AP Briefs

By NewsPress Now Pham, McGreevy lead Cardinals to beat the Rangers ST. LOUIS | Tommy Pham started in left field for St. Louis, getting three hits and two RBIs, and Michael McGreevy pitched seven innings in his MLB debut to lift the Cardinals to a 10-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. Pham returned

By The Associated Press FDA warns about more ground cinnamon tainted with lead U.S. health officials are warning that several types of ground cinnamon sold at certain discount and specialty grocery stores are contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded. The Food and Drug Administration has issued its third alert this year,

By The Associated Press Stellantis makes buyout offers to U.S. white-collar workers DETROIT | Jeep and Ram maker Stellantis says it will offer buyout packages to many of its U.S. white-collar workers just five days after the company’s CEO said the auto industry is in the middle of a significant storm. The company told salaried

By NewsPress Now Buffalo Bills sign Kareem Jackson to a one-year contract PITTSFORD, N.Y. | The Buffalo Bills added depth to their retooled safety position by signing Kareem Jackson to a one-year contract on Tuesday. The 36-year-old Jackson has 14 years of NFL experience, and split a suspension- and fine-filled season last year between Denver

By NewsPress Now Texans’ Denico Autry suspended six games for violating NFL’s policy HOUSTON | Houston Texans defensive lineman Denico Autry was suspended for the first six games of the regular season on Monday for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancers. Autry denied he knowingly ingested a banned substance but said he would accept the

By Associated Press Aug. 2 In 1776, members of the Second Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence. In 1790, the first United States Census was conducted under the supervision of Thomas Jefferson; a total of 3,929,214 U.S. residents were counted. In 1873, inventor Andrew S. Hallidie successfully tested a cable

By The Associated Press Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee fondly remembered HOUSTON | Houston area residents are remembering longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas as an advocate for human rights and for her community. On Monday, residents, constituents and others paid their respects to the longtime lawmaker as she lay in state in the

By The Associated Press USDA moves to limit salmonella in raw poultry products The Agriculture Department on Monday announced plans to limit salmonella in poultry products in the U.S., a proposal that officials say will keep contaminated meat off store shelves and lead to fewer illnesses. Under the proposed new rule, poultry companies would have

By NewsPress Now Goldschmidt leads Cardinals to win ST. LOUIS | Paul Goldschmidt hit a game-ending homer in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Sunday to snap a three-game skid. Leading off the ninth, Goldschmidt hit a 2-2 sinker from Dylan Floro (3-3) into the left field

By The Associated Press Judge strikes down North Carolina abortion restriction but upholds another RALEIGH, N.C. | A federal judge ruled Friday that a provision in North Carolina’s abortion laws requiring doctors to document the location of a pregnancy before prescribing abortion pills should be blocked permanently, affirming that it was too vague to be

By Associated Press Bombers patrolling off Alaska raise concerns WASHINGTON | Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that Russian and Chinese bombers flying together for the first time in international airspace off the coast of Alaska is a new show of expanding military cooperation and it raises concerns. The flights were not seen as a threat,

By The Associated Press Dispute over origins of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos winds up in court A court case could soon settle a spicy dispute: Who invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? A former PepsiCo executive is suing the company, saying it destroyed his career after questioning his claim that he invented the popular flavor of Cheetos snacks.

By The Associated Press Arkansas court orders state to count abortion-rights signatures LITTLE ROCK, Ark. | The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday night ordered the state to begin counting signatures submitted in favor of putting an abortion-rights measure on the ballot — but only ones collected by volunteers for the proposal’s campaign. The one-page order

By NewsPress Now Pérez, Tellez lead Pirates to top Cardinals PITTSBURGH | Martín Pérez pitched six scoreless innings, Rowdy Tellez homered into the Allegheny River and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat St. Louis 5-0 on Wednesday to take two of three games from the Cardinals. Pérez (2-5) allowed four hits, three in his final two innings,

By The Associated Press Tesla’s 2Q profit falls 45% to $1.48B DETROIT | Tesla’s second-quarter net income fell 45% compared with a year ago as the company’s global electric vehicle sales tumbled despite price cuts and low-interest financing. The Austin, Texas, company said Tuesday that it made $1.48 billion from April through June, less than

By The Associated Press Wildfires send about 25,000 fleeing from Canadian Rockies EDMONTON, Alberta | Multiple wildfires in the Canadian Rockies’ largest national park have sent up to 25,000 visitors and residents fleeing west over the last open mountain road. They navigated through darkness and soot Tuesday following a government alert during the area’s busiest

By Associated Press July 26 In 1775, the Continental Congress established a Post Office and appointed Benjamin Franklin its Postmaster-General. In 1847, the western African country of Liberia, founded by freed American slaves, declared its independence. In 1863, Sam Houston, former president of the Republic of Texas, died in Huntsville at age 70. In 1945,

By The Associated Press Google dropping plan to remove ad-tracking cookies on Chrome LONDON | Google is dropping plans to eliminate cookies from its Chrome web browser, making a sudden U-turn on four years of work to phase out the technology that tracks users for ad purposes. The company had been working on retiring so-called

By NewsPress Now Bulls, Blackhawks owners unveil the 1901 Project CHICAGO | The owners of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and NHL’s Blackhawks unveiled a $7 billion plan Tuesday to replace the parking lots surrounding the United Center with green space, mixed-income housing, a music hall and more. The 1901 Project, touted as the largest private

By The Associated Press U.S. census takers to conduct test runs in the South and West Six places in the South and West will host practice runs four years prior to the 2030 U.S. census, a nationwide head count that helps determine political power and the distribution of federal funds. Residents of western Texas; tribal

By The Associated Press ‘Wolf of Airbnb’ sentenced to over four years in prison NEW YORK | A Florida man who boasted that he was the “Wolf of Airbnb” has been sentenced to over four years in prison after defrauding New York City landlords and a federal pandemic-relief government program. Konrad Bicher of Hialeah, Florida,