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CHICAGO (AP) — Wander Franco of the Tampa Bay Rays broke up Marcus Stroman's no-hit bid for the Chicago Cubs with a single leading off the seventh inning on Monday. Franco ended the bid with a clean single to left to start the seventh.

Los Angeles Dodgers (31-21, first in the NL West) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (38-15, first in the AL East) St. Petersburg, Florida; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw (6-4, 2.98 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 69 strikeouts); Rays: Tyler Glasnow (0-0)

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Anna Nordqvist had all three of her matches go the distance, and only a clutch wedge kept her from playing even more Friday as she was among 16 players who advanced out of group play in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Keith Tkachuk never played a game for the Florida Panthers, and hadn’t recorded an assist at the NHL level in nearly 13 years. That is, until March 29. That’s the day he might have had the biggest helper of Florida’s season.

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets had all the ingredients for an NBA Finals run this season — Nikola Jokic's all-around greatness , Jamal Murray's sweet ball handling , Michael Porter Jr.'s board crashing and arc accuracy , Aaron Gordon's above-the-rim brilliance .

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Kaley Mudge went 3 for 3 with three RBIs and a double, Kathryn Sandercock allowed only one run in 5 2/3 innings and No. 3 seed Florida State beat 14th-seeded Georgia 8-1 on Thursday night in the opening game of the Tallahassee Super Regional.

As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting a series of measures he has pushed that have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books — not just in Florida schools but in an increasing number of other conservative states. Florida last year became the first in a wave of red states to enact laws making it easier for parents to challenge books in school libraries they deem to be pornographic, deal improperly with racial issues or in other ways in...

Disney is opposing a request by Gov. Ron DeSantis to disqualify a judge overseeing the company’s First Amendment lawsuit. Disney says in the lawsuit filed against DeSantis that it was punished for speaking out against Florida legislation that critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” Disney said Thursday that the request by attorneys for DeSantis didn’t come close to meeting the standards set out in Florida law for requiring a judge to be disqualified. Last week, DeSantis’ attorneys filed...

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Target isn't selling “tuck-friendly” swimsuits for children, contrary to widespread claims. A popular video at a Florida middle school shows books being removed as part of a routine process amid a library renovation project, not banned materials. Immigrants who cross the border illegally are given phones that use an app to monitor them but the devices can't be used to browse the internet, make unauthor...

MIAMI (AP) — Registration opened Wednesday for the 2023 Florida Python Challenge, giving participants a chance to win a share of more than $30,000 in prizes while removing invasive Burmese pythons from the wild.