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Jacob deGrom struck out a career-high 15, pitched a two-hitter and boosted the Mets' sagging offense with a go-ahead double from the No. 8 spot in the batting order, leading New York over the Washington Nationals 6-0. DeGrom has struck out 43 in his last three starts and 50 overall this season, breaking the major league record for most in a pitcher’s first four starts set just last weekend by Cleveland ace Shane Bieber with 48. DeGrom lowered his career ERA to 2.55 and overtook Tom Seaver's 2.57 as New York’s franchise leader. 

Progressives are looking for their next big win now that the COVID-19 relief bill has been signed into law. Many have declared a Democratic countermeasure to the Georgia election law the No. 1 goal. The Derek Chauvin murder trial has resurrected calls for criminal justice legislation. Some liberals want an immigration overhaul. Others seize on expanding the Supreme Court. This week, the House voted to make the District of Columbia a state. And progressives have their own version of climate and public works spending. It's a reflection that the progressive movement remains scattershot as it tries to turn its growing power into policy achievements.

Minnesota left-hander J.A. Happ pitched no-hit ball until Jacob Stallings doubled with one out in the eighth inning, as the Twins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0. The 38-year-old Happ was removed after the hit by manager Rocco Baldelli with the two-run lead. Tyler Duffey and Taylor Rogers finished the one-hitter as the Twins won for just the second time in their last 11 games. Willians Astudillo and Jake Cave each hit their first home runs of the season for Minnesota. That spoiled another stellar start by Pittsburgh's JT Brubaker.

Russell Westbrook had another triple-double in his return to Oklahoma City, and the Washington Wizards beat the Thunder 129-109 for their seventh straight win. Westbrook finished with 37 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists -— his fourth straight triple-double and his 14th in 16 games. Westbrook has 174 triple-doubles in his career and is closing in on Oscar Robertson’s career record of 181. He has 28 triple-doubles this season. Bradley Beal added 33 points for the Wizards. Darius Bazley and Theo Maledon each scored 20 points for Oklahoma City. The Thunder lost their 13th straight.

The Oakland Athletics earned their 12th consecutive victory -- their longest winning streak in almost two decades — defeating the Baltimore Orioles 3-1. Oakland’s string is its longest since it won a franchise-record 20 in a row in 2002. It is the longest in the majors since Houston’s 12-game run in June 2018. The A’s improved to 13-1 since dropping their first six games. Baltimore has lost seven of its eight home games.

The Cleveland Browns have exercised the fifth-year option on quarterback Baker Mayfield’s rookie contract. The move was expected after his strong 2020 season. The team also did the same with top cornerback Denzel Ward’s contract. Mayfield had 30 touchdown passes last season and led the Browns to their first playoff appearance in nearly 20 years. Cleveland won its first postseason game since 1994, beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild-card round before losing to Kansas City. The team had until May 3 to exercise the option. The No. 1 overall draft pick in 2018, Mayfield is under contract for 2021 and 2022.

Minnesota Twins left-hander J.A. Happ has lost his bid for a no-hitter with one out in the eighth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jacob Stallings doubled with one out in the eighth for the Pirates. Happ is in his first season with the Twins. He walked two batters in the second, the only baserunners he allowed until Stallings got his hit.

Ghislaine Maxwell has faced her trial judge in person for the first time as lawyers squabble over exactly when she should be tried on sex trafficking charges alleging that she procured teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse at his posh residences. Maxwell pleaded not guilty Friday to sex trafficking conspiracy and a sex trafficking charge that were added in a rewritten indictment filed last month in Manhattan federal court. The court proceeding lasted only a few minutes. Her lawyers maintain they need months of additional preparation because of the new charges, making it impossible to keep a July 12 trial date.

Progressives are looking for their next big win now that the COVID-19 relief bill has been signed into law. Many have declared a Democratic countermeasure to the Georgia election law the No. 1 goal. The Derek Chauvin murder trial has resurrected calls for criminal justice legislation. Some liberals want an immigration overhaul. Others seize on expanding the Supreme Court. This week, the House voted to make the District of Columbia a state. And progressives have their own version of climate and public works spending. It's a reflection that the progressive movement remains scattershot as it tries to turn its growing power into policy achievements.

