KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals designated Rich Hill for assignment on Tuesday, a week after the 45-year-old left-hander pitched in the first game of his 21st big league season. Hill went 0-2 with a 5.00 ERA in two starts with Kansas City. The Royals were his 14th team, matching Edwin Jackson
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms Emil Bove, former Trump lawyer, for appeals court judge as Republicans dismiss whistleblower allegations.
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare public outburst on the Senate floor Tuesday, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took his Democratic colleagues to task, declaring his party “needs a wake-up call!” Angrily screaming at two of his shocked Democratic colleagues, his words all but reverberating off the chamber walls,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Tuesday’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Midday” game were: 1, 4, 6 (one, four, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By JULIE CARR SMYTH and ALI SWENSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Five people have been charged in a bloody, late-night brawl in downtown Cincinnati over the weekend that involved dozens of people and raised concerns about crime in the Ohio city. A video of the fight early Saturday shows a crowd milling about
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By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters in eastern Nebraska battled a fire for hours following an explosion Tuesday at a wood pellet manufacturing plant, but authorities said they have been unable to get close enough to search for three people believed to be missing. The explosion happened at the Horizon
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MONTREAL (AP) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry had dinner together in Montreal this week. A communications consultant for the restaurant Le Violon confirmed Tuesday that the former prime minister and the singer spent about two hours at the fine-dining spot Monday evening. Photos of the meetup published by TMZ sparked
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By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Kevin Huigens wipes away tears as he gazes upon the statue of Cubs’ legend Ryne Sandberg outside Chicago’s famed Wrigley Field. Flowers, Cubs caps, American flags and — of course — baseballs, litter the base and the ground beneath. “I believed in him,” said
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Jeffrey Epstein “stole” young women who worked for the spa at Mar-a-Lago, the latest evolution in his description of how their highly scrutinized relationship ended years ago. One of the women, he acknowledged, was Virginia Giuffre, who was
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By MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday to restore and expand protections enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, their latest long-shot attempt to revive the landmark law just days before its 60th anniversary and at a time of renewed debate over the future administration of American
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By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are imploring President Donald Trump’s administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza, with more than 40 senators signing onto a letter Tuesday urging the resumption of ceasefire talks and sharply criticizing an Israeli-backed American organization that had been created
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Tuesday that she won’t run for governor in Georgia in 2026, putting an end to her flirtation with the race in a long social media post saying she is turned off by a political “good ole boy” system and alleging that
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking a judge to free him on a $50 million bond while he awaits sentencing in October after a jury found him not guilty of the most serious federal charges he faced earlier this month. In a court filing Tuesday, Combs’ lawyer argued that conditions
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By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, allows the U.N. to bring in aid and takes other steps toward long-term peace, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday. Starmer, who is under mounting domestic pressure
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By OPE ADETAYO, TOUSSAINT NGOTTA and MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Tuesday that he would seek a fourth term leading the West African nation, which is due to hold an election in October. Ouattara’s candidacy is contested after he changed the constitution in 2016 to
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to heat in the summertime. But this week’s sweltering hot weather set at least one record and has forecasters urging residents to limit time outside on Tuesday if possible — and stay hydrated. The all-time
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will partner with Israel to run new food centers in Gaza to address the worsening humanitarian crisis there, but he and U.S. officials offered few additional details about the plan or how it would differ from existing food
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will partner with Israel to run new food centers in Gaza to address the worsening humanitarian crisis there, but he and U.S. officials offered few additional details about the plan or how it would differ from existing food
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove 50-49 for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge Tuesday as Republicans dismissed whistleblower complaints about his conduct at the Justice Department. A former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press A 38-year-old man who previously served time in prison for aggravated robbery and other crimes has been charged with capital murder in Kansas in connection with the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy in Kansas City, Kansas. Shawn M. Harris also is charged with violating a Kansas law that prohibits
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press A 38-year-old man who previously served time in prison for aggravated robbery and other crimes has been charged with capital murder in Kansas in connection with the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy in Kansas City, Kansas. Shawn M. Harris also is charged with violating a Kansas law that prohibits
Continue ReadingMERRIAM, Kan. (AP) — MERRIAM, Kan. (AP) — Seaboard Corp. (SEB) on Tuesday reported earnings of $102 million in its second quarter. The Merriam, Kansas-based company said it had net income of $105.22 per share. The pork production, processing and ocean transportation company posted revenue of $2.48 billion in the period. _____ This story was
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — UMB Financial Corp. (UMBF) on Tuesday reported second-quarter profit of $215.4 million. The Kansas City, Missouri-based bank said it had earnings of $2.82 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $2.96 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Werner Enterprises Inc. (WERN) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $44.1 million. On a per-share basis, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said it had profit of 72 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 11 cents per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The
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By NAYARA BATSCHKE Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean authorities said Tuesday they turned six valuable watches stolen from Canadian actor Keanu Reeves — including an engraved Rolex worth at least $9,500 — over to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, months after recovering them in a police raid. The FBI will arrange for
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By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Strong storms that brought hurricane-force winds to an area stretching from the Upper Plains to the Midwest have been preliminarily classified by the National Weather Service as a derecho, defined as a long-lived line of storms with extreme winds. The weather service’s Storm Prediction Center said Tuesday it made
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — High-level representatives at a U.N. conference on Tuesday urged Israel to commit to a Palestinian state and gave “unwavering support” to a two-state solution, signaling widespread international determination to end one of the world’s longest conflicts. The “New York Declaration” sets out
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All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 63 46 .578 — New York 58 49 .542 4 Boston 58 51 .532 5 Tampa Bay 54 54 .500 8½ Baltimore 50 58 .463 12½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 63 46 .578 — Cleveland 53 54 .495 9 Kansas City 53
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By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Strong storms that brought hurricane-force winds to an area stretching from the Upper Plains to the Midwest have been preliminarily classified by the National Weather Service as a derecho, defined as a long-lived line of storms with extreme winds. The weather service’s Storm Prediction Center said Tuesday it made
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press The leading international authority on food crises said Tuesday that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza.” It predicted “widespread death” without immediate action. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said Gaza has been on the brink of famine for two
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