All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 49 38 .563 — New York 48 39 .552 1 Tampa Bay 48 39 .552 1 Boston 43 45 .489 6½ Baltimore 37 49 .430 11½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 54 34 .614 — Minnesota 41 46 .471 12½ Cleveland 40 45
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 51 36 .586 — New York 50 38 .568 1½ Miami 39 46 .459 11 Atlanta 39 47 .453 11½ Washington 37 50 .425 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 52 35 .598 — Milwaukee 48 39 .552 4 St. Louis 47 41
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 49 38 .563 — New York 48 39 .552 1 Tampa Bay 48 39 .552 1 Boston 43 45 .489 6½ Baltimore 37 49 .430 11½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 54 34 .614 — Minnesota 41 46 .471 12½ Cleveland 40 45
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF Toronto 49 38 .563 — — 8-2 W-5 29-16 20-22 401 392 9 New York 48 39 .552 1 +3 3-7 L-4 26-17 22-22 445 345 100 Tampa Bay 48 39 .552 1 +3 5-5 W-1
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By The Associated Press House Republicans lifted President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a self-imposed Fourth of July deadline. The tight roll call, 218-214, came at a potentially high political cost, with two Republicans joining
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer The reunion to end all reunions is set to take place this Friday. That’s when the Britpop band Oasis gets together for a five-month world tour kicking off in Cardiff, Wales, officially marking the end of the yearslong feud between bandmates and brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher. The best
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By HANNA ARHIROVA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The decision by the United States to pause some weapons shipments to Ukraine has come at a tough time for Kyiv: Russia’s bigger army is making a concerted push on parts of the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line and is intensifying long-range drone
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CNN By Matias Grez and Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash in Spain with his younger brother, prompting an outpouring of grief from fans, former teammates and the wider soccer community. He was 28. The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) confirmed the news on Thursday
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police were examining a suspicious package sent to the Israeli Embassy in Denmark’s capital, authorities said Thursday. Danish public broadcaster DR showed photos of several police and emergency vehicles near the embassy in Copenhagen, including what they reported was a hazmat emergency response team vehicle. Several police officers, heavily armed soldiers
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By Caroline Foreback Click here for updates on this story ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Maryland (WJZ) — Anne Arundel County Public Schools is expanding a program that’s helping students learn to read in two languages. The district says it’s seeing strong early results from its Dual Language Immersion Program at Tyler Heights Elementary, and now, it’s
Continue Reading ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A court in Croatia on Thursday convicted a gunman in a mass shooting at a nursing home nearly a year ago, and sentenced him to 50 years in prison for killing six people, including his own mother, and wounding several others. The Municipal Court in Bjelovar, about 80 kilometers (nearly 50
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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Paramount Global is being hammered for bowing to presidential pressure and settling a lawsuit that it likely could have beaten in court. But this convoluted episode is really more about the plaintiff, President Trump, than about Paramount. “It is odd to call this a ‘settlement’ when the result of
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By Anna Chernova, Svitlana Vlasova and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The deputy chief of the Russian Navy has been killed by Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk region, Oleg Kozhemyako, the governor of the Primorsky region in Russia’s far east, said Thursday. Guards Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gudkov, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy who also
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The visitors who trek to America’s national parks are already noticing the changes, just months after President Donald Trump took office. “I’ve been visiting national parks for 30 years and never has the presence of rangers been so absent,” one visitor to Zion National Park wrote in National Parks
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press AARHUS, Denmark (AP) — In the windswept gardens of a Danish chateau, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and some of Ukraine’s main European backers weighed options on Thursday for filling the gap after the Trump administration paused weapons shipments to his country. The U.S. move affects high-demand munitions, including Patriot missiles, the
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — You don’t have to sacrifice style for sustainability. Kelsey MacDermaid and Becky Wright, called The Sorry Girls online, are proving you can go green without losing style cred with the content they create. MacDermaid envisioned her ideal wedding outfit and then sourced it preloved on Facebook Marketplace. Wright designed
Continue Reading CNN By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — The soccer world is in mourning following the death of Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota in a car crash in Spain early on Thursday morning. He was 28. His brother, André Silva – who was also a professional footballer – also died in the accident at the
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By SAMY MAGDY and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International issued a report Thursday claiming a controversial Israeli- and U.S.-backed system to distribute aid in Gaza uses starvation tactics against Palestinians to continue to commit genocide in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s war with Hamas. The U.K.-based human rights group condemned Israel
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — When Karandeep Anand’s 5-year-old daughter gets home from school, they fire up the artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI so she can chat about her day with her favorite characters, such as “Libarian Linda.” Anand’s experience using the product as a parent might be helpful now that he’s
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Passing a new law restricting assault weapons took Rhode Island lawmakers more than 10 years, but it may offer a road map to other states looking to ease the proliferation of such firearms. For advocates, the fight is a prime example of the current challenges to
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By George Ramsay, CNN The All England Lawn Tennis Club, London (CNN) — Pauline Eyre still remembers the “extraordinary feeling” of making her first appearance at Wimbledon aged 21, taking in the noise and the crowds as she marched onto the pristine grass courts, neat and pillowy under her feet. Eyre, however, had no intentions
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, LEAH ASKARINAM and MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s big multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage Thursday in Congress, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a Fourth of July deadline. The tight roll
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By MELANIE LIDMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli airstrikes and shootings killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza late Wednesday and Thursday, including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said Thursday. Families wept over the bodies from a strike that hit a tent
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press AARHUS, Denmark (AP) — Denmark launched its presidency of the European Union on Thursday with a call for Europe to unite to take on war in Ukraine and chaos caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s global tariff hike which are likely to mark the Nordic country’s six-month term at the
Continue Reading TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Miami 4 Minnesota 1 Final Colorado 7 Houston 6 Final Washington 11 Detroit 7 Final L.A. Angels 5 Atlanta 1 Final Chicago Cubs 1 Cleveland 0 Final L.A. Dodgers 6 Chicago White Sox 2 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Toronto 8 N.Y. Yankees 5 Final Kansas City 3 Seattle 2
Continue Reading Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Thursday, Jul. 03. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
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By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police said they detained 79 university students and other protesters as they broke up street blockades in several cities that are part of persistent dissent against President Aleksandar Vucic’s populist government. Officers in riot gear intervened late Wednesday and early Thursday in the capital, Belgrade,
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