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ATLANTA (AP) — Martín Pérez threw five scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves beat Detroit 5-2 on Tuesday night for their 11th win in their last 13 games as the Tigers lost starter Casey Mize to an injury in the third inning.

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Ozzie Albies hit a two-run homer and Ronald Acuña Jr. was 2 for 3 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored. Mike Yastrzemski was 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored.

Pérez (2-1), who was designated for assignment by the Braves earlier this season but then re-signed, gave up two hits and four walks while striking out five. He lowered his ERA to 2.22.

Mize (2-2) was removed after straining his groin covering first base on a ground ball to first baseman Spencer Torkelson. He lasted 2 1/3 innings during which he gave up two runs, three hits and a walk while striking out three.

Atlanta's Didier Fuentes pitched two scoreless innings, Tyler Kinley stranded two runners in a scoreless eighth and Aaron Bummer gave up a two-run home run to Wenceel Pérez in the ninth.

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The Braves took a 2-0 lead in the third inning. Yastrzemski led off with a double that landed on the right field foul line. Acuña plated him with a double to left field and Matt Olson knocked in Acuña with a line drive to center field. Albies added a two-run home run in the eighth inning.

Tigers center fielder Javier Báez left on a cart after injuring his right foot on a play at first base in the fifth inning. He hit the base awkwardly with his left foot and his right foot folded under his leg while he fell.

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Two-time American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal (3-2, 2.72) faces Braves rookie RHP JR Ritchie (1-0, 2.57) in the second game of a three-game set Wednesday.

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Alex Fitzpatrick is still adjusting to a major life change that "doesn't feel real" after the Englishman officially joined the PGA Tour coming off an emotional victory alongside his brother, Matt, in last week's Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

"I sat down with my caddie on Monday morning, we had breakfast together, and we looked at some of the events and it was like, wow, this is crazy, this doesn't feel real," Fitzpatrick told reporters at Tuesday's press conference for this week's 2026 Cadillac Championship. "And even walking on to the range yesterday morning was, yesterday afternoon, was like, it feels weird to be here. This is something I'm not used to."

Fitzpatrick turned professional in 2022 after his collegiate career at Wake Forest, he secured his first major individual professional victory at the 2023 British Challenge.

Currently ranked 140th in the Official World Golf Ranking, the 27-year-old won his maiden DP World Tour title at the Hero Indian Open in March.

His win at Zurich in the two-man team event with his brother earned him full status as a PGA Tour member through the 2028 season, including entry into the remaining 2026 Signature Events, the 2026 PGA Championship and the 2027 The Players Championship, bringing a sense of security Fitzpatrick acknowledged Tuesday.

"There's a lot of stress with this game, it can really bring you down to earth at any time," he said. "So being able to kind of plan my schedule and figure out where I'm going to be is amazing and, yeah, it definitely takes a lot off your plate, that's for sure."

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Despite the stability his PGA Tour membership offers, Fitzpatrick said he's still awed by some of the changes it involves.

"I don't have a clue what's going on, I'm not going to lie to you," he said, "... playing against the best players of the world all of a sudden and even like the purses are obviously much bigger."

But Fitzpatrick expressed confidence that his game is ready even if his mindset is still adjusting.

"I feel like my game is in a good shape. I feel like I played really nicely last week and over the past couple months my game's improved a lot. So hopefully I can kind of continue the form and see where that takes me this week," Fitzpatrick said.

"But, yeah, I have no expectations. Especially this week I think it's going to be a whirlwind and my head's going to be everywhere, but hopefully that calms down after this week and I kind of settle in, hopefully settle in nicely."

The 2026 Cadillac Championship, the fifth of eight Signature Events this season, kicks off Thursday at the Trump National Doral (Blue Monster) in Miami, Fla.

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Maury Povich made a surprise appearance during the April 26 episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta

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• He came in to squash a rumor about cast member Pinky Cole’s vegan lifestyle

• The Slutty Vegan founder denied claims that she secretly ate meat amid a feud with Phaedra Parks

Maury Povichmade an unexpected appearance onThe Real Housewives of Atlanta— and brought one of his signature tests with him.

