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Iran war has some US water utilities facing a fluoride shortage
SUMMARY: Some U.S. water utilities are reporting that the Middle East war is disrupting their ability to maintain recommended fluoride levels in the drinking water. Israel is a major supplier of the chemical used to fluoridate drinking water. The number of water utilities affected so far is small, but the shortage is affecting hundreds of thousands of people. The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies says it expects additional shortages as the war stresses the supply chain. Dentists say a short-term drop in fluoride levels should be fine for most people, but longer-term disruptions could put Americans, especially young children, at higher risk for tooth decay.
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Police say 1 person was killed and 6 were injured in a mass shooting at a Chick-fil-A in New Jersey
SUMMARY: Police say one person was shot and killed and six others were injured in what they call a mass shooting at a Chick-fil-A in Union, New Jersey. Investigators do not believe the attack at about 9 p.m. Saturday was random, according to a press release issued Sunday from the Union County Prosecutor’s Office. No arrests have been made, but the office said there is no immediate threat to the public. The injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
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Peru election stretches into a second day after ballot delivery failures
SUMMARY: Thousands of Peruvians are back at the polls for a second day of voting. Electoral authorities extended the election by a day after failing to deliver ballots to voting centers on Sunday. More than 52,000 voters in Lima and others in Orlando and Paterson, New Jersey, are affected. Voting is mandatory for Peruvians aged 18 to 70, with fines for noncompliance. Thirty-five candidates are vying to become Peru’s ninth president in 10 years. The election comes amid a surge in violent crime and corruption. A runoff in June is likely due to the divided electorate.
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Bodies of 2 workers found days after partial collapse at parking garage being built in Philadelphia
SUMMARY: Authorities say the bodies of two workers trapped when a stairwell roof collapsed at a parking garage under construction in Philadelphia have been found. Mayor Cherelle Parker's announcement on Monday came five days after a section of roof at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s garage fell Wednesday, triggering a collapse across all seven levels. Crews initially rescued three workers injured in the collapse and they were taken to hospitals, where one died. By Thursday, officials said search dogs hadn’t found any signs of life at the collapse site. Crews worked through the weekend to take apart the unstable building to make the search possible and recovery operations began Sunday night. Officials say the workers were found and recovered early Monday.
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Iran war has some US water utilities facing a fluoride shortage
SUMMARY: Some U.S. water utilities are reporting that the Middle East war is disrupting their ability to maintain recommended fluoride levels in the drinking water. Israel is a major supplier of the chemical used to fluoridate drinking water. The number of water utilities affected so far is small, but the shortage is affecting hundreds of thousands of people. The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies says it expects additional shortages as the war stresses the supply chain. Dentists say a short-term drop in fluoride levels should be fine for most people, but longer-term disruptions could put Americans, especially young children, at higher risk for tooth decay.
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Basallo's homer, Alonso's 2 RBIs help Orioles defeat Giants 6-2
SUMMARY: Samuel Basallo hit a two-run homer, Pete Alonso also drove in two runs and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-2. Baltimore has won five of six games and moved above .500 for the first time since its opening day victory. Casey Schmitt homered off the foul pole in left in the ninth inning as part of a three-hit day for the Giants, who dropped two of three to the Orioles. Baltimore starter Cade Povich retired the first 12 batters and allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings on his 26th birthday. The left-hander allowed five hits and no walks and struck out five. San Francisco starter Adrian Houser gave up four runs and struck out three in 4 2/3 innings.
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Nationals win 8-6 to complete first sweep of Brewers since 2011
SUMMARY: Keibert Ruiz singled home two runs to break an eighth-inning tie and the Washington Nationals defeated Milwaukee 8-6 to complete their first series sweep of the Brewers in 15 years. Washington’s previous sweep of the Brewers came in April 2011. The Nationals hadn’t swept the Brewers in Milwaukee since June 2006. The Nationals recovered after allowing a tying, three-run homer to Gary Sánchez in the seventh. Brice Turang hit two solo shots and Jake Bauers also went deep for Milwaukee. James Wood homered for Washington. The Brewers have lost five straight for their longest skid since 2023.
