John Wall’s health complicated Washington’s success this season, and Bradley Beal got off to a slow start in Toronto. But the All-Star duo got it going to keep the Wizards in their series against the Raptors.
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After three months and a 2-0 deficit, Wizards finally get peak Wall and Beal
Frustrated by a technical foul that was called on him Friday night, Celtics forward Marcus Morris said he believes the referees “knew who they wanted to go after” before the game started.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — For Megan Markle, the road to Windsor Castle started near Windsor Hills, California. She grew up there, her mother still lives there in Meghan’s childhood home. A “No Trespassing” sign sits outside the home now and Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, is notoriously private. But neighbors in Windsor Hills can’t contain their excitement about their local girl becoming a princess. “Heyyyyyy. I think it’s great! She’s beautiful, intelligent and will get along very well with the queen,” said one woman. “I think it’s good for people not to forget where you come from,” said neighbor Mary Whitehead. Meghan’s parents divorced when she was just a child. Her father, a former lighting director in Hollywood, now lives a quiet life in a small community in Baja, Mexico. “The thought of an American princess seems very Hollywood. Very LA. Very movie star, doesn’t it?,” said Lisa Powers of Ye Olde King’s Head, a British gift shop, pub and tea room in Santa Monica. It’s not the first time an actress became a princess. Meghan Markle is following in Grace Kelly’s footsteps — an American actress who married Prince Rainer of Monaco in 1956, A royal wedding tea towel — commemorating the prince and future princess’ upcoming nuptials — is just one item flying off the shelves at the Ye Olde King’s Head. While the 36-year-old has already traded in the sunny skies of Hollywood for London fog, she apparently misses home. In an online interview that recently surfaced, Meghan said she missed everything about California when she was living in Toronto filming “Suits” — the lifestyle, the palm trees, sun and ocean breezes. She also misses California wine country. As for her acting career, not so much. She worked on the show “Suits” for seven season and it’s clear she’s ready to turn in suits for royal crowns. Teachers from her alma mater — Immaculate Heart High School in Los Feliz — believe her education and upbringing will serve her well as she joins her husband in their royal duties. And they expect big things for and from her in the future. But don’t we all? If you’d like to watch the royal wedding with tea, finger sandwiches and scones, the Olde King’s Head will be serving high tea and a replay of the wedding at noon on May 19. High tea goes from 12 noon to 2 p.m. $30 per person. For more information, click here.
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Wizards forward Markieff Morris said he tried to “set the tone for how we need to play the whole series” when he got into a first-quarter altercation with the Raptors’ OG Anunoby, part of a physical Game 3 that resulted in five technical fouls.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Scherzer scattered four hits over six innings against Clayton Kershaw in the 13th all-time meeting of three-time Cy Young Award winners and the Washington Nationals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 on Friday night. Scherzer (4-1) struck out nine and walked a season-high three in the first such matchup since 2006. Kershaw (1-3) gave up four runs and nine hits in seven innings while striking out a season-low four against no walks. Washington improved to 7-3 on the road and ended the Dodgers’ four-game winning streak. Sean Doolittle pitched the ninth for his fourth save. The Nationals wasted no time in getting to Kershaw. Trea Turner doubled on his first pitch — a 91 mph fastball — to open the game. After Howie Kendrick flied out, Bryce Harper banged an 87-mph, first-pitch slider into right field for an RBI single. He took second on Kershaw’s wild pitch. Ryan Zimmerman followed with an RBI double to center for a 2-0 lead. Kershaw retired 11 in a row after his messy start in front of 50,211 on an unseasonable 62-degree evening. Scherzer also gave up a hit to start the game, a triple by Chris Taylor. After hitting Corey Seager in the right leg, he retired the next three batters, striking out two. The Nats bailed out Scherzer in the third. After striking out Kershaw, he walked Taylor and hit Seager for the second time before the defense turned Yasmani Grandal’s grounder into an inning-ending double play. Washington added a run in the fifth on Michael Taylor’s bunt single to Kershaw that beat the shift. Kershaw first looked helpless as he searched for someone to throw to and then annoyed when no one covered first. Kershaw gave up three singles to center in the sixth. Taylor’s RBI came with two outs and