During the Sunday, April 26 episode of the Bravo reality series, the longtime TV host popped in to help settle a debate involving newcomerAisha “Pinky” Cole Hayesand her castmates: whether the vegan entrepreneur had secretly been eating meat.

The moment stemmed from a disagreement between Pinky, founder of the popularplant-based chain Slutty Vegan, and fellow HousewifePhaedra Parks.

During a charity event hosted by Pinky, the entrepreneur said to her castmates that Phaedra was "telling people I eat meat," which Phaedra denied. Their costarShamea Mortonchimed in saying she heard the rumor from Phaedra.

"No I did not," Phaedra told Shamea. "I remember telling you Pinky had lots of accolades and one was owning a Jamaican restaurant."

The show cuts to a confessional with Shamea who said, "I swear I thought the lady told me that Pinky eat meat." Then, a clip rolls from Shamea and Phaedra's prior phone conversation, in which Phaedra said: "Before [Pinky] started this vegan stuff, that girl used to have a Jamaican restaurant serving meat, honey."

Pinky pushed back, firmly denying the accusation. "I am plant-based,” she said before making a not-suitable-for-work joke.

She also revealed, "I was a producer for the Maury show, so I got a lie detector test in my back pocket. And I'm like, 'Do I need to pull it out?'"

Shortly after, Povich, 87, appeared virtually. “In my hand, I have the results of your vegan lie detector test,” he announced. “Pinky, when it comes to the accusation that you’ve been secretly eating meat… the lie detector test says… that was a lie.”

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He added, “Pinky, you’re still a vegan.”

“Thank you, Maury,” Cole Hayes responded with a wink.

Pinky joinedRHOAin season 17, bringing both her business story and personal life into the spotlight. In earlier episodes, she opened up about the challenges of rebuilding her Slutty Vegan empire.

Founded in 2018 as a delivery concept, the brand quickly grew to encompass food trucks and later brick-and-mortar locations, gaining attention for the menu item's cheeky names.

At its peak, the company reportedly reached a $100 million valuation. But rapid expansion also came with financial strain. In March 2026, Pinky filedfor Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionin Georgia, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE. The filing lists more than $1.3 million in total debts, including approximately $1.2 million owed to the U.S. Small Business Administration and about $192,000 in state taxes.

Despite the setbacks, Pinky has said she remains focused on rebuilding.

“I built this brand with heart and hustle,” she previously told PEOPLE. “And I’m not done yet.”

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At least two people have died after a light aircraft crashed into a hangar at an airstrip in southernAustraliaon Wednesday.

Multiple people were also injured after the small plane crashed into the hangar after landing at the suburban Parafield Airport, north of Adelaide, at 2.10pm local time, according to the Australian Associated Press.

The collision reportedly sparked a fire.

Premier Peter Malinauskas said: “I have just been briefed by the Commissioner for Police (Grant Stevens) on the tragic incident at Parafield this afternoon, where a small plane has crashed into a hangar.”

“Two people have lost their lives and a number of others have been injured.

“My thoughts are with the families and loved ones of those who have passed away, and with everyone affected by this devastating event,” he said.

An eyewitness told ABC News he saw the plane nosedive.

Joshua Swannell said: "The pitch that it took, you could hear it struggle then straight down. I looked up and saw the plane up in the corner – go up, tilt, straight back down, nosedive – over the buildings. I just heard the crash, it just happened all so quick."

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"Within minutes it was just already so black, you couldn't see anything – no flames, but just all black," he told the news site.

Police and emergency services were called to an area near Kings Road at Parafield Airport.

Australia’s 7News reported that a pilot and a passenger were among those killed. Images from the crash site showed a column of black smoke.

"There are reports of injuries at the scene. There's no confirmed numbers at this stage," senior constable Matt Brown from SA Police said.

The incident, authorities say, involved a twin-engined Diamond DA42 aircraft. According to 7News, at least 10 airport ground crew who were inside the hangar were taken to the hospital with serious burns.

