NEW YORK (AP) The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism and the arts will be announced Friday, recognizing the best work in a year in which people isolated themselves because of a deadly pandemic and took to the streets over racial injustice.There have been few years in journalism like 2020, when nearly everything that happened was touched by COVID-19.The announcement of the prizes itself was originally scheduled for April 19 but the Pulitzer Prize Board postponed it until June to give its 18 members a chance to debate the entries in person, instead of remotely.Winners will be announced during a livestream that begins at 1 p.m.This is the second such ceremony to be pushed back amid the pandemic. Last year s announcement was pushed back two weeks to give board members busy covering the pandemic more time to evaluate the finalists.The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism were first awarded in 1917 and are considered the field s most prestigious honor in the United States.The awards luncheon traditionally held at Columbia University in May also is postponed.

BANGKOK (AP) Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Friday after the S&P 500 index notched another record high despite a surge in U.S. consumer prices in May.Shanghai fell, Tokyo was flat, while shares rose in Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney.On Thursday, Wall Street logged gains while bond yields mostly fell despite the much-anticipated report showing consumer prices rose 5% in May, the biggest year-over-year increase since 2008 and more than economists had expected.Investors also reacted positively to more data that showed continued improvement in the labor market.The worry is that if signs of inflation persist, central banks may move to withdraw stimulus from the economy to ease price pressures.But investors are still buying into the Federal Reserve s stance that the current bout of inflation is transitory, said Jeffrey Halley of OANDA.Financial markets have long raised a selective use of facts to an art form, Halley said in a report. Although the US inflation measures rose once again and slightly above forecast, the actual increases were less than those recorded in April.Taking all factors into consideration, that was all the street needed to return to its buy-everything happy place.In Asia, where China-U.S. tensions are among many factors weighing on sentiment, the mood was less ebullient.Tokyo s Nikkei 225 index was unchanged, at 28,959.54, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong rose 0.4% to 28,851.00. The Kospi in Seoul gained 0.7% to 3,246.20, while the Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.3% to 3,601.82.India s Sensex gained 0.5%.On Thursday, the S&P 500 gained 0.5% to 4,239.18, just beating its previous all-time high set on May 7th. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1% to 34,466.24. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.8%, to 14,020.33, while smaller company stocks lagged the broader market. The Russell 2000 index fell 0.7% to 2,311.41.A significant share of May s rise in consumer prices was tied to the sale of used cars, which is largely attributed to purchases by rental car companies beefing up their fleets as people return to traveling.Keep in mind that as we start to make our way back to a full economic recovery, there is pent up demand and supply constraints from raw material and labor shortages, said Mike Loewengart, a managing director at E-Trade Financial. This creates the type of inflation that the Fed believes is transitory, meaning it too shall pass. Whether or not they are correct remains to be seen.Bond yields initially rose after the inflation data, then fell broadly by late afternoon. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped to 1.43% from 1.45% late Thursday.Stocks have been meandering all week as investors waited for the update on inflation.Investors will get to see next week how the Fed is reading the latest inflation barometer and what monetary policy changes, if any, the central bank may consider. The Fed s policymaking committee is due to deliver its latest economic and interest rate policy update next Wednesday.Markets will also be tuning in this weekend for any developments at the summit of the Group of Seven in Britain. At the top of the leaders agenda is helping countries recover from the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 3.7 million people and wrecked economies.The G-7 leaders are meeting for three days at a British seaside resort. It s the first such gathering since before the pandemic.In other trading, benchmark U.S. crude oil shed 25 cents to $70.04 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It gained 33 cents to $70.29 per barrel on Thursday.Brent crude, the international standard, lost 26 cents to $72.26 per barrel.The U.S. dollar was trading at 109.39 Japanese yen, up from 109.32 yen. The euro rose to $1.2189 from $1.2176.

