, and finding wood or plastic to burn is exhausting and risky. Ahmed, 7 and Maria, 4, are already showing signs of malnutrition. Ahmed, 7, weighs 17 pounds (8 kilos); his bones are piercing his skin. He gets no supplements at feeding centers, which serve only kids under 6. Maria, 4, has also lost weight, but there is no scale to weigh her. My kids have become so frail, Abdelaal laments. They are like chicks. Nutrition centers around Gaza are shutting downSince March 2, U.N. agencies have documented a rise in acute malnutrition among children. They are finding low immunity, frequent illness, weight and muscle mass loss, protruding bones or bellies, and brittle hair. Since the start of the year, more than 9,000 children have been admitted or treated for acute malnutrition, UNICEF said. The increase was dramatic in March, with 3,600 cases or an 80% increase compared to the 2,000 children treated in February. Since then, conditions have only worsened. Supplies used to prevent malnutrition, such as supplements and biscuits, have been depleted, according to UNICEF. Therapeutic food used to treat acute malnutrition is running out.Parents and caregivers are sharing malnutrition treatments to make up for shortages, which undermines treatment. Nearly half of the 200 nutrition centers around Gaza shut down because of displacement and bombardment. Meanwhile, supplies are languishing at the borders, prevented by Israel from entering Gaza. It is absolutely clear that we are going to have more cases of wasting, which is the most dangerous form of malnutrition. It is also clear we are going to have more children dying from these preventable causes, UNICEF spokesperson Jonathan Crickx says. Suad Obaid, a nutritionist in Gaza, says parents are frequenting feeding centers more because they have nothing to feed their children. No one can rely on canned food and emergency feeding for nearly two years.At Nasser Hospital, four critical cases were receiving treatment last week for acute malnutrition, including Khaled. Only critical cases are admitted and only for short periods so more children can be treated.If we admit all those who have acute malnutrition, we will need hundreds of beds, says Dr. Yasser Abu Ghaly, acknowledging: We cant help many, anyway ... There is nothing in our hands.The system for managing diseases has buckled Before the war, hundreds of families in Gaza were registered and treated for congenital defects, genetic or autoimmune disorders, a system that has broken down mostly because food, formulasor tablets that helped manage the diseases quickly ran out. Dr Ahmed al-Farrah, head of the pediatrics and obstetrics ward at Nasser Hospital, says hundreds of children with genetic disorders could suffer cognitive disorders as well, if not worse.They are sentenced to death, he says.Osama al-Raqabs cystic fibrosis has worsened since the start of the war. Lack of meat, fish and enzyme tablets to help him digest food meant repeated hospital visits and long bouts of chest infections and acute diarrhea, says his mother, Mona. His bones poke through his skin. Osama, 5, weighs 20 pounds (9 kilos) and can hardly move or speak. Canned food offers him no nutrition. With starvation in Gaza, we only eat canned lentils, his mother says. If the borders remain closed, we will lose that too.Rahma al-Qadis baby was born with Down syndrome seven months ago. Since then, Sama gained little more than half a pound (300 grams) and was hospitalized multiple times with fever. Her mother, also malnourished and still suffering from infection to her wound after birth, continues to breastfeed her. Again, it is not enough. Sama is restless, doesnt sleep and is always demanding more food. Doctors ask her mother to eat better to produce more milk. Lifting Samas scrawny legs up, her mother says: I cant believe this is the leg of a 7-month-old.A fathers lament: Waiting for deathAbdelaals kids fetch water and wait in line at soup kitchens because she cannot. To get there, they must climb a small hill. When she can, she waits for them at the bottom, fearing they may fall or drop the food. When they do bring back food, the family divides it over several meals and days. When they get nothing, they share beans out of a can. Abdelaal often surrenders her share. My kids, she says, are more deserving.Her husband, Ammar, has a heart condition that limits his movement, so he cannot help either. Because of lack of healthy food, even as adults, we have no energy to move or exert any effort, Ammar says. We are sitting in our tents, waiting for death.The kids plead for fried tomatoes or cooked potatoes. But produce is unavailable or too expensive. A kilo of each would cost her $21. A bar of biscuits costs $2. Canned sardines cost nearly $10 a fortune. In two years, my child wont be able to walk because of lack of food, Abdelaal says. Smiling through her helplessness, Abdelaal brought Khaled out of the hospital for a few hours to visit his family on Friday. They gathered around a can of cold beans. She wishes Khaleds doctors could give her the treatment to take back to the tent, so she could be with her family. I am exhausted before birth and after birth from lack of food, she says. We are not able to live. SARAH EL DEEB El Deeb is part of the APs Global Investigative team. She is based in the Middle East, a region she covered for two decades twitter mailto

