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REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 80. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 40 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 50S.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN
THE MID 70S.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA OR ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM WASKISH MINNESOTA TO COOPERSTOWN NORTH DAKOTA.
SOME LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STORMS WILL
MOST LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 2PM AND 8 PM CDT.
A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR
WEDNESDAY. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.
Jamestown (CSi) The National Weather Service reports Jamestown and Stutsman County received heavy rain and hail last evening in the thunderstorm in the James River Valley and north.
Officially the rainfall Sunday evening in the thunderstorms was one inch in Jamestown with hail ranging from pea size to nickel and dime size.
LaMoure offically recorded and inch and 50 hundreths in the storm.
Woodworth recorded three inches of rain.
The CSi Weather Computer in downtown Jamestown picked up just over and inch with another .34 of an inch since midnight.
The peak wind gust was 44 mph in the 9-p.m., hour.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A storm packing strong winds caused damage to trees, power lines, homes and vehicles in Grand Forks.
Police say the storm that began about 11 p.m. Sunday uprooted trees and downed electrical lines. As many as 5,000 Xcel Energy customers were without power for a time.
The National Weather Service reported wind gusts near 60 mph. Police say the winds and fallen tree branches damaged vehicles and homes. Resident Steve Berg says the wind damaged a window on his home and tore shingles off his shed.
Police say no injuries were reported.
Jamestown (CSi) All units of the the Jamestown City Fire Department were called to a house fire about 9:12 p.m. Saturday. The house, at 814 17th Street Northeast, was fully involved in flames. Scroll down for Sunday morning aftermath photos. More at Facebook.
Jamestown Police Lt. Justin Blinsky says two Jamestown women were displaced from their home by the fire. Watching from a nearby yard, they were consoled by friends and neighbors as the firefighters knocked down the flames.
The American Red Cross was also on scene providing initial support for the women and firefighters. The women were staying with neighbors on Saturday night.
One resident, Mary Zenker said new shingles were being applied to the house and bundles of shingles on the roof may have contributed to the black smoke and the rate the fire burned.
Zenker says she was taking a shower when her roommate said there was a fire in the garage.
Within minutes the fire spread.
Despite the smoke and flames, some personal items from the house were saved.
A second home on the other side of the fire received smoke damage to the siding, cracked storm windows, and extensive heat damage to garage shingles garage.
City Fire Chief Jim Reuther estimated the damage to the house at more than 50 percent but did not place a dollar value on the damage. The cause remains under investigation, but Reuther believed the fire started in the garage. No injuries were reported.
Reuther, says department personnel had problems getting into position and fighting the blaze because of the onlookers at the scene, saying “It was hard to get the trucks in. It was hard to get in quickly and do our job.”
The Fire Department also had to deal with people getting too close to the fire.
Firefighters cleared the scene at about midnight.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. More information as it becomes available.
Photos during and after the fire posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com
The Jamestown Fire Department was called out at 5:00pm Friday May 20, to a porch fire at 720 2nd Av SW.
Firefighters pulled some of the front siding off to extinguish the fire.
City Fire Chief Jim Reuther reported that a person driving by the residence spotted smoke and fire on the porch, and notified authorities.
Reuther says firefighters were able to knock the fire down quickly, adding that the fire was possibly caused by smoking material under the porch.
Reuther says four units responded to the call and were on the scene for 20 to 25 minutes.
Photos posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com
Jamestown (CSi) On a 3-0 vote Friday, the Jamestown Civil Service Commission upheld the decision of the City of Jamestown to dismiss former Jamestown Police Departmen, Detective sergeant Thomas Nagel
Civil Service Commission chair, Jon Lillejord said after reviewing the interviews and testimony the commission heard during 9 hours of testimony taken on April 27, the one thing he came back to was the consistency of the investigation done by the Jamestown Police Department. He said he thought there were some things that could have been done differently during the investigation, but overall the investigation was consistent.