LONDON (AP) Imagine trying to make an impression on someone who s met, well, almost everyone.Such is the challenge for President Joe Biden, who is set to sip tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday at Windsor Castle after a Group of Seven leaders summit in southwestern England.Biden will be the 13th president to sit with the now-95-year-old monarch. The White House said he previously met the queen in 1982, when he was a U.S. senator.Before the two meet again, the leaders are to attend a reception Friday with the queen, her son Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, and Charles son Prince William and his wife, Kate.The queen has met every American president since Dwight Eisenhower during her nearly 70-year reign, except for Lyndon Johnson, who didn t visit Britain while he was in office.She was a 25-year-old princess when she came to Washington in 1951 and stayed with President Harry S. Truman and his family at Blair House, where Truman lived while the White House underwent a major renovation. She met Herbert Hoover in 1957, more than 20 years after he left office.Her personal ties to U.S. leaders underscore the importance of the United States to the United Kingdom and to the queen. She came of age during World War II and understands the central role the trans-Atlantic alliance has played in modern British history, said Robert Hardman, author of Queen of the World, which examines her role representing Britain on the world stage.She grew up with that sort of sense of the USA is almost a sort of salvation that came along and rescued Europe in the darkest days of the war, Hardman told The Associated Press.Here are highlights of some of her meetings, on both sides of the pond, with past American presidents:DONALD TRUMPTrump and the queen met in July 2018 at Windsor Castle during a visit to Britain that drew large anti-Trump protests in downtown London, including the hoisting of a balloon that depicted Trump in a diaper.He was criticized for breaking protocol by briefly walking in front of the queen instead of alongside her and turning his back on her as they reviewed an honor guard.Trump later said he thought of his late mother, Mary Anne, who was born in Scotland and who loved the royal family, when he and his wife, Melania, sipped tea with the queen.Trump s subsequent comment that the queen told him that Brexit Britain s break from the European Union was complex also created a stir. Most heads of state keep private their private conversations with the queen. She also doesn t discuss political matters.The Trumps and the royals met again during the D-Day commemoration in 2019.BARACK OBAMAObama and the queen had their first of three meetings in April 2009 at a reception for world leaders attending the Group of 20 nations summit in London.It was there that first lady Michelle Obama broke protocol by briefly putting an arm around the queen s back as they commiserated about their achy feet. It s generally a no-no to touch the queen, but she returned Mrs. Obama s gesture.The queen invited the Obamas for a state visit in 2011 that included a two-night stay at Buckingham Palace and a lavish banquet in the president s honor.As Obama delivered a toast to the queen, he didn t miss a beat when the band assumed that a pause in his remarks meant he had concluded and launched into a rendition of God Save the Queen. Obama kept talking over the music until the band quieted down.The couples saw each other again in 2016 when Obama visited the queen at Windsor Castle a day after her 90th birthday during another swing through Europe.GEORGE W. BUSHBush detested stuffy, formal affairs, but he donned a white tie-and-tails tuxedo after the queen pulled out all the stops for a state dinner in his honor at Buckingham Palace in November 2003.A few years later, Bush s slip of the tongue generated ripples of laughter at a White House welcoming ceremony for the queen, who was touring the U.S. in May 2007.Stumbling on a line in his speech, Bush said the queen had dined with several of his predecessors and had helped the United States celebrate its bicentennial in 17- ... Bush caught himself and corrected the date to 1976, and paused to see if she had taken offense.She gave me a look that only a mother could give a child, Bush said with a smile.The queen later turned the tables on Bush with her toast at a dinner she hosted for the president at the British Embassy in Washington.I wondered whether I should start this toast by saying, When I was here in 1776, she said to laughter.BILL CLINTONThe queen hosted Clinton and his wife, Hillary, aboard her royal