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Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett speaks during an interview with Liz Claman on Fox Business Network's "Countdown to the Closing Bell," May 7, 2018, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)2025-05-03T12:55:19Z OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Revered investor Warren Buffett shocked an arena full of his shareholders Saturday by announcing that he wants to retire at the end of the year.Buffett said he will recommend to Berkshire Hathaways board Sunday that Greg Abel should become CEO at the end of the year. I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the chief executive officer of the company at year end, Buffett said.Abel has been Buffetts designated successor for years, and he already manages all of Berkshires noninsurance businesses. But it was always assumed he wouldnt take over until after Buffetts death. Previously, the 94-year-old Buffett has always said he has no plans to retire.Buffett announced the news at the end of a five-hour question and answer period and didnt take any questions about it. He said the only board members who knew this was coming were his two children, Howard and Susie Buffett. Abel, who was sitting next to Buffett on stage, had no warning. Abel returned to the stage an hour later without Buffett to conduct the companys formal business meeting, and he responded to the news. I just want to say I couldnt be more humbled and honored to be part of Berkshire as we go forward, Abel said.Many investors have said they believe Abel will do a good job running Berkshire, but it remains to be seen how good he will be at investing Berkshires cash. Buffett also endorsed him Saturday by pledging to keep his fortune invested in the company. I have no intention zero of selling one share of Berkshire Hathaway. I will give it away eventually, Buffett said. The decision to keep every share is an economic decision because I think the prospects of Berkshire will be better under Gregs management than mine.Thousands of investors in the Omaha arena gave Buffett a prolonged standing ovation after his announcement in recognition of his 60 years leading the company. CFRA research analyst Cathy Seifert said it had to be hard for Buffett to reach this decision to step down.This was probably a very tough decision for him, but better to leave on your own terms, Seifert said. I think there will be an effort at maintaining a business as usual environment at Berkshire. That is still to be determined.Abel expected to do wellIn many respects, Abel has already been running much of the company for years. But he hasnt been managing Berkshires insurance operations or deciding where to invest all of its cash. He will now take those tasks on, but Vice Chairman Ajit Jain will remain to help oversee the insurance companies.Investment manager Omar Malik of Hosking Partners in London said before Buffetts announcement that he wasnt worried about Berkshires future under Abel.Not really (worried). Hes had such a long time alongside Warren and a chance to know the businesses, Malik said about Abel.The question is will he allocate capital as dynamically as Warren? And the answer is no.But I think hell do a fine job with the support of the others, Malik said.Cole Smead of Smead Capital Management said he wasnt surprised Buffett is stepping down after watching him Saturday because the 94-year-old wasnt as sharp as in past years. At one point, he made a basic math mistake in one of his answers. At other points, he got off track while telling stories about Berkshire and his investing without answering the question he was asked. Abel is well regarded by Berkshires managers and Buffett has praised his business acumen for years. But he will have a hard time matching Buffetts legendary performance, and since he doesnt control 30% of Berkshires stock like Buffett does, he wont have as much leeway.I think the challenge hes going to have is if anyone is going to give him Buffett or (former Vice Chairman Charlie) Mungers pass card? Not a chance in Gods name, Smead said. Buffett always enjoyed a devoted following among shareholders.Buffett has said that Abel might even be a more hands-on manager than he is and get more out of Berkshires companies.I think well get a more hands-on manager and that could be that a good thing, Steven Check, who runs Check Capital Management, said beforehand. But he said Abel also knows that those managers enjoy the freedom to run their businesses and Abel isnt going to do anything to turn them off. Buffett earlier warned that Trumps tariffs were harmfulEarlier, Buffett warned Saturday about the dire global consequences of President Donald Trumps tariffs while telling the thousands of investors gathered at his annual meeting that trade should not be a weapon but theres no question that trade can be an act of war. Buffett said Trumps trade policies have raised the risk of global instability by angering the rest of