Stock market today: Wall Street rises ahead of updates on U.S. shoppers
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is edging higher Monday ahead of reports that will show how much a slowing economy is…
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Abbas urges UN to suspend Israel during first commemoration of 1948 flight of the Palestinians
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is urging the United Nations to suspend Israel’s…
Continue ReadingNew Chicago mayor pledges commitment to progressive strategy, asks for unity
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has begun his first term leading the nation’s third-largest…
Continue ReadingAre you who you say you are? TSA tests facial recognition technology to boost airport security
By REBECCA SANTANA and RICK GENTILO Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into…
Continue ReadingNYC skyscrapers turning to carbon capture to lessen climate change
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a vertical city like New York, any serious effort to address climate change has to focus on…
Continue ReadingWhat to Watch: Clues about voter sentiment could emerge from Kentucky, Pennsylvania primaries
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Off-year elections on Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals…
Continue ReadingWorld’s oldest dog celebrates 31st birthday, according to Guinness World Records
CONQUEIROS, Portugal (AP) — The world’s oldest dog recently celebrated his 31st birthday, according to Guinness World Records. Bobi, a…
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia Inquirer hit by cyberattack causing newspaper’s largest disruption in decades
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Inquirer says a weekend cyberattack caused the biggest disruption to its operations in 27 years and prevented…
Continue ReadingChina sentences 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison on spying charges
BEIJING (AP) — China sentenced a 78-year-old United States citizen to life in prison Monday on spying charges, in a case that could exacerbate the…
Continue Reading2-time world champion Doyle Brunson, called the Godfather of Poker, dies at 89
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Doyle Brunson, one of the most influential poker players of all time and a two-time world…
Continue ReadingPowerful cyclone floods homes, cuts communications in western Myanmar; at least 6 dead, 700 injured
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Rescuers have evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 12 feet deep along western…
Continue ReadingRockies’ Feltner released from hospital after skull fracture, concussion from line drive
DENVER (AP) — Colorado pitcher Ryan Feltner has a skull fracture and concussion after getting hit by a line drive off the bat of…
Continue ReadingHorse dies at Churchill Downs, 8th recent fatality at home of Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A horse died Sunday after a race at Churchill Downs, making it the eighth fatality in recent weeks at the home of the…
Continue ReadingGuest nations at the G-7 reflect outreach to developing countries, worries over China, Russia
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — This week’s summit of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies in Hiroshima…
Continue Reading3 members of California family killed, 6 others hurt in crash on interstate east of Los Angeles
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two children and one adult were killed and six other members of their family were injured when their…
Continue ReadingHead of Japanese entertainment company mired in sex abuse scandal apologizes, promises fix
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of a major Japanese boys-group talent agency has released a YouTube video apologizing for…
Continue ReadingBiden, congressional leaders likely to meet Tuesday for talks on raising the debt limit
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he and congressional leaders will likely resume talks on…
Continue Reading26 people die in fiery crash of freight truck and passenger van in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexician authorities say a fiery highway crash involving a passenger van and a freight truck killed 26 people dead in northern…
Continue ReadingTatum sets Game 7 record with 51 points, Celtics beat 76ers 112-88
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum gave Boston a long-overdue fast start and followed it up with a finish the NBA had never…
Continue ReadingHow Barcelona won its 1st Spanish league title since Messi’s traumatic exit
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s risky bet to mortgage the club’s future paid off Sunday — in the short…
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