yacht, Britannia, in June 1994.The ship, 412 feet (125 meters) long and 55 feet (17 meters) wide, was docked at the Portsmouth Naval Base and was home base for the Clintons as they attended the queen s dinner at Guildhall for leaders of Allied nations whose troops participated in the D-Day invasion of Normandy 50 years earlier.The Clintons spent one night aboard the boat. The next day, the Britannia ferried Clinton to the USS George Washington aircraft carrier as it prepared to sail across the English Channel, from Portsmouth to Normandy, for D-Day anniversary celebrations.GEORGE H.W. BUSHOne of the more memorable images from the monarch s third state visit to the U.S. came in 1991 when only her white-striped purple hat could be seen above the microphones when she spoke at an arrival ceremony on the White House grounds.Someone forgot to adjust the lectern after the much taller Bush spoke.The queen stayed strong and carried on, later making light of the incident as she opened an address to a joint meeting of Congress.I do hope you can see me today from where you are, she deadpanned. Bush later apologized and said he felt badly for not pulling out a step for her to stand on.RONALD REAGANReagan and the queen bonded over their mutual love of horseback riding.They rode side by side on an 8-mile (13-kilometer), hourlong tour on the grounds of Windsor Castle when Reagan visited her there in June 1982. Reagan was the first president to sleep over at the British royal family s historic home, an 11th-century estate overlook the River Thames.While in the U.S. in 1983, the monarch and Philip stayed with the president and first lady Nancy Reagan at their ranch in Santa Barbara, California. She wanted to ride horses again, but a rainstorm wouldn t allow it. The Reagans served a lunch of regional staples, including enchiladas, chiles rellenos, refried beans, tacos, rice and guacamole.They also hosted a state dinner for the queen in San Francisco at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum.JIMMY CARTERThe queen hosted Carter in May 1977 on his first overseas trip at a dinner for NATO leaders at Buckingham Palace. At one point, as Carter stood with the queen and other guests, he noticed the arrival of the queen mother.Ever the Southern gentleman, Carter broke away, took her by the hand and escorted her to the assembled line of guests.The no-frills Georgia peanut farmer-turned-president ate chicken mousse off a gold plate and seemed excited by his dinner seating between the queen and her sister, Princess Margaret, and across from her son, Prince Charles, Prince Philip and the queen mother.GERALD FORDFord threw a gala state dinner for the Brits in 1976 to mark the bicentennial of the American Revolution. The queen was resplendent in a diamond-studded tiara that sparkled for a crowd that included diplomats, star athletes and celebrities such as Cary Grant and Julie Harris.The mood evaporated when Ford led the queen to the dance floor while the song The Lady Is a Tramp echoed throughout the State Dining Room.___Superville reported from Washington. AP news researcher Jennifer Farrar in New York and Associated Press writer Nancy Benac in Washington contributed to this report.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Josh Donaldson and Nelson Cruz hit two-run homers off Aroldis Chapman in the ninth inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees 7-5 Thursday night to avoid a three-game sweep.Pretty amazing effort by our guys, and those at-bats in the last inning were pretty spectacular, said Twins manager Rocco Baldelli.Giancarlo Stanton drove a slider off the end of his bat 422 feet for a three-run, first-inning homer off J.A. Happ, Gio Urshela also homered and an all right-handed New York Yankees lineup built a 5-2 lead by the sixth inning.But Chapman blew a save for the second time in 14 chances. He threw just five of nine pitches for strikes and his velocity was down from his usual 99-100 mph as he allowed all four batters to reach.He started out with a couple sliders, clearly missed his spots on a couple, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said of Chapman. A lot of times when he has those outings, usually he ll find the velocity within the course of the outing.Jorge Polanco singled on a 3-1 pitch leading off the ninth, and Donaldson hit a 438-foot homer on a 95.5 mph pitch with a 1-0 count. Willians Astudillo singled on the first pitch, and Cruz homered on the next offering, a 97.8 mph fastball.He s the best closer in the game, so it was remarkable to be able to score four runs against him, Cruz said.This was just the