Metropolitan Fire Service chief officer, Jeff Swann, told the outlet: “These fires were intensified by the amount of fuel that was inside the hanger.”

He said a number of student pilots had to be escorted out of the hangar by firefighters. Planes that were parked in the hanger at the time also sustained damage in the crash and fire.

According to South Australia Police chief inspector, Andrew McCracken, one person remained in a life-threatening condition at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and two others were in a serious condition.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A spate of attacksagainst civilians and military basesin Colombia's southwestern region has raised security concerns as the country heads to a May presidential election in which crime is expected to be one of the top voter concerns.

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Rebel groups have staged 26 attacks with explosives and drones since Friday, including a deadly blast Saturday on a highway between the cities of Cali and Popayan, according to Colombia’s defense ministry. The death toll in that explosion rose to 21 people on Monday.

Violence in the region is nothing new. Illegal groups have sought to control the area for decades, deeming it strategic for illicit activities, such asillegal miningand drug trafficking, including the cultivation of coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine.

Authorities blamed a group known asthe FARC-EMCfor the lethal explosion, near a tunnel on the Pan-American Highway. The group is led by Nestor Vera — commonly known as Iván Mordisco — a former member of theRevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by its Spanish acronym FARC, who refused to join a 2016 peace deal with the nation’s government.

Sergio Guzmán, a political risk analyst in Colombia's capital, Bogota, said that Mordisco’s group could be trying to demonstrate that it has the capabilities to do serious damage, and is seeking to “establish its credibility” with Colombia’s next government as it positions itself for future negotiations.

“Part of what they are doing is establishing leverage towards the future,” Guzmán said.

UnderPresident Gustavo Petro, a former member of a guerrilla group, the Colombian government has attempted to stage peace talks with the nation’s remaining rebel groups through a strategy known as "total peace."

The government has offered ceasefires to various groups in an effort to promote peace negotiations, but analysts say the strategy has failed, because these groups used the ceasefires to regroup, rearm and strengthen their grip over communities.

Groups like the FARC-EMC have been known to tax residents in areas under their control, and also forcibly recruit youth into their ranks.

“The government’s peace policy has been naïve,” said Javier Garay, a political science professor at Colombia’s Externado University. “They thought that if they had a condescending attitude towards these groups they would receive a positive response.”

In late 2023, the FARC-EMC entered peace talks with the Colombian government. But a faction led by Mordisco abandoned the talks in April 2024, and has beenfighting the Colombian governmentsince then.

Elizabeth Dickinson, a Colombia analyst at the International Crisis Group, said that Mordisco’s group is particularly strong in the provinces of Cauca and Valle del Cauca, where it's fighting for control of drug trafficking routes and illegal gold mines.

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For the past two years, Mordisco’s group has also used drone attacks and car bombs, to respond to an offensive from the Colombian military in theMicay Canyon, a remote area covered with coca fields that is under the FARC-EMC’s grip.

Dickinson said that the latest attacks in southwest Colombia are one way for the group to show that it can sustain its “asymmetrical war” against the government.

Colombia’s defense minister on Sunday said that kidnappings and lockdowns enforced by rebel groups on communities had decreased in Cauca over the past year because of the government's actions.

But the government’s total peace strategy has come under fire from the opposition, whose candidates are hoping to benefit from the nation’s security woes, as they promise to take a tougher stance on crime.

Petro is barred by Colombia’s constitution from running for another term. But his party’s candidate, Iván Cepeda, has promised to continue peace talks with rebel groups.

Cepeda said on X that he rejected the recent attacks in southwest Colombia, and urged authorities to investigate whether they were part of an effort to interfere with the election.

“It is worrying that these terrorist actions are happening in a region where there is ample support for our political project,” Cepeda said.

Voters in Colombia will head to the polls on May 31 to choose from 14 different presidential candidates, including Cepeda, and conservatives Abelardo de la Espriella and Paloma Valencia.

While Cepeda favors the continuation of Petro’s “total peace” strategy, his conservative rivals have said that they favor confronting rebel groups and putting more military pressure on them before resuming peace talks.