Tony Finau and Cameron Champ shot a 4-under 68 in alternate-shot play Friday for a share of the Zurich Classic lead with the Norwegian duo of Viktor Hovland and Kris Ventura. Hovland and Ventura had a 69 to match Finau and Champ at 13-under 131. The teams will play best ball Saturday, and close with an alternate-shot round Sunday. Henrik Stenson-Justin Rose and Bubba Watson-Scottie Scheffler were 11 under.

The Chiefs have acquired Pro Bowl left tackle Orlando Brown from the Ravens for a package of draft picks. The Ravens announced the deal. Baltimore will get the No. 31 overall pick on Thursday night, along with third- and fourth-round picks this year and a fifth-round pick next year. The Chiefs will get the Ravens’ second-round pick next week and a sixth-round selection in 2022.

President Joe Biden has spoken with Turkey’s president as Biden prepares to move forward with a campaign pledge to formally recognize that atrocities committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago were genocide. The U.S. and Turkish governments released separate statements on the call but made no mention of Biden's looming decision. The White House says Biden told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he wants to improve the two countries' relationship and find “effective management of disagreements.” The two also agreed to hold a bilateral meeting at the NATO summit in Brussels in June. 

Harrison Burton is set to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway. The 20-year-old of former NASCAR driver Jeff Burton is set become the first driver born in the 21st century to race in NASCAR's top series. Harrison Burton is the reigning  NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie of the year.  He will drive the No. 96 Toyota for Gaunt Brothers Racing Sunday, a day after making his 50th Xfinity Series start. Jeff Burton says it will “be a little nerve-racking” seeing his son debut at the superspeedway, which can prove harrowing even for veteran drivers.

Jake Marisnick homered and matched a career high with five RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Milwaukee Brewers 15-2 for their fourth straight victory. Anthony Rizzo, Javier Báez and Willson Contreras also connected for Chicago, which was coming off a three-game sweep of the New York Mets. Nico Hoerner had three hits in his first start of the season. Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks pitched six innings of two-run ball in his first win of the season. Milwaukee had won three in a row. Kolten Wong and Billy McKinney hit consecutive homers in the sixth, but that was it for the Brewers’ offense.

A Minnesota court has set a June sentencing date for Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Online court records say Chauvin will be sentenced on June 16 at 1:30 p.m., by Judge Peter Cahill, the Hennepin County judge who oversaw the trial. Chauvin, 45, was convicted Tuesday of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck. Under Minnesota statutes he’ll only be sentenced on the most serious one — second-degree murder. The max he would face is likely 30 years, but he could get less.

The Kansas City Chiefs traded a package of picks, including the No. 31 overall selection, to the Ravens on Friday for two-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle Orlando Brown. The trade also sent third- and fourth-round picks to Baltimore along with sending a second-rounder back to Kansas City. That means the Chiefs will not pick until Day 2, when they have two second-round choices, barring even more moves. It also means that while they could pick another offensive lineman, they also could plug holes at wide receiver, linebacker and pass rusher with their initial selection.

The death of former Kentucky guard Terrence Clarke following a car accident in Los Angeles sparked an outpouring of grief and support from around basketball, including reaction from Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. The university announced Clarke’s death from a two-car crash in a release Thursday night. A player-organized candlelight public vigil outside the team dormitory was announced, just after Wildcats coach John Calipari arrived in California to be with Clarke’s family. He wrote on his web site that he was “still trying to process what has happened to a kid we all loved.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — What did the world learn at Joe Biden's global summit about his vision of the battle to save the world’s climate? For two days, Biden and his team of climate experts pressed his case that tackling global…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — CIA Director William Burns made a recent unannounced visit to Kabul, a senior politician and a well-placed public figure told The Associated Press, as concerns mount about Afghanistan's capability to fight terrorism once the U.S. has…

Laura Pausini was so emotionally affected by the pandemic last year that she even thought she would never sing again. This Sunday she will perform for the biggest event in Hollywood — the Academy Awards — where she will sing the nominated song “Io sì (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead” during a pre-show ceremony. Co-written by Pausini and Diane Warren, it has already won the Golden Globe and on Sunday could become the first song entirely in Italian to receive an Oscar. The 93rd Academy Awards will be aired live on Sunday at 8:00 pm EDT on ABC.