third time Chapman allowed multiple homers in a game, after Minnesota s Eduardo Escobar and Kurt Suzuki on June 18, 2016, and Philadelphia s Erik Kratz and Freddy Galvis on May 19, 2013, according to MLB. Cruz had the 14th walk-off hit of his big league career.Happ, wearing a beard in his post-Yankees career, gave up four runs and eight hits in five innings. He was displeased about being phased out of the Yankees rotation down the stretch last year, then signed with the Twins as a free agent.Stanton hit his 12th homer this season and third in two games.Yankees starter Michael King allowed two runs and four hits in 3 2 3 innings, remaining winless in three starts since replacing injured Corey Kluber in the rotation.I felt like I nibbled a little bit in that first inning, King said. I started kind of getting into a groove in that second, third inning.New York s Chris Gittens was initially credited with a two-run homer in the fourth for his first big league hit on an-opposite-field drive down the right-field line, but the fair call by first base umpire Tripp Gibson was reversed by Hunter Wendelstedt, a decision confirmed by video review.Aaron Judge moved over from right and made his third start of the season in center for the Yankees.The short-handed Twins (24-38) started three rookie outfielders and lost another outfielder when Alex Kirilloff sustained a low-grade left ankle sprain in the first inning. Nick Gordon replaced Kirilloff and took over in center field.Gordon had previously played just one career inning in center in his professional career.STANTON TO BENCHStanton will be limited to a bench role this weekend in Philadelphia, when there is no DH.I don t plan on using him in the outfield yet, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. But it is something that as the summer unfolds and hopefully I m still very open to having that being in play.TRAINER S ROOMYankees: LHP Zack Britton (March 15 surgery to remove a bone spur in left elbow) walked one in a hitless inning for Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre in his fifth rehab appearance and could be activated this weekend in Philadelphia. ... 1B Luke Voit (right oblique strain) could start an injury rehab assignment Sunday or Tuesday, putting him on track to be activated June 22. ... RHP Luis Severino (Tommy John surgery on Feb. 27, 2020) is to make his second minor league injury rehabiliation start Saturday, throwing about three innings and 40 pitches. Boone said Severino could be called up before is ready to throw 80-90 pitches in an outing.Twins: CF Byron Buxton (right hip strain) hit a pair of two-run homers Thursday in his rehab start with Triple-A St. Paul. ... The Twins are still deciding if right-hander Kenta Maeda (right adductor strain) will make another rehab start. Baldelli said it s very possible Maeda s next start will be in the majors.UP NEXTYankees: New York has a rare Friday off before a two-game series at Philadelphia beginning Saturday. RHP Jameson Taillon (1-4, 5.09 ERA) gets the start for the Yankees in the series opener.Twins: RHP Matt Shoemaker (2-7, 7.28 ERA) takes to the mound Friday for the first game of Minnesota s series against Houston at Target Field. Shoemaker allowed nine runs (eight earned) and recorded just one out in his most recent start.___More AP MLB: https: apnews.com hub MLB and https: twitter.com AP_Sports

WASHINGTON (AP) Over the past 18 months, 29 prisoners have escaped from federal lockups across the U.S. and nearly half still have not been caught. At some of the institutions, doors are left unlocked, security cameras are broken and officials sometimes don t notice an inmate is missing for hours.At one Texas lockup, security is so lax that local law enforcement officials privately joke about its seemingly open-door policy.Prisoners have broken out at lockups in nearly every region of the country. Twelve of the inmates who escaped in 2020 from prisons in Florida, California, Louisiana, Texas and Colorado remain at large. Two others who escaped since January this year have also not yet been caught. Their crimes include racketeering, wire fraud, bank robbery, possession of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and other drugs.All of the escapes happened at minimum-security federal prison camps, some of which don t even have fences, and house inmates the Bureau of Prisons considers to be the lowest security risk.Anybody can escape from any camp any minute of any day, said Jack Donson, a prison consultant and former case manager at a federal prison in Otisville, New York. They re not secure facilities. They have no