He added that “Even if you take away the whole Jet Ski incident, the behavior… of Nagel… since that November day has been detrimental to the city and very detrimental to the police department.”
Commission member, Kevin Gebhardt said he was concerned that if the Commission reinstated Nagel to his former position with the Jamestown Police Department, that Nagel would be a liability to the department.
Commission member Amie Aesoph said after reviewing all of the material presented at the April 27 hearing, she felt the conduct by Nagel was unbecoming as to what is expected of a police officer.
She added, “I think the city of Jamestown and… Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger… acted in good faith.”
Nagel’s attorney, Joe Larson of Jamestown says, he and Nagel will review Nagel’s options next week. Larson says he plans to see if the decision can be appealed to Southeast District Court.
Nagel was fired on March 9, 2016 after an investigation to find where a tip to the KVLY Valley News Live Whistleblower Hotline originated. The tip alleged that members of the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office were improperly using a county-owned Jet Ski for personal recreation. The tip was found to be false. Nagel was linked to the tip because an alias he used on Facebook was included in the tip. The investigation was ordered because the tip was believed to be an attempt to defame law enforcement officers and the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office.
Related stories at CSiNewsNOW.com
Valley City (CSi) A Valley City resident will circulate a petition to request the City Commission to call for a Special Election to replace former Mayor Bob Werkhoven, who resigned May 12, 2016.
The City Commission accepted his resignation at the May 17, 2016 Commission meeting.
The group is led by Valley City resident Janis Clark Klein.
Valley City Auditor Avis Richter says petitioners need to collect 66 signatures from Valley City residents before the referendum is brought before the city commission for approval.
Petitioners have until May 31st to collect the necessary signatures and hand them into her office for approval.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City crews will begin flushing fire hydrants on Monday, May 23, 2016 in the NE & NW areas that are NORTH OF THE BN Railroad Tracks and will continue the work during normal working hours until completed.
Please be aware of the possibility of lowered water pressure in these areas.
Jamestown, ND – South Central Homeless Coalition Collected and Packaged more than 76 Blessing Bags
Under the guidance by the North Dakota Coalition for Homeless Persons, the Region 6 Homeless Coalition conducted its own regional Mercy Box campaign.
The Mercy Box is a project that works with businesses, churches, and service groups to collect essential care items for people experiencing homelessness. New travel-size personal care items such as hygiene products, socks, first aid kits, lotion, and snacks were collected throughout the months of April and May.
The South Central Homeless Coalition received donations from individuals and organizations. The organizations that contributed were South Central Human Service Center, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Stutsman County Housing Authority, Safe Shelter, Aktion Club, and Cash Wise Foods. The coalition received donations of gallon sized zip lock bags from Hugo’s Family Marketplace and Cash Wise Foods for the purpose of assembling the collected items.
Members of the coalition board assembled the blessing bags on May 16, 2016 and assembled 76 bags.
Blessing bags will be shared with various organizations within Region 6 such as Stutsman County Veteran’s Affairs, law enforcement agencies, and area churches for distribution to individuals who are experiencing homelessness or extreme need.
Product or monetary donations are still being accepted. If you would like to donate, please drop off your donation at Stutsman County Housing Authority 300 2nd Ave NE Suite 200, Jamestown.
The South Central Homeless Coalition’s purpose shall be to advocate, coordinate, and optimize services for homeless men, women and children within Region 6 of the South Central Human Service Center.
Any person, business, organization or institution within the Coalition’s service area interested in the issues of homelessness and/or the less fortunate shall be eligible for membership in the Coalition.
The coalition meets at least every other month, on the second Tuesday of the month.
(CSi) A Litchville man was injured after rolling a propane truck roughly 3 miles South of Marion Friday afternoon.
Sgt. Tom Herzig reports that 63 year-old Robert Larson was traveling North on County Road 61 when the right wheels of the rig drifted off the edge of the road. Larson steered in an attempt to avoid the east ditch. He over-corrected, causing the truck to slide out of control and into the west ditch. The truck rolled and came to rest on its wheels in a nearby field.