Guzmán said that while this weekend’s attacks “deepen the discomfort” with the security situation in Colombia — where apresidential candidate was killed last year— both sides will try to profit from this new wave of violence.

“Government supporters will use the attacks as an opportunity to say that that this is exactly why we need to reach urgent agreements with (rebel) groups,” Guzmán said. “Detractors will say this is why we need to more aggressively attack them.”

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Weijia Jiang on WH Correspondents' Dinner shooting: "No amount of reporting can prepare you" 04:39

The night was going exactly as planned.

For eight months, as president of the White House Correspondents Association, I'd been working on this dinner party. Above all, I had hoped it would restore some normalcy between the Trump administration and the press. Maybe I was naïve, but I wanted it to be a room we don't see enough of in Washington: a bipartisan one. And it was.

There were more than 2,500 journalists and guests dressed to the nines. CEOs, celebrities, ambassadors and members of the cabinet including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Todd Blanche, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin — many just feet from the president in the ballroom.

Most important was Donald Trump himself: after 15 years of boycotting the dinner, he finally decided to come. It was the first time he had attended as president.

Trump was in a great mood. The Marine Corps Band had just played The Star-Spangled Banner, and the president was on the dais. We were chatting about the last time he attended, when Barack Obama was president.

"You know, everyone thinks I was upset by all those jokes Obama made. But I really wasn't," I remember him telling me as Oz Pearlman — the mentalist I had booked for the night — asked if he could interrupt. He was doing a trick on the press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, and he wanted the president and me to watch.

Leavitt is due to give birth in a matter of days, and she'd told me earlier that Pearlman claimed he'd figure out the name of her unborn baby. "There's no way he would ever be able to do that," she said. "Very few people know it. It's impossible."

We all watched. Melania Trump, seated to Leavitt's left, was quite engaged. Oz prepared to turn over a piece of paper with a name scribbled on it with a Sharpie.

Oz revealed a name to the first lady and Leavitt, and I watched her reaction. The look on her face—shock and delight—is an image now frozen in my mind, because it's the last thing I saw beforechaos unfolded.

At that very moment, we heard commotion. I looked out in the audience and thought there might have been a heckler. But I didn't see one.

Before I could make sense of what was unfolding, armed agents rushed toward the dais. They multiplied quickly, sprinting from the other side of the stage to surround us. I heard shouts of "down, down, down, get down."

I got out of my chair and was following Trump when he hit the ground. I got on my hands and knees too. Only later did I see a big bruise on my left knee. I was crawling, and we were ushered behind the stage.

I crawled to the holding area, where the show producers were watching the video feeds of the live images from inside the ballroom.

Inside weren't just my fellow journalists but also the most important people in my life. Moments before the chaos unfolded, I locked eyes with my 82-year-old father who waved to me. He looked happy. He and my mom both struggle with mobility. "Where are their wheelchairs?" I wanted to know. Who's going to push them out of danger? My husband and my 7-year-old daughter were there too. Was she scared? Was she crying? I wanted to hold her.

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I scanned the feeds looking for them, shaking. I asked anyone who could hear me: What happened? What's wrong? Did anyone get hurt?

I have covered many shootings and murders in my career, including Sandy Hook in 2012. But this was the first time I found myself on the other side. No one can prepare you for it.

There was a rush of advance guys and Secret Service guys. "Blue, blue!" one said, rushing toward the room where Trump was being held.

There were several unverified news reports and tweets. Clearly, there was a situation witha shooterand a gun, but the information I had was just that the president wants the show to go on. He did not want to be deterred.

At some point, I went back on stage and assured everyone that the show would go on. People were glad to hear that. We waited and waited. Then one of the advance guys told me the president wanted to talk to me. I was led into a room by the president's closest aides.

The first lady was standing and offered me a smile. "Are you OK?" she asked. Vice President Vance entered and asked the same.Secretary Rubio was next to me. I just kept hearing, "We're going to the White House. We're going to the White House."

But the president did not want to go. He told me that he wanted to get back on stage. But also that his speech — a "shtick," he called it — would now be "totally inappropriate."