the world. Its a big mistake in my view when you have 7.5 billion people who dont like you very well, and you have 300 million who are crowing about how they have done, Buffett said as he addressed the topic on everyones mind at the start of the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. While Buffett said it is best for trade to be balanced between countries, he doesnt think Trump is going about it the right way with his widespread tariffs. He said the world will be safer if more countries are prosperous.We should be looking to trade with the rest of the world. We should do what we do best and they should do what they do best, he said.Market turmoil doesnt create big opportunitiesBuffett said he just doesnt see many attractively priced investments that he understands these days, so Berkshire is sitting on $347.7 billion in cash, but he predicted that one day Berkshire will be bombarded with opportunities that we will be glad we have the cash for.Buffett said the recent turmoil in the markets that generated headlines after Trumps tariff announcement last month is really nothing. He dismissed the recent drop in the market because hes seen three periods in the last 60 years of managing Berkshire when his companys stock was halved. He cited when the Dow Jones industrial average went from 240 on the day he was born in 1930 down to 41 during the Great Depression as a truly significant drop in the markets. Currently the Dow Jones Industrial Average sits at $41,317.43.This has not been a dramatic bear market or anything of the sort, he said.Buffett said he hasnt bought back any of Berkshires shares this year either because they dont seem to be a bargain either.Investor Chris Bloomstran, who is president of Semper Augustus Investments Group, told the Gabelli investment conference Friday that a financial crisis might be the best thing for Berkshire because it would create opportunities to invest at attractive prices.Im sure hes praying that the trade war gets worse. He wont say that publicly, but Berkshire needs a crisis. I mean Berkshire thrives in crisis, Bloomstran said. Berkshire meeting attracts thousandsThe meeting attracts some 40,000 people every year who want to hear from Buffett, including some celebrities and well-known investors. This year, Hillary Rodham Clinton also attended. 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A fan is carted off the field at PNC Park after falling out of the stands during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)2025-05-03T22:48:29Z PITTSBURGH (AP) The man who fell from the top of a 21-foot-high wall onto the warning track at PNC Park during a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night is awake and alert.The organizer of a GoFundMe page for Kavan Markwood, the 20-year-old who slipped off a railing and onto the field during the seventh inning of Pittsburghs 4-3 win over the Cubs, shared an update Saturday that Markwood is improving.According to Jennifer Phillips, who is organizing the fundraiser, Markwood has made significant progress since being admitted to the trauma center at Allegheny General Hospital on Wednesday in critical condition.After everything hes been through since the accident on Wednesday night, this progress feels nothing short of miraculous, wrote Phillips, who once taught Markwood. He still has a long road ahead of him, but today brought a moment of hope that weve all been holding onto. Phillips added that Markwood can speak and encouraged others to support him during his next phase of recovery.As of early Saturday evening, the GoFundMe had raised more than $27,000. The Pirates have conducted an internal investigation into the incident, which included interviewing fans and analyzing credit card receipts by others in Markwoods group. Brian Warecki, the clubs senior vice president of communications, said the investigation concluded that Markwood did not buy any alcohol but did consume two beers over the course of the game. Markwood attended the game with three other people, the club said. Credit card receipts indicated that one party in the group legally bought seven alcoholic beverages during the contest.The team said it received conflicting accounts from fans who sat near Markwood in the section that sits above the Clemente Wall, which is named for Hall of Famer and franchise icon Roberto Clemente. One fan told the team that Markwood appeared intoxicated. Others said he did not do anything of note until the moment he stood up to celebrate a hit by Pirates star Andrew McCutchen, at which point Markwood leapt out of his seat toward the 36-inch railing in front of him before flipping over the top.Pittsburgh Public Safety, which includes Pittsburgh Police and EMS, has labeled the incident an accident.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb WILL GRAVES Graves is a national writer for The Associated Press, based in Pittsburgh. He covers the NFL, MLB, NHL, the Olympics and major college sports. twitter facebook mailto

