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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc., up $5.82 to $26.89. The spaceflight company’s SpaceShipTwo craft completed a successful test flight over the weekend. Ormat Technologies Inc., up $2 to $69.30. Most Read Stories 4 more Seattle restaurants announce permanent closures — including posh…

NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Frank, a revered and longtime editor at Pantheon Books who worked with such prize-winning authors as Art Spiegelman, Charles Baxter and Jill Lepore, died Monday at age 67. His death was announced by Reagan Arthur, executive vice president and publisher of Knopf, Pantheon, and Schocken, who noted that Frank was…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Forrest Dunbar has conceded the race for mayor of Anchorage to Dave Bronson. A vote tally released Friday showed Bronson with 45,889 votes, compared to 44,698 votes for Dunbar, the Anchorage Daily News reported. The runoff election between Bronson and Dunbar took place May 11. Only overseas ballots can still arrive…

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Austin Meadows, Manuel Margot and Mike Brosseau drew consecutive bases-loaded walks with two walks in the ninth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied for their 10th straight win, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Sunday. The Rays trailed 4-2 going into the ninth, but took advantage of five walks…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Scott Dixon slammed the brakes on IndyCar’s current youth movement by winning his fourth Indianapolis 500 pole by a mere 0.03 seconds on Sunday. The six-time IndyCar champion was the ninth and final driver to make his four-lap qualifying attempt around Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and he had to beat a pair of…

The feeling of slotting into a starting position as an unknown and finding success isn’t uncommon for Stefan Cleveland, who has another opportunity to make his mark in goal for the Sounders against Atlanta United. Top Featured Tags: – Washington News Press Release Distribution Service

MIES, Switzerland (AP) — With the NBA playoffs starting Saturday, national team coaches are watching and waiting to get star players back for last-minute qualification games to the Tokyo Olympics. The 11,000-athlete lineup for the Olympics will not be complete until four men’s basketball qualifying tournaments — in Canada, Croatia, Lithuania and Serbia, each with…

NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole shook off rare control problems to pitch four-hit ball over seven innings and give the Yankees their most dominant stretch of starting pitching in 89 years, leading New York over the Chicago White Sox 7-0 Saturday for a five-game winning streak. Cole (6-2) allowed four singles in seven innings,…

MONACO (AP) — Lewis Hamilton declined to publicly criticize Mercedes after a botched qualifying effort at the Monaco Grand Prix. He’ll save his feedback for a private team meeting. The driver with a record 100 poles in his career qualified a measly seventh ahead of Sunday’s race. Hamilton might have picked up a few spots…

GENEVA (AP) — Casper Ruud warmed up for the French Open by winning the Geneva Open final on Saturday, beating Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (6), 6-4. Third-seeded Ruud served more cleanly and allowed no break-point chances to second-seeded Shapovalov. Ruud clinched with his first match point when Shapovalov sent a backhand service return long. The 15th-ranked…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Michael Durr has decided to transfer from South Florida to Indiana, coach Mike Woodson announced. The 7-foot center spent three seasons with the Bulls and started 19 games last season, averaging 8.8 points and 7.9 rebounds. He will have two years of eligibility remaining. “Michael will add a tremendous physical presence…

The Mariners made a bit of history during Friday night’s loss when catcher José Godoy debuted as a sixth-inning defensive replacement — and the 20,000th player in MLB history. Top Featured Tags: – Washington News Press Release Distribution Service

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Health officials said Alaska has been experiencing a significant increase in opioid-related overdoses since March, with last week being one of the worst in the state. Elana Habib, with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services’ office of substance misuse and addiction prevention, said last week brought one of the…