SAPD, Crime Stoppers seek culprit in hit-and-run of bicyclist
San Antonio police and Crime Stoppers are looking for the person responsible for a hit-and-run that happened near downtown about a month ago.
BET Awards show honors Busta Rhymes, hip-hop’s 50 years and pays tribute to Takeoff and Tina Turner
LOS ANGELES – The 2023 BET Awards celebrated 50 years of hip-hop with tributes to the genre’s earliest voices, late legends, and new talent during a show packed with spectacular performances that consistently felt like a party. Sunday’s biggest surprise came when Quavo and Offset, the surviving members of Migos, performed “Bad and Boujee” in … Read more
Haruki Murakami pleads for keeping Tokyo park and baseball stadium that inspired his writing
TOKYO – Author Haruki Murakami says he’s strongly opposed to the redevelopment of a historic and beloved Tokyo park district that would remove his favorite jogging path and tear down the nearly century-old baseball stadium where he was inspired to become a novelist. The plan approved earlier this year by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to … Read more
Griner chosen as an WNBA All-Star starter with Wilson and Stewart captains again
Brittney Griner will be starting in the WNBA All-Star Game a year after she was an honorary choice by the league while she was being detained in Russia. NEW YORK (AP) — Brittney Griner will be starting in the WNBA All-Star Game a year after she was an honorary choice by the league while she … Read more
LGBTQ+ Pride Month reaches its grand crescendo on city streets from New York to San Francisco
NEW YORK – Thousands of effusive marchers danced to club music in New York City streets Sunday as bubbles and confetti rained down, and fellow revelers from Toronto to San Francisco cheered through Pride Month’s grand crescendo. New York’s boisterous throng strolled and danced down Fifth Avenue to Greenwich Village, cheering and waving rainbow flags … Read more
Alyssa Thomas has record fourth triple-double Bonner scores 26, Sun roll past Sky 96-72
It was her second triple-double this season, the first coming on Tuesday, the game the Sun lost star Brionna Jones. UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Alyssa Thomas had a historic triple-double, DeWanna Bonner scored 26 points to move into ninth in WNBA history and Connecticut cruised to a 96-72 win over Chicago on Sunday. Thomas had 14 … Read more
‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ slings back into box office top spot while ‘The Flash’ drops
LOS ANGELES – “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” slung its webs back atop the box office ranks while “The Flash” saw a drop faster than the film’s speedy character. The Spidey animated sequel — starring Shameik Moore as the teenage webslinger Miles Morales — reclaimed the No. 1 spot in its fourth week in North American … Read more