By Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — A new report puts US states’ health care systems on a scorecard, with Massachusetts coming out on top. But it also highlights alarming trends across the country, especially in areas like premature deaths and women’s health care. Released Thursday, the Commonwealth Fund’s 2023 Scorecard on State Health System Performance
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft on Thursday will try to gain clearance to complete a $69 billion takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard in a legal showdown with U.S. regulators that will reshape a pastime that’s bigger than the movie and music industries combined. The battle will pit
Continue ReadingCarolina Calero (CNN) — Emma Watson probablemente no esperaba estar en el centro del último discurso viral sobre vestidos cuando publicó una foto en Instagram de sí misma con un traje azul cielo de Loewe este lunes. Gracias al vestido, muchos internautas parecían tan confundidos por la silueta que desafía la gravedad como lo estaban
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kyle Farmer hit a game-winning single that scored automatic runner Willi Castro from third base and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 in 10 innings. Farmer’s line drive fell in front of Jarren Duran, who was playing shallow in center field, scoring Castro and
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Bo Naylor scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on a throwing error, Gavin Williams pitched 5 2/3 innings in his major league debut and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6. Naylor singled for his first hit in the majors — snapping an 0-for-19
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Jonah Heim hit a three-run homer a night after he was involved in a controversial play at the plate and the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3. Ezequiel Duran also connected as Texas won for the fourth time in five games. Martín Pérez pitched
Continue ReadingBy LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jhony Brito pitched a career-high 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a successful return to the major leagues and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Wednesday night. Fill-ins Jake Bauers and Billy McKinney homered off Luis Castillo (4-6) as the Yankees won a
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A year on from the floods in Pakistan that killed at least 1,700 people, destroyed millions of homes, wiped out swathes of farmland, and caused billions of dollars in economic losses, the country still hasn’t fully recovered. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, residents had to rely on contaminated water,
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Last summer’s flooding in Pakistan killed at least 1,700 people, destroyed millions of homes, wiped out swathes of farmland, and caused billions of dollars in economic losses. All in a matter of months. At one point, a third of the country was underwater. Pakistani leaders and many
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — At least 31 people are dead and seven injured in the Chinese city of Yinchuan, in northwest Ningxia region, after a gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant Wednesday night, according to state media. The explosion was caused by a leak of a liquified gas tank inside
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — As an international search continued for a vessel that disappeared after setting out for the underwater wreckage of the Titanic, a man who was one of the submersible company’s first customers characterized a dive he made to the site two years ago as a “kamikaze operation.” “You
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers are continuing to spar in the case of a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump who is facing possible disbarment in California for developing a dubious legal strategy that was aimed at keeping Trump in power following the 2020 election. Attorney John Eastman
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Stacker put together a list of songs from the 1960s and ’70s that played a role in political movements.
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Automobolog analyzed data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to find that the annual cost of owning a car topped $10,000 for the first time in 2022.
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Stacker compiled a list of the 11 richest Black billionaires using December 2025 data from Forbes.
Continue ReadingMaggie Hiufu Wong Hong Kong (CNN) — David Bellis first visited Hong Kong as a tourist in 1989. He certainly didn’t expect to find himself living there more than three decades later. “I was supposed to be going to Australia on a working holiday with a friend back home – (but he) fell in love
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Belong analyzed Census Bureau data to see which counties had the largest increase in renters from 2016 to 2021.
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Stacker compiled a list of 25 iconic ’90s child stars—from sitcom stars to Oscar-nominated film actors—using resources like IMDb.
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Damir Kreilach scored two goals, teenager Gavin Beavers saved two shots and Real Salt Lake beat St. Louis City 3-1. RSL (7-7-5) improved to 2-8-2 in 12 road matches against expansion teams — with the first victory knocking LAFC out of the 2018 playoffs. RSL lost to St. Louis 4-0 in
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