On Saturday, the Carolina Hurricanes, who will meet the Washington Capitals in the East's second round next week, signed goaltender Frederik Andersen to a one-year contract for next season, a pact worth $2.75 million for the 35-year-old veteran.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen narrowly beat Lando Norris to pole position for the Miami Grand Prix to take his third pole position of the season.

As G.O.P. lawmakers have largely ceded power to President Trump, they are also pushing the bounds of a little-known statute to undo federal rules and potentially undermining the filibuster.

In interviews, Elisabeth Moss and other stars and creators of the groundbreaking drama discuss its impending conclusion and ongoing connection to American politics.

Heidenheim's Kevin Mller and Bochum's Philipp Hofmann were both recovering in hospitals after being injured in their teams' Bundesliga relegation scrap.

League leaders Napoli moved one step closer to winning the Serie A title with a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Lecce on Saturday, taking the visitors provisionally six points clear of Scudetto rivals Inter Milan.

A progressive member of Congress for two decades, he resigned as mayor after 18 women accused him of sexual harassment.

President Volodymyr Zelensky called the proposal a theatrical show and said such a short truce would not bolster negotiations for a lasting peace.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum attends her morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)2025-05-03T22:16:13Z MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump proposed sending American troops into Mexico to help her administration fight drug trafficking but that she rejected it. Her remarks to supporters in eastern Mexico came in response to a Wall Street Journal article published the day before, describing a tense phone call last month in which Trump reportedly pressured her to accept a bigger role for the U.S. military in combating drug cartels in Mexico. He said, How can we help you fight drug trafficking? I propose that the United States military come in and help you. And you know what I said to him? No, President Trump. She added: Sovereignty is not for sale. Sovereignty is loved and defended. White House National Security Council spokesman James Hewitt said in a statement later Saturday that Trump has worked closely with Mexicos president to achieve the most secure southwest border in history. Dangerous Foreign Terrorist Organizations, however, continue to threaten our shared security and the drugs and crime they spread threaten American communities across the country, the statement said. The President has been crystal clear that Mexico must do more do combat these gangs and cartels and the United States stands ready to assist and expand the already close cooperation between our two countries. The U.S. military presence has increased steadily along its southern border with Mexico in recent months, following Trumps order in January to increase the armys role in stemming the flow of migrants. The U.S. Northern Command has surged troops and equipment to the border, increased manned surveillance flights to monitor fentanyl trafficking along the border and sought expanded authority for U.S. Special Forces to work closely with Mexican forces conducting operations against cartels. Trump designated many of the gangs and cartels smuggling drugs into the U.S. as foreign terrorist organizations on Feb. 19, restricting their movements and lending law enforcement more resources to act against them.But Sheinbaums hardline stance Saturday signaled that U.S. pressure for unilateral military intervention would put her and Trump on a collision course after months of cooperation on immigration and trade. We can work together, but you in your territory and us in ours, Sheinbaum said.

Bournemouth came from behind to win away at Arsenal for the first time in their history, with Evanilson's scrappy goal giving the Cherries a 2-1 victory.