fence, no metal detectors.The numbers raise serious concerns that the agency long besieged by chronic mismanagement, misconduct and a severe staffing crisis is failing at performing its most basic function: keeping prisoners in prison. While a Justice Department budget report submitted to Congress said the Bureau of Prisons had no escapes from secure facilities, it does not count those who escape from minimum-security prisons or camps.Federal officials often refer to them as walk-aways, though it is still an escape from federal prison under the law and law enforcement officials say there is still a risk to the community when an inmate absconds.Federal prison camps were originally designed with low security to make operations easier and to allow inmates tasked with performing work at the prison, like landscaping and maintenance, to avoid repeatedly checking in and out of a main prison facility. But the lax security has now not only opened a gateway for contraband but is also the source of most of the prison system s escapes.Aside from Texas escapees, law enforcement officials have also routinely learned of inmates at the prison just walking off the grounds to retrieve drugs and other contraband that is dropped off in the woods and then bringing the illegal items back inside with them.It has become routine at FCI Beaumont for cars to drop drugs, cellphones and other contraband in the woods, leaving them for inmates to break out of the prison at night and pick up the items before sneaking back inside, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the matter. The official could not discuss the investigations publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.The Texas escapes, at least, have attracted the attention of the Justice Department s inspector general. The office issued a memorandum this week highlighting glaring security gaps at Beaumont and other federal prison camps.In one case, four inmates sneaked out and went undetected for more than 12 hours even though prison officials conducted three inmate counts overnight during the 12-hour period, according to an inspector general s report. The inmates put dummies in their beds to trick the officers, the report said.These are very small, unsecure facilities, said Cameron Lindsay, a retired Bureau of Prisons warden who now testifies as an expert witness on prison matters. Because of their size and the generally low risk the inmates pose, federal prison camps often have the lowest levels of staffing in the Bureau of Prisons system, sometimes with just one officer working to supervise inmates during a shift, he said.In a statement, the Bureau of Prisons said that it strives to ensure safety and security at every one of its prisons and that when an inmate walks away from a prison, officials will notify other law enforcement agencies and the media. The agency stressed that the inmates who are placed at the minimum-security camps are the lowest risk offenders who pose minimal risk to the community and generally are allowed to participate in outdoor work programs and other initiatives.The BOP remains vigilant in its efforts to maintain safe and secure institutions at all times, the agency said. Officials said a review is conducted following every escape to determine if any security weakness exists and if warranted, corrective actions are taken.In Beaumont, officials said they were building a fence around the prison, repairing the broken door alarms, adding and upgrading video cameras and putting up additional lights. The agency said it was also considering adding additional staff members at some of the prison camps.We take seriously our duty to protect the individuals entrusted in our custody, as well as maintaining the safety of correctional staff and the community, agency officials said in the statement.The Bureau of Prisons has been plagued by chronic violence, significant security issues and persistent staffing shortages for years. The AP reported last month that nearly one-third of federal correctional officer jobs in the United States are vacant, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to guard inmates.The expanded use of that practice, known as augmentation, has been raising questions about whether the agency can carry out its required duties to ensure the safety of prisoners and staff members while putting in place programs and classes required under the law.The Bureau of Prisons insists its latest hiring initiative is bringing on additional personnel to close the gaps.___Sisak reported from New York.___On Twitter, follow Michael Balsamo at twitter.com mikebalsamo1 and Michael Sisak at twitter.com mikesisak. Send confidential tips by visiting https: www.ap.org tips