Larson suffered non-life threatening injures. He was treated at the Oakes Hospital. No propane leaked from the tank. There was approximately $75,000 in damages to all areas.
The crash remains under investigation.
Carrington (CSi) Construction will begin May 26th on the roundabout at the east Jct. of ND 200 and US 52 in Carrington.
The North Dakota Department of Transportation says the roundabout will be installed over the summer along with 24 miles of widening and paving on US 52 from the east Jct. of ND 200 to the west Jct. of ND 200.
During construction, traffic will be moved to a temporary roadway around the intersection. Speeds will be reduced and traffic will only be on lane along US 52 in the area. Motorists should expect delays.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota bear didn’t take too kindly to a man who snuck into the zoo after hours.
According to police reports, a 21-year-old man and a 23-year-old man climbed the fence surrounding Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot on Saturday. The 21-year-old man tried to coax a bear to come near him by sticking his arm through the enclosure’s bars.
The bear then bit the man’s hand. He went to an emergency room, which notified police he was being treated for injuries sustained during a bear attack.
Both men were under the influence of alcohol.
The 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of trespassing. The 21-year-old wasn’t immediately arrested since he was getting medical treatment, although a warrant will be issued for him for trespassing.
CROOKSTON, Minn. (AP) – Police say a Missouri woman stole one of their cruisers and crashed it in a ditch. WDAY reports the incident began around 8:40 Sunday morning when University of North Dakota police were called to an apartment building in Grand Forks in response to calls of a drunken woman wandering the area. While officers were searching for the woman, another woman stole their cruiser. She rolled it into a ditch near the University of Minnesota-Crookston campus a little less than an hour later.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – One of five men accused in an armed robbery of a Fargo restaurant that left one employee injured from a gunshot wound has pleaded guilty.
Kadeem Muhammad, also known as New York, is charged with interference of commerce and use of a firearm during a violent crime.
Investigators say Carl Smith and Muhammad entered a Taco John’s restaurant and when employees did not hand over money, Smith shot one of them in the leg. Smith pleaded guilty in April.
The September 2015 incident was one of a rash of armed robberies that month that convinced federal prosecutors to take on some of the cases.
The Hobbs Act allows for federal prosecution if the crime involves interstate commerce. Taco John’s gets food from Minnesota and uses payroll services from South Dakota.
WILLSTON, N.D. (AP) – A federal grand jury has indicted six people allegedly connected with a Chicago drug ring with distributing heroin.
The indictment alleges the group sold heroin from 2015 until February of this year in North Dakota and elsewhere. The group sometimes mixed fentanyl, a synthetic painkiller, into the herion.
Heroin the ring supplied was allegedly responsible for seven overdoses, including one that was fatal, over a week-long stretch in January.
Two of the men are from Chicago. The others are all from Willston. Authorities believe one or members traveled between Chicago and Willston to obtain and distribute the drug.
The grand jury indicted them on May 11 on heroin distribution and possession charges. The indictment was unsealed against the last of the men on Wednesday.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Health Department says Antler broke state law when it razed a building desired by white supremacist Craig Cobb.
The small community could theoretically face tens of thousands of dollars in fines. Health Department Environmental Scientist Jane Kangas says that’s unlikely as long as the town fills out proper paperwork.
Antler in February demolished a nearly century old building that Cobb had wanted to turn into a church for his religion, and buried the debris in a hole. Kangas says Antler should have applied for a waiver from the law requiring burial in an approved landfill. And the state has no record that the building was inspected for asbestos.
Antler Mayor Bruce Hanson says the building had no asbestos. He’s annoyed by what he considers the state’s needless meddling.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s oil expo and conference kicks off at a troubled time for the industry, with depressed prices and a drop in drilling activity that has hurt both oil companies and the state.
