News

After more than 1,100 minor league games, Drew Maggi of the Pittsburgh Pirates made his Major League debut on Wednesday.

Sports

He played more than 1,100 minor league games, and finally made an emotional MLB debut

2:36pm April 27, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

The picture of a baseball journeyman, Drew Maggi had seen 4,500 plate appearances in places like Charleston, Tulsa, Little Rock and Altoona, Pa., before finally getting his big-league shot Wednesday.

Health & Safety

This 'full spectrum' doula helps with birth, miscarriage and abortion

1:55pm April 27, 2023

by Terry Gross

Since 2010, Vicki Bloom has worked with the Doula Project, a New York City-based collective that partners with clinics to support pregnant people — whether the result is childbirth or termination.

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Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, has died in hospice care in Louisiana. She was 88.

National

Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Emmett Till before he was lynched, dies at age 88

1:27pm April 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows.

Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, poses with his six Brazil's champion medals in 2010. A Portuguese language dictionary has recognized his name as a synonym for greatness.

'Pelé' now officially means 'exceptional,' a Brazilian dictionary declares

12:48pm April 27, 2023

by Emily Olson

"Pelé" — the nickname of one of soccer's greatest players — has long been used as a synonym for greatness. Now, a Brazilian dictionary is making that meaning official with a new entry.

Books
Arts

'We Are A Haunting' is a stunningly original, beautiful novel of devotion

11:48am April 27, 2023

by Michael Schaub

Tyriek White's debut novel is a triumph; it's a gorgeous book about loss and survival that gives and gives as it asks us what it means to be part of a family, of a community.

State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco is shown ahead of a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., last month. San Francisco is repealing a ban on city-funded travel to 30 states that it says restrict abortion, voting and LGBTQ rights after determining the boycott is doing more harm than good. Wiener, who authored the original ban, agreed that the measure hadn't produced the intended results.

National

San Francisco is repealing its boycott of anti-LGBT states

11:39am April 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

San Francisco repealed a boycott that prohibits staff from visiting and city departments from contracting with companies headquartered in states including Texas, Florida and Ohio.

Smoke is seen in Khartoum, April 22. The fighting in the capital between the Sudanese Army and Rapid Support Forces resumed after an internationally brokered cease-fire failed.

World News

As Sudan's conflict continues into its second week, here's what to know

10:49am April 27, 2023

With fighting continuing between rival generals, thousands are fleeing the country and embassies have shut. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres warns the violence may spread to other countries.

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The destroyed section of the Antonivka bridge over the Dnipro river is seen on Nov 18, 2022, in Kherson, Ukraine.

World News

Ukrainian journalist's death leads to investigation and criticism

9:51am April 27, 2023

by Julian Hayda

Bogdan Bitik was shot while on the Antonivka bridge in Kherson. He was working with an Italian journalist who was also shot but survived. Ukraine has launched a war crimes investigation.

A customer waits to order food at a Miami McDonald's on July 26, 2022. The CEO of McDonald's expects the U.S. to experience a mild recession and says customers have grown more reluctant to splurge on or supersize their orders.

Economy

The U.S. economy is losing steam. Bank woes and other hurdles are to blame.

8:43am April 27, 2023

by Scott Horsley

The country's GDP growth is slowing as banks cut back on credit and the Federal Reserve tries to crack down on inflation.

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A boat from Sudan with nearly 1,700 civilians from more than 50 countries arrives in Jedda, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after crossing the Red Sea. Foreigners and Sudanese citizens have been fleeing Sudan since fighting broke out between two rival generals nearly two weeks ago.

World News

Sudan's rival generals share a troubled past: genocide in Darfur

8:32am April 27, 2023

by Greg Myre

Two generals are currently battling for control of Sudan's capital Khartoum. In the early 2000s, both played key roles in the government's brutal crackdown in Darfur, which was ruled a genocide.

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