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Orioles' Zach Eflin aims for 2027 return after Tommy John surgery
SUMMARY: Zach Eflin is looking forward to 2027, less than a week after Tommy John surgery on his 32nd birthday. He left his March 31 season debut after striking out seven and allowing one run in 3 2/3 innings against Texas. He had elbow reconstruction surgery Wednesday. Eflin was 6-5 with a 5.93 ERA in 14 starts while making three trips to the injured list last season. Back trouble ending his season after a July 28 start. Baltimore re-signed Eflin to a $10 million, one-year deal in December that includes a $25 million mutual option for 2027 with a $2 million buyout.
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Orioles 1B Ryan Mountcastle out with broken bone in left foot
SUMMARY: Baltimore Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle has a broken fourth metatarsal bone in his left foot and will go on the injured list. Manager Craig Albernaz did not offer a timetable for Mountcastle’s return. Mountcastle left Saturday’s game with left foot pain after stumbling running from first base to second on a double. The 29-year-old is hitting .286 with an RBI in eight games this season. He saw sporadic playing time with Pete Alonso as Baltimore’s regular first baseman. Also on the IL for Baltimore are catcher Adley Rutschman and outfielder Tyler O'Neill.
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Christian Yelich leaves Brewers' game against Nationals with hamstring tightness
SUMMARY: The slumping Milwaukee Brewers could be losing another of their top hitters for at least a little while. Christian Yelich was pulled for a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals on Sunday with tightness in his left hamstring. The Brewers went on to fall 8-6 for their fifth straight loss. Manager Pat Murphy says he expects “bad news” on Yelich. He says the 2018 NL MVP and three-time All-Star felt a “little twinge” in his hamstring and was undergoing imaging. Milwaukee is already missing Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn due to hand injuries.
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Nationals reliever Ken Waldichuk leaves game vs. Brewers after hurting his arm on pitch
SUMMARY: Washington Nationals left-hander Ken Waldichuk departed after hurting his arm while throwing a pitch in the seventh inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Waldichuk threw a ball to Brice Turang and reacted in discomfort. As training staffers went to the mound to check on him, Waldichuk pointed to his left arm. He then walked slowly to the dugout as Cole Henry came out of the bullpen to replace him with a 2-0 count. Waldichuk had Tommy John surgery nearly two years ago.
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Tomlin scores career-high 26 as Cavaliers defeat Wizards 130-117 in regular-season finale
SUMMARY: Nae’Qwan Tomlin scored a career-high 26 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers led wire-to-wire, defeating the Washington Wizards 130-117 in the regular-season finale for both teams. Jaylon Tyson was two assists shy of a triple double with 22 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists as the Cavaliers rested most of their key players because they were locked into the fourth seed. The Cavaliers will face Toronto in the first round and have won 11 of their last 14 games. Washington’s Jamir Watkins had a career-high 24 points while Sharife Cooper and Bub Carrington scored 20 apiece. Carrington is the first NBA player since Karl Anthony Towns in 2016-17 to appear in all 82 games in each of his first two seasons.
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Drew Rasmussen goes 6 scoreless and Rays finish 1st 3-game sweep of Yankees since 2021 with 5-4 win
SUMMARY: Drew Rasmussen allowed one hit in six scoreless innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays completed their first three-game sweep of the Yankees since 2021, holding on to beat New York 5-4. Returning after missing time for the birth of his daughter, Rasmussen struck out seven without a walk as the Rays moved above .500 for the first time this season at 8-7 and extended the Yankees’ losing streak to five games. Aaron Judge hit his fourth homer of the season, a 415-foot, two-run shot with no outs in the ninth against Mason Englert that got New York within one. Englert closed it out from there for his first save.