The three-day Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and Expo starts Tuesday in Bismarck and will feature seminars and talks aimed at making it through the rough patch. The event closes with an address by Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
North Dakota Petroleum Council President Ron Ness says about 2,800 people are expected to attend the conference, down from a record 4,300 two years ago.
Bismarck-Mandan Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO Sheri Grossman says the conference is expected to inject about $900,000 into the local economy, down from more than $2 million in 2014.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Work is beginning on local flood protection projects in the Souris River Basin while officials await the outcome of studies on long-term flood protection.
Souris River Joint Board spokesman Ryan Ackerman says $100 million is available for projects such as ring dikes around flooding-susceptible rural homes. Officials also are gearing up to ask the 2017 Legislature for more money.
Souris River flooding in June 2011 caused more than $700 million in damage in Minot and rural areas.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this spring is launching a three year study of various long-term flood control alternatives for basin. The International Joint Commission also will be studying river management.
The local flood protection projects eventually will be melded into the larger flood control project.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Groundbreaking is expected to begin within months on a new $265 million airport northwest of the city that will serve the Williston region.
The airport is expected to be operational in 2019, and a public open house will be scheduled sometime this summer.
Sloulin Field International Airport director Steven Kjergaard says the airport has a new website at www.xwaproject.com to share information, pictures and videos of the project.
The new facility will be known as the Williston Basin International Airport.
Last month, the Williams County Commission expressed opposition to the use of eminent domain to obtain privately owned acreage for the new airport after a landowner told the board that he did not want to sell his land and was dissatisfied with negotiations.
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A Dickinson education company is planning to target Canada for exporting its products.
FunShine Express develops and distributes early learning curriculum and tools. Company founder Beth Ehlis says exporting had been talked about “for some time” and that the company gets “a fair amount of interest from Canada.”
The company recently took part in a national export training program run by the North Dakota Trade Office, Impact Dakota and the U.S. Commercial Service.
FunShine participated in research to find a target market as part of the program, ultimately choosing Canada because of similarity in time zones, language and structure in early childhood education.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Deer hunters in North Dakota are now able to let the state keep license fees if they don’t get a tag, as part of an effort to improve wildlife habitat and hunting access.
The Game and Fish Department would keep the fees. The money would go toward a program that’s part of the department’s Private Land Initiative.
Jeb Williams heads the department’s Wildlife Division. He says the idea about donating the fees came out of a grassroots effort from deer hunters. Legislators passed a bill regarding the idea in the 2015 legislative session.
The Private Land Initiative focuses on habitat conservation, providing cost-share help for property owners for development and protection of habitat while landowners allow the public to fish and hunt.
Both online and paper applications ask about donating fees.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The season has come to an end in Seattle for the North Dakota State University softball team. The Bison beat Weber State in the NCAA Seattle Regional on Saturday, but lost to Minnesota on both Friday and Saturday and was eliminated from the postseason. NDSU gained an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by winning its third straight Summit League Championship. It was the seventh tournament appearance in eight years for the Bison.
Jamestown (CSi) The WDA baseball tournament begins Thursday at Jack Brown Stadium, in Jamestown, as a prelude to the Class A state tournament that will also be hosted in Jamestown
Jamestown will be the Number seven seed and play second-seeded Bismarck High at 12:15pm on Thursday. It will be the second game on the day. Legacy and Williston will play a loser-out, play-in game at 10am for the 8th-seed.
AA..
Sunday’s Games
Laredo 6, Fargo-Moorhead 3
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Seattle 5 Cincinnati 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson started the game with back-to-back home runs off Phil Hughes in a three-run first inning, and Marcus Stroman bounced back from his worst major league start to lead the Toronto Blue Jays over the Minnesota Twins 3-1 Sunday.
Bautista homered on the fourth pitch from Hughes (1-7), his 14th home run in 21 career games at Target Field. Donaldson, ejected in the first inning Saturday, connected three pitches later for his 11th home run, a 425-foot drive to straightaway center field. Troy Tulowitzki added an RBI double later in the inning.
