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All Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA San Diego FC 14 7 4 46 48 32 Vancouver 13 5 6 45 42 26 Minnesota United 12 5 8 44 42 28 Seattle 10 6 8 38 39 35 Portland 10 7 7 37 33 32 Los Angeles FC 10 6 6
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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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All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 62 46 .574 — Philadelphia 61 46 .570 ½ Miami 51 55 .481 10 Atlanta 45 61 .425 16 Washington 44 63 .411 17½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 64 43 .598 — Chicago 62 45 .579 2 Cincinnati 56 52 .519
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All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF Toronto 63 46 .578 — — 5-5 L-4 37-17 26-29 511 489 22 New York 58 49 .542 4 +1½ 5-5 W-1 32-22 26-27 552 457 95 Boston 58 51 .532 5 +½ 5-5 W-1 34-21
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The Latest: Trump’s EPA moves to repeal finding that underpins US climate regulation
By The Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. Also Tuesday, Senate Democrats were imploring Trump ‘s administration to intervene as Palestinians suffer and starve in Israeli-controlled Gaza, with more than 40
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Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai is up for the award again with a long-awaited novel
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Indian author Kiran Desai, who won the Booker Prize and then didn’t publish a novel for almost two decades, is up for the award again with her long-awaited follow-up. “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny,” the 677-page tale of two young Indians making their way in the
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Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai is up for the award again with a long-awaited novel
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Indian author Kiran Desai, who won the Booker Prize and then didn’t publish a novel for almost two decades, is up for the award again with her long-awaited follow-up. “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny,” the 677-page tale of two young Indians making their way in the
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Pope Leo XIV surprises Catholic youth festival with unexpected popemobile salute
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young Catholics on Tuesday and showed up unexpectedly at a Holy Year welcome ceremony, thrilling the kids and receiving a rock star’s welcome in the first big youth event of his pontificate. Leo emerged in St. Peter’s Square
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2 women killed in camper explosion
By Mike Toole, Louisa Moller Click here for updates on this story OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (WBZ) — Two women from Massachusetts were killed in a camper explosion at a popular campground in Maine over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Alesia Ventura-Large, 58, of Marlboro, and 57-year-old Nancy Pilsch of Leominster, were both severely
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Trump’s tariffs could squeeze US factories and boost costs by up to 4.5%, a new analysis finds
By JOSH BOAK and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump prepares to announce new tariff increases, the costs of his policies are starting to come into focus for a domestic manufacturing sector that depends on global supply chains, with a new analysis suggesting factory costs could increase by roughly 2%
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Wiley Nickel exits North Carolina Senate race the day after Roy Cooper announces candidacy
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press CARY, N.C. (AP) — A former congressman will no longer seek an open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina next year now that fellow Democrat Roy Cooper is running for the post. Tuesday’s announcement by ex-U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel came the day after Cooper, a former two-term governor, kicked
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K-9 Frankie, killed in the line of duty, honored with statue
By Matt Schooley Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A statue was unveiled over the weekend honoring Frankie, the first and only Massachusetts State Police K-9 to be killed in the line of duty. The statue was dedicated outside of Massachusetts State Police general headquarters in Framingham on Sunday. Frankie
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Boeing’s 2Q loss narrows and revenue rises, topping Wall Street’s expectations
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Boeing’s second-quarter loss narrowed and revenue improved as the aircraft manufacturer delivered more commercial planes in the period. Boeing Co. lost $611 million, or 92 cents per share, for the three months ended June 30. A year earlier it lost $1.44 billion, or $2.33 per share. Adjusting for one-time
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‘What connects us is our airwaves’: How Trump’s public media cuts might leave these communities in the dark
By Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN (CNN) — In Alaska’s North Slope region — the northernmost county in the US, roughly the same size as the United Kingdom — one small public radio station, KBRW, keeps eight Iñupiat villages connected and serves about 10,000 people. Now, it may not survive. Last Thursday, President Trump signed into law
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Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger
By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, potentially triggering a final wave of rail mergers across the country. The proposed merger, announced Tuesday, would marry Union Pacific’s vast rail network
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A year after anti-immigrant riots in Britain, many worry it could happen again
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The killing of three girls at a summer dance class in England a year ago Tuesday, by a teenager misidentified as a migrant, triggered days of street violence directed at newcomers and minorities. In the aftermath, communities came together to clear up the physical damage — but
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What we know about how the Midtown Manhattan mass shooting unfolded
CNN, SPECTRUM NEWS NY1, SEE PREFONTS By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Investigators are combing through evidence in the wake of New York City’s deadliest mass shooting since 2000, trying to figure how a gunman came to unleash an assault-style rifle in Midtown, fatally shooting four people – including a police officer – and injuring
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{ Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern seek deal to create $200 billion railroad that could trigger a final wave of rail mergers in US} (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported the merger would create $200 railroad.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — { Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern seek deal to create $200 billion railroad that could trigger a final wave of rail mergers in US} (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported the merger would create $200 railroad.
