All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 61 42 .592 — New York 56 46 .549 4½ Boston 55 49 .529 6½ Tampa Bay 53 50 .515 8 Baltimore 45 57 .441 15½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 60 44 .577 — Cleveland 51 51 .500 8 Kansas City 50
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By Stephanie Stahl, Brad Nau Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A summer camp in Philadelphia is helping students learn about healthy cooking and giving them a safe, structured activity that’s fun and empowering. This “Recipe for Summer Stability” is about learning and being healthy — and having some fun
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By Jan Carabeo Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Kambel Smith’s nickname should ring a bell: The Cardboard Genius. He’s the local artist who creates cardboard sculptures of famous landmarks just by looking at pictures of them. Now, he’s bringing his talent to Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse in East
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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press SOUNI, Cyprus (AP) — Aircraft from Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Spain were on their way Thursday to help battle a huge wildfire in Cyprus that has claimed the lives of two people. Police were investigating reports that arsonists were to blame for the flames, which have scorched more than 120
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration appears poised to continue with a plan to ban prescription fluoride supplements at a time when many experts say that access to the products has become especially important. Most US residents live in a community where fluoride is added to the public drinking
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump visited the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington on Thursday, where he publicly scorned Fed chairman Jerome Powell over the costs of a long-planned, roughly $2.5 billion renovation project, and sparred with Powell, who challenged the president’s latest price tag as incorrect. Trump has previously indicated that Powell’s handling
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press Michael Whatley, chairman of the national Republican Party, plans to run for an open Senate seat in North Carolina in 2026 with the blessing of President Donald Trump after Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara, passed on the seat. Democrats see the race as their top chance to flip a seat in the
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Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — At least six people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion in northern Syria’s Idlib province, officials said Thursday. There was no official statement on the cause of the blast. The U.K.-based war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the explosion took place in an ammunition
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific confirm merger talks that would create railroad a stretching from East to West Coasts.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — George Kooymans, the guitarist and co-founder of the Dutch band Golden Earring who co-wrote the hard-rock classic “Radar Love” and wrote and shared lead vocals on the top 10 hit “Twilight Zone,” has died at age 77. Kooymans’ family and the surviving members of Golden Earring announced that he had died
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By MICHAEL PHILLIS, TRAVIS LOLLER and M.K. WILDEMAN Associated Press More than 50 years after the Safe Drinking Water Act was passed to assure Americans of safe water, millions of people living in mobile home parks can’t always count on those basic protections. The Associated Press examined an Environmental Protection Agency database on violations by
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By MICHAEL PHILLIS, TRAVIS LOLLER and M.K. WILDEMAN Associated Press The worst water Colt Smith has seen in 14 years with Utah’s Division of Drinking Water was at a mobile home park, where residents had been drinking it for years before state officials discovered the contamination. The well water carried cancer-causing arsenic as much as
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MILAN (AP) — Art restorers have removed a deteriorating piece of graffiti by the street artist Banksy titled “The Migrant Child” from the side of a building overlooking a Venetian canal to preserve the work for future public display, officials said Thursday. The removal from the wall of Palazzo San Pantalon was carried out in
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MILAN (AP) — Art restorers have removed a deteriorating piece of graffiti by the street artist Banksy titled “The Migrant Child” from the side of a building overlooking a Venetian canal to preserve the work for future public display, officials said Thursday. The removal from the wall of Palazzo San Pantalon was carried out in
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By Tara Lynch Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Security video obtained by WJZ shows three alleged victims of a shooting in Baltimore limping away and seeking help three miles away early Wednesday. Baltimore City Police said those teens, all males and ages 15, 18, and 19 years old, were
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PRAGUE (AP) — Zookeepers in Prague sometimes have to become puppeteers to save newborn birds rejected by their parents. This was the case for a lesser yellow-headed vulture chick hatched three weeks ago. Bird keeper Antonín Vaidl said Thursday that when a dummy egg disappeared from the nest, it signaled to keepers that the parents
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed that they are in “advanced” merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast. The Associated Press reported last week that the companies were discussing a tie-up but neither company acknowledged that until
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By Kaitlan Collins, Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he will continue his interview with Ghislaine Maxwell for a second day Friday after meeting with her Thursday. “Today, I met with Ghislaine Maxwell, and I will continue my interview of her tomorrow,” Blanche said in a social media post. “The
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific’s adjusted quarterly profit rises to $1.8B as merger rumors swirl around the nation’s largest railroad.
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By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — All menopause treatments containing the hormone estrogen are mandated by the US Food and Drug Administration to carry a black box warning on the label, stating that the treatments could increase the risk of strokes, blood clots, dementia and breast cancer. Now, that advisory may be going away. Last
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WTVD By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Back-to-school shopping is already under way. And this year’s essential: avoiding tariffs. Two-thirds of Americans with school-aged children started shopping for the upcoming school year in July, the earliest on record, according to a new survey from the National Retail Federation. Families, concerned that President Donald
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By Kevin Liptak, Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The long-simmering clash between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was on full public display during a Thursday afternoon tour of the renovation site at the central bank’s headquarters in Washington, DC. The tension between the two men was apparent during an exchange
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said Thursday the U.S. is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing home its negotiating team from Qatar for consultations, after the latest response from Hamas “shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.” The talks have been bogged down over
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday submitted a new bill that would restore the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies in an effort to defuse tensions following his approval earlier this week of a controversial law that weakened their autonomy. The previous bill was seen
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By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump wants to make the United States a leader in artificial intelligence – and that means scrubbing AI models of what he believes are “woke” ideals. The president on Wednesday said he signed an executive order prohibiting the federal government from procuring AI technology that has “been
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By Karina Tsui, Kelly McCleary, CNN (CNN) — Two men accused of torturing and holding a man hostage in a Manhattan townhouse for several weeks as they tried to access his cryptocurrency were granted bail Wednesday, according to updated case information. New York Supreme Criminal Court Judge Gregory Carro set bail at $1 million each
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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary banned the Irish-language rap group Kneecap from the country Thursday ahead of their scheduled performance at the popular Sziget Festival, with officials arguing that the musicians’ presence would pose a risk to national security. The Belfast trio, scheduled to play on Sziget’s closing day on
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PARIS (AP) — A lawyer for France ‘s first couple said they’ll be seeking “substantial” damages from U.S. conservative influencer Candace Owens if she persists with claims that President Emmanuel Macron ‘s wife, Brigitte, is a man. The lawyer, Tom Clare, said in an interview with CNN that a defamation suit filed Wednesday for the
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press Iowa Daybook for Thursday, Jul. 24. 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 Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To
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