July 6, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
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Dodgers beat Rockies 5-2, stretch NL West lead to 5 1/2
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy and Mookie Betts hit first-pitch home runs to power the Los Angeles Dodgers past the last-place Colorado Rockies 5-2. The victory pushed the Dodgers’ NL West lead to 5 1/2 games over San Diego, their largest of the season. Rookie Ryan Pepiot got
Continue ReadingVarsho’s 3-run homer seals Diamondbacks’ 6-2 win over Giants
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Daulton Varsho hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning after Josh Rojas caused problems with his speed, and the Arizona Diamondbacks extended the San Francisco Giants’ losing streak to six games with a 6-2 win. Rojas led off the eighth with a two-strike bunt single
Continue ReadingAppeals arguments heard on immigrants brought to US as kids
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigrant advocates are hoping a federal appeals court will uphold an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. A federal judge in Texas last year declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program illegal — although
Continue ReadingPiscotty homers, A’s win series for second time in last 12
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Piscotty homered, Adrián Martínez struck out five over five solid innings, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3. Matt Chapman hit a tying two-run homer in the second against his former club, but the A’s held on to secure a winning
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s crisis rings alarm for other troubled economies
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Sri Lanka is desperate for help with weathering its worst crisis in recent memory. Its schools are closed for lack of fuel to get kids and teachers to classrooms. Its effort to arrange a bailout from the International Monetary Fund has been hindered by the severity
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s crisis rings alarm for other troubled economies
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Sri Lanka is desperate for help with weathering its worst crisis in recent memory. Its schools are closed for lack of fuel to get kids and teachers to classrooms. Its effort to arrange a bailout from the International Monetary Fund has been hindered by the severity
Continue ReadingG-20 meeting may lead to wider divisions over war in Ukraine
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign ministers from the world’s largest nations are looking to address Russia’s war in Ukraine and its impact on global energy and food security when they meet in Indonesia this week. Yet instead of providing unity, the talks may well exacerbate existing divides over the Ukraine
Continue ReadingG-20 meeting may lead to wider divisions over war in Ukraine
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign ministers from the world’s largest nations are looking to address Russia’s war in Ukraine and its impact on global energy and food security when they meet in Indonesia this week. Yet instead of providing unity, the talks may well exacerbate existing divides over the Ukraine
Continue ReadingJudges keeping Capitol riot trials in DC amid bias claims
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For some of the Washington, D.C., residents who reported for jury duty last month, a pro-Trump mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol felt like a personal attack. Ahead of a trial for a Michigan man charged in the riot, one prospective juror said a police officer injured
Continue ReadingFormer NFL star wide receiver Demaryius Thomas had CTE when he died, parents say
By Kevin Dotson, CNN Former NFL player Demaryius Thomas was suffering from stage 2 CTE when he died late last year, according to his parents. Katina Stuckey Smith and Bobby Thomas said the diagnosis came after an examination of their son’s brain following his death in December, according to a news release from the Concussion
Continue ReadingIs North Korea hiding a bigger problem behind its Covid-19 outbreak?
CNN By Paula Hancocks and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Choi Jung-hun smiled as I read out the latest official Covid-19 figures from North Korean state media: fewer than 5 million cases of “fever” and just 73 fatalities — a fraction of the death toll of every other country in the world. “North Koreans call them rubber
Continue ReadingGun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims
By MICHAEL TARM and BRYNN ANDERSON Associated Press ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of the nation’s staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make national news. Take this weekend in the Chicago area. On
Continue ReadingGun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims
By MICHAEL TARM and BRYNN ANDERSON Associated Press ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of the nation’s staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make national news. Take this weekend in Chicago. On Monday, a
Continue ReadingArgentina’s economic change underlines president’s weakening
By DANIEL POLITI and DEBORA REY BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The abrupt resignation of Argentina’s economy minister has engulfed the country in an all-too familiar anxiety that flows from its periodic financial crises in recent decades. The departure of moderate Martín Guzmán also gave another sign of the growing isolation of President Alberto Fernández
Continue ReadingArgentina’s economic change underlines president’s weakening
By DANIEL POLITI and DEBORA REY BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The abrupt resignation of Argentina’s economy minister has engulfed the country in an all-too familiar anxiety that flows from its periodic financial crises in recent decades. The departure of moderate Martín Guzmán also gave another sign of the growing isolation of President Alberto Fernández
Continue ReadingKirilloff hits 2 homers as Twins pound White Sox 8-2
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Kirilloff hit two of Minnesota’s five home runs, Jorge Polanco went deep on his birthday for the second time and the Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 8-2. Kirilloff had his second career multihomer game. He went back to back with Polanco against slumping White
Continue ReadingAlvarez makes big throw, hits 25th homer, Astros top Royals
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez threw out Hunter Dozier at the plate from just short of the warning track in left field to preserve a two-run, eighth-inning lead, then hit his 25th homer as the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 9-7. The Astros also got homers from
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 6: Parade shooting, Uvalde, Trump, UK ministers, Sri Lanka
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’re an American visiting Europe this summer after a travel hiatus during the pandemic, you’re in luck: Meals, hotels and tours are more affordable in dollars than they’ve been in decades. The euro has plunged to about $1.03 — its lowest level since 2002. And predictions are flying around
Continue ReadingThese are the lives lost from the July Fourth parade mass shooting
WLS By Alisha Ebrahimji, Sara Smart, Sharif Paget and Caroll Alvarado, CNN What was supposed to be a patriotic celebration turned into a day of tragedy and fear when a gunman killed seven people and injured dozens more at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Now, yet another community in America is grieving
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