Stroman (5-1) allowed one run and three hits in 7 2/3 innings, one start after giving up career-highs of seven runs and 13 hits in a loss to Tampa Bay. Roberto Osuna got four straight outs for his ninth save in 10 chances.
Toronto manager John Gibbons was ejected from the Blue Jays’ game against Minnesota on Sunday, the fourth time he was tossed this season.
A day after Toronto’s Josh Donaldson was ejected by umpire Toby Basner in the first inning, Gibbons got the early exit from crew chief Joe West in the fifth.
Donaldson homered in the first inning Sunday and stared at the Twins’ dugout as he crossed home plate.
Minnesota starter Phil Hughes,threw two pitches to the AL MVP in the fifth, one inside and one behind him. Donaldson expressed his displeasure to plate umpire Mark Ripperger.
Gibbons came out of the dugout and argued with Ripperger and West, who came in from his spot at first base, then was tossed. Toronto starter Marcus Stroman hit Kurt Suzuki with a pitch in the bottom of the inning.
Gibbons was ejected from last Sunday’s game at Texas, then returned to the field during a brawl between the teams, earning a three-game suspension for both the return and inciting fighting.
Final Detroit 9 Tampa Bay 4
Final Boston 5 Cleveland 2
Final Texas 9 Houston 2
Final Chi White Sox 3 Kansas City 2
Final L.A. Angels 10 Baltimore 2
Final N-Y Yankees 5 Oakland 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado at Pittsburgh 12:35 p.m.
Final N-Y Mets 3 Milwaukee 1
Final Washington 8 Miami 2
Final Philadelphia 5 Atlanta 0
Final Arizona 7 St. Louis 2
Final L.A. Dodgers 9 San Diego 5, 17 Innings
Final San Francisco 1 Chi Cubs 0
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Oklahoma City Thunder own a 2-1 lead in the NBA’s Western Conference finals after Russell Westbrook came within two rebounds on a triple-double in a 133-105 blowout over Golden State. Westbrook finished with 30 points and 12 assists, while Kevin Durant added a game-high 33 points and eight boards in the rout. Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry scored a team-high 24 points for the Warriors but shot just 3-for-11 from 3-point range.
Game 4 is Tuesday at Oklahoma City.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Tampa Bay Lightning own a 3-2 lead in the NHL’s Eastern Conference finals after knocking off the Penguins 4-2 in Pittsburgh on Jason Garrison’s second overtime goal of the postseason. Garrison ended it 53 seconds into OT after Nikita Kucherov (KOO’-cheh-rahv) notched his second goal of the night to tie it 3-3 with 3:16 remaining. The Penguins blew leads of 2-0 and 3-2 in losing for the second time at home in the series.
The Lightning can wrap the series at home on Tuesday.
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
SEATTLE (AP) – Maya Moore had 17 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots, and Sylvia Fowles scored 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting to help the Minnesota Lynx beat the Seattle Storm 78-71 Sunday.
Lindsay Whalen added 14 points and Rebekkah Brunson scored 12 for the Lynx (3-0). Whalen moved past Sheryl Swoopes into 14th on the WNBA career scoring list with 4,882 points.
Final Atlanta 87 Chicago 81
Indy 500 Qualifying….
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – James Hinchcliffe has continued his remarkable comeback by beating American Josef Newgarden for the Indianapolis 500 pole. The Canadian driver earned his first IndyCar pole with a four-lap average of 230.760 mph, a year after a life-threatening leg injury forced him out of the race. It was the fourth-closest differential between first and second in Indy’s 100-year history.
Golf…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Bernhard Langer (LAHN’-gur) closed with a 5-under 67 to complete an impressive six-stroke victory over Olin Browne at the Tradition, the first major on the Tour Champions schedule. The 58-year-old German racked up a 17 under total for his sixth senior major and 27th title on the 50-and-over tour. Only Hale Irwin and Jack Nicklaus won more senior majors.
