WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Play begins at Wimbledon on Monday at the All England Club. It is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held on grass courts. It lasts 14 days. Play is scheduled on the middle Sunday as of last year. The women’s singles final is July 15 and the men’s singles final is
Continue ReadingBy Yukare Nakayama Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A devastating trend has been plaguing Milwaukee this week. Five children between the ages of 2-14 years old have been shot and hurt by gunfire. All children are expected to survive, but not everyone is so lucky. Numbers from Milwaukee police
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Richard Allen, the man charged in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, confessed to the crime during a phone call with his wife while in custody, a newly unsealed court document alleges. Allen was arrested in October and faces murder charges in
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Halfway into 2023, and so little on Wall Street has gone according to plan. The S&P 500 has climbed roughly 14% as one of the most-predicted and longest awaited recessions in history has yet to appear. As they look toward the back half of 2023
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A local woman says her family is traumatized after her car was stolen with their dog inside. At Currie Dog Park in Wauwatosa, one loyal visitor is notably missing from the vast open space full of playing dogs. “He’s like the
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer Applications for unemployment benefits fell significantly last week after it appeared claims had reached a modestly elevated level in recent weeks. U.S. applications for jobless claims fell by 26,000 to 239,000 for the week ending June 24, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists were expecting the elevated claims numbers
Continue ReadingPLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Officials say an Indiana state trooper was struck and killed by a stolen vehicle in suburban Indianapolis. Other officers were pursuing the vehicle in Plainfield north of Interstate 70 when Trooper Aaron Smith was hit about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday. State police say Smith was trying to place stop sticks on Ronald
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Finnish coach Kari Jalonen has been fired by the Czech ice hockey association after the national team’s poor result at the world championship. Radim Rulik has been named the new coach. He led the Czechs to the final of under-20 worlds in January. Jalonen took charge in March 2022 on a two-year
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A change in monarchs, double-digit inflation and ongoing costs to renovate Buckingham Palace contributed to a 5% increase in publicly funded spending by Britain’s royals, according to accounts published Thursday. The palace’s annual Sovereign Grant report showed that net spending was up 107.5 million pounds ($135 million)
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US economy expanded at a much faster pace in the first three months of the year than previously estimated, the Commerce Department reported on Thursday. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, rose by an annualized rate of 2% in the first quarter, up
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer France’s highest administrative jurisdiction says the country’s soccer federation is entitled to ban headscarves in matches. The Council of State issued its ruling after a collective of headscarf-wearing soccer players called “Les Hijabeuses” campaigned against the ban and launched legal action. The French soccer federation bans women from wearing headscarves
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Overstock.com, one of the biggest names in e-commerce, is ditching its name for something just as recognizable: Bed Bath & Beyond. The change comes following a judge’s approval of Overstock’s purchase of the bankrupt brand’s name, domain and loyalty program assets earlier this week for more than
Continue ReadingBy LUKE LASTER Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Detroit man files a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Detroit for wrongful conviction and imprisonment. The now 37-year-old Kenneth Nixon joined his lawyers, family members, and a team of other men who faced similar situations and are
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Virgin Galactic, the venture founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, successfully launched its first paying customers to the edge of space — a milestone two decades in the making. The company’s inaugural commercial flight Thursday was a research-focused mission with Italian Air Force-funded passengers — rather than a group
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) — Growing up in a mining family that that goes back generations, Mayor Mila Besich knew Oak Flat as the place where she attended union picnics as a girl and stood in a clearing to hear the World Series on her radio. Now, Besich is overseeing Superior’s
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — N’Golo Kanté is taking over third-division Belgian team Royal Excelsior Virton. The move was announced by the club in a statement headlined “Small town, big dreams!” Kanté this month completed a move to Saudi champion Al-Ittihad on a three-year deal after six years at Chelsea. He is replacing entrepreneur Flavio Becca as
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer France’s highest administrative jurisdiction says the country’s soccer federation is entitled to ban headscarves in matches. The Council of State issued its ruling after a collective of headscarf-wearing soccer players called “Les Hijabeuses” campaigned against the ban and launched legal action. The French soccer federation bans women from wearing headscarves
Continue ReadingBy BASSAM HATOUM and LUJAIN JO Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims are casting stones at pillars representing the devil during the final days of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. This year’s pilgrimage was the first in three years to be held without coronavirus restrictions and drew over 1.8 million
Continue ReadingBy FOSTER NIUMATA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — England has slashed Australia’s first-innings lead of 416 to 138 after two days of the second Ashes test at Lord’s. The bad news for England in comfortably scoring 278 runs was that all four wickets to fall were gifted to Australia. Zak Crawley was stumped after charging
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business (CNN) — One hot June day in Louisiana, Tyler Cestia was supposed to drop his son off at a babysitter before continuing on to work. His two-year-old boy, Thomas, asked to ride in the “big boy seat,” the child safety seat his older brother usually rode in, the one right
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