The man accused of trying to kill a pastor during a Pennsylvania sermon Sunday has been charged with the unrelated murder of his cousin, who police say was killed with the same gun that failed to discharge during a thwarted attack on a Pittsburgh-area church. Bernard Junior Polite, 26, allegedly walked into the Jesus' Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock, sat near the front and eventually approached the pastor with a drawn handgun. Deacon Clarence McCallister was looking through a camera's viewfinder as he livestreamed the service. The recording shows...

CHICAGO (AP) — Cody Bellinger was on a roll prior to his injury. He sure gave the Cubs a big boost in his return. Bellinger homered and had three hits to help Chicago beat the San Diego Padres, 3-2, on Tuesday night after the slugger missed two weeks because of broken ribs. “Obviously, you don’t expect to go out and get three hits,” he said. “But for me, it felt like I was in a good spot, obviously before the injury. And then working back, I just wanted to maintain...

DETROIT — Severe storms barreled through the Midwest early Wednesday, a day after two tornadoes struck one Michigan city and destroyed homes and commercial buildings, including a FedEx facility. The tornadoes were first spotted after dark Tuesday in parts of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, while portions of Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri were also under a tornado watch, according to the National Weather Service. The storms came a day after a deadly twister ripped through an Oklahoma town. As the storms raged on in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday, the National Weather...

The Black man who pulled a gun on a pastor during church service on Sunday has been charged with homicide after police found the body of his cousin shot to death in his home. According to 6 ABC, Bernard Junior Polite was arrested on Sunday after trying to shoot Rev. Glenn Germany while the pastor was giving a sermon at the Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock. In a video of the incident, which was live-streamed on the church’s website, Polite can be seen pointing his gun directly at...

The Vegas Golden Knights’ season ended Sunday. Now, it’s time to look ahead to next season. Chances are, the roster will be vastly different come next fall. Six Golden Knights will be unrestricted free agents this offseason, with the biggest being Jonathan Marchessault. Marchessault came to the franchise in the 2017 expansion draft and has been one of the driving forces behind the Golden Knights making the playoffs in six of their seven seasons of existence. Marchessault, who had 42 goals this season and played in all 82 games, will...

The importance of family was underscored when Troy Fautanu decided where he would celebrate his selection in the NFL Draft. The league invited all potential first-round prospects to attend the draft in Detroit. That included Fautanu, the 23-year-old fifth-year senior from Washington who was projected to be among the tackle-heavy prospects taken on the first day. Just 13 players accepted the invitation. Some stayed home because of the uncertainty surrounding their draft position. Others may have balked at celebrating their big day in the Motor City. For Fautanu, it came...

The horrifying scene made national headlines — an armed man walking up to the front of a church and aiming a gun at the pastor in the middle of his Sunday sermon. He pulled the trigger. The pastor flinched and dove behind the pulpit. Witnesses heard a click, and then a miracle. The gun didn't fire. Deacon Clarence McCallister, who was operating a camera that recorded the entire ordeal on video, sprang into action, jumping over a railing to tackle the gunman before he had a chance to take another...

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- For the first time, FC Tulsa has reached the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup's Round of 16. Phillip Goodrum's goal late in the second half lifted FC Tulsa past the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 1-0 on Tuesday night at Highmark Stadium. Tulsa will meet Wednesday's winner between Union Omaha of USL League One and Sporting Kansas City of MLS. Goodrum's goal came in the 88th minute as he fired in a 12-yard shot inside the left post after the Riverhounds failed to clear a deflected throw-in. Joey Roggeveen,...

May 8 - The Detroit Tigers are coming off a needed offensive breakout that evened their three-game series with the Cleveland Guardians. Now, they hope to build on that strong offensive performance and finally give Reese Olson some deserved run support on Wednesday in the series finale at Cleveland. The Tigers entered Tuesday mired in a four-game losing streak during which they totaled seven runs. After going 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position during a 2-1 loss to the Guardians on Monday, Detroit went 5-for-11 in those situations and matched...