Langer could become the first player to win all five of the current senior majors if he wins the Senior PGA Championship next week.
LPGA-KINGSMILL…
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) – Thailand’s Airya Jutanugarn (joo-TAN’-uh-garn) shot a nearly mistake-free 4-under 67 and won the Kingsmill Championship by one shot.
It’s the second straight win for the 20-year old after her inaugural victory two weeks ago in Alabama.
So Oh finished second after a closing 65, with Gerina Piller and Sei Young Kim sharing third, two shots back.
GOLF-IRISH OPEN…
STRAFFAN, Ireland (AP) – Rory McIlroy has finally shaken off his struggles at the Irish Open.
McIlroy shot a 3-under 69 to win the tournament he hosts by three shots.
The third-ranked McIlroy had failed to make the Irish Open cut since 2012, and his previous best was seventh place in 2008.
Tennis…
PARIS (AP) – Two-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova (kah-VIH’-toh-vah) had to rally to win her first-round match on Day 1 of the French Open.
The 10th seed won the last three games to defeat Danka Kovinic 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 on a rainy day in Paris. Last year’s runner-up, Lucie Safarova, made it into Round 2 with a 6-love, 6-2 win over Vitalia Diatchenko (dee-aht-CHEHN’-koh).
Those were two of only 10 matches completed on Day 1 due to rain. Men’s fifth seed Kei Nishikori (kay nee-shee-KOHR’-ee) was leading his opening-round match 6-1, 7-5, 2-1 when it was suspended. American Jack Sock will start the fifth set of his first-round match on Monday.
PARIS (AP) After a delay of more than 2 1/2 hours, play has finally started at the French Open.
Wearing a fluorescent yellow shirt and shoes, defending champion Stan Wawrinka is up against Lukas Rosol on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Last year, Wawrinka’s pink-checkered shorts were a major topic of conversation at Roland Garros, so much so that the Swiss player draped them over the table in front of him during his final news conference. He has opted for a pair of black shorts this year.
HOCKEY-WORLDS
MOSCOW (AP) – Connor McDavid scored in the first period and Matt Duchene (doo-SHAYN’) added an empty netter to give Canada a 2-0 win over Finland for the gold medal at the ice hockey world championship.
Cam Talbot made 16 saves to help Canada to its 26th title, one short of the combined Soviet and Russiaa record. Canada becomes the first team to repeat as champ since Russia in 2009.
Host Russia routed the United States 7-2 to win the bronze medal.
In world and national news….
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – The presidents of Vietnam and the United States are trumpeting improving relations replacing a troubled history between former war enemies. President Barack Obama lifted a half-century-old ban on selling arms to Vietnam and steered clear of harsh condemnation of what critics see as Vietnam’s abysmal treatment of dissidents. Vietnam praised the expansion in security and trade ties between “former enemies turned friends.”
UNDATED (AP) – Suicide bombings and rocket attacks today have killed at least 125 people in Yemen and a usually quiet coastal area of Syria. The Yemen suicide attacks targeted military recruits in the southern port of Aden, killing at least 45. In Syria, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for suicide and rocket attacks in the southern coastal government strongholds of Tartus and Jableh that killed at least 80.
LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister David Cameron is warning of economic consequences if Britons vote next month to leave the European Union. Calling that a “self-destruct option,” Cameron warned that Britain would be plunged into a “do-it-yourself” recession.
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (AP) – The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says the death of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour could have a positive effect on peace efforts. Resolute Support Commander, Gen. John W. Nicholson says Mansour was an obstacle to peace and rejected the chance offered by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to participle in the process. The general says the death will have a disruptive effect on the insurgency.
BALTIMORE (AP) – Some in Baltimore may be holding their breath today ahead of a judge’s verdict in the case of a Baltimore police officer charged in the arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Gray. Officer Edward Nero faces assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges and opted for a bench trial, rather than a jury trial. Gray’s death set off more than a week of sometimes violent protests.
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