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FIRST ON CNN: Fighting early-stage Alzheimer’s with intensive lifestyle changes works, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — As her memory faded from Alzheimer’s disease in her late 50s, Tammy Maida began to lose track of her life. Car keys, eyeglasses and her purse disappeared multiple times a day. Key characters in novels she was reading were forgotten. Groceries were left in the garage. Keeping the books
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4,000-year-old handprint found on ancient Egyptian tomb
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A 4,000-year-old handprint has been discovered on a clay model used for offerings in an Ancient Egyptian tomb. Researchers from Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum, in the United Kingdom, stumbled upon the imprint while preparing for an exhibition, which is set to open this fall. It was found on the
Continue Reading 3 men convicted in the theft of ancient Celtic gold coins from a German museum
BERLIN (AP) — Three men were convicted Tuesday in the theft of hundreds of ancient gold coins from a German museum in 2022 and handed prison sentences ranging up to 11 years. A court in the southern city of Ingolstadt convicted the defendants of gang robbery over the museum heist, German news agency dpa reported.
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The Labor Department has suddenly stopped funding a senior job training program
By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Goodwill, Easterseals and other nonprofit organizations say thousands of low-income seniors could soon be unemployed because funding hasn’t come through for a decades-old federal job training and placement program. The Department of Labor has yet to release more than $300 million in funds for national grantees of the Senior
Continue Reading What we know about how the Midtown Manhattan mass shooting unfolded
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Investigators are combing through evidence in the wake of New York City’s deadliest mass shooting since 2000, trying to figure how a gunman came to unleash an assault-style rifle in Midtown, fatally shooting four people – including a police officer – and injuring one before killing himself. The shooting
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The world’s first passenger jet was a luxurious death trap. Now it’s been brought back to life
Story by Barry Neild, video by Max Burnell, CNN De Havilland Aircraft Museum, England (CNN) — Today, jet-powered plane travel is easy to take for granted. We’re used to that surge of speed along the runway that pins us to our seats, those moments when we burst through ominous clouds into bright blue skies, and
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People are wearing nightgowns anywhere but to bed
By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — This is not your grandmother’s nightgown. Or maybe it is. The same style of sleepwear that was once strictly relegated to bedrooms and boudoirs has now become the summer dress of the year. Reformation’s Holly Sleep Dress, a floaty mini dress with a scrunched 1950s-style neckline with scalloped edges,
Continue Reading Russia kills 27 civilians in Ukraine as the Kremlin remains defiant over Trump threats
By HANNA ARHIROVA and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian glide bombs and ballistic missiles struck a Ukrainian prison and a medical facility overnight as Russia’s relentless strikes on civilian areas killed at least 27 people across the country, officials said Tuesday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to soon punish Russia
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Cleveland 10 Colorado 4 Final Detroit 12 Arizona 2 Final Philadelphia 6 Chicago White Sox 3 Final Kansas City 9 Atlanta 6 Final Houston 7 Washington 4 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Baltimore 16 Toronto 4 Final Baltimore 3 Toronto 2 Final N.Y. Yankees 7 Tampa Bay 5 Final Boston
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Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Tuesday, Jul. 29. 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 Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
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