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) The outgoing chief of Israel s Mossad intelligence service has offered the closest acknowledgment yet his country was behind recent attacks targeting Iran s nuclear program and a military scientist.The comments by Yossi Cohen, speaking to Israel s Channel 12 investigative program Uvda in a segment aired Thursday night, offered an extraordinary debriefing by the head of the typically secretive agency in what appears to be the final days of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s rule.It also gave a clear warning to other scientists in Iran s nuclear program that they too could become targets for assassination even as diplomats in Vienna try to negotiate terms to try to salvage its atomic accord with world powers.If the scientist is willing to change career and will not hurt us anymore, than yes, sometimes we offer them a way out, Cohen said.Among the major attacks to target Iran, none have struck deeper than two explosions over the last year at its Natanz nuclear facility. There, centrifuges enrich uranium from an underground hall designed to protect them from airstrikes.In July 2020, a mysterious explosion tore apart Natanz s advanced centrifuge assembly, which Iran later blamed on Israel. Then in April of this year, another blast tore apart one of its underground enrichment halls.Discussing Natanz, the interviewer asked Cohen where he d take them if they could travel there, he said to the cellar where the centrifuges used to spin.It doesn t look like it used to look, he added.Cohen did not directly claim the attacks, but his specificity offered the closest acknowledgement yet of an Israeli hand in the attacks. The interviewer, journalist Ilan Dayan, also seemingly offered a detailed description in a voiceover of how Israel snuck the explosives into Natanz s underground halls.The man who was responsible for these explosions, it becomes clear, made sure to supply to the Iranians the marble foundation on which the centrifuges are placed, Dayan said. As they install this foundation within the Natanz facility, they have no idea that it already includes an enormous amount of explosives.They also discussed the November killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist who began Tehran s military nuclear program decades ago. U.S. intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency believe Iran abandoned that organized effort at seeking a nuclear weapon in 2003. Iran long has maintained its program is peaceful.While Cohen on camera doesn t claim the killing, Dayan in the segment described Cohen as having personally signed off on the entire campaign. Dayan also described how a remotely operated machine gun fixed to a pickup truck killed Fakhrizadeh and later self-destructed.Cohen described an Israeli effort to dissuade Iranian scientists from taking part in the program, which had seen some abandoned their work after being warned, even indirectly, by Israel. Asked by the interviewer if the scientists understood the implications if they didn t stop, Cohen said: They see their friends.They also talked about Israel s operation seizing archival documents from Iran s military nuclear program. Cohen said 20 agents, none Israelis, seized material from 32 safes, then scanned and transmitted the documents before successfully sneaking them out.It was important to us that the world will see this, but this thing should also resonate with the Iranian leadership, to tell them, Dear friends: One, you have been infiltrated. Two, we are (watching you). Three, the era of ... lies is over, Cohen said.Media in Israel operate under a decades-old policy that requires journalists to clear stories involving security matters through military censors. That Cohen s remarks apparently cleared the censors suggests Israel wanted to issue a new warning to Iran amid the Vienna nuclear negotiations.Iran has repeatedly complained about Israel s attacks, with Iran s ambassador to the IAEA Kazem Gharibabadi warning as recently as Thursday that the incidents not only will be responded decisively, but also certainly leave no option for Iran but to reconsider its transparency measures and cooperation policy.Iran s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment over the comments by Cohen, who was replaced by former operative David Barnea. Cohen in the interview acknowledged he might one day seek the prime minister s office himself.___Associated Press writer Karin Laub in Amman, Jordan, contributed to this report.