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Hornets clinch the No. 9 seed and a home game in the East play-in tournament by beating the Knicks
SUMMARY: LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller each scored 19 points, Kon Knueppel made three 3-pointers in his record-setting rookie season and the Charlotte Hornets beat the New York Knicks 110-96 to clinch the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Hornets will host No. 10 Miami in the play-in tournament. Charlotte will have to win that game and then beat the loser of the 7-8 game to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Mikal Bridges was the only starter to play for the Knicks, going the opening 23 seconds to extend his consecutive games played streak to 638.
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Nico Hischier scores in overtime, Devils beat the Senators 4-3
SUMMARY: Nico Hischier scored his second goal of the game on the power play with 1:45 left in overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators. The Devils trailed 3-2 after two periods, but Dawson Mercer scored a short-handed goal with 7:32 left in the third period to tie it at 3-3. Connor Brown also had a short-handed goal for the Devils and Nico Daws made 27 saves. Michael Amadio, Shane Pinto on the power play, and Fabian Zetterlund all scored in a roughly seven-minute span of the second period for the Senators, who had their four game win streak snapped.
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Fernandez, Del Castillo power Diamondbacks to 4-3 win over the Phillies
SUMMARY: Jose Fernandez and Adrian Del Castillo hit RBI singles in the eighth inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to beat Philadelphia 4-3 on Sunday and send the Phillies to their fourth loss in five games. James McCann doubled and had two hits, and Taylor Clarke (1-0) pitched a scoreless seventh for the win as Arizona won for the fourth time in five games and took two of three from the Phillies. Paul Sewald pitched a scoreless ninth for his fifth save. Trea Turner homered for Philadelphia, which fell to 7-8 overall. José Alvarado took the loss.
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Phillies rookie Andrew Painter overcomes migraine, pitches five innings in relief in loss to D-backs
SUMMARY: Philadelphia Phillies rookie right-hander Andrew Painter, who was scratched from his scheduled start because of a migraine, instead threw five innings of relief after spending the morning throwing up. Righty Zach Pop got the emergency start instead of Painter, who entered to begin the third for his third big league appearance. The 23-year-old retired the first nine batters before Ildemaro Vargas led off the sixth with a double and scored on Nolan Arenado’s sacrifice fly. Painter left after the seventh, allowing one run on three hits with seven strikeouts and one walk. He said after the game that he felt pressure in his head and was throwing up all morning.
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Ovechkin, Capitals keep postseason hopes alive with 3-0 victory over Penguins
SUMMARY: Logan Thompson stopped 24 shots, and the Washington Capitals kept their slim playoff hopes alive by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in perhaps the final home of Alex Ovechkin’s brilliant career. To reach the postseason, the Capitals must defeat Columbus in the season finale Tuesday night and hope Philadelphia fails to win either of its last two games. The 40-year-old Ovechkin intends wait until the offseason to decide whether to retire or return for a 22nd season. The all-time NHL leader in goals with 929, Ovechkin has played in every game this season and leads the Capitals in goals (32) and points (63). The spirited, sellout crowd saluted Ovechkin during Sunday's game with chants of “One more year!” and “Ovi! Ovi! Ovi!”
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Busch ends 0-for-30 slide with tying single, Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to beat Pirates 7-6
SUMMARY: Michael Busch ended an 0-for-30 slide with a tying, two-run single in the eighth inning and Carson Kelly had a winning single in the ninth as the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6. Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam and a solo homer off Jameson Taillon, and Oneil Cruz homered leading off the game for Pittsburgh, which led 5-0 before third-inning solo homers by Dansby Swanson and Moisés Ballesteros against Bubba Chandler.
