All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 16 6 .727 — Atlanta 13 10 .565 3½ Indiana 12 12 .500 5 Washington 11 12 .478 5½ Chicago 7 16 .304 9½ Connecticut 3 19 .136 13 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 21 4 .840 — Phoenix 15 7 .682
Continue Reading All Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA San Diego FC 13 7 4 43 47 32 Vancouver 12 5 6 42 39 26 Minnesota United 11 5 8 41 40 27 Seattle 10 6 7 37 37 33 Los Angeles FC 10 5 6 36 39 27 Portland 9 7 7
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 59 42 .584 — New York 56 45 .554 3 Boston 54 49 .524 6 Tampa Bay 53 49 .520 6½ Baltimore 44 56 .440 14½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 60 42 .588 — Cleveland 50 50 .500 9 Minnesota 49 52
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 58 43 .574 — New York 58 44 .569 ½ Miami 47 53 .470 10½ Atlanta 44 56 .440 13½ Washington 41 60 .406 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 60 41 .594 — Milwaukee 60 41 .594 — Cincinnati 52 50 .510
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 59 42 .584 — New York 56 45 .554 3 Boston 54 49 .524 6 Tampa Bay 53 49 .520 6½ Baltimore 44 56 .440 14½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 60 42 .588 — Cleveland 50 50 .500 9 Minnesota 49 52
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF Toronto 59 42 .584 — — 6-4 L-1 36-17 23-25 466 438 28 New York 56 45 .554 3 +3 6-4 W-1 30-19 26-26 526 416 110 Boston 54 49 .524 6 — 6-4 L-2 32-20
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler and Idris Elba are just some of the celebrities headlining films at this year’s Venice International Film Festival. Organizers on Tuesday unveiled the starry lineup for its 82nd edition, which kicks off a busy fall film festival season in
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump on Tuesday deflected questions over the Justice Department’s decision to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls and is now serving a lengthy prison sentence. Trump instead lashed out at old grievances following a new report from
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election, attracting many voters with its “Japanese First” platform that included calling for tougher restrictions on foreigners and the curtailment of gender equality and diversity policies. Sanseito added 14 seats in
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press The United States announced Tuesday it will again pull out of the U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency because it believes that its involvement is not in the country’s national interest, and that the agency promotes anti-Israel speech. This decision comes only two years after the United States rejoined UNESCO
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will once again withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, an expected move that has the U.S. further retreating from international organizations. The decision to pull U.S. funding and participation from UNESCO comes two years after
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press United Nations (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will once again withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, an expected move that has the U.S. further retreating from international organizations. The decision to pull U.S. funding and participation from UNESCO comes two years after
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point” where solar and wind power will become even cheaper and more widespread, according to two United Nations reports released Tuesday, describing a bright spot amid otherwise gloomy progress to curb climate change. Last
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed “extremist,” the latest move by government authorities in their relentless crackdown on dissent. The bill passed by the lower house, the State Duma, moves to its all-but-certain endorsement in the upper house and then goes to
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest court has ruled that a lawsuit brought by climate activists against Italian energy company Eni and its government shareholders can go ahead, in what Greenpeace said on Tuesday was a victory for efforts to pursue climate justice in Italy. In an ordinance released on Monday,
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By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip, mostly near aid sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said Tuesday. Meanwhile, Israeli
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Valmont Industries Inc. (VMI) on Tuesday reported a loss of $4 million in its second quarter. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company said it had a loss of $1.53 per share. Earnings, adjusted for asset impairment costs and non-recurring costs, were $4.88 per share. The results beat Wall Street
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday renewed his offer to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, but hopes of progress were low as delegations prepared to hold another round of talks. Russian forces, meanwhile, pounded four Ukrainian cities
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of students protested Tuesday near the site of the crash of a Bangladesh air force training jet into a school in the nation’s capital, demanding accountability, compensation for victims’ families and the halt of training flights. The ongoing unrest over Monday’s crash shut down traffic
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Tuesday, Jul. 22. 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 Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 4, 6, 8 (four, six, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with disabilities to standards governing exposure to harmful substances. If approved, the wide-ranging changes unveiled this month
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 1, 28, 30, 36, 38 (one, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-six, thirty-eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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