MEXICO CITY (AP) A large sinkhole that appeared in late May at a farm in central Mexico has grown larger than a football field, begun swallowing a house and trapped two dogs in its depths.The government of the central state of Puebla said late Thursday it had managed to pull the two dogs out of the sinkhole, after emotional requests from animal lovers to rescue them. They had been trapped for about four days on a ledge on the sheer sides of the hole dropping 50 feet (15 meters) to water.Because the loose soil at the edges keeps collapsing into the water at the bottom of the pit, for days it was considered too dangerous to try to rescue the animals.But on Thursday a firefighter descended into the pit, in part by using a ladder to steady the soil on the edge. His colleagues were seen standing farther back using ropes and a pulley system to haul up cages carrying the two dogs.The state government distributed photos of the dogs, named Spay and Spike, looking alert and in the care of veterinarians.The dogs were apparently playing in the farm field surrounding the sinkhole when they fell in.The sinkhole is now over 400 feet (125 meters) across in some places, and may be 150 deep (45 meters) at its deepest point. It is hard to tell, because water fills the crater.The Mexican government has sent in soldiers to keep people 2,000 feet (600 meters) away from the edge of the hole, which is 50 feet (15 meters) deep.It s a very hard time for us. It hurts, because this is all that we have, said Magdalena Xalamigua Xopillacle, whose brick and cinderblock house was slowly collapsing into the sinkhole. At times we feel sick from so much sadness.Some residents believe the sinkhole is the result of excessive ground water extraction by factories or a water bottling plant in the area. But the bottom of the hole is filled with water that appears to have strong currents, and the national civil defense office said experts think it was caused by something like an underground river.It is highly probable that the origin is associated with the presence of subterranean water flows, the office said.Puebla Gov. Miguel Barbosa said experts are studying both possibilities, and if water extraction is the culprit, he would cancel any permits.Citing a risk of further ground fractures, the office warned people to stay away from the site in the town of Zacatepec in Puebla state, east of Mexico City.This is not a tourist attraction, or a place to visit with your family, the office said Wednesday.Authorities have set up metal barriers and police tape to keep onlookers out, and has restricted flying drones over it.

BOSTON (AP) J.D. Martinez hit his 13th homer, Christian Arroyo had a three-run drive and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of a pair of dropped balls in a five-run sixth inning to beat the Houston Astros 12-8 Thursday night, avoiding a three-game sweep.Right fielder Kyle Tucker dropped Martinez s sacrifice fly that tied the score at 8 for an error as the batter reached, and shortstop Carlos Correa let Rafael Devers bases-loaded pop to short center to glance off his glove but got the out because an infield fly was called.Yuli Gurriel and Jos Altuve homered for the Astros, Altuve providing an 8-7 advantage leading off the sixth on a pitch from Darwinzon Hernandez that was 0.85 feet above the ground. According to MLB Statcast, it was the lowest pitch hit for a home run in the major leagues since the start of 2018.Astros manager Dusty Baker did not make it to the end of the 3-hour, 47-minute game. He was ejected in the seventh for arguing after the Red Sox turned a double play on a ball that Yuli Gurriel hit into the dirt and maintained was a foul ball,Darwinzon Hernandez (1-2) won after allowing Altuve s homer.Kik Hern ndez doubled off Blake Taylor (0-1) leading off the bottom half and scored on Martinez s fly to deep right.Xander Bogaerts walked, and for a moment it appeared Devers reached to load the bases before second base umpire John Tumpane signaled the infield fly for the second out.Enoli Paredes relieved and loaded the bases with a walk to Hunter Renfroe, then hit Vazquez on the elbow with an 0-1 curveball, forcing in the go-ahead run.Paredes walked Arroyo on six straight fastballs, putting Boston up 10-8. Brooks Raley relieved and Bobby Dalbec hit a two-run double.Astros starter Zack Greinke allowed four runs and seven hits in three innings. Brandon Bielak, recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land on Wednesday, gave up three runs and four hits over two innings.HOLD UPAltuve thought he had a leadoff double in the fourth with a line drive off the Green Monster in left, but was thrown out by Alex Verdugo, who fielded the ball off the wall and threw to Arroyo at second. Arroyo had the ball before Altuve began