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Scheffler looking to retain PGA Championship

NEWTOWN SQAURE, Pa. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion at the PGA Championship and feeling like a bridesmaid over the last month. Runner-up to Rory McIlroy at the Masters. Playoff loss to Matt Fitzpatrick at the RBC Heritage. Runner-up (by six shots) to Cameron Young at Doral. "Last week my wife was like, 'Hey, Scottie. You're like the first guy in PGA Tour history to have three solo runner-ups in a row.' I'm like, 'Yeah, it's probably because the guy that was playing that good figured out a way to win one of those,'" Scheffler said Tuesday. It hasn't put much of ...

FDA decides, closes case on abortion pill

The Supreme Court has just restored a woman's ability to obtain the abortion pill by mail without first seeing a medical provider, at least for now. A lower court had tried to tighten that easy access by requiring patients to consult with a licensed clinician in person before acquiring the drug, mifepristone. The Charlotte Lozier Institute is an anti-abortion organization that purports to provide scientific research for the "pro-life" movement. Among the risks of loosening restrictions on being given the abortion pill, it writes, is that it enables fathers who don't want a child to ...

Why won’t Barack Obama go away?

In 1921, Woodrow Wilson, the first of America's four transformative progressive presidents, became the first president to remain in Washington and make the nation's capital his permanent home after leaving office. In very mild defense of the man who did more than any other to establish the administrative state and thus pervert America's carefully constructed constitutional design, Wilson had suffered a debilitating stroke two years prior that left him partially paralyzed and nearly blind. He died just a few years later, in 1924. Barack Obama, the nation's fourth transformative ...

Aronimink largely about big slopes on large greens

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Justin Thomas had his caddie place hole-sized discs on every corner of the 17th green at Aronimink on Monday, all of them perched on knobs. Whether he was chipping or putting, it was a challenge. Aronimink is marked by its 180 bunkers that frame the landing ...

Pegula putting family experience to use in prize money protest

ROME (AP) — Talk of a boycott from top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner has grabbed attention. Behind the scenes, it's been Jessica Pegula, the 2024 U.S. Open runner-up, organizing the top tennis players in their protest with the Grand Slams over the share of tournament revenues ...

Wembanyama avoids suspension after elbow

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama will not face further discipline from the NBA for elbowing Minnesota's Naz Reid in Game 4 of the teams' Western Conference semifinal series, a person with knowledge of the league's decision said Monday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league did not publicly release any details of its evaluation and investigative process. Wembanyama will be eligible to play Game 5 on Tuesday in San Antonio. The series is tied at two games apiece. Wembanyama was ejected from the Spurs-Timberwolves game on Sunday ...