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Former major league infielder Phil Garner, who managed Astros' first World Series team, dies at 76
SUMMARY: Phil Garner, a three-time All-Star infielder who went on to manage the Houston Astros to their first World Series appearance, has died. He was 76. Garner’s family issued a statement Sunday saying Garner died Saturday after a two-plus-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Nicknamed “Scrap Iron” for his blue-collar approach to the game, Garner had a 16-year playing career with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. He made All-Star teams with Oakland in 1976 and with Pittsburgh in 1980 and 1981.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo calls it 'disrespectful' that Bucks benched him in final weeks of season
SUMMARY: Giannis Antetokounmpo said it was “disrespectful” for Milwaukee to bench him over the final weeks of the season while he said he was healthy enough to play. His comments Sunday night were a stinging rebuke of the franchise as he enters a stay-or-leave offseason. Antetokounmpo said after a season-ending loss to Philadelphia that he learned that he had no control over his playing status as the Bucks limped to the finish. The two-time MVP led Milwaukee to its first title in half a century in 2021. But the Bucks haven't won a playoff series since 2022.
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76ers tune-up for play-in tourney with 126-106 win over Bucks in Rivers' likely final game
SUMMARY: Tyrese Maxey scores 21 points as the Philadelphia 76ers defeat the Milwaukee Bucks 126-106. The 76ers will face Orlando in a play-in tournament game on Wednesday. A few hours after the game, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Rivers was not expected back as Milwaukee’s coach next season. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because no formal announcement about Rivers’ decision has been made. The Bucks played without Giannis Antetokounmpo, and the 76ers were without Joel Embiid. Antetokounmpo might leave the Bucks after a challenging season. Coach Nick Nurse has no health update on Embiid, who could miss early postseason games.
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NBA play-in games are set: Heat-Hornets, Magic-76ers, Suns-Blazers, Clippers-Warriors
SUMMARY: The play-in tournament field is set. Miami goes to Charlotte for an elimination game Tuesday and Orlando goes to Philadelphia for a win-and-you're-in game Wednesday. The West play-in matchups are Phoenix-Portland on Tuesday and Clippers-Golden State on Wednesday. There are also four conference quarterfinals set to begin this weekend: New York-Atlanta and Cleveland-Toronto in the East, along with Denver-Minnesota and Lakers-Houston in the West.
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Play-in tournament will decide the final 4 spots in NBA playoff field
SUMMARY: There are 10 teams done for the season. Another 12 are in the playoffs. And that leaves eight teams for the four remaining playoff spots. The play-in tournament, this version of it anyway, is back for a sixth season and starts Tuesday night. Miami is at Charlotte, followed by Portland at Phoenix. On Wednesday, the schedule has Orlando at Philadelphia and Golden State at the Los Angeles Clippers.
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QBs taken No. 1 overall in the NFL draft this century have rarely experienced Super Bowl success
SUMMARY: The Las Vegas Raiders are expected to draft Fernando Mendoza with the first pick in the NFL draft. They hope he becomes their franchise quarterback. Recent history shows that quarterbacks taken first overall often face challenges. Only Eli Manning has won a Super Bowl with his original team this century. Just three others have even made the big game, each losing in their only appearance. Analysts say the pressure and lack of continuity can be tough on young quarterbacks.
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Ovechkin response to fans' request for 1 more year: 'I'll think about it'
SUMMARY: If this was indeed the final home game of Alex Ovechkin’s sensational NHL career, the Washington Capitals star collected enough memories to take him deep into retirement. From the opening faceoff to the celebratory post-game skate in which he waved gratefully to the adoring fans, Ovechkin enjoyed one heck of a day. Best of all, the Capitals won Sunday to remain in the playoff hunt. Playing in front of a loud, appreciative crowd, the Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0. The 40-year-old Ovechkin will wait until the offseason to decide whether to retire or return for a 22nd NHL season.
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Doc Rivers isn't expected back as Bucks' coach next season, AP source says
SUMMARY: A person familiar with the situation says the Milwaukee Bucks don’t expect Doc Rivers back as their coach next season. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no formal announcement about Rivers’ decision has been made. There has been some discussion about whether Rivers will stay with the organization in some capacity. ESPN first reported that Rivers won’t be back as Milwaukee’s coach. Rivers said before the Bucks’ season-ending 126-106 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday that he wasn’t going to announce anything. But he left little doubt about his intentions.
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