By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Scott Brown, a Republican who once represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate, announced his second bid Wednesday for the New Hampshire Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Jeanne Shaheen next year. Brown, 65, was born at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and moved to Massachusetts as a
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All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 46 34 .575 — Tampa Bay 45 35 .563 1 Toronto 42 37 .532 3½ Boston 40 42 .488 7 Baltimore 34 46 .425 12 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 50 31 .617 — Cleveland 40 38 .513 8½ Kansas City 38
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 47 33 .588 — New York 47 34 .580 ½ Atlanta 37 42 .468 9½ Miami 33 45 .423 13 Washington 33 48 .407 14½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 47 33 .588 — Milwaukee 45 36 .556 2½ St. Louis 44 37
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By The Associated Press Adv28-29 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, June 30 MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Diego at Philadelphia (6:35 p.m.) OR St. Louis at Pittsburgh (6:40 p.m.) 9:30 p.m. FS1 — San Francisco at Arizona SOCCER (MEN’S) 9 p.m. TBS — FIFA Club World
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The budget bill championed by President Donald Trump could complicate next year’s tax filing season after the IRS lost one-quarter of its employees through staffing cuts, an independent watchdog reported Wednesday. The IRS workforce has fallen from 102,113 workers to 75,702 over the past year, according to
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 46 34 .575 — Tampa Bay 45 35 .563 1 Toronto 42 37 .532 3½ Boston 40 42 .488 7 Baltimore 34 46 .425 12 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 50 31 .617 — Cleveland 40 38 .513 8½ Kansas City 38
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF New York 46 34 .575 — — 4-6 W-1 24-16 22-18 407 297 110 Tampa Bay 45 35 .563 1 +3½ 7-3 W-2 27-23 18-12 379 302 77 Toronto 42 37 .532 3½ +1 4-6 L-1
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court handed a victory to the Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday in a power struggle with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, reining in the governor’s expansive veto powers. The court struck down Evers’ partial veto of a Republican bill in a case that tested
Continue Reading DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia’s medieval city of Dubrovnik. Ivan Bukelic was working on a water pipeline in Dubrovnik’s old port back in April when he found a wooden structure buried in the seabed. “I can now say I discovered
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By SOPHIA TAREEN and JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will seek a third term in office next year amid growing questions about the Democrat’s ambitions for higher office. The Democrat will announce his intentions Thursday at an event in Chicago, according to two people familiar with his plans who
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By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is using ranked choice voting in its Democratic mayoral primary election, a system that takes some explaining, even for people who have used it before. Ranked choice is based on a simple premise: Democracy works better if people aren’t forced to make
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CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A private astronaut mission that just took flight has exposed a new twist in a lingering — and potentially dangerous — issue at humanity’s most frequently visited destination in space. Axiom Space Mission 4, or Ax-4, lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:32 a.m.
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Manuscripts, music and lyric drafts, recordings, notebooks and scrapbooks from Stephen Sondheim have been donated to the Library of Congress, offering the public a chance to see firsthand the creativity of one of musical theater’s giants. The collection includes about 5,000 items, ranging from drafts
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Imagine you come from a small town in Texas and you have big dreams of being a country music star. Imagine those aspirations come true, tenfold: You win a couple Academy of Country Music Awards, a CMT Music Award and you have a couple platinum
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Former San José State University star Chandler Jones died Sunday at the age of 33 following a road accident in Los Angeles, according to a medical examiner report. The report states Jones suffered blunt traumatic injuries while on the freeway in Los Angeles. According to CNN affiliate KCAL, police
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is planning to dismiss asylum claims for potentially hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United States and then make them immediately deportable as part of the president’s sweeping immigration crackdown, according to two sources familiar with the matter. It marks the latest in a series
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Kingdom will buy 12 U.S.-made F-35A fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear bombs and will join NATO’s shared airborne nuclear mission, in a major expansion of its nuclear deterrent, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Wednesday. The government called it “the biggest strengthening of the U.K.’s nuclear posture in
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Monster and CareerBuilder, once two of the most popular websites for job seekers at the height of the dot-com era, have filed for bankruptcy. The two sites, which merged last year to become one entity named Monster + CareerBuilder, voluntary filed for Chapter 11 Tuesday, announcing that
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The fan, who levied a derogatory remark about Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte’s late mother during Tuesday’s game, has been indefinitely banned from all Major League ballparks, according to a source with direct knowledge of the discipline. Marte was visibly upset after the comment during his team’s victory in Chicago
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to deal with sex abusers, as he gave marching orders Wednesday to the world’s Catholic hierarchs. Leo met in St. Peter’s Basilica with about 400 bishops and cardinals
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By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — In an offseason huddle at the NFL’s London headquarters, the Kansas City Chiefs are drawing up a game plan to win over fans in a crowded UK market. They’re getting input from the locals, and there’s good news. “There is something about that younger generation, in
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — While NFL players were in the trenches of a grueling season, Braden Smith was fighting a different battle: the one going on inside his own mind. In the middle of what was meant to be a playoff-contending season for the Indianapolis Colts, Smith instead was consumed with thoughts about
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Former world No. 1 Andy Murray says he is confident his statue at Wimbledon, set to be unveiled at the 150th edition of the championships in 2027, will be an improvement on the infamous terracotta warrior made for him at the 2011 Shanghai Masters. “I thought I was better
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — One of Zohran Mamdani’s rivals during a New York City mayoral primary debate, trying to paint him as too inexperienced for the job of mayor, dismissed his rise in the polls with a quip. “I regret not running for mayor in 2021,” said the rival, state Sen. Jessica Ramos.
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Teenage sprinting sensation Gout Gout continued his record-breaking streak on Tuesday when he surpassed his own 200m Australian national mark. The 17-year-old finished first with a time of 20.02 seconds – shaving two hundredths of a second off the previous record he broke in December last year – at
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By Elisabeth Buchwald and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — New York City is one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in, a fact that guided many New Yorkers’ votes in Tuesday’s mayoral primary election. Like his fellow candidates, Zohran Mamdani has put affordability at the forefront of his campaign. But his
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By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy formally approved plans Wednesday to set up a new international court to prosecute senior Russian officials for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The special tribunal will be created through an agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe, the continent’s top
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By The Associated Press Seven Israeli soldiers were killed Tuesday in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis when their armored vehicle was struck by an explosive, an Israeli military official said Wednesday. The announcement comes a day after witnesses and hospitals in Gaza said Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of Palestinians
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By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and Iran seemed to honor the fragile ceasefire between them for a second day Wednesday and U.S. President Donald Trump asserted that American and Iranian officials will talk next week, giving rise to cautious hope for longer-term peace.
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO leaders met Wednesday to agree a significant boost in defense spending, spurred by Russia’s military buildup and Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine could only look on from the sidelines. His country, at war with Russia since the Kremlin’s invasion in
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