had Kershaw ducking to avoid being hit as the Nats extended their lead to 4-0. Washington made it 5-2 in the eighth after Pedro Baez gave up his third bases-loaded walk of the season to Wilmer Difo with two outs. Baez exited to boos. Yasiel Puig snapped the Dodgers’ 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position streak with a two-out, two-strike RBI single in the sixth that made it 4-1. Los Angeles trailed 4-2 in the seventh on Yasmani Grandal’s single off Sammy Solis. The Dodgers had the potential tying runs on and go-ahead run at the plate when pinch-hitter Matt Kemp grounded into a fielder’s choice to second that ended the threat. TRAINER’S ROOM Nationals: OF Adam Eaton (left ankle bone bruise) hit in the batting cage and ran and is close to returning. … 3B Anthony Rendon (day-to-day with toe injury) took ground balls and hit on the field. He is likely to play this weekend. Dodgers: INF Justin Turner (left wrist fracture) took ground balls and hit off a tee for the first time. He says his soreness is dissipating, although no date has been set for a rehab appearance. … INF Logan Forsythe (right shoulder inflammation) took swings in the cage, but still has fatigue in his shoulder. … LHP Rich Hill was supposed to start Friday, but is on the DL with a cracked nail on his middle left finger. UP NEXT RHP Stephen Strasburg (2-1, 3.08 ERA) starts for the Nats against LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-0, 2.87) on Saturday. The Nats won both matchups against Ryu last season, 4-2 in LA and 7-1 in Washington. Ryu didn’t factor in the road loss. (@Copyright 2018. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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SAN GABRIEL (CBSLA) — A person in a possibly stolen vehicle that was being pursued by police ran into a hospital in San Gabriel late Friday. Police were following a white Scion, which might have been stolen, for reckless driving on the 210 Fwy. The driver got off the freeway near San Marino Avenue and Las Tunas Drive before a passenger ran off and into nearby San Gabriel Hospital. After the driver and another passenger were placed in police custody, LAPD set up a perimeter around the hospital and found the third person. Police said they did not believe the person entered the hospital, but officers and security personnel monitored the entrances. K-9 units were also deployed in the area. The hospital was not placed under lockdown.
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Bojan Bogdanovic caught fire with 30 points and earned kudos from his Pacers teammates for hounding Cavs star LeBron James on defense in Friday night’s Game 3 victory.
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ANAHEIM (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hit a towering, three-run homer, Mac Williamson hit a two-run homer in his first big league game this season and Nick Hundley also connected to back Jeff Samardzija in the San Francisco Giants’ 8-1 win against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. The Angels had only five hits, including a homer by Mike Trout, a double by Albert Pujols for his 2,991st career hit and two singles by Shohei Ohtani. Samardzija (1-0) just made it through five innings to qualify for the win. He walked the bases loaded with two outs before manager Bruce Bochy came out for a mound visit. Justin Upton drove Samardzija’s next pitch to the warning track in left, where Williamson caught it. Samardzija flinched at first, thinking it was gone, and then smiled as he walked toward the dugout. Bochy smiled and clapped his hands. Samardzija opened the season on the disabled list with a pectoral strain suffered during spring training. He allowed two hits in five innings, struck out four and walked four. Ohtani had the Angels’ first hit off Samardzija, a single to center with two outs in the second. Ohtani had gone 0 for 4 with three strikeouts the night before as the Boston Red Sox completed a sweep. The designated hitter singled again in the ninth. McCutchen, the designated hitter, drove a 1-2 pitch from Andrew Heaney into the Giants’ bullpen beyond the left-field fence with one out in the fifth to chase the left-hander. Heaney (0-1) allowed the first five batters to reach in the fifth. He allowed Williamson’s homer to right and an RBI single by Austin Jackson. Hundley hit an opposite-field shot to right in the second, his first. He added an RBI double in the eighth. Trout homered to left-center off Pierce Johnson in the eighth, his seventh. Two batters later, Pujols drove a ball to the base of the fence in center before being replaced by pinch-runner Jefry Marte. OHTANI’S BLISTER Angels manager Mike Scioscia isn’t sure if the seams on big league baseballs are what caused the blister on Ohtani’s right middle finger that forced the Japanese two-way sensation out after just two innings Tuesday night against Boston in his third major league pitching start. “He worked very hard getting used our baseball starting