By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s announcement of how sharply it will raise interest rates to cool U.S. inflation. Shanghai and Hong Kong advanced. Tokyo and Sydney declined. Oil prices edged higher. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.4% on
Continue ReadingBy NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran has injured scores of people, most of them lightly. The country’s state TV reported on Tuesday that a leak from an ammonium tank caused the blast on Monday evening in the southern city of Firouzabad in Fars
Continue ReadingCNN: KSNV: YOUTUBE, LAXALT FOR SENATE, CNN, CNN: KSNV: YouTube/Laxalt for Senate By Fredreka Schouten, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Republican voters in Nevada on Tuesday picked a vocal proponent of false fraud claims about the
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Floyd Mayweather will fight in Japan again in another exhibition. This time it’ll be against MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura in a bout scheduled for September. The rules and length of the bout have not yet been made public. Mayweather retired from professional boxing almost five years ago but has been fighting exhibitions.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — One of the more reliable warning signals for an economic recession started blinking again. Treasurys, the IOUs the U.S. government gives to investors who lend it money are at the center of the investing world. The “yield curve” is a chart showing how much in interest different Treasurys are paying. It
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — One of the more reliable warning signals for an economic recession started blinking again. Treasurys, the IOUs the U.S. government gives to investors who lend it money are at the center of the investing world. The “yield curve” is a chart showing how much in interest different Treasurys are paying. It
Continue ReadingBy JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Brandon Drury hit a tying three-run homer in the fifth inning, Mike Moustakas added a go-ahead single in the sixth and the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 Monday night. Drury’s 12th home run came off Merrill Kelly and tied it at 4. The next
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Author and preservationist Catherine Fleming Bruce and state Sen. Krystle Matthews have advanced to a runoff for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. The winner of the June 28 vote will face Republican incumbent Tim Scott in the general election. Bruce says she supports health care
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham has won the Democratic nomination for governor, setting up a November showdown with Republican Gov. Henry McMaster. Cunningham has touted the fact that he’s the only Democrat in the state over the past decade to flip a Republican seat in a
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the first time in his career, Stephen Curry couldn’t get a 3-pointer to fall in an NBA postseason game. The Golden State guard was 0 for 9 behind the arc in the Warriors’ 104-94 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night. The
Continue ReadingMICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alex Wood pitched four-hit ball over six innings for his first win in more than a month, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2. Thairo Estrada hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth and Brandon Crawford doubled in a pair, lifting the
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN An Australian teenager has been charged with gun offenses after police seized a fully functioning firearm he allegedly made at home with a 3D printer. Police in Western Australia found the weapon and a number of other firearms after executing a search warrant at the 18-year-old man’s home in early June.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage is seeking a political comeback. With no opposition, he coasted to the Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday, setting up a fierce general election campaign against Democratic incumbent Janet Mills. The race is among just a handful of competitive governor’s contests
Continue ReadingBy JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — There were two diametrically different ways Andrew Redmayne stood to be remembered after he sprang into a distracting dance routine across the goal-line during the decisive shootout in Australia’s World Cup playoff against Peru. Socceroos head coach Graham Arnold guessed right by sending the unheralded
Continue ReadingBy MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Yu Darvish pitched a season-high eight innings of five-hit ball, Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking single and Eric Hosmer had a two-run double to cap a three-run eighth inning as the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1. Darvish, pitching at Wrigley Field for the first
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story published June 13, 2022, on a speech by Michelle Obama, The Associated Press said the event at a Los Angeles soccer stadium was sparsely attended. Organizers had limited attendance to the roughly 1,000 people at the Culture of Democracy Summit, and only a portion of the stadium was
Continue ReadingBy HARVEY VALENTINE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dansby Swanson and the Atlanta Braves won their 12th straight game, beating the Washington Nationals 9-5 despite losing All-Star second baseman Ozzie Albies to a broken left foot. Swanson hit one of Atlanta’s season-high five homers and drove in four runs. Marcell Ozuna and Adam Duvall launched
Continue ReadingSAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Kevin Lopez and Kervin Arriaga scored to lead Honduras past Canada 2-1 in the CONCACAF Nations League. Lopez scored in the 13th minute in a steady rain at Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano. There was a splash when the ball hit the saturated grass in the back of net and puddles
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, Emiko Jozuka and Kathleen Benoza, CNN Japan’s parliament on Monday passed legislation making “online insults” punishable by imprisonment amid rising public concern over cyberbullying sparked by the suicide of a reality television star who had faced social media abuse. Under the amendment to the country’s penal code — set to take effect
Continue ReadingBy FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Fire crews in northern Arizona are getting help from the weather as they work to get a handle on wildfires on the outskirts of Flagstaff. Winds moderated Tuesday after a day of red flag conditions. Authorities downgraded the scale of evacuations but residents of hundreds of
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