to slide.TRAINER S ROOMRed Sox: Verdugo returned after missing two games with tightness in his back. ... RHP Brandon Brennan was from Triple-A Worcester, where he made eight relief appearances and held opponents to two runs on six hits over 8 1 3 innings with a 2.16 ERA. RHP Phillips Vald z was optioned to Worcester.UP NEXTAstros: RH Jos Urquidy (4-3, 3.76 ERA) gets his first start since allowing six runs and nine hits over 4 1 3 innings Saturday against Toronto. Urquidy will face Twins RHP Matt Shoemaker (2-7, 7.28) as the Astros open a three-game series at Minnesota on Friday night.Red Sox: RHP Garrett Richards (4-4, 3.88) faces RHP Ross Stripling (2-3, 4.71) Friday night in the opener of a four-game series against the Blue Jays.___More AP MLB: https: apnews.com hub MLB and https: twitter.com AP_Sports

HOUSTON (AP) Sam Mewis scored in the 76th minute and the U.S. national team beat Portugal 1-0 in the Summer Series on Thursday night.The U.S. women are undefeated in 40 straight matches, the third longest streak in team history. The team is undefeated in 54 games on American soil.The lineup included nine players who started in the World Cup final. Julie Ertz and Tobin Heath were not available because of injury.The Americans were surprisingly scoreless until Mewis broke through with her header. It was her 22nd international goal.Carli Lloyd appeared to score a short time later on a rebound off a free kick but it was ruled offside.The United States has faced Portugal nine previous times, winning all of the meetings.Jamaica won the opening match of the Summer Series, 1-0 over Nigeria earlier Thursday.The United States plays Jamaica on Sunday, following a match between Nigeria and Portugal. The U.S. team is using the Summer Series to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics.___More AP soccer: https: apnews.com hub soccer and https: twitter.com AP_Sports

MILWAUKEE (AP) Jrue Holiday made a go-ahead driving layup with 11.4 seconds left and the Milwaukee Bucks edged the Brooklyn Nets 86-83 on Thursday night in Game 3 after two blowout losses in New York.Kevin Durant s 3-point attempt to tie bounced off the rim as the horn sounded. He scored the Nets last nine points and finished with 30.Game 4 of the second-round series is Sunday in Milwaukee.Khris Middleton scored 35 points, and Giannis Antetokounmpo added 33 for the Bucks. They won after blowing a 21-point lead.Holiday scored just nine points and shot 4 of 14 but made the biggest basket of the night.Brooklyn led 83-82 when Bruce Brown missed a jumper with just over 20 seconds left. Antetokounmpo got the rebound, the Bucks worked the ball upcourt and Holiday drove to the basket to put Milwaukee ahead for good 84-83.After Brown missed his own driving layup attempt with just over 6 seconds left, Middleton got the rebound. Middleton made a pair of free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining to cap the scoring.Kyrie Irving scored 22 and Brown had 16 for the Nets.The Bucks started out intent on turning Game 3 into a complete reversal of Game 2, which they lost 125-86 as the Nets recorded their most lopsided playoff victory in franchise history.Milwaukee grabbed a 30-9 lead in the first 10 minutes but then got outscored 22-3 during a stretch that lasted nearly 9 minutes as the Nets clawed their way back into the game.Neither team ever led by more than five points in a second half that had emotions high on both sides.After P.J. Tucker got called for fouling Durant in the third quarter, Tucker started complaining about the call. That led to Tucker and Durant jawing at each other as they got face to face, with officials calling a double technical on the two players.TIP-INSNets: Brooklyn was again without nine-time All-Star James Harden (right hamstring tightness) and Jeff Green (plantar fascia strain). Harden got hurt in the opening minute of Game 1. Green hasn t played since Game 2 of the Nets first-round series with the Boston Celtics.Bucks: Milwaukee stuck with the same starting five that they used in the first two games of the series. That lineup included Tucker, who was inserted into the starting lineup for the beginning of this series. Donte DiVincenzo, a usual starter, tore a ligament in his left ankle in Game 3 of Milwaukee s first-round series with Miami and will miss the rest of the season. ... The Bucks were playing a home game with fans filling all the seats for the first time this season. The crowd included Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones and outside linebacker Za Darius Smith as well as former Packers receiver Antonio Freeman. Fiserv Forum was at 50% capacity for the Bucks-Heat series.___Follow Steve Megargee at https: twitter.com stevemegargee___More AP NBA: https: apnews.com NBA and https: twitter.com AP_Sports