All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF Toronto 64 46 .582 — — 5-5 W-1 37-17 27-29 520 497 23 New York 59 49 .546 4 +2½ 5-5 W-2 33-22 26-27 557 461 96 Boston 59 51 .536 5 +1½ 6-4 W-2 34-21
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By The Associated Press Adv02-03 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, August 4 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 9 a.m. ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, New England Region, Bristol, Conn. 11 a.m. ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, Southeast Region, Warner Robins, Ga. 1 p.m. ESPN — Little
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For Buddy Guy — a stalwart and staunch defender of the blues — there’s nothing more important than keeping his chosen genre at the forefront of conversation. It comes naturally: Guy is one of America’s greatest guitar players, a singular artist with a thick roster
Continue Reading By HILARY FOX and PAN PYLAS Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Ozzy Osbourne returned to the “home of metal” for the last time on Wednesday as an emotional Birmingham honored one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans paid their respects to the band’s frontman as his hearse made its way
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By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 48 Palestinians were killed and dozens were wounded Wednesday while waiting for food at a crossing in the Gaza Strip, according to a hospital that received the casualties. The latest violence around aid distribution came as
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — No matter the time on Martha’s Vineyard, a shimmering glow will be powered by the star presence of Black filmmakers, actors and tastemakers like Issa Rae, Mara Brock Akil and Michelle Obama who are shaping culture on their own terms. For two-plus decades, the
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By DANICA KIRKA and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded sent a tsunami crashing into a Russian port and smaller waves barreling across the Pacific to the Americas and south to New Zealand. The danger had largely passed more than a day after the 8.8 magnitude
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has announced that it will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, stops building settlements in the West Bank and commits to a two-state solution. The U.K. followed France, which declared last week that it will recognize Palestinian statehood
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a break with past practice, President Donald Trump now meets with candidates for promotion to the rank of four-star general, the White House has acknowledged. The Republican president has the meetings because he wants to make sure the U.S. military retains its superiority and its leaders
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A long-rumored and “unapologetic” memoir by Sen. John Fetterman will be released this fall, his publisher said. Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House, announced on Wednesday that “Unfettered” is scheduled for Nov. 11. In the memoir, the Democrat will open up about his rise
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By Yamuna Turco Click here for updates on this story CHITTENDEN COUNTY, Vermont (WPTZ) — Police officers in Chittenden County have said that for the past several months there’s been an increase in the number of car thefts, specifically Kia models. They said the recent increase in thefts is a part of a national trend
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CNN By Tareq Al Hilou, Sarah El Sirgany, Abeer Salman, Paula Hancocks, Eyad Kourdi, CNN Gaza City, Gaza (CNN) — It’s a long and dangerous walk to the point through which trucks carrying aid into Gaza are expected to pass. Um Khader and other women who live in the tents neighboring hers are huddled next
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A comic novel about a cynic’s struggles to connect with others has won a $10,000 award named for a widely-respected author and editor, the late Gabe Hudson. Kate Greathead’s “The Book of George” is this year’s recipient of the Gabe Hudson Prize, which is administered
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US economy expanded sharply in the second quarter as businesses dialed back on imports after stocking up earlier in the year to get ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Gross domestic product, which captures all the goods and services produced in the economy, registered an annualized rate
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By John Atwater Click here for updates on this story SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Somerville woman says she was attacked by a raccoon over the weekend while letting her dogs out in a community yard. Katharine VanBuskirk says the yard on Chester Street has become an oasis for wildlife, like different species of birds.
Continue Reading WFXT By John Atwater Click here for updates on this story SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Somerville woman says she was attacked by a raccoon over the weekend while letting her dogs out in a community yard. Katharine VanBuskirk says the yard on Chester Street has become an oasis for wildlife, like different species of
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A first-of-its-kind satellite has launched to track nearly imperceptible changes on Earth’s surface, an effort that could aid with responses to natural disasters. Called the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission, or NISAR, the spacecraft is equipped with two kinds of synthetic aperture radar designed by the US space agency
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks is shutting down its pick-up only stores just six years after introducing the concept, because they no longer mesh with the struggling coffee chain’s overall strategy. “We found this format to be overly transactional and lacking the warmth and human connection that defines our brand,” Starbucks
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By Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said he didn’t want to make things personal as he stood next to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on a tour of the Fed’s $2.5 billion renovation last week. That brief respite in Trump’s relentless rhetorical war on his favorite economic foil will almost certainly expire
Continue Reading CNN, POOL By Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said he didn’t want to make things personal as he stood next to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on a tour of the Fed’s $2.5 billion renovation last week. That brief respite in Trump’s relentless rhetorical war on his favorite economic foil will almost
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By Jamie Barton, Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier has died in a climbing accident aged 31, her management and the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) confirmed to CNN Sports. The retired German biathlete was struck by falling rocks at around midday local time on Monday while climbing Laila Peak in
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — International House of Pancakes, a.k.a. IHOP, is leaning into the first word of its name and jumping on a global viral trend that is as lavish as it is expensive. The chain is capitalizing on the “Dubai Chocolate” trend, which has tantalized TikTok users over the past
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Stifel Financial Corp. (SF) on Wednesday reported net income of $155.1 million in its second quarter. The company, based in St. Louis, said it had earnings of $1.34 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.71 per share. The brokerage and investment banking firm posted revenue
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A summer camp counselor has accused Spanish law enforcement officers of using brute force against her during the removal of a group of French Jewish teenagers from a plane bound for Paris from Spain, French government ministers and her lawyer said Wednesday. Ministers Aurore Bergé and Benjamin
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By Lauren KIm (CNN) — For summertime beachgoers, the threat of sharks may loom large, but nature’s deadliest predator is actually much smaller. The tiny mosquito is not only a warm-weather nuisance but also wears the crown for “No. 1 killer of humanity across our existence,” according to historian Dr. Timothy C. Winegard. The predatory
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CNN By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — One of the most powerful earthquakes in modern history shook Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday, sending tsunami waves hurtling across the Pacific Ocean and putting nations from Japan to the United States to Chile on high alert with millions urged to evacuate. The waves hit Russia and Japan
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bunge Global SA (BG) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $354 million. The St. Louis-based company said it had net income of $2.61 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $1.31 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three
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By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday made a fresh push to improve Americans’ access to their own medical records, tasking dozens of major health and technology companies with solving an issue that has long bedeviled the federal government. The plan centers on a pledge that more than 60 companies have
Continue Reading By Tareq Al Hilou, Sarah El Sirgany, Abeer Salman, Paula Hancocks, Eyad Kourdi, CNN Gaza City, Gaza (CNN) — It’s a long and dangerous walk to the point through which trucks carrying aid into Gaza are expected to pass. Um Khader and other women who live in the tents neighboring hers are huddled next to
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles hit a Ukrainian army training ground, killing three soldiers and wounding 18 others, authorities said, targeting Ukraine’s efforts to make up a severe manpower shortage in the nearly 3½-year war. The Russian Defense Ministry asserted that the strike killed or wounded about 200 Ukrainian
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