They decided ona press conferenceat the White House in 30 minutes, which I announced to the ballroom. The room laughed. I assured them it wasn't a joke.

Then, to the room of reporters, I added: "I said earlier tonight that journalism is a public service, because when there is an emergency, we run to the crisis, not away from it. And on a night when we are thinking about the freedoms in the First Amendment, we must also think about how fragile they are."

I got a ride with the presidential motorcade, which had waited for me. Other reporters ran to the White House in their heels.

He looked solemn as he walked to the podium. After he gave an update aboutthe suspect, he called on me to ask the first question. I wanted to know what he was thinking when he realized what was going on.

He said, "It was always shocking when something like this happens, happened to me, a little bit, and that never changes the fact we're sitting right next to each other, first lady on my right, and I heard a noise, and sort of thought it was a tray."

I was struck when Trump acknowledged how the shooting shaped his view of his relationship with the press. He said, "This was an event dedicated to freedom of speech that was supposed to bring together members of both parties with members of the press, and in a certain way, it did, because the fact that they just unified. I saw a room that was just totally unified."

Unity isn't a word we hear much these days. But that's how I felt, too.

Trump insists we are having the dinner again in 30 days. Let's see.

As for the name of Leavitt's baby girl: I saw it. But I haven't had a chance to confirm it.

PHOENIX (AP) — Oklahoma City’s first-round dominance in the NBA playoffs continues.

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The road should get at least a little tougher in the coming weeks — but there's little doubt the defending champions are well-equipped to defend their title.

The Thunder finished off a four-game sweep of the Phoenix Suns on Monday night,winning 131-122after pulling away in the fourth quarter. Oklahoma City is 12-0 in the first round over the past three years.

“It's a really good feeling," guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said of the sweep. “Just for our confidence as a group, it's good to get the playoff run started the right way. You never know what can happen — and usually the later you go, the better the teams, and the series won't go like that. You want to give yourself as many days as possible to rest.”

The 27-year-old Gilgeous-Alexander looked every bit like the reigning Most Valuable Player against the Suns, averaging 33.8 points and shooting 55.1% from the field. He was at his best in Game 3,scoring 42 points on 15-of-18 shooting.

He was very good again in Game 4, scoring 31 points on 10-of-17 shooting. The Thunder's offense was at its best in the series finale, with Chet Holmgren scoring 24 and Ajay Mitchell adding 22.

Oklahoma City shot nearly 54% from the field and made 17 of 34 (50%) 3-pointers.

“We played the right way, nothing out of the usual,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “Guys were out there making aggressive plays and playing for each other. We have a formula we try to play with and we try to impose it every night.”

The Thunder will face the winner of the Los Angeles Lakers-Houston Rockets series in the Western Conference semifinals. The Lakers have a 3-1 lead afterthe Rockets won Game 4.

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Even though they swept the series, the Thunder were hit with some adversity when starter Jalen Williamswent down with a hamstring injury in Game 2. Oklahoma City still had plenty of depth to get past the gritty but overmatched Suns, who barely qualified for the playoffs after beating the Golden State Warriors in the play-in tournament.

Mitchell stepped into the starting lineup for Williams and looked confident, particularly in Game 4. He finished with 22 points and six assists, showing he could handle the larger workload in the postseason.

A second-round draft pick out of Santa Barbara, the 6-foot-4 guard has quickly become a vital part of the rotation.

“Ajay is one of the toughest dudes in the league,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “Mentally, he's never shaken. He's never afraid of the moment. Ajay can be having the worst day ever and you would never know because he's so solid.”

The Thunder's superior size was also on display against the Suns, who were without starting center Mark Williams because of a foot injury. The 7-foot-1 Holmgren and 7-foot Isaiah Hartenstein combined for 24 rebounds on Monday night, including nine on the offensive glass.

Holmgren said the Suns were a guard-heavy team that tried to go small. He figures others will take a different approach but believes the Thunder are ready for anything.

“We're going to see different teams match up in different ways,” Holmgren said. "Some are going to go big and some are going to go small and play with more pace and open the floor. But I think we've seen a lot of what we could see at this point. Now it's just about going out and executing.”

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