last winter,” Scioscia said. “Blisters … come and go with pitchers occasionally at some point. Exactly when they crop up with some guys is a mystery. There are probably a lot of things that came into play for Shohei to have his become significant to where it affected some of his pitches. But I don’t know if there’s any one reason that you could pin down right now. He feels much better. We got him out in time last start where it didn’t get any worse and hopefully he’ll be able to make his next start.” Some pitchers blamed slicker balls for blisters last season. Scioscia remained noncommittal about when Ohtani’s next start would be, but a six-man rotation would have him Ohtani pitching Monday at Houston. TRAINER’S ROOM Giants: Placed OF Hunter Pence on the 10-day disabled list with a sprained right thumb and recalled Williamson from Triple-A Sacramento. UP NEXT Giants: LHP Derek Holland (0-2, 4.60) is scheduled to start Saturday night. He has appeared in more games against the Angels than any other team, going 10-8 with a 5.21 ERA in 28 appearances, including 25 starts. Angels: RHP Garrett Richards (2-0, 3.60) is scheduled to make his first career start against San Francisco on Saturday night. (@Copyright 2018. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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If he's not posing as G.G. Allin or proudly declaring his music “ignorant,” he's staring dead-eyed into the void and rapping in circles about nothing in particular. On the heels of his 2017 debut, DEADSTAR, he's released Bless Yo Trap, a 10-song mixtape made in collaboration with buzzing Canadian …
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CBS News special hosted by Gayle King offers a looks at the future wife of Prince Harry, as told by those who know her best
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On Friday, the state Health Department deployed a medical team to Kauai to offer assistance to flood victims in the hardest-hit areas amid fears about dirty water
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(CNN) — Some passengers aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 received a $5,000 check after a deadly engine failure that led to an emergency landing in Philadelphia. The jet’s engine failed Tuesday about 20 minutes into its flight from New York City to Dallas. Debris from the engine blew out a window, causing passenger Jennifer Riordan to almost get sucked out of the plane. Passengers dragged her back into the cabin, but she died at a Philadelphia hospital after the plane made an emergency landing. Check and travel voucher In a letter to passengers, the airline expressed “sincere apologies” for the fatal incident and included the check, said Kamau Siwatu, who was aboard the flight. He was one of at least three passengers who said they received the letter. “We value you as our customer and hope you will allow us another opportunity to restore your confidence in Southwest as the airline you can count on for your travel needs,” Siwatu’s letter said. “In this spirit, we are sending you a check in the amount of $5,000 to cover any of your immediate financial needs.” In addition to the money, passengers will receive a $1,000 travel voucher, the letter said. It’s not unusual for airlines to give passengers money in such situations, according to CNN transportation analyst Mary Schiavo. “It gets money in the hands of people that need it for counseling or something,” Schiavo said. CNN has reached out to Southwest Airlines for comment, but has not heard back. Search for answers The plane’s engine had undergone a visual inspection two days before, the airline said. The National Transportation Safety Board is finishing up its initial examination into the deadly engine failure — but many questions remain unanswered. It’s unclear why the left engine of the flight malfunctioned when the plane was over 32,000 feet. “I know people would want answers right away. We would do a very methodical investigation,” NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt said. “Right now, we just want to document everything that we can.” In the search for answers, federal officials have interviewed pilots, examined the damaged engine and collected video footage from passengers who lived through those 22 minutes of chaos . They’ve also recovered the airplane’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, and are still tracking down debris from the engine. The NTSB will look into how an interior crack on a fan blade led to the engine failure. Sumwalt said the crack was not detectable from the outside. One of the cracks was consistent with metal fatigue, he said. — Faith Karimi The-CNN-Wire ( & © 2018 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.)
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As word of a royal engagement spread, all of Britain seemed to fall under a magic spell. Romance warmed the heart of a weary world.
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